2026-10-27 –, LUMC06
RAiD (Research Activity ID) is a persistent identifier for research projects, linking outputs, funding, and personnel. With humble beginnings in Australia, RAiD is moving quickly into its next phase of governance and operation at global scale.
This presentation introduces the PID community to the Global RAiD Operating Alliance, a strategic partnership between the RAiD Registration Authority (Australian Research Data Commons - ARDC) and the Registration Agencies (RAs) to scale and operate RAiD internationally. Partners include SURF Netherlands, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.
Members of the RAiD Operating Alliance, launched earlier in 2026, will discuss how they collaborate to guide and grow the RAiD system globally. They will detail how they work together to meet the needs of RAiD users and their plans for the future.
This is a panel presentation featuring speakers from the Australian Research Data Commons - the global RAiD Registration Authority - and the RAiD Registration Agencies that make up the RAiD Operating Alliance.
Tristan Kuehn is Product Lead, Discovery Services at the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. Tristan manages Lunaris, the Alliance's Canadian data discovery service; serves as technical lead for the DataCite Canada Consortium; and serves as staff liaison for the Alliance's Discovery and Metadata Expert Group.
Computational and Data Science Research Specialist, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Co-Founder, GO FAIR US, Open Science Advisor, SciLifeLab, Community Partnerships Consultant, RAiD / ARDC
Sheila Rabun has worked in the academic library field since 2010, with a focus on digital workflows, agile project management, communicating technical information to diverse audiences, and advocating for interoperability in cultural heritage, research, and scholarly communication ecosystems. In her current role at Lyrasis, Sheila manages the ORCID US Community and the Lyrasis DataCite US Community, working with non-profit organizations across the US to leverage open persistent identifiers and shared open standards to make research and scholarly content more FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).