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E-Infrastructures and Data Management Collaborative Research Action

E-Infrastructures and Data Management Collaborative Research Action. Phase 1. Agenda. Objectives and Broader I mpacts E-Infrastructures and Data Management CRA Overview Assembly and Role of the Work Packages Deliverables. E-infrastructures and Data Management.

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E-Infrastructures and Data Management Collaborative Research Action

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  1. E-Infrastructures and Data Management Collaborative Research Action Phase 1

  2. Agenda • Objectives and Broader Impacts • E-Infrastructures and Data Management CRA Overview • Assembly and Role of the Work Packages • Deliverables

  3. E-infrastructures and Data Management “….the need to address global environmental challenges requires a more coordinated approach to the planning, implementation, and management of data, analytics and E-Infrastructures” through international collaboration. - Belmont Forum, New Delhi, February 2013

  4. Key Objectives: Coordination and Collaboration • Create a ‘space’ (Knowledge Hub) foster integrated communitiesthat are better able to collaborate on e-infrastructure challenges • Build on international teams and partnerships that can effectively work with civil society to co-design e-infrastructures, data management and data-analytical challenges Objectives and Broader Impacts

  5. Key Objectives:Community Strategy and Implementation Plan • Identify strategic science policies, outlining what can be done better, in a multilateral way, to support global change research • Vision that clearly expresses global e-infrastructure needs, barriers and gaps • Informs stakeholders • Prioritizesaction to address the interoperability challenges • Integratesexisting national and international research in order to promote more holistic environmental support systems Objectives and Broader Impacts

  6. Community Strategy & Implementation Plan • Recommendations could consist of one or more funding calls (CRAs) and/or policies/procedural changes: • Actions that produce quick wins leading to recognizable results • Strategicleverage points to make a big difference with small sums of money or policy changes • Analysis of funding mechanisms that best sustain e-infrastructures • Strategic community-buildinginitiatives around data infrastructures • Process to engage the BF in the co-design of future CRAsto keep pace with changing global e-infrastructure landscape Objectives and Broader Impacts

  7. Broader Impacts Recommendations from this project could changehow the BF operates by promoting a more coordinated approach,in terms of policies, procedures and funding mechanisms, to support e-infrastructures in a more sustainable way Objectives and Broader Impacts

  8. Broader Impacts (continued) If successful, this project will help the BF achieve collective impact, by identifying: • Ashared agenda around which BF agencies can organize to better support global e-infrastructure • Mutually reinforcing activities to achieve the shared agenda • How the BF can strategicallymobilize funding, coordinate community-building/outreach, facilitate dialogue between partners, and guide overall strategic direction Objectives and Broader Impacts

  9. Broader Impacts (continued) • Small changes in how the BF operates could lead to big impacts globally • Potential to leverage domestic programs of member agencies to have an even greater impact Objectives and Broader Impacts

  10. Multi-Phase Collaborative Research Action (CRA) Phase I: September 2013 – April 2015 • Series of collaborative scoping activities instead of a competitive call for small grants • Focus on reducing the risk of fragmenting existing communities and excluding important players • Produce a Community Strategy and Implementation Plan Phase II: Starts in 2015/2016 • Begin delivering on Implementation Plan based on input from the Knowledge Hub activities • Depends on outcomes of Phase I and funding agency participation • May include a funding call to implement the strategies and vision fromPhase I E-Infrastructures and Data Management CRA Overview

  11. Participating Countries Australia Brazil European Commission France Germany Int’l Council for Science • Italy • Japan • South Africa • UK • USA • GEO/GEOSS* *Not a Belmont Forum Member; acting as a participant-observer in Phase 1 of this CRA.

