INTER-AMERICAN WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACCESS

Campinas - SP - Brazil
3-6 March 2004

Programme

Wednesday, 3 March
17:00	Registration
18:00	Welcome by Workshop Co-Chairs Vanderlei Canhos, CRIA, Brazil, and Reynaldo Morales, LANL, U.S.
18:10	Welcoming Presentation Eduardo Moacyr Krieger, President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
18:30	Keynote: Importance of Improving Access to Environmental Data in the Americas, Gilberto Câmara, Director of Earth Observation, National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Brazil
19:30	Reception/Dinner (Bellini Restaurant at Vitoria Hotel)
Thursday, 4 March
08:30	Registration
09:00	Introduction by Workshop Co-Chairs Vanderlei Canhos, CRIA, Brazil, and Reynaldo Morales, LANL, U.S.
09:10	SESSION 1: Global Initiatives (Room Paraty) Moderator: Bob Chen, Deputy Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, U.S. Panelists: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): An Interoperable Network of Primary Biodiversity Databases, James Edwards, Director of GBIF, Secretariat, Denmark The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure: Vision, Goals, and Progress, Santiago Borrero, Former GSDI President, Secretary General, Pan American Institute for Geography and History, Colombia The International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), Antonio Divino Moura, former Director, IRI, Columbia University, U.S. and Director of the National Institute of Meteorology - INMET, Brazil NOTE: All speakers in Sessions 1 and 2 were asked to provide a brief overview of their activities, specifically tying the focus of their presentations to the scientific, technical, institutional, and policy questions raised in Sessions 3 and 6.
10:15	General discussion
10:35	Break
11:00	SESSION 2: Regional Initiatives (Room Paraty) Moderator: Guido Gelli, Director of Geosciences, Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics Panelists: Sharing Biodiversity Information throughout the Americas: Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network, Gladys Cotter, Executive Committee Chair, IABIN, and Associate Chief Biologist for Information, U.S. Geological Survey PCIDEA´s Current Activities in the Americas, Mario Alberto Reyes-Ibarra, President, PC-IDEA, and Director of Geography, INEGI Mexico Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) Data and Information System, Gustavo Necco, Director, IAI, Brazil
12:05	General Discussion
12:30	Lunch
14:00	SESSION 3: Scientific and Technical Issues (Room Paraty) Moderator: Regina P. Markus, SBPC, Brazil Rapporteur: Arthur Chapman, Australia Panelists: Gilberto Câmara, Director of Earth Observations, INPE, Brazil A. Townsend Peterson, University of Kansas, U.S. Carlos Nobre, LBA Science Steering Group, Brazil William Ulate, INBio, Costa Rica Merilyn Gentry, Systems Development Institute, University of Tennessee, USA Eric van Praag, U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Venezuela NOTE: Each panelist gave a brief initial presentation of 10 minutes identifying key scientific and technical issues, including but not limited to the following areas: Technical interoperability of environmental data across software and hardware systems Semantic interoperability of environmental data across disciplines and languages Facilitating interdisciplinary and international access to environmental data resources Scientific and technical requirements for long-term preservation and accessibility of environmental data [Other issues, including those identified at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)]
15:00	General discussion with panelists and workshop participants Moderator: Reynaldo L. Victoria, CENA, Brazil Rapporteur: Arthur Chapman, Australia NOTE: The following questions were addressed by the panelists and workshop participants: What are the challenges and barriers? What are the existing resources and realistic opportunities? What are some potential projects/collaborations? How can the identified new or improved initiatives be implemented? Report
16:30	Break
17:00	SESSION 4: Initiatives on environmental data access/applications. Poster presentations and technical demonstrations SESSION 4A - Room Positano Moderator: Ivis Chan, Ministry of Natural Resources, Belize Panelists: CLARA: an advanced regional network integrating Latin American NRENs, Michael Stanton Biodiversity Cooperation Effort in Ibero-America, Peter Mann de Toledo WebBee - a platform for a Brazilian network on bees, Antonio Mauro Saraiva, Vera L. Imperatriz Fonseca. BAMPETRO: Environmental Data Base Related to the Oil and Gas Industry, Cleverson Guizan Silva iBDC: An Internet Application for Observations Retrieval, Christopher Alexander C.Castro, Helio Camargo Junior, José Roberto M. Garcia, Luciana dos Santos Machado, Marcos Barbosa Sanches Mexico's National System of Environmental Information, Salvador Sánchez-Cólon, Arturo Flores-Martínez. SESSION 4B - Room Capri Moderator: Vera L. Imperatriz Fonseca Panelists: WorldClim: a new high-resolution global climate database, Robert Hijmans, Susan Cameron, and Juan Parra Contributions to Information Sharing in the Hemisphere by the National Biological Information Infrastructure, Tom Lahr The Data and Information System of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia - LBA, Luiz M. Horta, Merilyn J. Gentry, Larry D. Voorhees, Laurindo Campos BIOTA/FAPESP The Biodiversity Virtual Institute: a Brazilian model for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use research programmes, Carlos Alfredo Joly and Erica Speglich Towards biodiversity information systems for decision-making in conservation and sustainable use in Costa Rica, William Ulate
