Overview of the Data Sharing Action Plan
Vojko Bratina, European Commission

Vision for the GEOSS Data-CORE
Beth Greenaway, United Kingdom

Panel on the Benefits of Data Sharing
Joanne Gabrynowicz, International Institute for Space Law (chair)

                         
• Argo – Zdenka Willis, US (NOAA)
                         
• ASTER Global DEM – Dave Meyer, US (NASA)
                         
• CBERS - Hilcéa Ferreira, Brazil (INPE)
  
• GEO Forest Carbon Tracking – Per Erik Skrovseth, Norway
                          
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility – Nick King, GBIF
                         
• International Polar Year – Ellsworth LeDrew, Canada
                         
• Landsat – Bruce Quirk, US (USGS)

Panel on Data Sharing in the Asia-Pacific Region
Robert Chen, International Council for Science (CODATA) (chair)

• Huadong Guo, China (CEODE)
• Chiyoshi Kawamoto, Japan (JAXA)

Reception (outside 402A) co-sponsored by CODATA, CEODE, and APN