Collaborative Strategies for Sustained Environmental Data Management: Agenda & Notes (Tempe, AZ Nov 2015)

Collaborative Strategies for Sustained Environmental Data Management

Tempe, Arizona: November 17th – 19th, 2015

Workshop Purpose:

To build support for increased collaboration and coordination in the area of environmental data management that will benefit both research networks and also individual investigators.

Workshop Briefing Document and Survey Summary, compiled by Philip Tarrant

File:EnvironmentalDataManagementWorkshopBriefing.pdf

Agenda

11/17/15
8:30 AM Workshop commences, Introductions
9:00 AM Defining the Issues & Opportunities— Presentations

• Philip Tarrant- Current status of data repositories across the country & internationally; Survey results
• Sherry Lake- Data repositories interactions
• Ruth Duerr- Data formats
• Matt Jones- Metadata and standards
• Cynthia Chandler- Data discovery

10:00 AM Break
10:20 AM Defining the Issues & Opportunities – cont.
11:00 AM Reflecting on the Issues & Opportunities
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM The Future of Environmental Data Repositories - Visions
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM Participant Vision Presentations
5:00 PM Review
5:15 PM Adjourn

11/18/15
8:30 AM Presentations

• Erin Robinson- ESIP Federation
• Kerstin Lehnert - Goverance

9:00 AM Where Do we Start? – Potential Arenas for Action
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM Potential Arenas for Action – Interest Groups
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Interest Group Presentations - Arenas

• Landscape and Gap Analysis of Environmental Repositories
• Common Technical Vision
• Return on Investment of Data Repositories to Society
• Entraining Stakeholders

3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM Organizing for Change
4:45 PM Review
5:00 PM Adjourn

11/19/15
8:30 AM The Path Forward
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Summarizing Outcomes & Potential Next Steps
12:00 PM Adjourn