Transcript 2010 CODATA Conference and General Assembly, Cape Town Robert S. Chen Secretary General November 2010

2010 CODATA Conference and
General Assembly, Cape Town
Robert S. Chen
Secretary General
November 2010
2010 CODATA Conference
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More than 250 participants (including staff and volunteers)
Around 80 scientists and students from Africa
Strong keynotes, organized sessions
Significant support from South African NRF
Articles in SciDev.net, Nature
CODATA Prize award to Paul Uhlir!
Two working sessions prior to the meeting
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WDS Scientific Committee
Global Research Data Infrastructure 2020 initiative
Next CODATA Conference: Academica Sinica, Taipei
New President, Officers, &
Executive Committee
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Officers
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Huadong GUO (China), President (2010-14)
Takashi GOJOBORI (Japan), Vice President (2010-14)
Fedor KUZNETSOV (Russia), Vice President (2010-14)
Krishan LAL (India), Past President (2010-12)*
Robert CHEN (USA), Secretary-General (2008-12)
Michel SABOURIN (Canada), Treasurer (2008-12)
Executive Committee (2010-12)
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Niv AHITUV (Israel)
John BROOME (Canada)
Dora Ann Lange CANHOS (Brazil)
Antony COOPER (South Africa)
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Françoise GENOVA (France)
Sara GRAVES (USA)
Hiro-o HAMAGUCHI (Japan)
Mark THORLEY (UK)
* Just elected President of the Indian Academy of Sciences!
CODATA Task Groups
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Renewed
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Anthropometric Data and Engineering
Data Sources for Sustainable Development in SADC Countries
eGY Earth and Space Science Data Interoperability
Exchangeable Materials Data representation to Support Scientific
Research and Education
Fundamental Constants
Global Information Commons for Science initiative EU activities
Polar Year Data Policy and Management
Preservation and Archiving of Scientific and Technical Data in
Developing Countries
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Data at Risk
Data Citation Standards and Practices
Global Roads Data Development
Other GA Issues
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WDS-SC – co-opted membership approved
Dues committee to report back in 2012 (new ICSU scale?)
Increase in dues and conversion rates approved
Young scientist WG renewed for 2 years, disaster WG 1 year
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Encourages national committees to appoint a young scientist
Minor changes in Constitution approved
Membership and funding committees approved
Resolutions passed on Data Science Journal, Education and Training
in Data Management
International Data Academy concept referred to next EC for further
planning and implementation
Nominating Committee: Lal, Carroll, McMahon, Roussow
Recommends EC establish new WG on ethical issues in data science
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Antony Cooper; Horst Kremers; Ann Watts; Peter Fox; Paul Laughton, Paul Uhlir and
DT Lee
GEO Data Sharing Task Force - 1
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GEO Data Sharing Task Force formed in early 2009 based on open
invitation to GEO members and participating organizations
– Meetings in Geneva in 2009 and in Reading UK in 2010
– Six co-chairs:
 China
- Goufu Wang
 India – V. S. Hegde
 European Commission – Alan Edwards
 Japan - Chiyoshi Kawamoto
 USA - Linda Moodie
 DA-06-01 Task Team – Paul Uhlir/Robert Chen/Joanne Gabrynowicz
– Other members: Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Italy,
The Netherlands, Slovenia, UK, GSDI, ICIMOD, OGC, UNEP, UNOOSA…
GEO Data Sharing Task Force - 2
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New Action Plan accepted at GEO-VII plenary and 2010 Ministerial
Summit in Beijing next week
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Established new “GEOSS Data-CORE”
Addresses key implementation issues such as data access categories, data
tagging, possible open data licenses
New Task Force to be established
GEO EC resolved issues regarding attribution, costs
Action plan seen as major accomplishment of Ministerial Summit
CODATA visible at GEO-VII Plenary and 2010 Ministerial Summit
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Side event organized by CODATA on 2 November (>50 participants)
CODATA part of ICSU delegation and booth
 DSTF
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extended for one year to follow up
Meeting tentatively planned in early 2011 (late January?)
APN-CODATA Workshop
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APN-CODATA workshop on implementation of the GEO Data
Sharing Principles in the Asia-Pacific region
Proposal accepted by APN, still need to negotiate final
agreement between Columbia U. and APN
Tentatively to be held in spring 2011 in Kuala Lumpur (in
cooperation with ICSU Regional Office)
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Alternate venues: GEO Asia-Pacific Symposium in Japan, ISRSE
in Australia
Organizing committee: Chen, Uhlir, Gabrynowicz, Guo, Lal
Co-sponsorship with DSTF?
Strategic Planning
 ICSU
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Strategic Plan, 2012-2017
ICSU Foresight Analysis, scenarios for the development of international
science over the next 20 years
Earth System Visioning Process
Strategic review on science education
Review of ICSU Regional Offices
New ICSU programs, e.g., hazards, urban health & wellbeing
Review of CODATA
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Strategic Plan, 2013-2018
GA approved need and process for developing new Strategic Plan
Review current plan accomplishments
 Complete draft ready for approval by 28th GA in late 2012
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Interactions with ICSU - 1
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Ad hoc Strategic Coordinating Committee on Information and Data
(SCCID)
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R. Harris is chair
R. Chen, P. Fox are members in their personal capacities
K. Cass an ex officio member representing CODATA
B. Minster also an ex officio member representing WDS-SC
3 meetings to date; interim report in preparation
Includes consideration of data policy issues as well as review of ICSU
data coordination, with specific attention to CODATA and WDS-SC
Not sure if SCCID will be reappointed for a second 3-year term
Potential for CODATA to assume some of the SCCID
functions/activities in the long run
Interactions with ICSU - 2
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World Data System - Scientific Committee (WDS-SC)
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B. Minster is chair, M. Diepenbrook elected as vice-chair
M. Zgurovsky is a member
No formal ex officio representation of CODATA on WDS-SC
WDS-SC now a co-opted member of CODATA
WDS-SC meeting held in conjunction with CODATA 2010
Plans for a WDS General Assembly next September in Kyoto
New WDS International Programme Office under consideration, to be
announced soon
ICSU and others have recommended linking WDS General Assembly
with future CODATA conferences
Interactions with ICSU - 3
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Potential interactions with IRDR, hosted by CEODE in China
CODATA has supported ICSU membership in GEO,
represented ICSU at WSIS and other international activities
CODATA has provided inputs to ICSU foresight analysis, Earth
systems visioning
ICSU invited to send representative to CODATA GA (Minster)
CODATA coordinating a submission to ICSU 2011 project RFP
on harmonization of data standards across the ICSU family
Joint IUBS/CODATA meeting around ICSU GA in Rome in
2011
Review of CODATA to be undertaken by ICSU
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Probably conducted or commissioned by CSPR; details not yet
determined