ID-03 Science and Technology in GEOSS Advance GEOSS

ID-03 Science and Technology in GEOSS Advance GEOSS through integration of innovations in Earth observation science and technology, also enabling the research community to fully benefit from GEOSS accomplishments. Promote research and development (R&D) in key areas of Earth sciences to facilitate improvements to Earth observation and information systems, and support the transition of systems and techniques from research to operations. Engage with a wide range of science and technology communities including individual scientists and their institutions, both public and private. Hans-Peter Plag, IEEE (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA) Task Coordinator, Po. C ID-03 C 1 ID-03 -C 1: Engaging the Science and Technology (S&T) Community in GEOSS Implementation

Activities of ID-03: • Engage with science and technology communities with the goal to promote GEOSS and encourage contributions to the development and implementation of GEOSS • Maintain a portfolio of compelling examples illustrating the contribution of science and technology to GEOSS and the value of GEOSS for science and research • Expand maintain a GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Network e. g. through regular workshops • Organize special sessions on GEOSS at major meetings and document these sessions in a web-based system. Develop and maintain a GEOSS Science and Technology Service Suite to support interactions with science and technology communities • Maintain the User Requirement Registry (URR) and ensure that S&T needs of GEOSS and its users are captured in the URR • Ensure that the S&T needs of GEOSS and its users are known and accessible through the Socio-Economic and Environmental Information Needs (SEE IN) Knowledge Base, developed and maintained here, and transition the User Requirements Registry into the SEE IN Knowledge Base.

Expected Achievements by 2015: Activity 1: Engage with science and technology communities with the goal to promote GEOSS and encourage contributions to the development and implementation of GEOSS Activity 1. 1: Engage science communities in the development of EO-based services that support sustainable development, including the Sustainable Development Goals. Main achievement: GEOSS focused on the information needs of the global community striving for sustainable development. Activity 1. 2: Encourage the incorporation of new technology in observing systems. Main achievement: Identify and participation of S&T stakeholders in GEOSS, particularly those that promote emerging technologies relevant to can create a platform for the Activity 1. 3: Develop a framework for the transition of relevant research infrastructures to sustained operation. Main achievement: a process forobserving systems and therefore should be continued in a sustained mode the identification and promotion of research infrastructure that contributes significantly to the long-term

Expected Achievements by 2015: Activity 2: Maintain a portfolio of compelling examples illustrating the contribution of science and technology to GEOSS and the value of GEOSS for science and research Activity 2. 1: Populate a GEOSS Science and Technology Portfolio with compelling examples demonstrating the added value of GEOSS for science and technology communities, with particular focus on examples that illustrate the link between GEOSS and information needs for sustainable development. This activity will complete the GEOSS S&T Portfolio and produce several documentations of this portfolio. Activity 2. 2: Produce multi-media for solving urgent societal issues. and Technology Portfolio illustrating publications of the GEOSS Science the relevance of GEOSS and EOs Asand that of this activity, there will be a suite of outreach documents that show the added value of GEOSS a result also will demonstrate the societal benefits of EOs.

Expected Achievements by 2015: Activity 3: Expand maintain a GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Network e. g. through regular workshops Activity 3. 1: Continue the sequence of high-level GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Workshops The main achievement of and at the same time a promotion of GEOSS inorganization in support of the this activity will be feedback from high-level the organizations. development of GEOSS Activity 3. 2: creation a GEOSS S&T (annual) Newsletter focused on international S&T organization supporting Develop for sustainable development. knowledge This activity will achieve an improved awareness of GEO and GEOSS in relevant international S&T communities.

