ICAN Workshop 3, Copenhagen, Denmark, 7 - 9 and 11 July 2008 | International Coastal Atlas Network

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Day 1 - Monday, 7 July 2008

 

1:30-2:00p
Registration
Secretariat
2:00-2:15p
Opening Statement
ND to welcome participants and introduce RU
2:15-2:30p
Introduction to Workshop Objectives & Agenda
Review outcomes of workshops 1 & 2 (DW)
Agenda and objectives of Workshop 3 (ND)
Session I
Review of Ontology Prototype Development
Chaired by ND
2:30-3:15p
Presentation and Demo
Yassine Lassoued, Ned Dwyer (CMRC); Tanya Haddad (OCMP)
- Aims of prototype development
- How the work programme went
- Demonstration of prototype
- What was learned
- Next steps
- Discussion
3:15-3:45p
Coffee Break
Session II
ICAN and Emerging Maritime Policies
Chaired by RU
3:45-4:05p
European Policy Context/Overview
RU
- Integrated maritime policy
- EU Atlas of the Seas
- Formation of DG Mare
- European Marine Observation and Data Network or EMODNet
- Emerging GMES fast track MyOcean
4:05-4:30p
U.S. Initiatives
DW, Tony Lavoi, NOAA; Tim Nyerges, U-Washington
- West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health
- NOAA report on federated U.S. coastal atlases
-

Global Research Alliance for Digital Data (GRADD)

Session III
Extending the ICAN Community
Chaired by DW
4:30-4:40p
Rationale for New Participants
DW
- Appropriate membership standards for ICAN
- New participants introduced, their goals and objectives
- Other international initiatives
4:40-5:00p
IODE Overview
Greg Reed, IODE
5:00-5:20p
Caribbean Atlas Developments
Greg Reed, IODE
5:20-5:40p
African Atlas Developments
Lucy Scott, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
~6:00p
Icebreaker reception sponsored by SeaZone

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Day 2 - Tuesday, 8 July 2008

 

Session IV
Marine Harmonisation Initiatives
Chaired by ND
Raise awareness of other projects, initiatives, and
groups doing work of relevance to ICAN.
9:15-10:10a
Europe
- ECOOP (Declan Dunne, CMRC)
- SeaDataNet (Roy Lowry, BODC)
- Marine SDI and Base Mapping Needs of Coastal Atlases
(Mike Osborne, SeaZone Solutions Ltd., UK)
10:10-10:30a
U.S.
- Wisconsin Sea Grant (David Hart)
10:30-10:45a
Other Regions
- Australia and the Pacific - (Greg Reed)
- Africa - (Lucy Scott)
10:45-11:15a
Coffee Break
Session V
ICAN Outreach and Training
Chaired by DW
11:15-11:30a
Training Workshops and Writing Opportunities
Yassine Lassoued, DW
- CMRC's experience at IODE MapServer Workshop for the Caribbean Marine Atlas
- Abstract submitted to Littoral 2008
- Extended abstract submitted to GIScience 2008
- Terra Cognita 2008 call for papers
- Manuscripts for Coastal Management on ICAN 1 and 2?
- New IGI book contract for
Handbook of Coastal Informatics: Web Atlas Design and Implementation
- CoastGIS 2009, Brazil
- Coastal Zone 09, Boston, MA
- Coastal GeoTools 09, Myrtle Beach, SC
Session VI
The Future of ICAN
Chaired by ND
11:30a-11:45a
Introduction to Breakout Groups
ND
- Introduction of aims of the groups and outline some of the issues to be discussed, with expected outcomes
11:45a-12:45p
Breakout Groups
All participants
- Technical (led by DW)
(e.g., metadata alignment and profiles, vocabularies, ontologies, OGC services)
- Strategic Planning/Funding (led by ND)
(e.g., interim and long-term funding initiatives, strategy document)
- Governance (led by Roy Lowry, John Pepper)
(e.g., proposed models, structure, remit)
GEOSS Example
12:45-2:00p
Lunch
2:00-2:40p
Breakout Groups (continued)
2:40-3:15p
Presentations of Breakout Deliberations
Strategic/Funding Governance
Technical:
Presentation | Follow-up Notes
Task/Timeline Spreadsheet
3:15-4:00p
Discussion
4:00-4:30p
Coffee Break
4:30-5:30p
Writing Groups
~7:00p
Dinner at EEA

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Day 3 - Wednesday, 9 July 2008

 

Session VII
ICAN Governance, Strategy, and Technical Development
Chaired by ND/DW
9:00-11:00a
Plenary Discussion Session
led by DW and ND
- Agreement on critical activities of ICAN, final governance structure and people assigned to roles. The interim and long-term strategies to be outlined, technical issues in coming year to be further discussed. Venue and goals for Workshop 4.
- Including time to introduce/discuss how ICAN will be represented within the EEA conference and our expectations for that conference
11:00a-12:00p
Break
12:00p-1:30p
Lunch
1:30-6:00p
EEA Conference
 
Dinner and evening activities on your own

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Day 4 - Thursday, 10 July 2008

 

9:00a-5:30p
EEA Conference
 
Dinner and evening activities on your own

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Day 5 - Friday, 11 July 2008

 

10:00a-1:00p
ICAN Workshop 3 Group to meet informally for further concluding discussions and way forward
Chaired by ND/DW
IMPORTANT!! ICAN Action Item Spreadsheet
 
Departure for most ICAN participants


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