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Appendix B
Conference Program and Attendee List
Data for Science and Society: The Second National Conference on
Scientific and Technical Data
Sponsored by the U.S. National Committee for CODATA
National Research Council
March 13-14, 2000
National Academy of Sciences Auditorium
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
FINAL PROGRAM
Monday, March 13, 2000
7:30 a.m. |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:40 |
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Welcome |
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Menas Kafatos, Conference Organizing Committee Chair, George Mason University |
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8:45 |
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Conference Introduction |
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Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences |
Plenary Session 1
Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Data Applications: A Focus on Environmental Observations
Session Chair: Susan Zevin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
8:55 |
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Session Introduction |
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Susan Zevin, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Environmental Information Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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9:00 |
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Administration Keynote Address: Environmental Observation Data for Addressing National Priorities--The Challenge and the Promise |
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D. James Baker, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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9:20 |
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Gateway to the Earth--A Framework for a National Decision Support System |
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Barbara Ryan, Associate Director for Operations, U.S. Geological Survey |
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9:45 |
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Advances in Applied Interdisciplinary Research Using Environmental Observations: Focus on Environmental Real Estate Applications |
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Thomas Gay, President and Chief Executive Officer, VISTA Information Solutions |
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10:10 |
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Coffee |
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10:30 |
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Futures Market: Common Climate Data Management Requirements? |
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Thomas Karl, Director, National Climatic Data Center |
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10:50 |
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NYMEX Energy Markets and the Use of Environmental Data |
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Bradford Leach, Director, Electricity and Natural Gas Research, New York Mercantile Exchange |
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11:15 |
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Weather Risk Management |
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Lynda Clemmons, Weather Risk Management Association |
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11:40 |
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Teaching Our Kids about Science and the Natural Environment |
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Steven Richards, Director, District 11 Weather Study Program, Bronx, New York |
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12:05 |
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Weather Data--Implications of Increased Privatization |
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Raymond Ban, Senior Vice President, The Weather Channel |
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12:30 |
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Lunch and viewing of technical demonstrations and poster presentations |
Plenary Session 2
Improving the Data Policy Framework
Session Chair: Paul Uhlir, National Research Council
2:15 |
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Session Introduction |
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Paul Uhlir, Director, International Scientific and Technical Information Programs, National Research Council |
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2:30 |
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Intellectual Property Law and Policy Issues in Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Data Applications |
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Stephen Maurer, Attorney |
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3:05 |
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Obtaining Descriptive Data to Describe Database Use and Users: Policy Issues and Strategies |
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Charles McClure, Professor, Florida State University |
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3:40 |
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University Technology Transfer Practices: Reconciling the Academic and Commercial Interests in Data Access and Use |
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Lita Nelsen, Director, Technology Licensing Office, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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4:15 |
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Break |
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4:35 |
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Panel Discussion on Data Policy Issues |
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5:15 |
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Congressional Keynote: Using Scientific and Technical Data in the National Interest |
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The Honorable Rush Holt, U.S. House of Representatives (D-NJ) |
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5:40 |
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Closing Remarks |
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Goetz Oertel, Chair, U.S. National Committee for CODATA |
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5:45 |
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Reception in the Great Hall Viewing of technical demonstrations and poster presentations until 7:30 |
Tuesday, March 14
7:30 a.m. |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
Plenary Session 3
Promoting Data Applications for Science and Society: Technological Challenges and Opportunities
Session Chair, Julian Humphries, University of New Orleans
8:30 |
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Session Introduction |
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Julian Humphries, Professor, University of New Orleans |
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8:35 |
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Industrial Keynote: |
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Data Mining and Databases |
