[Robert Downs]

*Dear colleagues,*
*(Apologies for multiple postings)*
*According to the AGU web site, “AGU Fall Meeting 2020 will be mostly
virtual and remains the global convening meeting for the Earth and space
sciences community. Featured meeting content will be held during the
original 7-11 December dates, with additional content scheduled to best
meet the needs of our international attendees around the world.”*
*The abstract submission website has been open for several days as you
know, and the submission deadline is July 29 (23:59 EDT) .*
*We would like to welcome your submission to the following session. *
*Session Number: *IN005
*Session Title:* Advancing Opportunities for Current and Future Users of
Earth and Space Science Data
*Section/Focus Group:* Earth and Space Science Informatics
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Session/102356
– *Submit your abstract to this session (102356)*
*Session Description*
Long-term preservation, curation, and dissemination of scientific data and
related outputs are vital to ensure they can be reused by researchers, both
today and into the future. The evolution of information and communications
technology (ICT) in recent decades has facilitated improvements in science
infrastructure, as well as in practices for preparing and managing data for
potential reuse beyond the original data collection team, enabling
transdisciplinary research, data integration, policy-development and
decision-making. Data repositories, data centers, archives, and others have
leveraged such improvements in ICT to meet challenges for creating systems
that attain the Transparency, Responsibility, User Focus, Sustainability,
and Technology (TRUST) demanded by their stakeholders and to offer
capabilities for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR)
data. This session offers presentations on how the research community is
meeting the challenges for both TRUST and FAIR, and thus improving
opportunities for current and long-term reuse of Earth and space science
data.
*Primary Convener:*
– Robert Downs, Columbia University of New York, Center for
International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Palisades NY
*Co-conveners:*
– Rorie Edmunds, World Data System of the International Science Council
– H. K. Ramapriyan (Rama), Science Systems and Applications, Inc. and
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Thanks,
Bob
Robert R. Downs, PhD
Senior Digital Archivist and Senior Staff Associate Officer of Research
Acting Head of Cyberinfrastructure and Informatics Research and Development
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN),
The Earth Institute, Columbia University
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
Voice: 845-365-8985; fax: 845-365-8922
E-mail: ***@***.***
Columbia University CIESIN Web site: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-8595-5134

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