Plenary Presentations

From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)

January 6, 2009

Time Session
9:00-9:30 Welcome, Charles Hutchinson, University of Arizona & ESIP Federation President
9:30-10:15 Recent Developments and Future Challenges for Data Policy, Paul Uhlir, National Academy of Sciences
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Uncommon Knowledge and Open Innovation: Building a Science Commons, John Wilbanks, Science Commons
11:30-12:15 Google Earth: A Powerful Tool for Science, Education, and Outreach, Alan Leonardi, NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research


January 7, 2009

Time Session
8:30-9:00 Community Roundtable: Special Interest Groups: Who's Here, Who's Missing, Rob Raskin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory & ESIP Federation Vice President
9:00-10:30 Federal Agency Panel on Data Policy

Gary Foley, Office of Science Advisor and Jerry Johnston, Office of Environmental Information, EPA
Marth Maiden, Data Systems and Lawrence Friedl, Applied Sciences, NASA
Margarita Gregg, National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA


January 8, 2009

Time Session
8:30-9:30 GEOSS Architecture Implmentation Pilot, with George Percivall (OGC), Glen Rutledge(NOAA), Stefan Falke (Northrop Grumman), Rudy Husar (Washington University) and Francis Lindsay (NASA)
9:30-10:30 Roundtable Panel Discussion: National Imperatives for Climate Literacy

with Jim Elder (Campaign for Environmental Literacy), Edward Maibach (GMU) and Anne Waple (US Climate Change Science Program)