Natasha Simons is Associate Director, Skilled Workforce, for the Australian Research Data Commons (formerly ANDS, RDS and Nectar). With a background in libraries, IT and eResearch, Natasha has a history of developing policy, technical infrastructure and skills to support research and researchers. She works with a variety of people and groups to improve data management skills, platforms, policies and practices. <br> <br>Based at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, Natasha is co-chair of the Research Data Alliance Interest Group on Data Policy Standardisation and Implementation, co-convenes the Australasian Data Management Plans Interest Group and is Deputy Chair of the Australian ORCID Advisory Group.

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