Policy Committee Meetings

The first meeting of the IEDA Policy Committee will take place on June 23/24, 2011, at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.   Inaugural IEDA Policy Committee June 23/24, 2011 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Agenda   Thursday, June 23, 2011 Seminar room 1st floor, Comer Building (open to all)   08:30-09:00 Arrival & Continental Breakfast 09:00-09:20 Welcome & Introductions
  • Welcome by IEDA Director (K. Lehnert)
  • Welcome by LDEO Associate Director of the Marine Geology & Geophysics Division (R. Buck)
  •  Introduction of PC members
  • Introduction of IEDA PI’s & Staff
Review of the agenda, goals of the meeting (K. Lehnert) 09:20-09:30 Introduction to IEDA and the Policy Committee (K. Lehnert) [.pdf] 09:30-09:45 The NSF Perspective: Objectives of the IEDA Cooperative Agreement (B. Ransom, OCE) [.pdf] 10:00-11:30 ‘IEDA in a Nutshell’:  Overview of IEDA systems, services, capabilities, and deliverables (IEDA PI’s & staff)
  • Geoinformatics for Geochemistry (K. Lehnert) [.pdf]
  • Marine Geoscience Data Systems (S. Carbotte) [.pdf]
  • Integrated Services (V. Ferrini/B. Arko) [.pdf]
  • System Infrastructure (B. Arko) [.pdf]
  • Software Development (C. Chan) [.pdf]
11:30-12:15 Data & Cyberinfrastructure: Perspectives
  • US Geological Survey (Linda Gunderson) [.pdf]
  •  NGDC/NOAA (Chris Fox) [no slides]
  • International Context (J. Klump) [.pdf]
12:15-13:15 Lunch 13:15-14:00 Review of the Cooperative Agreement Review Charge to the PC Open Comments & Questions   Seminar room 3rd floor, Comer Building (closed session)   14:00-16:30 Executive Session: Drafting the IEDA Vision Statement and Strategic Plan, define sections 16:30-18:00 LDEO Reception 19:00 Dinner     Friday, June 24, 2011   Seminar room 1st floor, Comer Building (closed session)   08:30-09:00 Coffee 09:00-10:00 Closed Executive Session 10:00-10:30 Questions/comments of the PC to PI’s & sponsors 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break 10:45-12:30 PC Strategic Plan Writing Session 12:30-13:30  Working Lunch 13:30-14:00 Wrap-up ·      Generate list of action items ·      Set date for next meeting ·      Identify mechanism for PC communication (teleconf on focused agenda items frequently etc., web site, calendars)