Board on International Scientific Organizations and the
U.S. Committee on Data for Science and Technology
Board on Research Data and Information
National Academy of Sciences
in consultation with the
Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science
International Council for Science
Room 100
National Academy of Sciences
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC
April 18–19, 2011
Day One:
Session One: Setting the Stage
Session Chair: Farouk El-Baz, Boston University
8:45 | Welcoming remarks | Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering |
9:00 | Background and purpose of the symposium: A historical perspective | Farouk El-Baz, Symposium co-chair |
9:20 | Keynote presentation: Why is international scientific data sharing important? | Atta-ur-Rahman, UNESCO Science Laureate |
10:00 | Coffee break |
Session Two: Status of Access to Scientific Data
Session Chair: Roberta Balstad, Columbia University
10:30 | Overview of scientific data policies Examples of scientific data-sharing policies in developing countries | Roberta Balstad, Columbia University, United States |
10:45 | Implementing a research data access policy in South Africa | Michael Kahn, CREST, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
11:05 | Access to Research Data and Scientific Information Generated with Public Funding in Chile | Patricia Muñoz, CONICYT, Chile |
11:25 | The Management of Health and |
Biomedical Data in Tanzania: The Need for a National Scientific Policy | Leonard E. G. Mboera and Benjamin Mayala, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania | |
11:45 | The data-sharing policy of the World Meteorological Organization: The case for international sharing of scientific data | Jack Hayes, World Meteorological Organization and NOAA, United States |
12:05 | Moderated Panel Discussion | (all morning speakers) Moderator: Farouk El-Baz, Boston University |
12:30 | Lunch |
Session Three: Compelling Benefits
Session Chair: Barbara Andrews, University of Chile
13:45 | Examples of past successes | |
Developing the rice genome in China | Huanming Yang, | |
Data-sharing in astronomy | Beijing Genomics Institute, China Željko Ivezić, | |
Sharing engineering data for failure analysis in airplane crashes: Creation of a Web-based knowledge system | University of Washington Dan Cheney, Federal Aviation Administration | |
14:45 | Break | |
15:15 | Examples where more data sharing could make a big difference | |
Integrated disaster research: Issues | Jane Rovins, | |
Around data | ICSU Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, China | |
Understanding Brazilian biodiversity: | Vanderlei Canhos, | |
Examples where more data-sharing could make the difference | Reference Center on Environmental Information, Brazil | |
Social statistics as one of the instruments of strategic management of sustainable development processes: | Victoria Bakhtina, International Finance Corporation | |
Compelling examples Remote sensing and In Situ measurements in the Global Earth Observation System of Systems | Curtis Woodcock, Boston University | |
16:45 | Moderated Panel Discussion | (all 8 speakers) |
17:30 | Adjourn |
Day Two:
Session Four: The Limits and Barriers to Data Sharing
Session Chair: Roger Pfister, Swiss Academy of Sciences and ICSU/CFRS
8:45 | Introduction | |
9:00 | Consideration of barriers to data sharing | Elaine Collier, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health |
9:20 | Artificial barriers to data sharing – Technical aspects | Donald Riley, University of Maryland, United States |
9:40 | Scientific management and cultural aspects | David Carlson, University of Colorado1, United States |
10:00 | Political and economical barriers to data-sharing: The African perspective | Tilahun Yilma, University of California, Davis, United States |
10:20 | Moderated Panel Discussion | (all 4 speakers) |
Moderator: Roger Pfister, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and ICSU/CFRS, Switzerland | ||
11:00 | Break |
Session Five: How to Improve Data Access and Use
Session Chair: John Rumble, Information International Associates
11:20 | Government science policy makers’ and research funders’ challenges to international data-sharing: The role of UNESCO | Gretchen Kalonji, UNESCO, France |
11:40 | International scientific organizations: Views and examples | Bengt Gustafsson, ICSU/CFRS, Sweden |
12:00 | Improving data access and use for Sustainable development in the south | Daniel Schaffer, TWAS, Italy |
12:20 | Lunch | |
13:30 | How to improve data access and use: An industry perspective | John Rumble, IIA, United States |
13:50 | Production and access to scientific Data in Africa: A framework for improving the contribution of research institutions | Hilary Inyang2, African Continental University System Initiative, United States |
14:10 | The ICSU world data system | Yasuhiro Murayama, World Data System/NICT, Japan |
14:30 | Libraries and improving data access and use in developing regions | Stephen Griffin, National Science Foundation |
14:50 | Developing a policy framework to open up the rights to access and re-use | Haswira Nor Mohamad Hashim, Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
15:10 | Moderated Panel Discussion | |
15:55 | Concluding observations | Bengt Gustafsson, ICSU/CFRS, Sweden |
16:00 | Adjourn |
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1 Retired.
2 Currently the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science, at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Dr. Inyang is past president of the African Continental University System Initiative.