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International Workshop on Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data
International Conference Room Century Golden Resources Hotel Beijing, China June 22-24, 2004
AGENDA*
Tuesday, 22 June
Session 1: Opening Remarks
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9:00 |
Welcoming Remarks by Workshop Co-Chairs CHENG Jinpei, Vice President, Ministry of Science and Technology of China Roberta BALSTAD MILLER, Chair, U.S. National Committee for CODATA and Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University, United States |
9:15 |
Workshop Objectives William ANDERSON, Principal, Praxis101 and Co-Chair, CODATA Task Group on Preservation of and Access to S&T Data in Developing Countries |
9:30 |
Keynote Address—Strategies of China Scientific Data Sharing CHENG Jinpei, Vice President, Ministry of Science and Technology of China |
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10:00 |
Break and Pictures |
Session 2: Overview of Thematic Areas in China
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10:30 |
The Chinese National Committee for CODATA: Its Mission and Future XU Zhihong, Representative of the Chinese National Committee for CODATA |
10:50 |
China’s Scientific Data Sharing Program (China-SDSP) ZHANG Xian’en, Director General of Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology of China |
11:20 |
Progress and Perspectives of Climate Data Sharing of China QIN Dahe, President, China Meteorological Administration |
11:45 |
The Management and Sharing System for Scientific Data in Medicine LIU Depei, President, Chinese Academy of Medicine, and Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering |
12:10 |
The Mechanism for and Management of the National S&T Library of China HU Qiheng, Vice President, Chinese Association of Science and Technology of China |
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12:10 |
Lunch |
Session 3: International Perspectives on Preservation of and Open Access to Public Scientific Information
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13:30 |
Trends in Development of International Scientific Data and Information Yasuyuki AOSHIMA, Director, Beijing Office, United Nations Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
13:45 |
Towards International Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding Peter SCHRÖDER, Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, The Netherlands |
14:00 |
International Perspectives on Data and Information for Science |
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Carthage SMITH, Deputy Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU) |
14:15 |
Initiatives on Promoting Access to Scientific Information Michael CLEGG, Inter-Academy Panel (IAP) Member and Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences, United States |
14:30 |
General Discussion |
15:00 |
Break |
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Session 4: Policy and Management
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Policy and Legal Issues |
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15:20 |
Borders in Cyberspace: Maximizing Social and Economic Benefit from Public Investment in Data Peter WEISS, J.D., U.S. National Weather Service |
15:45 |
Reflections on the Legislation for National Scientific Data Sharing ZHANG Jing’an, Director General, Department of Policy, Regulation, and Reform, Ministry of Science and Technology of China |
Institutional and Management Issues
16:00 |
Managing the Impacts of Change on Archiving Research Data Raymond McCORD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States |
Local and Regional Issues
16:20 |
Local and Regional Earth System Science Applications and Associated Infrastructure: The Mid-Atlantic Geospatial Information Consortium Menas KAFATOS, Professor, George Mason University, United States |
16:40 |
Digital Fujian |
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WANG Qinmin, Vice Chairman, Fujian Political Consultative and Director, Department of Science and Technology, Fujian Province, China |
17:00 |
The Role of the CODATA Task Group on Preservation of and Access to S&T Data in Developing Countries LIU Chuang, Co-Chair, CODATA Task Group on Preservation of and Access to of S&T Data in Developing Countries |
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17:20 |
Preparation for Day Two and Announcements |
17:30 |
Adjourn |
18:10 |
Reception and Dinner |
Wednesday, 23 June
8:30-12:15 |
Individual Presentations and Panel Discussions |
Session 5: Breakout Panel Discussions on Cross-Disciplinary Issues
5-1: Policy and Legal Issues
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• CHEN Jun, Director, Basic Geographical Information Center of China • Peter SCHRÖDER, Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, The Netherlands |
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Maximizing Social and Economic Benefit from Public Investment in Data |
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Peter WEISS, J.D., U.S. National Weather Service |
Progress and Policy Issues on Geo-Spatial Framework of Digital China |
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CHEN Jun, Director, Basic Geographical Information Center of China |
Global Trends to Restrict Access to Data from Government-Funded Research |
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Jerome REICHMAN, Duke Law School, United States, and Paul UHLIR, U.S. National Academies |
Data Sharing Policy of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network |
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CHEN Panqin, HUANG Tieqing, Deputy Director, Department of Natural Resources and Environment Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
On Government Information Resources Sharing |
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ZENG Lan, LI Jun, National Macro Economic Research Institute |
Balancing the General Public Interests and Copyright in Scientific Information Management |
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John WILLINSKY, University of British Columbia, Canada |
Comparative Study on Strategy and Policy for Open Access to Scientific Data Among the United States, European Union, and China |
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LIU Chuang, Professor, Institute of Geography and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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12:25 |
Lunch |
5-2: Institutional and Economic Issues
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Data Sharing Policy of the National Institutes of Health Belinda SETO, Deputy Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, United States |
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Data Sharing in Scientific Databases of the Chinese Academy of Sciences XIAO Yun, Secretary General, Chinese National Committee for CODATA |
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Operating a Twenty-First-Century Data Center Roberta BALSTAD MILLER, Director, CIESIN, Columbia University, United States |
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WDC for Renewable Resources and Environment LIAO Shunbao, Associate Professor, Global Change Information and Research Center, Institute of Geography and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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The Peculiar Economics of Scientific Information Theodore Carl BERGSTROM, Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara, United States |
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5-3: Management and Technical Issues
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Information Infrastructure for Life Science Studies in Shanghai LI Yixue, Director, Shanghai Biomedical Center |
