Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans for GEOSS and on the

Benefits of Data Sharing for Science*

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

16 November 2009

Preliminary Agenda

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 An Overview of the Key Substantive Provisions Robert Chen,

of the Implementation Guidelines CODATA and

Columbia University

16:05 How We Got There and Where We’re Going Carlos Angelis,

INPE, Brazil

16:20 Panel Discussion with the Symposium Participants

- Moderated by Roberta Balstad

* 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.

Part Two: The Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing

16:30 Data Sharing Benefits Though Google Earth Michael Jones,

CTA, Google Earth

(Invited)

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: David Simpson,

Open Data Exchange for Research and Monitoring President, IRIS

in Seismology

17:30 Reception hosted by CODATA

18:30 End of Symposium