LTER-Europe – interim check before the big endspurt. . . ILTER-Europe Regional Group at ILTER, SK 5 th LTER-Europe NNRC, 18 th Aug 2008 M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Michael Mirtl (UBA) Federal Environment Agency
PART A ILTER MONDAY 18 th, 10: 30 -17: 30 M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
Who are WE? Bodies of LTER-Europe ILTER National Networks Representatives Conference (NNRC) Co-ordinating Committee (CC) EC M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Structure? Governance? Scientific Site Co-ordinator Conference (SSCC) Federal Environment Agency
LTER-Europe: Main fields of activity ILTER This meeting: selection of issues relevant for National Networks: l l l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Information Decisions Planning Division of tasks Resulting To. Do-list Federal Environment Agency
Taking up the thread. . . ILTER All documents and products of Sevilla/Donana and the processes since then: http: //www. lter-spain. net/ltereurope/products. htm l 4 sections l switch to WEB browser l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
By the end of the MONDAY (4 th NNRC, Sevilla) • We survived l Bylaws adopted l Status of national networks assessed ILTER (implementation, activity) Mind map of national networks checked l l Agreed structure of the l l First level criteria for LTER-Europe members adopted Editorial groups for Letters of Support & Commitment Overview of strategic environm. of LTER-Europe achieved Priority workflows for LTER-Europe adopted (incl. proj. proposals) l WEB site and national informations Standard observations/parameter: agreed list for further specification by SSCC and following national review Expert group: LTER-Europe research agenda List of responsibles for the interface with other networks l Adopted working plan 2008 (as nat. netwerks concerned) l l l Mirtl/ LTER-Europe 40 filled individual M. brainstormings (conference questionnairs) Federal Environment Agency
Background documents (printouts in LTER-Europe regional group folder) ILTER l l l Agenda Minutes of the 4 th LTER-Europe NNRC (Sevilla) Protocol of the 2 nd LTER-Europe SSCC (Donana) 5 th NNRC conference questionnaire LTER-Europe 2007/2008: Extract of ALTER-Net annual report Bylaws, version 9: results of final checks M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
Some highlights ILTER Participation statistics of this meeting: 14/16/18/43 l Ecoinformatics confernece (EEA, US-EPA) & Interface with SEIS l Life. Watch start-up l LTEM and LTER l EEA l IM l l ALTER-NAC, EC review LTER process, l LTSER l l l Planning meeting in Rome Interface with UNECE/BR (Sept. 08) Div. Europe Spain, Portugal (quality!) Bulgaria M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
LTER-Europe: January 2008 ILTER 2008 Lobbying initiated Discussion started First concepts Network implementation Formal ILTER member M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe ALTER-I 3/ M. Mirtl Federal Environment Agency
LTER-Europe: August 2008 ILTER 2008 Lobbying initiated Discussion started First concepts Network implementation Formal ILTER member M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe ALTER-I 3/ M. Mirtl Federal Environment Agency
ILTER How far have we gone from the starting point? M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
1 a: National meetings outcome ILTER l SEE QUESTIONNAIRE and. . . l l l l Who has designated SSC for his sites? Who is able to send his SSC to one annual meeting? feedback European coverage feedback standard observations Announcement: best examples report Announcement: best practice report Announcement: next meeting (date) M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
1: Will & Reality ILTER Answers from Sevilla NNRC questionnaire (2008 -01) M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Available information to LTER-Europe EC (200808) Qualified feed-back to questions: zero Federal Environment Agency
ILTER 1: Another interesting result with regard to the LTER-Europe management plan. . . Answers from Sevilla NNRC questionnaire (2008 -01) M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
2: Completion of the LTER Infobase ILTER Delivered national updates (4!) l Constraints in efforts to centrally fill the ILTER site database with European data l Further discussion & decisions under l item 7 (European ecological ontology; Peterseil) l item 15 (To. Do-lists for NN) l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
3: LTER-Europe 6 th NNRC & 3 rd SSCC, Dec. 2008 ILTER December 1 -5, 2008 (Monday-Friday) l Palma de Mallorca l RIU Palace Bonanza Playa l Target groups l l l l National reps & deputies Site coordinators Platform managers Co-ordinators of scientific project proposals (LTSER, IDR) Key people involved in the LTSER concept development ALTER-Net expert groups fitting into the LTEREurope expert panels M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
3: LTER-Europe Dec. 2008: Venue „RIU Palace Bonanza Playa“, Palma de Mallorca ILTER M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
3: Basic structure ILTER Communication Technology Harmonisation Info Managem. LTSER Res. Agenda Site-Manag M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe NNRC CC Plenary ? Scientific LTER Conf. Structure of SSC Conferences Federal Environment Agency
3: Program overview ILTER l Program: l l l Open space: Scientific projects meet site/platform responsibles (1 day) LTSER focus (1 day) Scientific strategy (0, 5 day) NNRC (1 day) Excursion (0, 5 day) LTER core group (1 day) M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
3: Development of LTER/LTSER projects ILTER Format: open space l Invitations/announcements l EURECO (folder in the conference map) l EC web site l National ecological societies (request for spreading the information) l LTER National Networks!! l l Other aspects/ideas: Possible continuation of ALARM projects with LTER in place of FSN l xxx l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
