The first NADAC summer school took place in Berkeley and thanks to a travel grant of the Vereinigung von Freunden und Förderern der Goethe-Universität e.V. I was able to attend it. It was a great opportunity to meet and discuss with the other fellows of the NADAC institute – and to visit the USA for the first time. The workshop focussed on data management plans and linked data, but left enough time to get familiar with the projects of the other fellows and Berkeley.