Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Meeting Goals & Structure Amsterdam 7 th September 2009

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 3 days of collaboration and information sharing. Fourth day for Executive Meeting. Most of Day 1 and part of Day 3 SCADM and SCAGI will separate to conduct their own business. 3 guest speakers – over three days. Two speakers are from SCAR Science Projects, one speaker from Geoscience community. Meeting Overview

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Share our experiences and knowledge, build trust and a desire to collaborate. Gain a shared understanding of what we as peak data groups within SCAR are here to achieve. Acknowledge our strengths/weaknesses and find ways to work together to overcome weaknesses and exploit strengths. Commit to action.Goals

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Leave The Meeting Better Informed Data Plans Data Centres Data Networks Services Data Portals Feature Types Open Access Creative Commons Polar Information Commons Spatial Data Infrastructures Data Strategies Metadata Topographic Databases Web Map Services Web Feature Services Data Catalogues

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Day 1 (Business) – F ocus is mainly on routine business of SCAGI or SCADM Day 2 (Training & Strategic Discussions) –Morning Training/Group Discussions on material presented. –Afternoon Exposure to some national approaches to SCAR data management. Refresher on what our new Strategy contains. Discussions surrounding some key implementation questionsStructure

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Structure Day 3 (Collaboration Opportunities) –Morning Community collaboration examples. Time for general discussion about how we can collaborate better. –Afternoon Introduction to the concept of a Polar Information Commons and how this fits with what SCADM/SCAGI are trying to achieve. Discussions on how we can all contribute. Some concrete planning on the way forward.