Agenda

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User Interface Committee Meeting on Earth Observations
Hosted by USEPA and NASA

Marriott at Metro Center
775 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 – Friday, August 3, 2007

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Meeting Rooms: Marriott Hotel at Metro Center and Woodward/Lothrop “Woodies” Building
Tuesday, 31 July, 2007
6:30 p.m.	Co-Chairs Dinner (interested UIC Members can attend)
Wednesday, 1 August, 2007
(Meeting Location: Marriott Hotel at Metro Center: London Room)
8:45 a.m.	Registration
9:15 a.m.	Welcome Purpose of the Meeting Approval of the Agenda
9:35 a.m.	Draft Report on Geneva UIC Meeting, April 2007 (PDF) (6 pp, 34 K)
9:40 a.m.	Presentation From UIC Co-Chair/Secretariat on GEO Activities Review/Update of the GEO Workplan for 2008 (PDF) (9 pp, 63 K)
10:00 a.m.	Progress on User Requirements Gathering Processes Presentations: Lawrence Friedl, Hans-Peter Plag (including contractor support) Fridel and Plag-User requirements (PDF) (16 pp, 124 K) Discussion About the Breakout Sessions (Water, Land/Biodiversity & Health, i.e., the Three Proposed Ministerial Summit Cross-Cutting Sub-Areas; see GEO Draft Report on Progress, v2.5, Section III)
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.	IGOS-P Migration Into GEO Presentation by Secretariat Discussion
11:50 a.m.	Preparation for the Ministerial Summit Ministerial Summit (PDF) (20 pp, 3.23 MB) 3. 12_Data Sharing Principles - White Paper for Plenary.VF1(PDF) (6 pp, 39 K) 3. 13_Agenda for the Cape Town Ministerial Summit.Vfinal (PDF) (1 pp, 22 K) 3. 15_Draft Cape Town Declaration.Vfinal (PDF) (26 pp, 38 K) 3. 16_Outreach and media activities (PDF) (2 pp, 35 K)> 3. Draft Report on Progress - V4 July 20 2007-0724 (PDF) (11 pp, 99 K) 3. Letter, Ministerial Summit Exhibition (PDF) (1 pp, 349 K) 3. Letter, Video Exhibition (PDF) (1 pp, 338 K) 3. Summit publication (PDF) (2 pp, 614 K) Introduction (Secretariat/UIC Co-Chair) Calendar of Events Brief Review of Potential "Early Achievements" (Secretariat) 4. List of Early Achievements_status table v8 (PDF) (7 pp, 43 K) Discussion on UIC Involvement To Prepare for Breakout Session FRIEDL - GEO US-06-01 UIC Aug07 (PDF) (12 pp, 263 K)
12:30 p.m.	Previews of the Architecture and ADC Needs Jay Pearlman and Doug Nebert 5. Khalsa - IP3 - Spain07 Workshop (PDF) (31 pp, 538 K) 5. Moeller - GEOportal - Spain07 Workshop (PDF) (10 pp, 1.45 MB)
1:00 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
2:00 p.m.	Parallel Breakout Sessions Commence Health (Impacts of Environment on Health) Breakout Session Gary Foley and Lawrence Friedl, Session Moderators (Meeting Location: Marriott Hotel at Metro Center: London Room II) MACC_summary_for Council (PDF) (7 pp, 22 K) Canada’s Air Quality Health Index Program Kenneth Korporal (PDF) (21 pp, 1.32 MB) Air and Health Community of Practice Update Lawrence Friedl and John Haynes (PDF) (28 pp, 2.83 MB) USGEO Activities on Air Quality and Health Terry Keating (PDF) (17 pp, 1.5 MB) Air Quality Monitoring and Human Health Early Achievement Stan Morain (PDF) (1 pp, 149 K) and Amy Budge European Activities on Atmospheric Science and Air Quality Hennie Kelder (PDF) (24 pp, 1.56 MB) CEOS Virtual Constellation—Atmospheric Composition Ernie Hilsenrath (PDF) (19 pp, 984 K) Air Quality Monitoring and Smoke James Szykman (PDF) (30 pp, 5.97 MB) Other Related Air Quality and Health Information Gary Foley (PDF) (19 pp, 1.15 MB) Presentations From Capacity Building Committee on Efforts Related to the Health Theme UIC Health Breakout Session (PDF) (3 pp, 11 K) Water (Water Security for Society and the Biosphere) Breakout Session John Lyon and Elsworth LeDrew, Session Moderators (Meeting Location: Marriott Hotel at Metro Center: London Room I) Great Lakes Observing System Update Roger Gauthier (PDF) (12 pp, 2.21 MB) U.S. IOOS and GOOS Regional Alliances Brian Melzian (PDF) (16 pp, 825 K) Coastal Zone Community of Practice (CZCP) Update