[Bessig] AGU Fall Meeting: Data Fair and Related Events

[Mohan Ramamurthy]

The organizers are trying to get the word out to as many people as 
possible, so my apologies for the multiple posting.

Dear All,


A number of activities and sessions at the AGU Fall Meeting will 
highlight the increasing importance of data and data science.

First, Monday Evening will feature a Conversation with DJ Patil, the 
Chief Data Scientist of the United States (in Moscone South room 104 at 
615).https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Session/10058

DJ was appointed to the White House in early 2015 and is responsible for 
helping shape US policies and practices around data and technology.  DJ 
was previously the Chief Scientist at LinkedIn among other leading data 
and technology positions.

There is also a “data swirl” for the first time, connecting many 
sessions on data (see the Fall Meeting program).

>From Tuesday-Thursday afternoon at 330-430, there will be panel 
discussions in the exhibit hall as part of a “data fair” aimed at 
connecting researchers with repositories, data providers and facilities. 
  The goal of the Data Fair is to promote data repositories in the Earth 
and Space Sciences and connect them to publishers. 
The Wednesday afternoon panel discussion will focus on “Using data 
repositories for bigger science.”  Featured speakers are Steve Worley, 
NCAR and Tim Ahern, IRIS. Details on the program are here: 
https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2015/event/agu-data-fair. This fair will 
also include a map of exhibitors that are data repositories and other 
information.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.


Mohan

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