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Managing the Impacts of Programmatic Scale and Enhancing Incentives for Data Archiving Raymond McCORD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States |
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Involving the Private Sector in the Environmental Enterprise Anne LINN, Director, Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, U.S. National Academies |
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Earth Science Data and Information Management in Western China SUN Chengquan, Director, Information Center for Natural Resources and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Data Integration and Management: A PDB Perspective FENG Zukang, Protein Data Bank, United States |
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Launching a New Open-Access Journal Helen DOYLE, Director, Development & Strategic Alliances, Public Library of Science, United States |
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Session 6: Summaries of Cross-Disciplinary Issues and Discussion
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13:30 |
Cross-Disciplinary Rapporteur Reports |
Policy and Legal Issues Paul UHLIR, J.D., U.S. National Academies |
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Institutional and Economic Issues XIAO Yun, Secretary General, Chinese National Committee for CODATA |
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Management and Technical Issues LI Yixue, Director, Shanghai Biomedical Center, China |
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General Discussion of Cross-Disciplinary Issues |
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Break |
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The Future Role of CODATA Prof. Shuichi IWATA, University of Tokyo, and President, CODATA |
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Open Journal Systems: A Live Demonstration of Open-Source Journal Management Software John WILLINSKY, University of British Columbia, Canada |
16:45 |
Summary Remarks SUN Honglie, Vice President, CODATA |
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16:55 |
Preparation for Day Three and Announcements |
17:00 |
Adjourn |
Thursday, 24 June
Session 7: Breakout Panel Discussions on Thematic Issues
9:00-12:00 |
Locations Individual Presentations and Panel Discussions at Separate |
7-1: Life Sciences and Public Health Data
Location: Chinese PLA General Hospital |
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9:00 |
A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data in a Highly Protectionist Intellectual Property Environment Jerome REICHMAN, Duke Law School, United States and Paul UHLIR, U.S. National Academies |
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International Medical Scientific Data Sharing YIN Ling, Chinese PLA General Hospital |
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The NIH Roadmap for Medical Research Belinda SETO, Deputy Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, United States |
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OECD-GSF-NI (Neuroinformatics) Data Sharing TANG Yiyuan, Dalian Polytech University, China |
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The Safeguarding and Sharing of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Database Resources LIU Baoyan, Chinese Academy of Medicine |
10:40 |
Break |
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Protein Data Bank: A Key Biological Resource FENG Zukang, Protein Data Bank, United States |
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Long-Term Study for Digital Human and Scientific Data Sharing QIN Donglie, The Capital Hospital University, China |
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Open Access to Scientific Data on Biological Diversity: An Urgent Need for China James EDWARDS, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Denmark |
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Discussion |
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12:10 |
Adjourn |
7-2: Earth Sciences, Environmental and Natural Resources Data
Location: Institute of Geography and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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9:00 |
International Policy and Cooperation in Digital Earth GUO Huadong, Associate Secretary General and Director, Department of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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The Present Status and Future Development Strategy of China’s Sustainable Development Information Network FU Xiaofeng, The Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21 |
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Environmental Database Development in Mongolia Khudulmur SODOV, Director, Information and Computer Center, National Remote Sensing Center, Mongolia |
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Data Archiving for Long-Term Preservation in the Satellite Ground Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences LIU Dingsheng, Satellite Ground Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Special Considerations for Archiving Data from Field Observations Raymond McCORD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States |
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The Information System for Earth Science Data Sharing of China QU Jiansheng, Information Center for Natural Resources and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Towards a Balanced Performance Appraisal System in the Digital Era for Data Archiving and Sharing in China WANG Zhengxing, Global Change Information and Research Center, Institute of Geography and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
10:45 |
Break |
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Uses of Seismic Data and the Importance of Open Access to Major Data Centers in Seismology Paul RICHARDS, Columbia University, United States |
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Existing Infrastructure for International Exchange of Seismic Data Raymond WILLEMANN, GEM Technologies, United States |
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Seismic Data Sharing in China YANG Dake, China Earthquake Administration |
11:45 |
Discussion |
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12:10 |
Adjourn |
7-3: Scientific Information, Journals and Digital Libraries
Location: Library of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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9:05 |
An Open-Access Future Helen DOYLE, Director, Development & Strategic Alliances, Public Library of Science, United States |
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Developing an Open Digital Library: The Practice of the Chinese National Science Digital Library (CSDL) ZHANG Xiaolin, Director of Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Are Economic Journals Becoming Obsolete? Theodore Carl BERGSTROM, University of California at Santa Barbara, United States |
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Arguments on the Future of the Library and Economics of Open Access John WILLINSKY, University of British Columbia, Canada |
10:25 |
Information, Journals, and Digital Libraries: Can Developing Countries Become Key Players in the Information Society? Lulama MAKHUBELA, Research & Development Directorate, National Development Agency, South Africa |
10:45 |
Break |
11:10 |
Arguments on Open Access to Scientific Information MENG Liansheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
11:20 |
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)—Opportunities in a Changing Information Environment Pippa SMART, Head of Publications, Publishing Initiatives and Publishing Training, INASP, United Kingdom |
11:40 |
Discussion |
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12:10 |
End of Meeting |