3: LTSER-focus ILTER l LTSER expert panel needs to fill that with live l Furman, Singh, Fischer, Krauze, Mirtl Contributions from LTSER management & training workshop (October, Zdenka) l Links with IDR goal of ALTER-Net l l l Workshop in October (18 -22) in Edinburgh Contents Conceptual state of the art l Proof of concpets (LTSER Projects) l Lessons learned from LTSER platform implementations l Required frame (funding, organisation of the science area) l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
3: NNRC (National Net Reps Conference) ILTER l Key notes EC: further expectations from LTER l Life. Watch: LTER as a component of the European observatories infrastructure l EEA/UNECE: coupling with environmental monitoring l Ramsar – possible cooperation and networking experience l l Status of NNs and reports l Strategic partnerships Established and required partnerships l Priorisation of interfaces l l Funding mechanisms LTER-Europe secreatariat l Membership dues? l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
3: LTER core group ILTER Work package I 3 meeting l Wrapping up l Division of tasks l Editorial work on LTER-Europe management plan l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
3: Preparation ILTER l. MM: preparatory trip/ negotiations with hotels l. Local travel agency l? Donana team l. Who else? DISCUSSION AND FURTHER BRAINSTORMING IN THE END TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE IDEAS FROM THE MEETING M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
4, 5, 6, 7 ILTER l l 4: "LTER-Europe best examples book" and "LTEREurope best practice guidelines" (s. emails sent by K. Krauze) 5: Experiences with the Multi-site trampling experiment (MSE) and the 2008 vegetation resurvey work (Klotz; Parr/Groner) 6: Status of the Meta-analysis to test the hypothesis about changes in community composition (Groner/Krauze) 7: European ecological ontology (SERONTO) and how to contribute to the global ontology process (Peterseil), including LTER Infobase and reporting discipline M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
8: Update on level of activity of NNs ILTER Intended to be a brief evaluation of the filled questionnaires l Main messages now in Flip charts filled in the beginning l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
9 -12 ILTER 9: Key note presentation by RO “Starting to organize the national LTERs in complyance with the structures of LTEREurope” (Vadineanu) l 10: WEB site presentation (Krauze/ Mirtl) l 11: Logo discussion & decision (Krauze) l 12: LTER-projects: proposals, initiatives, ideas. . . : Life+/Div. Europe (Petriccione) l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
13: Lifewatch is. . . ILTER l is a formal network of networks network of observatories (“sites”) from different realms (marine, terrestric, aquatic) l will promote a network of data producers and collections l l has a focus on data management and provision l l l l will provide access to distributed data sources, also building on GBIF will provide analytical and modeling tools PLUS computational capacity develop infrastructure for improved biodiversity and ecosystem research will – as also for the other planned large European infrastructures - mainly be based on joint national funding in accordance with Life. Watch concepts depends on the lobbying for national Life. Watch networks and their consideration in the respective national ESFRI road maps will estimate the realistic costs and work on a legal framework enabling all the above 9 work packages, complex structure, comprising national networks and topical networks (ALTER, MARBEF) represented in the policy and science board M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
13: Lifewatch needs use cases. . . ILTER What do potential clients of Life. Watch expect of Life. Wach products and services in the mid- and long term? (e. g. : what data search, access and analytical support should Life. Watch have enabled? For what purposes? ) l What infrastructural and technical framework shall Life. Watch have conceptualized (pilot phase) and implemented (after 2010)? l What interaction between the networked elements and their data/knowledge shall be enabled? l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
13: Life. Watch & LTER on the national level. . . ILTER l l l Significant overlap with the national mind maps of LTER (as recently updated at the LTER conference in Spain) Most of these national Life. Watch consortia are currently established Might be highly synergistic if the national LTER representatives contacted the Life. Watch responsibles in their countries List of national Life. Watch contacts will be provided The implementation of Life. Watch will mainly be realised through national fundings according to concepts developed on the European level For that reason it is crucial to achieve a good recognition and consideration of Life. Watch in the national ESFRI roadmaps as ESFRI projects are competing amongst each other – a clear incentive to join forces with all other Life. Watch relevant actors in your countries. M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
14: UNESCO/Biosphere. Reserves – LTER: ILTER Brainstorming on interface UNESCO/Biosphere. Reserves – LTER: l preparatory action for the complementary exercise in the ILTER part (strategic partnerships) (Mirtl) M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
