USNC/CODATA Meeting Agenda- January 2006

Meeting of the U.S. National Committee for CODATA
Board on International Scientific Organizations

The National Academies

Room 101,The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC

Preliminary Agenda

--- Wednesday, January 25---

Open Session

8:30 a.m.		Coffee and tea

9:00		A. Chair's Opening Remarks - Roberta Balstad
 * Introduction of new members
 * Review of action items from last meeting and interim activities
 * Meeting goals and agenda review

9:15		B. Review of International CODATA Activities Paul Uhlir'' John Rumble''
 * Results of CODATA and USNC/CODATA activities related to WSIS - ''Bob Chen &
 * Results of CODATA Information Commons Workshop in Paris, September 2005 - Paul Uhlir
 * Status of CODATA Journal and Web activities - ''Bob Chen &

http://www.codataweb.org/journalproposals/index.html (Discussion of USNC contributions) http://www.codata.cn/2006/ - Committee discussion http://www.icsu.org/1_icsuinscience/DATA_Paa_1.html
 * Status of plans for CODATA 2006 Conference in Beijing - Bob Chen & Roberta Balstad
 * Review of pending CODATA Task Group proposals and reports on recent TG activities - Roberta Balstad
 * CODATA Prize nomination- Roberta Balstad
 * Results of October 2005 ICSU General Assembly - Wendy White
 * Follow-up to ICSU Priority Area Assessment on Scientific Data & Information - Roberta Balstad

10:30		BREAK

10:45		C. International CODATA and USNC Data Archiving Activities - William Anderson http://stardata.nrf.ac.za/html/workshopCodata1.html http://www.nap.edu/shelves/codata/index.html
 * Report from Beijing Workshop on Strategies for Preservation and Open Access to Digital Scientific Data in China, June 2004
 * Report from Workshop on Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Southern Africa, September 2005
 * Plans for Workshop on Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Latin America, September 2006
 * Status of CODATA-ICSTI Portal on Scientific Archiving
 * Other issues from January 24 U.S. archiving subgroup meeting

11:20		D. Other International Projects and Issues
 * Plans for InterAcademy Panel Workshop on Access to Scientific Information in Dakar, January 2006 - Paul Uhlir
 * Status of OECD Expert WG on Access to Data from Publicly Funded Research - Paul Uhlir
 * Report on Webcasting Treaty issues and on database IP and policy developments - Paul Uhlir
 * Other international CODATA issues and general discussion - Roberta Balstad

11:50		E. Ex Officio Member and Federal Liaison Reports on Issues of Potential Interest to the USNC - Roberta Balstad
 * Reports by ex officio members
 * Reports by liaisons

12:15		LUNCH (in meeting room)

1:00		F. Discussion of New Funding Sources and New Members - Roberta Balstad

1:20		G. Review of Proposed USNC/CODATA Activities - Roberta Balstad - Global Information Commons for Science Initiative - Latin American workshop - Collaboration with Russian CODATA
 * Bilateral scientific data roundtable with the Chinese Academy of Sciences
 * National Summit on Long-Lived Digital Scientific Data Collections
 * Follow-up on discussion of projects from morning session
 * Other items and general discussion

3:20		H. Closing Session - Roberta Balstad
 * Action items and assignments
 * Date of next meeting

3:30		ADJOURN