  12. Phase I Overview • International Steering Committee • 1 member per country or international organization • Members lead six Work Packages (WPs) / working groups • National delegations = Assembly • ~ 10 members per country ~ 120 people • Project Secretariat – jointly funded by US (NSF) and UK (NERC) • Knowledge Hub Web platform (www.bfe-inf.org)

  13. Phase I Timeline • October 2013: Steering Committee Meeting in Windsor, UK, to define WPs and WP leadership • November 2013 – February 2014: Finalize WP workplans and populate WPs with Assembly members • August 1, 2014: WPs provide a report on preliminary findings to the Secretariat • Late August/early September 2014: Steering Committee meeting to synthesize WP findings into a cohesive interim report • September 15, 2014: Interim report due to the Belmont Forum E-Infrastructures and Data Management CRA Overview

  14. Phase I Timeline (Continued) • October 8-10, 2014: Belmont Forum Plenary Meeting in Beijing, China to decide CRAs released in 2015 • December 12-14, 2014: SC meeting in San Francisco, USA prior to AGU 2014 • January 2015: Draft Community Strategy and Implementation Plan due to the Belmont Forum Principals • March/April 2015: Final Community Strategy and Implementation Plan due to the Belmont Forum Principals E-Infrastructures and Data Management CRA Overview

  15. Assembly 120 + experts • ~10 per country • Divided into 6 Work Packages (WPs) • end-user domain scientists • computer and information scientists • legal experts • social scientists

  16. Work Packages • Architecture and Interoperability • WP1: Data Integration for Multidisciplinary Research • WP2: Improved interface between the computation and data infrastructures • WP3: Harmonization of global data infrastructure for sharing environmental data • Governance • WP4: Data Sharing • WP5: Open Data • WP6: Capacity Building (cross-cutting) Assembly and Role of the Work Packages

  17. Work Packages: Inter-Relationships WP4: Data Sharing WP5: Open Data WP1: Data Integration for Multidisciplinary Research WP3: Harmonization of global data infrastructure for sharing environmental data WP2: Interface between computation and data infrastructures WP6: Capacity Building (Cross-Cutting)

  18. Role of the Assembly Members and Work Packages • Provide evidence to support recommendations on how the BF can best support e-infrastructure • Each individual: • Brings a unique area of expertise, so all contributions are critical and valuable • Should draw on her or his knowledge/expertise to identify existing capabilities, gaps and remaining research challenges in both technical and governance arenas • Already participates in a number of international and national initiatives, and so can take a holistic view Assembly and Role of the Work Packages

  19. Focusing the Work Packages • Leverage existing resources/partnerships/investments/initiatives • DON’T reinvent the wheel • There are already international programs that promote best practice in parts of environmental science • WPs should decide which parts require additional funding, and where there are still gaps between existing programs • Each WP is asked to consider its area of focus, and, with the collective experience of the participants, consider: • Which activities are addressed adequately and DO NOT require further attention • Which activities are not addressed adequately and DO require further attention • For areas that require further support, considerhow support is best provided Assembly and Role of the Work Packages

  20. Deliverables • Interim Report • Due September 15, 2014 • Community Strategy and Implementation Plan • Draft due in January 2015 • Final due in March/April 2015 • Work Package Deliverables • Due prior to interim report (August 1, 2014) • Due prior to draft and final versions of the Plan Deliverables

  21. Interim Report • The BF requires an interim report prior to their meeting in Beijing, China, October 8-10 in order to: • Flag emerging issues and preliminary recommendations that may include one or more funding calls (CRAs) • Allow the BF enough time to release a CRA(s) in 2015, should that be a preliminary recommendation • Accommodate funding agencies’ annual budget deadlines, which influence when CRAs are released • Engage the BF in the co-design of any future CRA(s) to prevent a long gap between submitting and acting upon recommendations Deliverables

  22. Work Packages: Deliverables • Initial WP deliverables are due by August 1, 2014: • Review of the existing situation/lay of the land in each WP focus area(s) • Identify the need to take action in a particular area: What are the issues that need to be addressed and why? • Identify whether a CRA could address this issue. If so, how? • Identify strategic policies or actions that BF could take to address this issue • Final deliverables for the Plan will consist of concrete evidence to support recommendations Deliverables

  23. Quick Links for More Information • www.belmontforum.org • www.bfe-inf.org • https://twitter.com/BFE_Inf

  24. Questions?

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