GEOSS Mtg Agenda - 16 Nov 2009

Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the
Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS*

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
6^th Floor Auditorium
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC

Monday 16 November 2009

Symposium 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. and Reception 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Preliminary Agenda
(The proceedings will be videotaped)

15:30	Introduction by the Symposium Chair	Roberta Balstad, Columbia University and US CODATA
15:35	Welcoming Remarks	Jose Achache, GEO (Invited)

Part One: Implementing the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles

15:45	Implementing the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles: Where We Are and Where We’re Going	Beth Greenaway, UK Environmental Observation Network
16:00	An Overview of the Key Substantive Provisions of the Implementation Guidelines	Robert Chen, CODATA and Columbia University
16:20	Panel Discussion with the Symposium Participants - Moderated by Roberta Balstad

Part Two: The Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing

16:30	Innovations in Information Sharing: Flexible Architectures for a Fast Changing World	Christopher Tucker, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Board
16:50	Understanding Ecosystems and Their Services	Anthony Janetos, Director, Joint Global Change Research Inst., PNL/Univ. of MD
17:10	Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Explosions: Open Data Exchange for Research and Monitoring in Seismology	David Simpson, President, IRIS
17:30	Reception hosted by CODATA
18:30	End of Symposium

* The Symposium is organized by the U.S. National Committee for CODATA of the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Research Data and Information, together with the National Committee for DIVERSITAS and the U.S. National Committee on Geodesy and Geophysics, and in collaboration with the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat, the GEO Data Sharing Task Force, and the Environmental Change and Security Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.