1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Accomplishments and New Horizons Council for Data Integration August 10, 2010 Linda C. Gundersen Acting Associate Director for Geology, U.S. Geological Survey

2. Risk and Change Anticipate, Prevent, Mitigate, Restore, Adapt Partner and Leverage NASA

3. Partner and Leverage Earth Science Cyber Infrastructure: Leveraging Government, Academic, and Industry Resources - John Caron - Software Engineer at the University Corp for Atmospheric Research – for Unidata Open Geospatial Consortium and USGS Data Integration – Dr. Carl Reed, Executive Director of the Specification Program at OGC Earth Science Informatics – Dr. Peter Fox, RPI We also have various guests with us such as Lee Alison and Steve Richards from the Geoscience Information Network

4. In the coming months  Workshop on Interoperability, Technology, Education, and Outreach: Towards a National Geoinformatics Community Organization – Sept 23-24 Building 910 Auditorium Denver CO Open invitation USGS NSF  GSA Forum “A Decadel Vision for Geoinformatics” October 30 2010, 1-4  February 2011, NSF-USGS Workshop on Future Research Priorities: Geodata Informatics – Exploring the Lifecycle

5. USGS Science Strategy Directions for the coming decade Understanding Ecosystems and Predicting Ecosystem Change Climate Variability and Change Energy and Minerals for America’s Future A National Hazards, Risk, and Resilience Assessment Program The Role of Environment and Wildlife in Human Health A Water Census of the United States Data Integration and Beyond

6. Accomplishments, Next Steps, and Future Priorities  DATA and WEB SERVICES BLAST!!!!  Team Reports from our priority areas: Web Services, Metadata, Workforce and Culture, Data Integration and Development Project  What will be our next High Value Opportunities?  Data Integration Blueprint for the Science Strategy Planning Teams: What are the Primary elements that each Strategic Direction needs to have?

7. Science is more essential for our prosperity, our security, our health, our environment, and our quality of life than it has ever been. President Obama At the National Academy of Sciences April 27, 2009 CDI Has a Critical Role