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Strategies for Open and Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Latin America: Focus on Health and Environmental Information for Sustainable Development
SIDE EVENTS
UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) Community of Expertise: Education Global Alliance for Enhancing Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries (e-SDDC) - Launch Meeting
MONDAY, 7 May
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
Session 1: Opening Session
Meeting Room: Salão VillageChair: Dr. Krishan Lal, Co-Chair, e-SDDC Steering Committee, President of CODATA
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome
Dr. Vanderlei Canhos,Director, Environmental Reference Information Center (CRIA), Brazil
09:10 - 10:00 UN GAID Structure, Steering Committee and Latin American Regional Network
- Ms. Enrica Murmura, Coordinator for Latin American Network of UN GAID
- Mr. Danilo Piaggesi, Member of UN GAID Steering Committee and Strategy Council, UN GAID Representative and Member of e-SDDC Steering Committee
10:00 - 10:20 Science and the Crosse Boundary Solution of ICT for Development
- Prof. GUO Huadong,Co-Chair of UN GAID e-SDDC Steering Committee, Deputy Secretary General and Director of International Cooperation Bureau, Chinese Academy of Sciences
10:20 - 10:35 COFFEE BREAK AND GROUP PICTURE
10:35 - 12:35 Session 2: Interests of Scientific Communities in e-SDDC and e-SDDC Implementation Plan Overview
Chair: .Dr. Anna Maria Prat , Assistant to the President, National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), Chile
Scientific Communities (15 minutes for each):
- Dr. Alice Abreu, Director of Latin American and Caribbean Office of ICSU
- Dr. Krishan Lal, President of CODATA, Co-Chair, e-SDDC Steering Committee
- Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Health Analysis and Information Systems, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Dr. Alvaro Espinel, Senior Environmental Information Specialist, Organization of American States (OAS)
- Prof. Harlan Onsrud, Past-President of GSDI, Professor ofUniversity of Maine, USA
- Paul Uhlir, J.D., International Academy Panel (IAP) Initiative on Access to Scientific Information in Developing Countries, and Co-Chair of e-SDDC Executive Committee, National Academy of Sciences, USA
e-SDDC Implementation Plan Overview (30 minutes)
- Dr. LIU Chuang, Co-Chair of e-SDDC Executive Committee and Professor of Institute of Geography and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of SciencesDr. LIU Chuang, Co-Chair of e-SDDC Executive Committee and Professor of Institute of Geography and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
12:35 - 14:00 LUNCH
Session 3:
14:00 - 15:30: e-SDDC Action Lines (10 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussions for each action line):
Chair: Leslie Chan, Professor of University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
14:00 - 14:30: Action Line 1: Think Tank Network
- Prof. Steve Rossouw, Vice President of CODATA, National Research Foundation, South Africa
14:30 - 15:00: Action Lines 2: Scientific Data Center Network
- Dr. Dora Ann Lange Canhos, Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental, Brazil, Vice Chair, e-SDDC Executive Committee
15:00 - 15:30: Action Line 3: Technology Transfer and Assistance Network
Dr. Peter Baumann (LIU Chuang), Professor of Computer Science, International University Bremen, Germany 15:30 - 15:45 BREAK
Session 4: e-SDDC Action Lines (continued)
Chair: Dr. YARIME Masaru, Associate Professor, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
16:15 - 16:45:Action Line 5: Data Applications Network
15:45 - 16:15: Action Line 4: On-line Training and Education Network
- Dr. William Anderson, Co-Chair, CODATA Task Group on Preservation of and Access to Scientific Data in Developing Countries, PRAXIS101, LLC, USA
- Dr. QU Guosheng, Deputy Director and Chief Engineer, National Earthquake Response Support Services (NERSS), China Earthquake Administration (CEA)
16:45 - 17:15: Session 5: Summary
Chair: Dr. Rocio Cos, Project Manager of Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks, Mexico
- Paul Uhlir, J.D., Outreach, Evaluation and the Near Future of e-SDDC: Co-Chair of e-SDDC Executive Committee and NAS, USA
- Dr. LIU Chuang, Closing Remarks, Co-Chair of e-SDDC Executive Committee and Professor of Institute of Geography and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
17:15 ADJOURN
18:00 RECEPTION
Sponsors
- The Global Alliance for Enhancing Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries, of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, UN G@ID
Organizers
- U.S. National Committee for CODATA
- Brazilian National Committee for CODATA.
- CODATA Task Group on Preservation of and Access to Scientific and Technical Data in Developing Countries
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