20:00	Banquet (Baracat Restaurant)
Friday, 5 March
09:00	SESSION 5: World Summit on the Information Society (Room Paraty) Moderator: Antônio Mauro Saraiva Panelist: Overview of World Summit on the Information Society: Focus on Access to Environmental Data, Paul Uhlir, Director of the Office of International Scientific and Technical Information Programs at the U.S. National Academies
09:30	SESSION 6: Policy and Institutional Issues (Room Paraty) Moderator: Bonnie Carroll, IIA, USA Rapporteur: Paul Uhlir, NAS, USA Panelists: Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine, U.S. Clemente Forero-Pineda, University of Bogota, Colombia Jorge G. Tezón, International Cooperation, CONICET, Argentina Marco Túlio Cabral, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Brazil NOTE: Each panelist gave a brief initial presentation (10 minutes) on key issues, including but not limited to the following: Data access and management policies and laws in different disciplines/countries/institutions/programs Sustainable funding of environmental data centers/networks/archives Linking scientific data to environmental policy formation Strategies and innovations in data provisioning
10:30	Break
11:00	General discussion with panelists and workshop participants (Room Paraty) Moderator: Marcio de Miranda Santos, CGEE, Brazil Rapporteur: Paul Uhlir, USA NOTE: Questions addressed by the panelists and workshop participants: What are the challenges and barriers? What are the existing resources and realistic opportunities? What are some potential projects/collaborations? How can the identified new or improved initiatives be implemented? Report
12:30	SESSION 7: New Initiatives (Room Paraty) Moderator: Hernan Chaimovich, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Brazil Panelist: Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), Reinaldo Silveira, INMET, Brazil
13:00	Lunch
Breakout Sessions	SESSION 8: Collaborating for the Future to Improve Access to and Use of Environmental Data
14:30	Breakout Sessions Regional Collaboration Issues (Room Paraty) Moderator: Cecille Blake, Ministry of Land and Environment, Jamaica RappOrteur: Tom Lahr, U.S. Geological Survey, USA Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Application Issues (Room Capri) Moderator: Santiago Borrero, Secretary General, Pan American Institute for Geography and History, Rapporteur: William Anderson, CODATA Improving Policy Decision Making with Environmental Data (Room Positano) Moderator: Sidney Draggan, US Environmental Protection Agency Rapporteur: Arthur Chapman, Australia Questions addressed: What are the challenges and barriers? What are the existing resources and realistic opportunities? What are some potential projects/collaborations? How can the identified new or improved initiatives be implemented?
15:45	Break
16:15	Breakout Sessions continued (Room Paraty)
17:30	SESSION 9: Initiatives on environmental data access/applications. Poster presentations and technical demonstrations SESSION 9A - Room Capri Moderator: Jacob Opadeyi, Centre for Geospatial Studies, Engineering Institute, Trinidad y Tobago Consortium of Advancing Monitoring of Ecosystem Sustainability in the Americas (CAMESA), Sidney Draggan and Celedonio Aguirre-Bravo International Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey - EROS Data Center and their applicability to Bioinformatics, Eric van Praag speciesLink: a system for integrating distributed primary biodiversity data, Vanderlei P. Canhos, Renato De Giovanni, Sidnei de Souza geoLoc and spOutlier: on-line tools for geocoding and validating biological data, Alexandre Marino, Fabrício Pavarin, and Sidnei de Souza, Arthur D. Chapman SESSION 9B - Room Positano Moderator: Gustavo Necco, IAI, Brazil Understanding the Geography of Infectious Diseases Using Biodiversity Data and Informatics Tools, A Townsend Peterson Use of biodiversity modelling in environmental conservation - a case study, Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira, Giselda Durigan, Mauro Muñoz, Fabrício Pavarin, and A. Townsend Peterson openModeller: a framework for biological/environmental modelling, Mauro Muñoz, Renato De Giovanni, Sidnei de Souza BiodiversityWorld - a grid enabled virtual laboratory for biodiversity analysis, Tim Sutton
Saturday, 6 March
9:00	SESSION 10: Summaries of Breakout Sessions by Rapporteurs (Room Paraty) Plenary discussion
10:30	SESSION 11: Role of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology - CODATA (Room Paraty) Moderator:Jean Jacques Royer, CODATA Treasurer Brief Overview of CODATA and its Recent Accomplishments, Bob Chen, CODATA Executive Committee Member Task Group on Preservation and Archiving of Scientific and Technical Data in Developing Countries, William Anderson, Co-chair, Committee on Preservation and Archiving of Scientific and Technical Data in Developing Countries
11:00	Break
11:30	SESSION 12: Priorities and Perspectives for Future Collaboration (Room Paraty) Moderator: Reynaldo Morales Rapporteur: Kathleen Cass, CODATA Executive Director Representatives from invited public and private organizations Session 12 report
12:45	Closing Remarks by Workshop Co-Chairs
13:00	End of Workshop
14:30	Meeting of Session chairs and rapporteurs (Room Mikonos)

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