Winter 2011 Meeting

Venue

Dupont Renaissance Hotel Meeting Capacity

5 Breakout rooms

Theme Ideas

• Making Data Matter: Maximizing the Value of Earth Science Information
• Making Data Matter: Measuring the Power of Data and Information
• Making Data Matter: Evaluating the Value of Data and Information
• Making Data Matter: Adding Value through Collaboration
• Making Data Matter: Harnessing the Impact of Data and Information
• Defining Success for Earth Science Impacts: How to Provide Results for a Sustainable World

Possible Speakers

• Ann Doucette, The Evaluators Institute
• OMB (Shelley Metzenbaum)
• Bob Donahue, WGBH & NSDL Community Member on webmetrics [1]
• Perspectives Panel from the Agencies
• Rep. from The Hill?
• Mary Kicza
• Bibliometrics person
• Foundation (MacArthur, Pew)
• Google analytics person

Potential Breakouts

Idea: Challenges in managing Earth Science Data and Information (data volume, data quality, data access/search, data dissemination, data analysis in distributed environment and multiple data sources,...), existing technologies and needed technologies that address these challenges (cloud storage, cloud computing, distributed architecture, information architecture, immersive visualization, mobil apps..) Also Climate Change Education panel breakout

Topics

• Emerging Evaluation Technologies
• Converting Google Analytics Into Reportable Information
• NSF evaluation needs/techniques
• Associated Topics - Communicating Your Success (Telling the Story of Success), Valuing (in economic terms) Your Success, Measuring Progress (as opposed to only measuring outcomes, outputs), Evaluation for Decision Making. How to actually get broader impacts for your research, and how to measure these when you get them.

Issues for Consideration

• Juried Posters

• Criteria for Judging?

• Innovation of Project
• Collaboration/Community
• How it fits within ESIP Federation
• Relate back to theme of meeting

• Reward

• newsletter/ESIP Website
• presentation at ESIP session/travel support (e.g. $500 stipend) toward a professional meeting (AGU)

• Meeting Proceedings

• micro articles