CEOS WGISS Preliminary Workshop

Theme:  Data access and integration: Global and regional initiatives and client perspectives.

In this era of globalisation of communities, access, exchange, interoperability of data are key challenges to management at a global level. Who are the key players? What are the key technical, policy and other issues confronting data providers and end-users? How are these issues being addressed? What else needs to happen? Are we moving in the right direction? Are we doing enough?

This two day workshop provides a forum to get views both top-down and bottom-up.
 

Day 1:

• SDI development - why aren?t we there yet ?
  Drew.Clarke, Division Head, Australian Federal Government Department of Industry Science and Resources
• Spatial data infrastructure initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region and at the global level
  Peter Holland, General Manager AUSLIG, Australia (Related links http://www.gsdi.org/, http://www.permcom.apgis.gov.au/)
• European Spatial Data Infrastructure
  Wyn Cudlip, DERA, UK
• Canada's geographic information on the Internet
  Terry Fisher, CCRS, Canada (Related links http://ceonet.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca)
• Nth American Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiatives
  Ken.McDonald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA. (Related links http://fgdc.gov)
• Japanese Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiatives
  Shin-Ichi Sobue, NASDA, Japan
• The Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure ?Fact and Fiction?
  Alister Nairn, Manager, AUSLIG SDI Program, AUSLIG, Australia (Related links http://www.auslig.gov.au/asdi/index.htm)
• An IT Research View on SDI futures
  Dave Abel, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, CSIRO, Australia
• Data Collection, Storage and Exchange Under the Auspices of the WMO
  Geoff Love,Deputy Director, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, and vice president, WMO's Commission for Basic Systems. (Related links http://www.bom.gov.au)
• Antarctic Data Management
  Lee Belbin, Manager, Australian Antarctic Data Centre and Chairman, Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management. See also:
  SCAR Geoscience Standing Scientific Group(GSSG): http://www.geoscience.scar.org)
• Environmental Information Infrastructure
  John Busby, Director, Science, Heritage and Core Data, ERIN, Environment Australia, Australia
• User Requirements for the GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM (GOOS)
  Rick Bailey, CSIRO/BMRC, Joint Australian Facility for Ocean Observing Systems (Related links http://ioc.unesco.org/goos/goos.htm)
• Rapporteur, Day 1
  Peter Churchill, Joint Research Centre of the EU, Italy

Day 2:

• ESCAP Regional Space Applications Program
  Wu Guoxiang, Space Technology Applications Section, United Nations, ESCAP
• World Data Centres and GSDI
  David Clark, World Data Center Panel, NOAA, USA (Related links http://www.codata.org/codata/data_access/icsuad.html)
• SDI Initiatives and the Geoscience Community
  Jonathon Root, Manager, Geoscience Data Management, Australian Geologic Survey Organisation (Related links http://www.agso.gov.au)
• CEOS Disaster Management Support Group
  Levin Lauritson, NOAA, USA
• Disaster Management Support Group - collaboration with WGISS
  Levin Lauritson, NOAA, USA
• Global Users: GOFC SDI Issues
  Terry Fisher, CCRS, Canada
• APAN network infrastructure and beyond
  Markus Buchhorn, ACSys CRC, ANU, Australia
• APAN EM WG Summary
  Shin-Ichi Sobue, NASDA, Japan
• Rapporteur, Day 2
  Peter Churchill, Joint Research Centre of the EU, Italy