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<p><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Dear colleagues,</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">(Apologies for multiple postings)</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">According
to the AGU web site, “AGU Fall Meeting 2020 will be mostly virtual and
remains the global convening meeting for the Earth and space sciences
community. Featured meeting content will be held during the original
7-11 December dates, with additional content scheduled to best meet the
needs of our international attendees around the world.”</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">The abstract submission website has been open for several days as you know, and the submission deadline is July 29 (23:59 EDT) .</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">We would like to welcome your submission to the following session. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"></span></strong></p><p><strong>Session Number: </strong>IN005<br><strong>Session Title:</strong> Advancing Opportunities for Current and Future Users of Earth and Space Science Data<br><strong>Section/Focus Group:</strong> Earth and Space Science Informatics</p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fagu.confex.com%2fagu%2ffm20%2fin%2fpapers%2findex.cgi%3fsessionid%3d102356&c=E,1,yVAzcBt0IJDKoYOOeQFpFuGv8A_0pg6bBiTAUjVrJck6arxDg-8GpuEqLcbyFkKctKWzgyOCqWpSmeqhnhPNNNObY4ahim37OWWxqbNy&typo=1" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Submit your abstract to this session (102356)</span></strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>Session Description</strong><b><br></b>Long-term
preservation, curation, and dissemination of scientific data and
related outputs are vital to ensure they can be reused by researchers,
both today and into the future. The evolution of information and
communications technology (ICT) in recent decades has facilitated
improvements in science infrastructure, as well as in practices for
preparing and managing data for potential reuse beyond the original data
collection team, enabling transdisciplinary research, data integration,
policy-development and decision-making. Data repositories, data
centers, archives, and others have leveraged such improvements in ICT to
meet challenges for creating systems that attain the Transparency,
Responsibility, User Focus, Sustainability, and Technology (TRUST)
demanded by their stakeholders and to offer capabilities for Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data. This session offers
presentations on how the research community is meeting the challenges
for both TRUST and FAIR, and thus improving opportunities for current
and long-term reuse of Earth and space science data.</p><p><strong>Primary Convener:</strong></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Robert Downs, Columbia University of New York, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Palisades NY</span></li></ul><p><strong>Co-conveners:</strong></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rorie Edmunds, World Data System of the International Science Council</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">H. K. Ramapriyan (Rama), Science Systems and Applications, Inc. and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div>
Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Bob</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Robert R. Downs, PhD<br>
Senior Digital Archivist and Senior Staff Associate Officer of
Research<br>
Acting Head of Cyberinfrastructure and Informatics Research and
Development<br>
Center for International Earth Science Information Network
(CIESIN),<br>
The Earth Institute, Columbia University<br>
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 USA<br>
Voice: 845-365-8985; fax: 845-365-8922<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:rdowns@ciesin.columbia.edu" target="_blank">rdowns@ciesin.columbia.edu</a><br>
Columbia University CIESIN Web site:
<a href="http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu" target="_blank">http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu</a><br>
ORCID: 0000-0002-8595-5134</div></div></div></div>