[ESIP-all] CODATA 2012 Conference Call

Bob Chen bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu
Tue May 15 22:31:19 EDT 2012


The submission deadline for the fall 2012 CODATA conference in Taipei 
is now June 15, 2012. Hope some of you will consider organizing a 
session, submitting a paper, and/or attending! Cheers, Bob

======= Call For Scientific Presentations =======

The 23rd International CODATA Conference

"Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet"

October 28-31, 2012, Taipei

http://www.codata2012.com/

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012
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BACKGROUND:
Never before have scientific data and information played such a major
role in addressing the problems and challenges facing our planet.
The calls for freely available, publicly accessible data are gaining
a stronger voice. Nurturing an open environment for data and information
is crucial for disseminating research results to a wide audience and
allowing thorough, collaborative analysis.

The theme of the 23rd International CODATA Conference is "Open Data
and Information for a Changing Planet". The conference will bring
together stakeholders from industry, research and academia who will
highlight, debate and address open data and information issues over
a three day period. It will provide an international forum where
these stakeholders, in collaboration with the ICSU and CODATA
international networks and other networks, can create a dialogue on
legal, economic, and technological challenges; evaluate societal
impacts; and put forward possible solutions that can in turn benefit
the planet.

The CODATA International Conference is held once every two years, and
is organized by CODATA (The Committee on Data for Science and Technology)
under the auspices of ICSU (International Council for Science). The
past three CODATA International Conferences were held in Beijing (2006),
Kiev (2008), and Cape Town (2010). The 2012 CODATA International
conference will be held in Taipei on October 28-31.


SCIENTIFIC TOPICS:
The conference is devoted to quality, reliability, management and
accessibility of data for science and technology. Abstracts and
Session Proposals are solicited on, but not limited to, the following
topics:

* e-Science and e-Science Networks
* Information Science and Computational informatics
* Data Mining and Knowledge Management
* Interoperability and Data Integration
* Earth and Environmental Data
* Biological Science, Medical and Health Data
* Physical Science Data
* Social Science Data and the Digital Humanities
* Open Access; Public Section Information; Legal and Policy Issues
* Semantic Web and Linked Data
* Data Challenges for Global Sustainability: The Outcome of Rio+20


SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Submission deadline: June 15, 2012 (extended from May 25).

Submissions can be made in two categories: Abstract and Session Proposal.
They should be submitted electronically via the submission web page at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=codata2012 . Please visit
the web site http://www.codata2012.com for details about abstract and
session proposal submissions, and for more information about the conference.



*****
Dr. Robert S. Chen
Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
  (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Manager, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Secretary General, CODATA, Committee on Data for Science and Technology,
  International Council for Science (ICSU)
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
tel. +1 845-365-8952; fax +1 845-365-8922
e-mail: bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu
CIESIN web site: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu
SEDAC web site: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu
CODATA web site: http://www.codata.org




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