The Ethics and Data Sharing forum necessitates open, honest and frank discussions regarding ethical issues and dilemmas and how research ethics should be implemented. Such conversations, are intended to bring the research and ethics communities closer together. The community that will drive and guide the forum includes ethicists, researchers, scientists and policy-makers from all fields, disciplines across different countries. Apart from discussions on ethical issues, the platform extends information sharing on funding opportunities, training and collaboration opportunities including authors collaboration for new papers, flagging current relevant publications, and a platform to ask for ethics advice and offer guidance to other members of the community.