Summer 2013 Meeting

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Dates

July 9-12, 2013

Venue

Friday Center at UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Afternoon at NC Museum of Natural Sciencees (http://naturalsciences.org)

Program

Theme

  • Disasters & Data/Information
  • Data life cycle and disaster response
  • Connecting to climate theme from winter meeting - taking data to action
  • Bringing Data and Information to Action: Meeting needs on the ground in preparing for and response to disasters and extreme weather events

Session Ideas

  • Data sharing across agencies
  • Sea level rise (UNC, TheSeaMonster.net), John Bruno
  • Climate change impacts on cities (NYC), Cynthia Rosenzweig, GISS


Known Activities/Sessions

  • co-located DataONE User Working Group (July 7-8?)
  • July 10 afternoon at the Museum of Natural Sciences and Specialty Venue Format Requirements (baseline)
  • ISEES town hall

Action Items

  • First timer follow up
  • IT&I Rant & Rave on Infographics (periscopic.com)
  • Possible approach: Prizes for best infographics, used to select some of museum presentations - disasters