15: To. Do List for National Networks (NN) ILTER l l l l All national meetings 2008 before ILTER conf Fill the draft of the “questionnaire” or better standard LTER-Europe nat report BEFORE Mallorca 2008 PLUS evaluate the standard report itself Feedback on European coverage of LTER (LTER-SER) Feedback on proposed standard observations Secure national contributions to “Best examples report” Secure national contributions to “Best practice manual” WEB sites Check and comment on draft LTER-Europe WEB site in the one-week testing (will be duely announced) l National WEB sites to which the LTER-Europe WEB site can link (smooth han point, considering whats already on the LTER-Europe WEB site) l Provide appropriate references l News, events and projects that should be put on the WEB site l l Designated SSC for all sites Next LTER-conference (1 -5 December) Beyond March 2009: l l Who is able to send his SSC to one annual meeting? Who can host the LTER-Europe conference 2009 (8 th NNRC) M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
ILTER 15: Proposed issues that should not be touched by next NN meetings LTER-Europe criteria l LTER-Europe bylaws l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
16: Beyond 2009 -03 ILTER l 16. 1 LTER-Europen conference 2009: when? (later in the year, as we will meet 2009 -03 at the final ALTER conference), l where? l l 16. 2 LTER-Europe management plan draft to be finished asap an circulated for comments l well elaborated draft to be worked on in Mallorca 2008 -12 l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
17: Other business: Necessary clarifications ILTER l OPEN (t. b. put in next questionnaire): Role of NNRs in the communication Should information in any case go through the NNRs to avoid gaps and delays in the updating of mailing lists on the European level l Should this happen in parallel? l How to deal with feed-backs from the community (through NNRs, directly to LTER-Europe, in parallel)? l l DECIDED: How to organize national reporting/ feedbacks? Questionnaire with standard questions on issues relevant for LTER-Europe and onging processes (PLUS: changes in time traceable) l Indiv. reports l Aditional: Oral reporting l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
17: Other issues: Critical points I ILTER l LTER-Europe process needs more engaged AND ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING people (bigger core group rather than a few key persons) M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
17: Critical questions I ILTER l WHY DO WE EXIST AS INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS? What is the main purpose of LTER-Europe and ILTER from your very national perspective? l Central services are not used (see also: ALTER WEB site) l There are hardly any multi-site projects (difficult to establish, even if pushed and financed. . . ): Why? l Do we need an umbrella to do/continue our small projects at small sites with a few people? (but may be with a broader horizon and a bit differently, which makes the big difference) l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
Postponed for an ad hoc meeting later in the week ILTER l l l 1 -hour session on best examples book, focussing on the European dimension and brainstorming [item 4] Agree on timeplan containing the national activities as decided by the 5 th NNRC (10 min in above session) [item 15] Voting for LTER-Europe logo (ticks on printouts on the wall: 1 per country) [item 11] Quick vote on the final changes of the bylaws [item 1] LTER-Europe IT and information management issues [item 7] M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
LTER-Europe – interim check before the big endspurt. . . ILTER-Europe Regional Group at ILTER, SK 5 th LTER-Europe NNRC, 18 th Aug 2008 M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Michael Mirtl (UBA) Federal Environment Agency
PART B ILTER TUESDAY 19 th, 18: 30 -19: 30 M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
Items which need to be finished ILTER l l l l 4: "LTER-Europe best examples book" and "LTER-Europe best practice guidelines" (s. emails sent by K. Krauze) 7: European ecological ontology (SERONTO) and how to contribute to the global ontology process (Peterseil), including LTER Infobase and reporting discipline 11: Logo results of voting 12: LTER-projects: announcement of meeting: Life+/Div. Europe group: 21: 15 in lobby 14: Brainstorming on interface UNESCO/Biosphere. Reserves – LTER: 15: To. Do List for National Networks (NN) and timeplan 17: Other business: l l communication paths substantial contributions to the intense working phase until March 2009 M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
17/1: Other business: Necessary clarifications ILTER l OPEN (t. b. put in next questionnaire): Role of NNRs in the communication Should information in any case go through the NNRs to avoid gaps and delays in the updating of mailing lists on the European level l Should this happen in parallel? l How to deal with feed-backs from the community (through NNRs, directly to LTER-Europe, in parallel)? l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
ILTER 17/2: Other business: Involvement in LTER core team until March 2009 l Preparation of LTER-conference in Mallorca Open space event: „Science meets sites“ l LTSER-day l Best examples book l Best practice manual l LTER-Europe management plan l Core team meetings l M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
To end with the positive: Some highlights! Participation statistics of this meeting: ILTER l l l 14 formal members (1 passed vote in addition) 18 members by the end of the weeks (16 present) 9 countries from former west, 9 from former central/east 43 participants from Europe!! Ecoinformatics confernece (EEA, US-EPA) & Interface with SEIS l Life. Watch start-up l LTEM and LTER l l ALTER-NAC, EC review l l l l EEA IM LTER process, LTSER Planning meeting in Rome Interface with UNECE/BR (Sept. 08) Div. Europe Spain, Portugal (quality!) Bulgaria M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
11: Logo: 15 votes ILTER 7 1 M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe 2 4 Federal Environment Agency
11: Logo ILTER 1 M. Mirtl/ LTER-Europe Federal Environment Agency
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