2009 Workshop Programme

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NERC 2009 Data Management Workshop Programme

  

Day 1:

Tuesday 17 February 2009, College Suite

 

Time Activity Speakers
12:00-12:30 Arrival, registration and coffee  
12:30-12:40 Welcome – objective of the Workshop Mark Thorley – NERC Data Management Coordinator
12:40-13:10 Opening Keynote:
Data Management in NERC – 2009 and beyond. 		David Bloomer – NERC Director of Finance & Operations
13:10-14:10 Lunch  
14:10-15:10 Session 1: Managing data for integrated science  
14:10-14:35 Developments in digital curation. Chris Rusbridge – Digital Curation Centre
14:35-14:55 Managing data for integrated science. Tim Duffy – BGS & Dominic Lowe - BADC
14:55-15:10 Discussion and questions  
15:10-16:00 Posters and Coffee  
16:00-17:00 Session 2: Data discovery and interoperability  
16:00-16:25 NERC and INSPIRE: Interoperability and discovery in a European context. Andrew Woolf – STFC
16:25-16:45 What have data centres been doing in the support of data discovery, and what do the data centres need to do to take things forward? Steve Donegan – NEODC
& Norman Morrison - NEBC
16:45-17:00 Discussion and questions  
17:00-17:30 End of Day Session:
To share or not to share? An external perspective on data-sharing issues, researcher behaviour and new ways of publishing data. 		Michael Jubb – Research Information Network
18:30-19:30 Drinks reception and poster session  
19:30 - late Conference Dinner  

 

                       

Day 2:

Wednesday 18 February 2009, College Suite

 

Time Activity Speakers
09:00-09:10 Introduction to Day 2 Mark Thorley – NERC Data
Management Coordinator
09:10-09:40 Open-access and open-data. Alma Swan – Key
Perspectives Ltd.
09:40-10:40 Session 3: Data viewing and extraction  
09:40-10:00 The outcomes of the Data Portals Project. James Doughty – Diass Ltd
10:00-10:25 Geographical Information Systems - the future of scientific visualisation? Jon Blower – ESSC
10:25-10:45 How is NERC responding to changing technologies and user demands in respect of GIS, portals and value-added data products? Stephen Pascoe – STFC & Patrick Bell – BGS
10:45-11:00 Discussion and questions  
11:00-11:40 Coffee and posters  
11:40-12:40 Session 4: Areas to take forward  
11:40-12:00 Metadata subgroup – cross-NERC working.
Sam Pepler – BADC
12:00-12:40 Open discussion session  
12:40-13:00 Closing Keynote:
Future issues for NERC data management. 		David Walton – Emeritus Fellow, BAS
13:00-14:00 Lunch and departure  

 
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