Expected Achievements by 2015: Activity 4: Organize special sessions on GEOSS at major meetings and document these sessions in a webbased system. Develop and maintain a GEOSS Science and Technology Service Suite to support interactions with science and technology communities Activity 4. 1: Organize special sessions on GEOSS and side events on GEO at major meetings. The main achievement will be special sessions and sideof GEO, GEOSS and the role of GEOSS for science and an improved awareness events. research through a series of Activity 4. 2: Continue the. EO-related services, and data sets. an extensive utility for feedback from S&T development of the GSTSS, including communities on GEOSS, The activity will result in a better service for S&T communities and bring these communities closer to GEOSS. Activity 4. 3: Develop a high-level prospectus for a series of SBA-specific major conferences. Anconferencesoutcome of by groups and Co. Ps be the improved coordination of the many workshops and important organized this activity would in an nine SBAs.

Expected Achievements by 2015: Activity 5: Maintain the User Requirement Registry (URR) and ensure that S&T needs of GEOSS and its users are captured in the URR Activity 5. 1: Develop a concept of, and implement a knowledge base for the definition and documentation of socio-economic and environmental information needs (SEE IN Knowledge Base) across all societal sectors and topics, including those represented by the nine SBAs and theme Tasks, that also supports the development of blue-prints for processes related to knowledge creation, including model webs. Main outcome: SEE IN KB as core element of the GCI responding to the Ministerial guidance. Activity 5. 2: Transition the URR to the SEE IN Knowledge Base Main outcome: ensure that URR contents are fully available through the new SEE IN KB. Activity 5. 3: Co. Ps in capturing information needs and developing blue-prints. Develop a concept for a collaborative platform which can facilitate the engagement of Task Teams and Main outcome: Definition of characteristics in anfunctionalities of a virtual stakeholder table for the and effort to identify information needs. interaction of GEO Task Teams and Co. Ps Activity 5. 4: Develop blueprints for the derivation of essential variables based on overarching goals and targets. Main outcome: well-defined process to identify sets of EVs for a wide range of goals and targets.

Information Needs Defining models and tools based on information needs Defining observations based on information needs Stakeholder Driven GEOSS GEO, 2005. 10 -YIP Reference Document.

GEO’s Contribution Socio-Economic and 3 rd GEOSS S&T Environmental Information Needs Stakeholder Knowledge Base Workshop Blue Prints for the “indicators to essential variables”

Social Society Science GEOSS Information System (GEOIS) Private Public Governance World Deliberations Decision making Participation VST Meetings Deliberations Instrument LKB Risk-based choices Sensors Model Web What If? Services Human Scenarios Geo. Design Impacts Visualizations Sensors GIS Co. I mediations Integrated Io. T State databases Stakeholder & (environmental, Trends values & economic, interests Io. M human) Predictions ontology SD Policies Planning Codes Best & next practices Perceptions Knowledge Creation and Usage: - Co-design - Co-creation - Co-usage (RIO+20) 4 th GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Collaborative Platform Workshop for Cooperation

Scope of Task ID-03 Expected Achievements by 2015 • GEOSS S&T Portfolio: Fully populated and documented: may not be achieved; community is not providing examples • GEOSS S&T Service Suite fully functional: Most of the page will be functional, except for a fully function workshop portal • Outreach and promotion at S&T meetings: Is happening, but information is not regularly provided for the Task Sheet • GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Network more developed; and at least two more. Workshops: Is under way • Goal-focused global initiatives (ministerial guidance, key area 5): Is under way

Challenges and Issues • How can we better engage S&T communities? • GEOSS Science and Technology Service Suite? Providing services. . . • S&T-focused Communities of Practice and global initiatives? Developing communities. . . • Linkage to S&T programs (Future Earth, Research Data Alliance, Disc. In. Net, . . . ) • Good example: 2 nd GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Workshop: EO support for MDGs 3 rd GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Workshop: Navigating Sustainability on a Changing Planet: - The science: What are the indicators? What are the Essential Variables? - The quantification: Are we observing the EVs needed to quantify the indicators? rd 4 GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Workshop: Concepts, Technologies, Systems and Users of the Next GEOSS: - Future Design and Functionality of GEOSS - Integration of New Technology for Data Collection, Management, Analysis And Distribution - Integration of crowd-sourcing, Big Data, citizen scientists (“human sensor”) - Transition from access to data to access to environmental intelligence