Start-Up meeting
1st Start-Up meeting, 15th - 17th September 2009, Reading.
Day 1, Opening Meeting, 15th September 2009
Location: Geography G05 (Building 49 on campus map)
The Global Multi-Hub Network
(intended for members of Workpackage 4, the Regional Hubs, plus some visitors from the Design Team)
Chair: Yuri Roskov
WP 4 Foresight Study for geographical extension; the Global Multi-Hub Network
09.00 Welcome & Introductions Jiri Kvacek
09.15 The Multi-Hub Network in Concept Frank Bisby
10.00 Outline of Workpackage 4 Jiri Kvacek
10.15 Other roles for Regional Hubs – as Regional Centres Yuri Roskov
Coffee 10.30 – 11.00
Regional Hubs: Present Plans, Needs, Concepts
11.00 China Liqiang Ji
11.20 New Zealand Jerry Cooper
11.40 Brazil Vanderlei Canhos
12.00 North America Tom Orrell
12.20 Australia Greg Whitbread
12.40 Europe Thierry Bourgoin
Lunch at campus venues 13.00 – 14.30
Chair: Alex Hardisty
Discussion & Planning
14.30 Taxonomic Discussion: a variety of needs?
15.15 IT Discussion: a variety of possible architectures?
Tea 16.00 – 16.30
16.30 Preparing a Preliminary Requirements Document (for April 2010) Jirina Daskova
16.45 Preparing a Network Design Document (for April 2011) Petr Danes
17.00 Discussion: Planning the work
Next Workshop: Faro, March 2010?
17.15 Finish
Day 2, Opening Meeting, 16th September 2009
Location: Chemistry Lecture Theatre LTG (Building 6 on campus map)
Plenary Session
(intended for all partners in all Workpackages of the project)
Chair: Peter Schalk
Introduction
09.00 Welcome & Introductions
09.10 4D4Life and the European biodiversity landscape Frank Bisby
Networking Workpackages
09.30 WP 2 Engagement with scientific users and partners Sara Oldfield & Suzanne Sharrock
10.00 WP 3 Strengthening the GSD network: a virtual community Thierry Bourgoin & Jan Van Tol
10.30 WP 4 Foresight Study for geographical extension: the Global Multi-Hub Network Jiri Kvacek
Coffee 11.00
Catalogue of Life Services Workpackage
11.30 WP 5 Scientific Services of the Catalogue of Life Frank Bisby & Yuri Roskov
12.00 CONSORTIUM ASSEMBLY
Lunch at campus venues 12.45 – 14.00
Chair: Hendrik Segers
Improved Software & Systems Workpackages
14.00 WP 6 Software Support Services Peter Schalk and Wouter Addink
14.30 WP 7 New Service-based Architecture Richard White and Alex Hardisty
15.00 Photograph
Tea 15.15 – 15.45
Overview
15.45 Design Team, Services Team, Timetable, Operating Procedures, Annual Reviews
16.15 Discussion
Next project Meeting: Faro, March 2010.
17.15 Finish
Evening Workshop Dinner 19.00
Day 3, Opening Meeting, 17th September 2009
Location: Geography G05 (Building 49 on campus map)
The GSD Network
(intended for all GSDs and other content databases contributing to the CoL,
that is members of Workpackage 3 and others)
Chair: Alex Hardisty
Pre-Meeting with the Design Team: the proposed new Base Schema
08.30 Introduction to the Base Schema concept for WP 3 members
08.50 Input needed from GSD members to achieve a good Base Schema.
09.00 Short Discussion
Coffee 09.30 – 10.30
Chair: Christoph Haeuser
Main WP 3 Meeting – the Strengthening the GSD Network
10.00 Welcome & Introductions (particularly to the GSD Custodians) David Ouvrard
10.10 WP 3 Strengthening the GSD’s Thierry Bourgoin
i) Re-assessment and certification of GSDs
ii) Network Discussion Document
(including changes to Data Standard & Best Practice Document)
iii) Consultation with GSDs and Pilot Projects to be specified
11.00 The Role of Nomenclators Jan Van Tol & Ellinor Michel
11.30 Ideas for additional fields (for agreement in March 2010)
12.00 Ideas for content enhancements (for agreement in March 2010)
Lunch at campus venues 12.30 – 14.00
Chair: Jan van Tol
14.00 Tour de table: all GSD’s – ideas! comment! (2 minutes each GSD)
15.45 Timetable and detail
Next Workshop: Faro, March 2010?
16.00 Finish
Tea 16.00 – 16.30
16.15 Taxis to i) Reading Train Station/Airport Bus, ii) Heathrow Airport (direct)
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