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Usama Fayyad, Senior Researcher, Microsoft |
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9:15 |
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Diverse Geospatial Information Integration |
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Dan Gordon, President, Autometric, Inc. |
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9:50 |
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Long-term Preservation of High-Quality Information |
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Walter Warnick, Director, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Department of Energy |
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10:25 |
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Coffee |
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10:50 |
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Developing Standards for Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Data Applications |
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John Rumble, Chief, Office of Standard Reference Data, National Institute of Standards andTechnology |
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11:25 |
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Experience with Metadata on the Internet |
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James Restivo, Blue Angel Technologies |
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12:00 |
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Lunch Technical demonstrations and poster presentations (concluding at 1:10) |
Plenary Session 4
Promoting Data Applications for Science and Society: Organizational and Management Issues
Session Chair: Goetz Oertel, AURA
1:10 |
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Session Introduction |
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Goetz Oertel, Chair, USNC/CODATA |
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1:15 |
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Data Management Issues at the Agricultural Research Service |
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Floyd Horn, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service |
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1:45 |
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Making Health Information Available to the Public: The Federal Opportunity |
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Donald Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine |
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2:15 |
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Evaluating Data Management Productivity and Performance in Government: The View from the Trenches |
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Thomas Mace, Environmental Protection Agency, and Chair, Data Management Working Group for Global Change Programs |
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2:45 |
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Promoting Data Access for a Broad User Base |
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Matthew Schwaller, Manager, Science Information Technology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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3:15 |
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Providing Incentives for Interdisciplinary Data Activities Across Government-Academia-Industry Boundaries1 |
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Henry Etzkowitz, Professor, Science Policy Institute, State University of New York |
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3:45 |
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Closing Remarks |
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Menas Kafatos, Chair, Conference Organizing Committee |
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4:00 |
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End of Conference |
CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
- Prue Adler
- Association of Research Libraries
- Bruce Alberts
- The National Academy of Sciences
- Gary Armistead
- Autometric, Inc.
- D. James Baker
- NOAA
- Raymond Ban
- The Weather Channel
- Shuming Bao
- University of Michigan
- James Beach
- University of Kansas
- Frances Bergmann
- NASA/GSFC
- R. Stephen Berry
- University of Chicago
- Rebecca Bilodeau
- NASA
- Lois Blaine
- American Type Culture Collection
- John Boright
- National Research Council
- Jane Bortnick Griffith
- National Research Council
- Irene Brahmakulam
- Office of Science and Techology Policy
- Randall Brinkhuis
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Lou Brown
- Autometric, Inc.
- David Bruggeman
- George Washington University
- Merry Bullock
- American Psychological Association
- Katie Burns
- Research Park Forum
- Bonnie Carroll
- CENDI Information Managers Group
- Bob Casullo
- Autometric, Inc.
- Jessica Cherry
- CIESIN
- Richard Chinman
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- Long Chiu
- George Mason University
- Lynda Clemmons
- Weather Risk Management Association
- Jim Cory
- GeoAnalytics, Inc.
- Daniel Crichton
- California Institute of Technology
- Geraldine Dalton
- NIST
- Deveny Deck
- Vanderbilt University
- Alex deSherbinin
- CIESIN
- Gregory Downing
- NIH
- Beth Duff
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Peggy Eastman
- Oncology Times
- Julie Esanu
- National Research Council
- Henry Etzkowitz
- State University of New York
- Allan Eustis
- NOAA/NESDIS
- Charles Falkenberg
- Ecologic
- Usama Fayyad
- Microsoft Research
- Peter Fox
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Michael Frame
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Anne Frondorf
- U.S. Geological Survey
- John Gardenier
- Centers for Disease Control
- Turkan Gardenier
- Pragmatica Corp.
- Susan Gartner
- Earthwatch Institute
- Laszlo Gasztonyi
- Autometric, Inc.
- Thomas Gay
- VISTA Information Solutions
- Mike Goldberg
- Mitretek Systems
- Miriam Goldfarb
- NASA
- Daniel Gordon
- Autometric, Inc.
- Denis Gracanin
- Virginia Tech
- John Haines
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Ida Hakkarinen
- NOAA/NESDIS
- Stephen Hale
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Michael Hirsch
- National Institute of Mental Health
- K. Elaine Hoagland
- Council on Undergraduate Research
- Rush Holt
- U.S. House of Representatives (D-NJ)
- Floyd Horn
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- David Howell
- Office of Naval Research
- Yaruo Hu
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ouyang Hua
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- J. Steven Hughes
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Robert Huie
- NIST
- Julian Humphries
- University of New Orleans
- Cheryl Itkin
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Li-Qiang Ji
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- David Johnson
- Federation of Behavioral,
Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
- Lawrence Kaetzel
- K-Systems
- Menas Kafatos
- George Mason University
- Thomas Karl
- National Climatic Data Center
- Maureen Kelly
- BIOSIS
- Steven Kempler
- NASA/GSFC
- Liz Kennedy
- NASA/GSGC
- Linda Kim
- U.S. Pharmacopieal Convention, Inc.
