IAI Institutes 2008

Institute on Information Management: free and open access to, and use of data and information. 25th-29th February, 2008, Panama City, Panama

The IAI has supported a wide range of multinational and multidisciplinary research and capacity building activities to contribute to the understanding of global change processes and to use this understanding in the adaptation to and mitigation of global change impacts. The Free and Open Exchange of Information is an important part of the IAI’s mandate. This involves a number of conditions and processes: the scientific data and information must be of reliably high quality; the information must be accessible across disciplines, institutions and countries; it must be in formats that facilitate access, analysis and meta-analysis; it must be accompanied by tools that facilitate the generation of knowledge, communication and visualization from data and information; and it must be governed by secure and reliable protocols of storage, access, use and distribution.

IAI has carried out the first institute on data and information management in Panama City, Panama, that was held by The Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC). For IAI is urgent to support research project teams in issues relevant to information management and data exchange. One aim of the institute was to expand international and interdisciplinary scientific interactions through improved information management. This activity was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).

The principal goals of the institute where therefore: 1) to provide recommendations to help IAI develop its data and information policy as part of its IAI strategic planning; and 2) to encourage IAI supported projects (CRN II, SGP-HD) to make data available and expand international and interdisciplinary scientific interactions through improved information management. Besides these goals, the institute aims to promote discussion on institutional and policy aspects of information sharing, management and access; foster scientific and technical discussions on information analysis and meta-analysis to inform decision makers and policy; Identify opportunities and constraints for open access, data storage and preservation of data, as well as share information, access practices and policies; show existing data consortia and identify how they are dealing with this matter and who are their target audience and users; and Identify mechanisms to synthesize data for policy through a meta analysis process.

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Place where the Institute was held

FUNDACION CIUDAD DEL SABER
Ciudad del Saber, Edificio 105, salón 302, Clayton,
Panamá, República de Panamá

Local organizer

Margarita Chiurliza Reiter
Oficial de Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional, CATHALAC
Tel.: (507) 317-3231
E-mail: margarita.chiurliza_AT_cathalac.org

IAI organizers

Marcella Ohira
Training, Communications and Outreach Officer
Tel.: +55 12 3945 6858
E-mail: marcella_AT_dir.iai.int

Luís Marcelo Achite
IT Manager
Tel.: +55 12 3945 6868
E-mail: lmachite_AT_dir.iai.int

Final Report produced by the Conclusion Working Group (4-4-2008, 09:45PM)

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Agenda (Version: 2-26-2008, 10:20PM)

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Participants

• Participant´s List
• Participant´s Bioprofile
• Participant´s Information

Speakers

• Speaker´s List
• Speaker´s Bioprofile
• Speaker´s Information

Hotel Information

Country Inn & Suites Panama by Carlson El Dorado
Boulevard El Dorado
Ave. Miguel Brostella
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 8001 Zona 7
Tel: (507) 300-3700
Fax: (507) 300-3701
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Logistics

• General Information
• Reimbursement Form

Presentations DAY 1 (February, 25th)

• Margarita Gregg, NOAA IAI EC
• Edwin Castellanos, Universidad del Vale de Guatemala
• Paul Uhlir, CODATA
• Romulo Menezes, Federal University of Pernambuco, IAI CRN I

Presentations DAY 2 (February, 26th)

• Luis Marcelo Achite, IAI
• Luiz Horta, LBA
• Giri Palanisamy, ORNL
• Francisco Delgado, Cathalac
• Beatriz Torres, GBIF
• Wanderley Canhos, CRIA
• Laura Gallardo Klenner, Universidad de Chile and CRN II
• Alberto Piola, Navy Hydrography Service, CRN II
• Arturo Sanchez, Univesity of Alberta, CRN II

Presentations DAY 3 (February, 27th)

• Tim Boyer, NOAA
• Giri Palanisamy, ORNL
• Working Groups days 1 and 2: WG1 WG2 WG3 WG4
• Session: Policies and Institutional experiences from other organizations
• Puneet Kishor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Paul Uhlir, CODATA
• Wanderley Canhos, CRIA
• Carlos Afonso, FGV (Additional Material: Legal_Commons_Social_Commons.pdf and Introduction_Science_Commons.pdf

Presentations DAY 4 (February, 28th)

• Kakuko Nagatani Yoshida, UNEP
• John Scialdone, Ciesin
• Carlos Martinez, Universidad de la Republica, CRNII
• Alicia M. Aleman, NASA

Presentations DAY 5 (February, 29th)

• Working Groups days 3: WG1, WG2

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