Liz Lyon will facilitate the opening plenary session entitled Facing the Data Challenge : Institutions, Disciplines, Services and Risks on the second day of the 2nd DCC Roadshow being held over 1 – 3 March 2011 at the Halifax Conference Centre, Sheffield. The theme of the day will be The Research Data Challenge: Developing an Institutional Response and will comprise a series of group work exercises supported by plenary sessions. She will then facilitate the opening plenary of the afternoon programme entitled Building Capacity and Capability in your Institution: Skills, Roles, Resources. The Programme and further information are available from the Digital Curation Centre Web site.