SCADM meeting, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 7-9 Setember 2011

SCADM has been invited by Spain to organize its annual meeting in conjunction with the VIII Spanish Symposium on Polar Studies.

SCAGI, the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information will hold a 2-day meeting, the first day on the day prior to the SCADM meeting and the second day jointly with SCADM on the first day of the SCADM meeting.

The SCAR Executive Director, Dr. Mike Sparrow, will attend both the SCAGI and the SCADM meetings, as well as the Spanish Polar Symposium. This setting offers ample opportunities to interact intensively with various groups within SCAR.

Draft Agenda v2.0

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Day 1, Sep 7 - Joint SCADM/SCAGI day

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome and opening remarks (jointly by SCADM/SCAGI COs)(Taco de Bruin, Adrian Fox)
Overview of meeting activities and goals (Taco de Bruin)
Housekeeping matters (SCADM dinner, refreshments, venue facilities, etc.) (Oscar Bermudez/Taco de Bruin)
Introduction of participants (all)
09:30 – 10:30 SCADM CO report (Taco de Bruin)
Outcomes of SCAR Cross Linkages meeting (Bruno Danis)
Outcomes of SCAR Chief Officers' meeting and of SCAR ExCom meeting (Taco de Bruin)
10:30 – 11:00 Outcomes of SCAGI meeting (Adrian Fox)
Discussion on and planning of closer cooperation of SCADM and SCAGI and place and role of both groups within SCAR organization (all)
11:00 – 11:30Coffee/Tea break
11:30 – 12:00 Discussion continued (all)
 

DIMS Implementation Activity – Project 2

12:00 – 12:30 SCAR products (Mike Sparrow)
Set up of stock-taking and evaluation process of SCAR products (SCADM & SCAGI)
12:30 – 13:30 GCMD Report – Status of the AMD (Alicia Aleman)
13:30 – 14:30Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 National presentations (10 minutes maximum each!)(all)
Only present highlights, latest developments and possible issues to be addressed by SCADM and/or SCAR
Among these:
  • Establishing Korea Polar Data Management System (by MinChoul Lee).
  • PAMC : Polar and Alpine Microbial Collection (by Dr. Soon Gyou Hong).
16:00 – 16:30Tea break
16:30 – 17:30 National presentations (continued)
17:30 – Adjourn
19:30 – Reception at Bellver Castle offered by the Town Council of Palma
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Day 2, Sep 8 - SCAR DIMS Implementation activities

09:00 – 09:15 Recapitulation of day 1
 

DIMS Implementation

09:15 – 09:45 Overview of the SCAR DIMS Implementation Plan, the activities agreed on at the SCADM 2010 meeting in Buenos Aires and the status of these activities (Taco de Bruin)
 

DIMS Implementation Activity – Project 1

09:45 – 10:45 Subtask 1: ISO Polar Metadata profile work (Ira van den Broek)
10:45 – 11:00 Subtask 2: Registry service (all)
Possible consequences of new Polar Metadata Profile
Possible roles for NADCs and GCMD
11:00 – 11:30Coffee/Tea break
12:30 – 13:30 Round Table on Polar Data Management of Spanish Polar Symposium (session outside SCADM meeting)
Introduction – Oscar Bermudez
An international perspective on new development within Antarctic Data Management – Taco de Bruin (in English)
Polar Data Management in Spain – Oscar Bermudez (in Spanish)
SCAR-MARBIN/AntaBIF - Bruno Danis (in English)
The SCAR Antarctic Seismic Library, a new Spanish branch – Fernando Bohoyo (in Spanish)
Discussion with the audience (in English)
13:30 – 14:30Lunch
14:30 – 15:00 Subtask 2: Discussion continued
 

DIMS Implementation Activity – Project 3

15:00 – 15:30 Subtask 1: Badging data for the PIC (all, GCMD rep)
Subtask 2: Building the PIC repository data network (all, GCMD rep)
Subtask 3: Further development of the PIC Cloud (all)
15:30 – 16:00 Discussion on way forward for DIMS Implementation (Stein Tronstad, all)
16:00 – 16:30Tea break
16:30 – 17:00 Horizon scanning for new developments relevant to SCADM, SCAR and data management in general (all)
From now on, each meeting of a SCAR Science Group or Standing Committee will have an agenda item on 'Horizon scanning'. The idea is to look into the future and identify relevant developments, new directions and emerging technologies within the specific discipline of that group.
17:00 – 17:30 Data citation – latest developments (Taco de Bruin)
17:30 – Adjourn
(Opportunity to attend invited talk by Prof. David Walton: "SCAR History: from the International Geophysical year 1957-58 to the International Polar Year 2007-2008")
20:00 SCADM Dinner
Venue to be announced.
The dinner is, as usually, on your own expense.
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Day 3, Sep 9 - SCADM role within SCAR and Capacity Building

09:00 – 09:15 Recapitulation of day 2
09:15 – 10:15 AntaBIF (Bruno Danis)
10:15 – 11:00 SOOS (Southern Ocean Observing System) (Taco de Bruin)
APECS and the Cool Speakers database (Taco de Bruin)
Involvement in upcoming conferences (IPY, SCAR) (Taco de Bruin)
11:00 – 11:30Coffee/Tea break
11:30 – 13:30 How to make SCADM more relevant to SCAR science (Bruno Danis, all)
Improve usage and possibilities of AMD (Bruno Danis, all, GCMD rep)
Capacity building for SCADM members (Bruno Danis, all)
13:30 – 14:30Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 List of action items and preparation of report
16:00 – 16:30Tea break
16:30 – 17:30 List of action items and preparation of report (continued)
17:30 – Conclusion of the meeting
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