Prep for Sustainability Symposium

Session 1Any questions? Email Session Chair

Cliff Duke(csduke@esa.org)

Our session is first thing in the morning. Please send a 1/2 page bio to Cliff to help introduce you

Discussion Session One— Scientific Data as Research Infrastructure

• 9:00 – Session Chair, Cliff Duke, ESA

– Panelists:• Bonnie Carroll, IIa

• Alex DeSherbinin, CIESIN, Columbia U

• Alexa McCray, Harvard Medical School

• Michael Nelson, Microsoft Research

•  10:20 Break

Discussion Session Three -- Current Policies for the Long-term Availability

of Research Data

• Bonnie Carroll, IIa

• Alex DeSherbinin, CIESIN, Columbia U

• Alexa McCray, Harvard Medical School

• Michael Nelson, Microsoft Research

• USER NEEDS: What processes are in place, or needed, to

determine the needs of the various science communities

for data repositories?

• DEFINING THE COMMUNITY: How do we define the user

community for a particular repository, e.g. by discipline,

institution, etc.? Are there optimal ways to do so that

enhance repository sustainability?

• COMMON PRINCIPLES vs SPECIFIC STANDARDS: To

what extent are there, or should there be, common

principles (e.g., data acceptance and retention criteria,

access and use rules) for the operation of repositories

serving different user communities, as opposed to each

community developing its own?