1. Jean-Jacques Royer CODATA Treasurer CRPG-CNRS-ENSG,Nancy, France

2. Inter Disciplinary Areas
Information society
Parallel computing
Nanotechnology
Scientific Internet

3. On going programs in Geoscience related to Environment
Fundamental Research
 better understanding the Earth
Applied research
 CO2 sequestration
 Energy resources
 Environmental issues
Industry
 Oil & gas
 Mineral resources & recycling (wastes)
 Water resources, soil degradation

4. What emerging in Geoscience & Environment
Parallel computing
Parallel visualization
Parallel databases
Mobile technology
Virtual approach, numerical modeling
Two technologies
 grid computing
 clusters

5. Other Fields of interests
Better understanding natural resources thanks to 3D & 4D modeling
Mastering uncertainty
Improving data acquisition
Necessity of Archiving facilities with standards and easy recovering procedures
Towards a virtual Digital Earth

6. The Virtual Digital Earth

7. What key things will happen?
Distributed computing (Parallel, visualization)
Tera bytes of data  archiving procedure, fast selective visualization tools, safety & preservation
Mobile technology (database, CRIS project)
Number of geoscientists will decrease in the next decade