The conference will explore the interest and requirements for a nationally coordinated effort towards assessing the demand for Data Stewards in Denmark and aims for valuable input from industry, universities and the public sector. The conference programme features leading edge implementations of FAIR data stewardship in life sciences, discussions on data stewardship within researcher communities, experiences from the potential market of data stewardship within industry and national initiatives from public sector and universities. Finally, the conference invites to an open discussion among the audience and invited speakers on the state of Data Stewardship education in Denmark and beyond.