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SAON at IPY 2012, Montreal

There are a number of SAON related activities at IPY 2012, Montreal. This include

SAON Town Hall meeting

The SAON char (Tom Armstrong), the SAON vice-chair (David Hik), and members of the Board will be present
Time and venue: Tuesday 24 April, 17:00 - 18:00, room 511A

 

SAON Presentation: "Implementing the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) Initiative"

In this presentation, the SAON vice-chair (David Hik) et al will describe the process undertaken so far and next steps required to fully implement SAON.
Time and venue: Wednesday 25 April, 10:00-10:30, room 520 BC

 

Presentations related to SAON Tasks

Several SAON tasks and networks have presentations at IPY. This include:

Session: 1.3.2 Polar Marine Ecosystems (Arctic Marine Ecosystem Dynamics)
Title: Impact of Climate Change on a Deep-sea Arctic Ecosystem - The Case of HAUSGARTEN Observatory in the Eastern Fram Strait 
Time and venue:  Tuesday 24 April , 11:15 - 11:30, Room  519AB  

Session: 2.3.5 Impacts of Change and Development on Biodoversity and Polar Ecosystem Services
Title: Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) - Marine Plan Integrated Monitoring to Strengthen Decision-Making
Time and venue:  Tuesday 24 April, 10:30-10:45, Room 520D

Session: 2.5.4 Accessing, Sharing and Preserving Data as a Legacy of IPY
Title: A Conceptual Framework for Managing Very Diverse Data for Complex, Interdisciplinary Science. Lessons from the IPY. 
Time and venue: Tuesday 24 April, 10:00-10:15, Room 524C 

Session: 2.5.4 Accessing, Sharing and Preserving Data as a Legacy of IPY
Title: The Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic: Technical Approaches for Indigenous Knowledge Documentation
Time and venue: Tuesday 24 April, 14:45-15:00, Room 520A

Session: 2.5.4 Accessing, Sharing and Preserving Data as a Legacy of IPY
Title: Development of a New Polar Metadata Profile 
Time and venue: Tuesday 24 April, 15:30-15:45, Room 524C

Session: 2.5.4 Accessing, Sharing and Preserving Data as a Legacy of IPY
Title: Coordinating for Arctic Conservation: CBMP's Distributed Biodiversity Monitoring Data Network 
Time and venue: Tuesday 24 April, 15:45-16:00, Room 524C 

Session: 1.4.2 Human Health and Well-being, including Food Security (Circumpolar Surveillance)
Title: The Circumpolar Health Observatory (CircHOB), an International Collaborative Health Information System (K. Young1, S. Chatwood)
Time and venue: Wednesday 25 April, 14:45-16:00, Room 520EF

Session: 1.5.2 Polar Observing Systems and Remote Sensing
Title: Towards an International, Integrated Observing Network to Track, Understand and Respond to Arctic Change: The Arctic Observing Summit
Time and venue: Wednesday 25 April, 14:45-15:00, Room 520BC

Session: 1.5.2 Polar Observing Systems and Remote Sensing
Title: Terrestrial Expert Monitoring Group: Developing a plan for the Circumpolar Arctic
Time and venue: Wednesday 25 April, 15:45-16:00, Room 520BC

Session: 3.1.5 Information to Support Decision-Making
Title: Coordinating for Arctic Conservation: Implementing Integrated Arctic Biodiversity Monitoring, Data Management and Reporting
Time and venue: Thursday 25 April, 14:15-14:30, Room 514AB

Session: 3.1.6 Knowledge to Action: Achievements, Challenges and Ways Forward
Title: Arctic Collaborative Environment (ACE): A New Multinational Collaboration for Awareness, Research, and Operational Decision
Time and venue: Friday 26 April, Room 513EF 

 

 

 
 
Workshop on Arctic Data Coordination at IPY 2012, Montreal

A workshop to begin to design an Arctic Data Coordination Network will be held at IPY 2012, Montreal, Friday 27 April, 1:30-17:00, Room 512G

The purpose of this workshop is to develop a strategy and proposed structure for an Arctic Data Coordination Network (ADCN) under the auspices of SAON, IASC, and the Arctic Council. One outcome should be a plan for submitting a proposal to the US National Science Foundation for a Research Coordination Network to make this all possible. The idea is to use the conference to define and explore the problem and then use this workshop to define practical ways to move forward. A short report will be prepared and submitted to the SAON Board, IASC, and the AC.

The workshop is open to anyone, but we particularly invite:
  • SAON Board members and representatives
  • SAON Task Leaders
  • IPY National Data Coordinators
  • Permanent Participant representatives
  • World Data System representatives
  • Data coordinators/managers for Arctic data systems
  • Agency sponsor representatives

RSVP to Jan René Larsen: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Agenda
The organizing committee will work through the week of the conference to refine the agenda, but the basic approach is as follows.
  1. Brief introduction and background including an overview of NSF Research Coordination Network requirements (see http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11691)
  2. Discuss (perhaps in breakout groups) how to implement the specific recommendations that emerged from the Action Forum on data and the final Action Forum “Bringing it all together”.
  3. Identify important themes, objectives, and funding opportunities in different countries, and then try and form collaborative groups to address those themes.
  4. Final wrap up and review of actions and way forward.
Organizers: David Carlson, Taco de Bruin, Julie E. Friddell, Jim Gamble, Shari Gearheard, Øystein Godøy, David Hik, Eva Kruemmel, Jan Rene Larsen, Ellsworth LeDrew, Mark Parsons, Peter L. Pulsifer, Scott Tomlinson, Warwick F. Vincent

 
 
1st meeting of the SAON Board held in Tromsoe, Norway
The SAON Board held its first meeting in Tromsoe, Norway on 24-25 January 2012
 
SAON at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting
Together with IASC, AC now takes the lead in a continuation of the SAON process.

The Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Tromsø April 2009 agreed on the Tromsø Declaration which expressed

1. Support for continued coordination to maximize the legacy of IPY in a number of areas, including observations and data access and management … and

2. Recognition of the valuable contribution of the Sustained Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) process as an IPY legacy to enhance coordination of multidisciplinary Arctic data acquisition, management, access and dissemination, encouraged the continuation of this work with emphasis on improved sustained long-term observation, and welcomed the participation of indigenous organizations in future work

3. Decided to take the lead, in cooperation with IASC and other relevant partners, in the continuation of the SAON process, including considering ways to develop an institutional framework to support circum-Arctic observing, and the preparation and implementation of a work plan for the next two years to initiate work on priority issues including sustained funding and data management.

Read the full declaration in pdf-format...
 
European Commission supportive of SAON

In it's communication "THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE ARCTIC REGION" the European commission states that the EU should contribute to support the establishment of the Sustained Arctic Observing Network.

Read the full document...
 
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