Paul DiGiacomo (PDF) (11 pp, 229 K) Water, Coastal Zone, and Remote Sensing Meeting/Workgroup Steve Greb (PDF) (17 pp, 343 K) Water and Energy Nexus Community of Practice Michael Tinkelman and John Lyon (PDF) (9 pp, 353 K) Water Cycle Community of Practice Update Rick Lawford (PDF) (36 pp, 3.58 MB) Energy Community of Practice Update Elsworth LeDrew Water—A Canadian Perspective Kenneth Korporal Land/Biodiversity (Changing Land Use and Biodiversity) Breakout Session Montira Pongsiri and Ed Washburn, Session Moderators (Meeting Location: Woodies Building, 2nd Floor, U.S. EPA Central Conference Room) Biodiversity Community of Practice Update Douglas Muchoney (PDF) (46 pp, 5.84 MB) Forest Community of Practice Update Michael Brady (PDF) (15 pp, 462 K) SIGEO—Smithsonian Institute Global Earth Observatories Project Chuck Lydeard (PDF) (19 pp, 3.16 MB) Terrestrial Observations for Climate Update Michael Brady (PDF) (9 pp, 547 K) Presentation from the Capacity Building Committee Carrie Stokes (PDF) (15 pp, 7.32 MB) Geohazards Community of Practice Update Hans-Peter Plag (PDF) (11 pp, 30 K) Virtual Satellite Constellation for Disaster Management Andrew Eddy (PDF) (8 pp, 68 K) Global Environmental Alert Service Veronica Grasso (PDF) (10 pp, 753 K) CONAE and Relationships to Local and External Users Humbulani Mudau (PDF) (14 pp, 4.01 MB) Platzcek-CONAE (PDF) (36 pp, 4.97 MB) Geodetic Reference Frame Hans-Peter Plag (PDF) (25 pp, 5.1 MB) Infrastructure and Applications Development Humbulani Mudau Global Land Cover/Land Cover-Change Data Management Michael Brady (PDF) (2 pp, 235 K) Cryosphere Observing System Update Jeff Key Template for Data Collection (PDF) (1 pp, 10 K) IGOL_IGOS-P_May_30th_07 (PDF) (29 pp, 610 K)
3:30 p.m.	Break
4:00 p.m.	Breakout Sessions Continue Presentations Continue Discussion Focusing on How to Integrate Related Activities Moving Forward with the User Requirements Gathering Processes Using the Early Achievements to Increase "User Engagement" Integrating IGOS-P Committees and Communities of Practice Creating a User-Based Presence on the GEO Web Portal
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
5:30 p.m.	Group Get Together – Woodies Building, 3rd Floor
Thursday, 2 August, 2007
9:00 a.m.	Breakout Sessions Continue Discussion Continues Agreement on Proposals/Options/Actions for: UIC Member Involvement Integration of Related Activities Interactions with IGOS-P Committees Future User Engagement Other
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.	Breakout Sessions Continue Preparation of Material for Reporting Out
12:30 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m.	Report Out From the Breakout Sessions (Meeting Location: Marriott Hotel at Metro Center: London Room)
3:30 p.m.	Break
4:00 p.m.	Outcome Performance Indicators (PDF) (12 pp, 185 K) Ed Washburn
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
5:30 p.m.	Tour of the Earth Observations Exhibits at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Dinner on your own Co-Chairs Meet to Review Progress
Friday, 3 August, 2007
9:00 a.m.	The Architecture and Data Committee and the UIC Discussion of Architecture Call for Proposal UIC Inputs for Portal and Clearinghouse Interface on Tasks Between UIC and ADC Discussion of Scenarios for Ministerial Meeting
9:30 a.m.	GEO Architecture Status Jay Pearlman Nebert architecture on 8-3 (PDF) (29 pp, 1.92 MB) Pearlman architecture on 8-3 (PDF) (28 pp, 1.74 MB)
10:00 a.m.	GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilots, Use of GEO Registries (PDF) (36 pp, 1.72 MB) Douglas Nebert GEO-Task AR-0702: Architecture Implementation Pilot (PDF) (17 pp, 737 K) George Percivall
10:30 a.m.	Discussion of the Status and Timeline for the Architecture Activities, and the Inputs Needed from the UIC
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.	Discussion Resumes
12:40 p.m.	Other Business, Next Meeting, Summary of Actions
1:00 p.m.	Close

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