Informal Reception at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Transportation to/from Estancia Hotel

Continental Breakfast and Poster/demo Session (download the poster/demo list as a pdf)

Introduction and Welcome: Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor, University of California, San Diego

Goals for the Symposium: John Orcutt, Director, Center for Earth Observations and Applications

Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Current Status, Vision, Challenges
• International: Jose Achache, Head, Global Earth Observation System of Systems
• US: Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Administrator, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
• State: Sam Schuchat, Executive Officer, California State Coastal Conservancy

Break and Poster/demo Session

Integrated Earth Observations and Applications at Universities (success stories and lessons learned; what really happens in long-term observing systems)
• Keeling Mauna Loa story: Ralph Keeling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System: Eric Terrill, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observations: Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2

Lunch with Michael Jones, Keyhole Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Google

Working Groups - Each working group will have 3 co-chairs:  one from academia, one from government and one from the private sector; and a rapporteur. The working groups are defined deliberately with overlapping scope so that multiple viewpoints can be developed and discussed.

1. Institutional Arrangements Academic Chair: Tim Killeen, head of NCAR; Industry Chair: Carroll Hood, GEOSS Chief Architect for Raytheon Company; Government Chair: Margaret Leinen, Associate Director, Directorate for Geosciences, NSF
   • How to ensure long-term funding for observing systems; how to allocate that funding between government, industry, and university
   • How should universities organize themselves –- centers of excellence; consortia; individual institutions competing
   • Intellectual property and commercialization issues –- the role of the private sector; data policy; data access
     
2. Science and Technology Infusion Academic Chair: Russ Davis, Physical Oceanography Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Government Chair: Ghassem Asrar, Former Science Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA
   • How to reconcile research and operational requirements –- rewards system
   • How to ensure robustness in the science and technology of observing systems
   • Managing modernization
     
3. Standards and Protocols Academic Chair: Richard Marciano, SDSC; Industry Chair: Michael Jones, Keyhole CTO at Google; Government Chair: Marie Colton, NWS, NOAA
   • How do we minimize required standards and protocols?
   • How should these be set and enforced?
   • How should data and information from GEOSS be managed and disseminated
   • Who is responsible for quality, for calibration, validation
   • Security –- what is required and how can adequate security be implemented?
     
4. Cyberinfrastructure and Observations Academic Chair: Fran Berman, Director, SDSC; Industry Chair: Eng Lim Goh, Sr. VP and CTO, Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI); Government Chair: Mary Altalo, Director, Ocean.US.
   • How can growing network capability be effectively integrated into observations planning?
   • How can expanding computational capability, storage capacity and visualization be integrated into observations planning?

General Session Adjourns

The Center for Earth Observations and Applications will host a working dinner for the panelists and the working group co-chairs and rapporteurs to work on synthesizing the working group results and developing a conference statement or recommendations if appropriate.

Continental Breakfast

Industry-University Cooperative Research Program, University of California, Office of the President

Reports from the Breakout Groups

Panelists (from 21 November) Respond to Reports

Discussion, Conclusions and Next Steps

Adjourn with lunch