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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data: A Focus on Developing Countries: Proceedings of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/17019.

Appendix A

Meeting Agenda

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

8:45Welcoming remarksCharles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering
9:00Background and purpose of the symposium: A historical perspectiveFarouk El-Baz, Symposium co-chair
9:20Keynote presentation: Why is international scientific data sharing important?Atta-ur-Rahman, UNESCO Science Laureate
   
10:00Coffee break 

Session Two: Status of Access to Scientific Data
Session Chair: Roberta Balstad, Columbia University

10:30Overview of scientific data policies Examples of scientific data-sharing policies in developing countriesRoberta Balstad, Columbia University, United States
10:45Implementing a research data access policy in South AfricaMichael Kahn, CREST, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
11:05Access to Research Data and Scientific Information Generated with Public Funding in ChilePatricia Muñoz, CONICYT, Chile
   
11:25The Management of Health and
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data: A Focus on Developing Countries: Proceedings of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/17019.
Biomedical Data in Tanzania: The Need for a National Scientific PolicyLeonard E. G. Mboera and Benjamin Mayala, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
11:45The data-sharing policy of the World Meteorological Organization: The case for international sharing of scientific dataJack Hayes, World Meteorological Organization and NOAA, United States
12:05Moderated Panel Discussion(all morning speakers) Moderator: Farouk El-Baz, Boston University
12:30Lunch 

Session Three: Compelling Benefits
Session Chair: Barbara Andrews, University of Chile

13:45Examples of past successes 
   
 Developing the rice genome in ChinaHuanming Yang,
 Data-sharing in astronomyBeijing Genomics Institute, China Željko Ivezić,
 Sharing engineering data for failure analysis in airplane crashes: Creation of a Web-based knowledge systemUniversity of Washington Dan Cheney, Federal Aviation Administration
14:45Break 
   
15:15Examples where more data sharing could make a big difference 
   
 Integrated disaster research: IssuesJane Rovins,
 Around dataICSU Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, China
 Understanding Brazilian biodiversity:Vanderlei Canhos,
 Examples where more data-sharing could make the differenceReference 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 SystemsCurtis Woodcock, Boston University
16:45Moderated Panel Discussion(all 8 speakers)
   
17:30Adjourn 

Day Two:
Session Four: The Limits and Barriers to Data Sharing
Session Chair: Roger Pfister, Swiss Academy of Sciences and ICSU/CFRS

8:45Introduction 
9:00Consideration of barriers to data sharingElaine Collier, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data: A Focus on Developing Countries: Proceedings of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/17019.
9:20Artificial barriers to data sharing – Technical aspectsDonald Riley, University of Maryland, United States
9:40Scientific management and cultural aspectsDavid Carlson, University of Colorado1, United States
10:00Political and economical barriers to data-sharing: The African perspectiveTilahun Yilma, University of California, Davis, United States
10:20Moderated Panel Discussion(all 4 speakers)
  Moderator: Roger Pfister, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and ICSU/CFRS, Switzerland
11:00Break 

Session Five: How to Improve Data Access and Use
Session Chair: John Rumble, Information International Associates

11:20Government science policy makers’ and research funders’ challenges to international data-sharing: The role of UNESCOGretchen Kalonji, UNESCO, France
11:40International scientific organizations: Views and examplesBengt Gustafsson, ICSU/CFRS, Sweden
12:00Improving data access and use for Sustainable development in the southDaniel Schaffer, TWAS, Italy
12:20Lunch 
   
13:30How to improve data access and use: An industry perspectiveJohn Rumble, IIA, United States
13:50Production and access to scientific Data in Africa: A framework for improving the contribution of research institutionsHilary Inyang2, African Continental University System Initiative, United States
14:10The ICSU world data systemYasuhiro Murayama, World Data System/NICT, Japan
   
14:30Libraries and improving data access and use in developing regionsStephen Griffin, National Science Foundation
14:50Developing a policy framework to open up the rights to access and re-useHaswira Nor Mohamad Hashim, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
15:10Moderated Panel Discussion 
15:55Concluding observationsBengt Gustafsson, ICSU/CFRS, Sweden
   
16:00Adjourn 

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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.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. The Case for International Sharing of Scientific Data: A Focus on Developing Countries: Proceedings of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/17019.
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