<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:151px;height:90px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pi39m280pPRVeccpQogn_FE8o7l7KgbuYQOewtZL7vH8qKrIwISOgvRdU7vI9GGdSlXRzQgkHpTks2AkEaT3RNhespOoJFvE8UCScvxLL7qqs1pndajNg7PnmZ56aVV6DIODdWU" width="151" height="90" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(69,69,69);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Earth Science Information Partners (</span><a href="http://esipfed.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ESIP</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(69,69,69);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) present the 2020 webinar series:</span></font></p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Putting Data to Work: Building Public-Private Partnerships to Increase Resilience & Enhance the Socioeconomic Value of Data</font></span></p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="">About the Webinar Series</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">ESIP's 2020 Webinar Series moves beyond data discovery to explore how the Earth science community is putting data to work, using and reusing data in new and creative applications, creating derived products and showcasing examples of data integration in order to enhance the resilience and enhance the socioeconomic value of data. In addition, playing on the double meaning of work, putting data to work will highlight public-private partnerships as we explore how data usage increases the value of Earth science research to other economic sectors. </font></span></p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="">This is a theme that resonates with many ESIP Collaboration Areas and Partners, so instead of having a separate webinar track for the theme, we are collaborating with these groups within normal monthly telecon schedules to build connections across the ESIP community. Exploring the challenges and opportunities of these examples, we hope to derive some patterns that we can all use as we continue making data matter. </font></span></p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Next Webinar</font></u></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">March 12th at 3 pm ET</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <b>-  "Discrete Global Grid System in Action: Provision of Rapid Response During Australian Bushfires and Other Applications"</b></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Who:</b> Shane Crossman & Irina Bastrakova of Geoscience Australia, hosted by ESIP's <a href="http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Interoperability_and_Technology/Tech_Dive_Webinar_Series" target="_blank">IT&I Committee</a> (led by Dave Blodgett, USGS)</span><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>When: </b>Thursday March 12th, 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET<br><b>Join: </b><a href="https://www.gotomeeting.com/join/533510693" target="_blank">https://www.gotomeeting.com/join/533510693</a><br><b>You can also dial in using your phone:</b> +1 (408) 650-3123 (Access Code: 533-510-693)</font></p></div>