Winter 2007 Meeting Agenda

Draft AGENDA for WINTER 2007 Meeting

Agenda Discussion space

1. THIS NEEDS SOME WORK to put all the Federation needs on the table.

I know this is a first draft... We need to look at how we can accommodate the face to face needs of the Federation as an organization... (e.g., standing committees [remember these?] not just the near-term opportunity tasks. AND we need to train the NTO leaders to run sessions that get people to promise NEXT STEPS between meetings... so that people leave engaged and ready to work...bruce c 16:13, 2 October 2006 (EDT)

1. topic two
2. topic three
3. topic four
4. topic five
5. topic six...

The Tech sessions can meet at the same time as the Application sessions. We have 7 time slots for breakouts and 2 have been designated as mixed tech/applications. The other 5 session should be used for specific tech breakouts (e.g. EIE portals, data quality, web services, ...). Such sessions were very successful at the past two January meetings. -Rob

DAY ONE

morning

SESSION ONE

7:00 Registration

8:30-9:15--Opening Welcome and Plenary Crossing the Divide Inside the Federation, Chuck Hutchinson How the ESIP Federation Fits Into the World Around Us, Dick Wertz

9:15-10:15--"The Data Value Chain and the ESIP Federation, Dan Atkins (invited) NSF Cyberinfrastructure Program"

MORE IDEAS: bruce c 16:06, 2 October 2006 (EDT) A BIG plenary morning with a keynote speech (maybe by a Battelle person and/or NOAA from Northwest or an EPA person or??? One selected tech talk, and one selected science talk... I'm thinking that our plenary should offer a creative mix of ESIP strengths and activities...

???? Introduction of NEW MEMBERS... with 3 page PPT presentations from each. [BC] This is where people learn about each other... bruce c 16:06, 2 October 2006 (EDT)

BREAK

SESSION TWO (STILL In PLENARY)

10:45

Applications Working Group Demos and Approaches

• Air Quality
• Water Management
• Public Health

12:15 lunch

Speaker: Tony Janetos, Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute\

Afternoon

SESSION ONE 1:45 PLENARY (STILL? bc)

• Coastal Management
• Ecological Forecasting
• Disaster Management

MORE IDEAS:...bruce c 16:07, 2 October 2006 (EDT) Breakouts for ESIP USGEO Near-Term Opportunity Working Groups [NTOWG] (what have been called "clusters"... but I don't think these are typical clusters, which have always been bottom-up, ad hoc efforts)...

---I think we should NOT call these clusters... but then I'm a cluster purest (historical note: I did the Great Alaska Cluster Fest) bruce c 16:06, 2 October 2006 (EDT) 45 minutes for individual NTOWG meetings... introductions for new members and updates on work-in-progress....

90 minutes in COMBINED NTOWG meetings (three of these... back in the plenary/ TRACK rooms) to report on content contributions to the wikis, etc., potential web services and other connections to data/DSS, and next steps...

3:15 BREAK

SESSION TWO Technical Workshop Sessions - Technologies for Applications Working Group

• Web Services Chaining
• Metadata Services
• Semantic Ontologies

These are breakouts?bruce c 16:06, 2 October 2006 (EDT)

MORE IDEAS: bruce c 16:06, 2 October 2006 (EDT)

COMBINED NTOWG...continued 60 Minutes: MOVING from wiki to PORTAL... demos from the portal technical staff and portal contacts from each NTOWG.

Evening

Reception.... with a share-fair...

MORE IDEAS: NOT set up as a poster session, but with BOF tables... so people can drink and talk sitting down and move around... like a banquet without food...

I LIKE the virtual poster idea... I also think that people should be encouraged to bring 81/2 by 11 handouts for the share fair....

NOTE we are working on PPT masters for this purpose... bruce c 16:07, 2 October 2006 (EDT)

Day TWO

MORNING

SESSION ONE 8:30 Technical Workshop Sessions - Technologies for Applications Working Groups (Repeated) ????

• Web Services Chaining
• Metadata Services
• Semantic Ontologies

10:30 BREAK SESSION TWO

Applications Working Group Breakouts

• Air Quality
• Disaster Management
• Ecological Forecasting

MORE IDEAS:... bruce c 16:06, 2 October 2006 (EDT)

Parallel Track meetings (2-3) for 1/2 day (perhaps dividing the large plenary room into 2-3 spaces, etc.)

Tracks-tbd e.g., Web-services, Standards adoption, data access for education,? etc. THIS is where people talk among themselves... and the curious can go to any track.

12:15 LUNCH

Afternoon

SESSION ONE

1:45 Breakouts

• Coastal Management
• Public Health
• Water Management

3:15 BREAK

SESSION TWO 3:45 Breakouts

• Air Quality/Public Health
• Disaster Management/Water Management
• Coastal Management/Ecological Forecasting

MORE IDEAS:.... bruce c 16:06, 2 October 2006 (EDT)

SESSION A: 45 minutes: ESIP TYPE breakouts in the three track rooms... Getting to know your type-buddies. AND encouraging participation in ESIP Standing Committees

SESSION B: STANDING COMMITTEE breakouts: 90 minutes

TOPIC: determining the future of ESIP standing committees...

WE NEED to kick-start or shut down committees that are non productive...

BREAK

SESSION C: EITHER short TRACK meetings for specific topics... OR: a plenary with another keynote speaker.

Day THREE

MORNING

SESSION ONE 8:30 Plenary Panel - ESIP Federation As A Working Organization

• Reports from Committees and Staff
• Assembly Meeting: CONSTITUTIONAL VOTES

10:00 BREAK SESSION TWO

Breakouts

12:00 Adjourn

MORE IDEAS:.... bruce c 16:06, 2 October 2006 (EDT) SESSION A: PLENARY ESIP as a working organization: The administrative committees and the staff... reports on progress and activities. The ROLE of the Assembly...

DISCUSSION AND VOTE on Constitutional items...

SESSION B: tracks: What the ESIP can do for you... EXAMPLES below...

TBD... for example... A: writing an ESIP-enabled PROPOSAL B: Gaining visibility and partnerships through the ESIP governance structure C: ESIP interoperability and standards bring value to your organization D: ESIP Science collaborations...

AFTERNOON

OPTIONAL

A: BUS to Mt. Saint Helens volcano

B: Golf at Eastmoreland public course