Mini Workshop Report to GEO and Others

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Hi Masami,

Sorry you could not make it the Solta workshop on Networking Air Quality Observations and Models: From Virtual to Real. The workshop was quite technical on data servers, catalogs and clients, but we could have benefited from additional GEO perspectives, like: Data sharing Infrastructure is just a first step.. GEOSS is about serving the users, users, users..

Thank you for asking how the workshop turned out. With clear and complete impartiality :), I would say the workshop turned out quite well. Here is a mini-report to you at GEO and also to others interested in the activities. As you requested, part of this summary will also be included in the AQ CoP description in the GEO 2012-15 Workplan as well as in the report to the November Plenary.

The workshop was able to attract the participation of the managers and programmers of the major air quality data hubs in Europe and US, as well as experts on interoperability and networking. Thus the group was quite competent the handle the AQ data networking topic.

This was the first in-person meeting of AQ CoP members involved with data networking. The face-to-face meeting and social interactions allowed the participants to learn about each other's data systems and general perspectives. This was a necessary step toward a shared understanding and for building trust for future inter-dependent data networking.

During the open discussion-oriented sessions, the participants were willing and able to articulate the key impediments to networked AQ data systems at their respective organizations. With this, remedies can be pursued.

At the end of the meeting the managers and programmers of the major data hubs made a remarkable set of commitments toward making the AQ Data Network happen. But it was also recognized that the real work starts now! The follow-though.

The next steps for the AQ CoP include informing and harmonizing these AQ CoP activities with the GEO 2012-15 workplan, interacting with stockholder agencies as well as with other integrating initiatives. As always, a key facet of the AQ CoP activities will be to support and complement (not to compete with) other integrating initiatives.

Special thanks to the meeting participants, especially to co-organizer Martin Schultz from FZ Juelich for focusing the planning, the discussion and the workshop outcomes on turning the network 'from virtual to real'.

Best regards, Rudy