Presentations given at the first online edition of Data Conversations held at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and organised by the VU University Library on 24 September 2020. The theme of this edition was "What kind of support is needed for research data management?". Agenda: Lena Karvovskaya (VU Library) "User experience study of the Research Data Management (RDM) Support Desk. Results and recommendations" - presenting the study done by Anna Dubov Rene Bekkers (VU Faculty of Social Sciences) "Facilitating Open Science in Practice: What do Researchers Need?" Q&A and discussion in smaller groups - the results of the discussion are shown on the Padlet board About Data Conversations Data Conversations started at the University of Lancaster in the UK. The Lancaster Data Conversations aim to bring data practitioners together to talk about how researchers create, collect, use and share data. The Data Conversations at the VU Amsterdam share the same aim and are intended to provide a forum for researchers from different subjects and disciplines to exchange practices and ideas around open data, FAIR data, research data management and related open science topics.