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ST-09-02 Kick-off Promoting Awareness and Benefits of GEO in the Science and Technology Community Douglas Cripe – GEO Secretariat Frascati/Brussels 27-30 July 2009. Activity 1: Links with major scientific research enterprises.
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ST-09-02 Kick-off Promoting Awareness and Benefits of GEO in the Science and Technology CommunityDouglas Cripe – GEO SecretariatFrascati/Brussels 27-30 July 2009
Activity 1: Links with major scientific research enterprises • High-level list of major scientific research enterprises necessary for GEOSS. • ICSU is asked to report on the status of the list, which should be available early in 2010. Coordination with ST-09-01. • Identification the key organizations currently not linked to GEO and development of mechanisms for linkage to these organizations. • Organize, support, initiate workshops to network the new organizations with relevant Task Team and CoPs in the different SBA. • Although this activity is not planned until 2011 or 2012, it could also be worthwhile to consider some workshops already in 2010, depending on which organizations have joined GEO.
Activity 2: Encourage scientists and technical experts to contribute to GEOSS • GEOSS citation standard to provide the means for visible acknowledgment of scientific contributions to GEOSS. • Proposal to be ready for the GEO Plenary in 2009. • Develop concept for a "GEO label" related to the scientific relevance, quality, acceptance and societal needs for activities in support of GEOSS as an attractive incentive for involvement of the S&T communities. • Increase relevance and benefits of GEOSS registries (GCI) for scientific communities through enhanced registration of relevant scientific data sets. • Means for dissemination and a source of core data sets often produced by science organizations and needed for both research and GEOSS services.
Activity 3: Outreach to diverse scientific and technological communities to raise GEOSS visibility • Support outreach of GEO Principals, Committee members and other delegates to S&T communities by provision of a slide library. • Compile a set of compelling examples showing how GEOSS serves S&T communities in their work. • intended to strongly feed into the preparations for 2010 Ministerial. • examples to be made available through the GEO Web page. • Showing "GEOSS at Work" through games using GEOSS products. • includes promotion of young scientist activities through the "Save Earth” game prize" established by IEEE
Activity 4: Specific efforts to contact universities and research laboratories to involve them in GEOSS activities. Outreach to major university cooperation programs and research network. Proactive collaboration between GEO Tasks and S&T activities at universities and labs. Although this is planned to take place from 2010 onwards, it would be helpful to have a participant commit to lead this activity. Transition from research to operational (2010 onwards). A first step is to screen information (web-based, survey with the Participating Organizations, other means) for candidate research activities that are relevant for a transition.
Activity 5: Presence of GEO at major symposiums and other meetings on different levels. • Plenary presentations on GEO and GEOSS in relevant sessions at major science events. IEEE committed to lead this and a report it expected. 2. Organize specific session on GEOSS-related topics at major scientific meetings. • AGU Fall 2009 • USGEO Townhall events • Side events at major scientific meetings. 4. Prospectus for a series of SBA-specific major conferences to be convened before 2015. One or more participants need to commit to draft the prospectus, preferably in cooperation with relevant CoPs.
