| Notice and Title Page |
| Committee |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgments |
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| 1 |
Welcome |
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Menas Kafatos, George Mason University |
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| 2 |
Conference Introduction |
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Bruce Alberts, National Academy of Sciences |
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| 3 |
Administration Keynote Address: Environmental Observation Data for Addressing National Priorities--The Challenge and the Promise |
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D. James Baker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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Gateway to the Earth--A Framework for a National Decision Support System |
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Barbara Ryan, U.S. Geological Survey |
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| 5 |
Advances in Applied Interdisciplinary Research Using Environmental Observations: Focus on Environmental Real Estate Applications |
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Thomas Gay, VISTA Information Solutions |
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| 6 |
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Futures Market: Common Climate Data Management Requirements? |
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Thomas Karl, National Climatic Data Center |
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NYMEX Energy Markets and the Use of Environmental Data |
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Bradford Leach, New York Mercantile Exchange |
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Weather Risk Management |
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Lynda Clemmons, Weather Risk Management Association |
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| 9 |
Teaching Our Kids about Science and the Natural Environment |
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Steven Richards, District 11 Weather Study Program, Bronx, New York |
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| 10 |
Weather Data--Implications of Increased Privatization |
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Raymond Ban, The Weather Channel |
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| 11 |
Intellectual Property Law and Policy Issues in Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Data Applications |
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Stephen Maurer, Attorney |
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| 12 |
Obtaining Descriptive Data to Describe Database Use and Users: Policy Issues and Strategies |
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Charles McClure, Florida State University |
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| 13 |
University Technology Transfer Practices: Reconciling the Academic and Commercial Interests in Data Access and Use |
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Lita Nelsen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Congressional Keynote Address: Using Scientific and Technical Data in the National Interest |
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The Honorable Rush Holt (D-NJ) |
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Industrial Keynote Address: Data Mining and Databases |
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Usama Fayyad, Microsoft Research |
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| 16 |
Diverse Geospatial Information Integration |
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Daniel Gordon, Autometric, Inc. |
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| 17 |
Long-term Preservation of High-Quality Information |
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Walter Warnick, Department of Energy |
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| 18 |
Developing Standards for Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Data Applications |
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John Rumble, Jr., National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| 19 |
Experience with Metadata on the Internet |
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James Restivo, Blue Angel Technologies |
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| 20 |
Data Management Issues at the Agricultural Research Service |
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Floyd Horn, Department of Agriculture |
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| 21 |
Making Health Information Available to the Public: The Federal Opportunity |
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Donald Lindberg, National Library of Medicine |
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| 22 |
Evaluating Data Management Productivity and Performance in Government: The View from the Trenches |
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Thomas Mace, Environmental Protection Agency |
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Promoting Data Access for a Broad User Base |
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Matthew Schwaller, National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