- Fred Klein
- MITRETEK System
- Neal Kobayashi
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Ashok Kolaskar
- American Type Culture Collection
- Micah Krichevsky
- Bionomics International
- Subhash Kuvelker
- Kuvelker Law Firm
- Thomas Lahr
- U.S. Geological Survey/NBII
- Sonia Law
- Japan Science and Technology Corp.
- Brad Leach
- New York Mercantile Exchange
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- Irving Lerch
- American Physical Society
- Cheryl Williams Levey
- NIST
- David Lide
- CRC Press
- Donald Lindberg
- National Library of Medicine
- Frank Lindsay
- University of Maryland
- Anne Linn
- National Research Council
- Chuang Liu
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dawn Lowe
- NASA/GSFC
- Jingchu Luo
- Peking University
- Juncai Ma
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Thomas Mace
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Catherine Marzan
- NOAA
- Stephen Maurer
- University of California, Berkeley
- Charles McClure
- Florida State University
- Judy McMeekin
- United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
- Jose Mello
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Matthew Menne
- National Climatic Data Center
- Linda Moodie
- NOAA/NESDIS
- Reagan Moore
- San Diego Supercomputer Center
- John Moore
- NASA/GSFC
- Tony Moraco
- Autometric, Inc.
- Janet Morton
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Lita Nelsen
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Thomas Nelsen
- Office of Naval Research
- Marguerite Nelson
- SIBL
- Glen Newton
- National Research Council of Canada
- Dong Niu
- University of Michigan
- Goetz Oertel
- AURA
- Karen Olsen
- NIST
- Gerardo Pascual
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Al Powell, Jr.
- Autometric, Inc.
- Valentina Prikhodko
- University of California, Davis
- David Rain
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Rahul Ramachandran
- University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Roberta Rand
- National Agricultural Library
- James Restivo
- Blue Angel Technologies, Inc.
- Steven Richards
- Northeast Bronx Weather Station
- Robert Riemer
- National Research Council
- Arlene Robey
- NIST
- Hedy Rossmeissl
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Joan Rothenberg
- Office of Respresentative Rush Holt
- Michael Routhiez
- University of New Hampshire
- Steve Rowberry
- Office of Naval Research
- Mike Ruggiero
- USGS
- John Rumble
- NIST
- Barbara Ryan
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Trent Schade
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Elyse Schapira
- New York Public Library
- Matthew Schwaller
- NASA Headquarters
- Mark Segal
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Vakhtang Shelia
- University of Georgia
- Robert Shepanek
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Hope Stanton
- National Agricultural Library
- Honglie Sun
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Han Thai
- NIST
- James Thieman
- NASA/GFSC
- Tyler Thompson
- The Dow Chemical Company
- George Thomson
- Design Institute for Physical Property Data
- Joyce Tichler
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Wing Tsang
- NIST
- Paul Turner
- National Research Council
- Igor Tyukhov
- George Mason University
- Paul Uhlir
- National Research Council
- Geoffrey Vincent
- Vanderbilt University
- Larry Voorhees
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Walter Warnick
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Nan Wells
- Princeton University
- Wendy White
- National Research Council
- Ron Williams
- Saudi Arabian Oil Co.
- Robert Winokur
- CORE
- Tamae Wong
- National Research Council
- Gordon Wood
- National Research Council of Canada
- Robert Worrest
- CIESIN
- Yun Xiao
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhihong Xu
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Bao Ping Yan
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ruixin Yang
- George Mason University
- Gregory Yetman
- CIESIN
- Tamara Zemlo
- FASEB
- Susan Zevin
- NOAA/NESDIS
- Brenda Zuzolo
- Autometric, Inc.
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Notes
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Mr. Etzkowitz's presentation is not included in these Proceedings.
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