Last update April 17th 2014
Our twitter hashtag for the meeting is: #ciardgodan
22 April 2014
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When |
What |
Where |
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09.00- 10.00 |
Pre-Meeting Registration Lead: Gianna De Cesare (FAO) |
Turkish Lounge (ground floor of Building A, main entrance) |
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10.00-11.00 |
Parallel Sessions Session 1a. Interest Group Meeting. Open data in fisheries in support of marine resource governance, fisheries livelihoods and the small-scale fisheries value chain Lead: Kim Mallalieu (Caribbean Open Institute) Objective: To establish if there is interest, amongst CIARD and GODAN membership, in open fisheries data and in associated linked data e-infrastructures and to seed / strengthen fisheries as an ongoing open data focal point of activity. Open to all participants Or Session 1b. Interest Group Meeting. How decision support systems based on open source technology can change the lives of millions of farmers Lead: Gottfried Pessl (Pessl Instruments Gmbh) Objective: To explore the feasibility of the creation of a public-private partnership between organisations and states on supporting climate-smart agriculture through state of the art technology. Open to all participants |
Ethiopia
Queen Juliana |
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11.00-12.00 |
Session 2. Interest Group Meeting. The Pledge for Investments into a Linked Open Data (LOD) infrastructure for agricultural development Lead: Johannes Keizer (FAO) Objective: To identify partnership opportunities with other interested parties and to develop a concrete plan for collaboration including resource mobilization efforts. Open to all participants |
Ethiopia |
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12.00-13.00 |
Parallel Sessions Session 3a. Interest Group Meeting. The business case for a ‘Global Agricultural Concept System’ (GACS) Chair: Kerry Albright (DFID) Lead: Simon Liu (National Agricultural Library, USDA) Objective: to discuss an ongoing initiative by CABI, FAO and the NAL to merge their 3 agricultural thesauri and how this is helping to reach a new level of common semantics in agriculture and to seek new partners. Open to all participants Or Session 3b. Interest Group Meeting. Speeding up technology transfer through environmental pattern similarities using open data Lead: Karl Gutbrod (Meteoblue AG) Objective: To share a recent attempt at speeding up technology transfer through seeking patterns in weather and soil data available at little or no cost and to explore wider interest in collaborating on this prototype. Open to all participants |
Ethiopia
Queen Juliana |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00-15.30 |
Session 4. Plenary Opening: Welcome remarks from our hosts FAO and GFAR Session 5. Public event for FAO staff on Open Data. Welcome remarks: Marcela Villarreal (FAO), Ajit Maru (GFAR) Invited Speakers: Chair: Marcela Villarreal (FAO) |
Iran |
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15.30-16.00 |
Coffee |
Austria |
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16.00-17.00 |
Session 6. Introductions to GODAN and CIARD GODAN presentation: Origins and future CIARD presentation: Origins and future Chair: tbc |
Austria |
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17.00-18.00 |
Parallel Sessions Session 7a: Interest Group Meeting. Funders session Chairs: Tim Wheeler (DFID), Cathie Woteki (USDA) Invitation-only meeting Closed meeting, no remote participation. Or Session 7b. Interest Group Meeting. Open Data for Food and Nutrition: The promises and perils of data sharing and exchange Lead: Effie Tsiflidou, Vassilis Protonotarios: (Agro-Know) Objective: To introduce the participants to the ongoing work of the World Bank's Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP) initiative and to investigate interest in development of a Working Group under the Agricultural Data Interoperability Interest Group of the Research Data Alliance. Open to all participants |
Ethiopia
Queen Juliana |
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18.00 |
Welcome reception hosted by GFAR |
FAO Terrace 8th Floor |
23 April 2014
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When |
What |
Where |
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08.30- 09.00 |
Additional Registration, coffee, networking Lead: Gianna De Cesare (FAO) |
Austria |
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09.00- 09.15 |
Plenary Session. Introduction to aims and objectives of the day. Introduction of the Organising/Planning Committee Lead: Kerry Albright (DFID) |
Austria |
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09.15 – 10.30 |
Session 8. What’s new in the open data world? Presentation and plenary discussion on new and emerging themes, innovations and opportunities Invited Speaker: Jeanne Holm (Data.gov)-20 mins Respondent: Franco Accordino (DG Connect, European Commission) Invited announcements of new and emerging open data activities from countries and organizations Chair: Krijn Poppe (Wageningen UR) |
Austria |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee | Austria |
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11.00-12.00 |
Session 9. Mapping exercise: What activities are partners currently undertaking in the ag/nutrition open data space? How can we better link ongoing work to be more than the sum of our parts? Leads: Hugo Besemer (Wageningen UR), Martin Parr (CABI) |
Austria |
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12.00-12.30 |
Feedback on key themes/groups emerging from mapping exercise Leads: Hugo Besemer (Wageningen UR), Martin Parr (CABI) |
Austria |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch | |
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13.30-14.30 |
Session 10. Plenary discussion: What are the key problems or policy blockages we should collectively seek to address? Are there are any practical examples of how partners have applied open data to solve problems? Chair: Michael Hailu (CTA) Case study 10a: Rama Rao Darapuneni (NAIP/ICAR ) (PDF) Case study 10b: Richard Mugata (KARI) (PDF) Case study 10c: Josef Schmidhuber (FAO) (PDF) |
Austria |
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14.30-15.00 |
Session 11. Plenary presentation: What could an inter-linked CIARD-GODAN look like? Lauren McGraw (USDA), Ajit Maru (GFAR) Discussion on initial reactions to the joint scoping paper to be circulated prior to the meeting Chair: Mark Holderness (GFAR) |
Austria |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee | Austria |
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15.30-16.15 |
Session 12. What should the governance structure for an inter-linked GODAN-CIARD look like? How do we define a set of roles and key functions of a Secretariat which would allow several different partners, large and small to play a role? Breakout Group 12a Facilitator: Lauren McGraw (USDA)
Breakout Group 12b Facilitator: Ajit Maru (GFAR) |
Ethiopia
Queen Juliana |
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16.15-16.45 |
Session 12 (cont). Plenary feedback from groups Chair: Mark Holderness (GFAR) |
Austria |
| 16.45-17.45 |
Session 13. Interest group meeting: Putting user needs first: challenges in accessing, linking and quality of data (PDF) Lead: John Gordon (GRI) Objective: to identify and propose solutions to the problems which are limiting the productive use of the growing wealth of data. Open to all participants |
Austria |
| 17.45-18.00 |
Wrap-up of day Lauren McGraw (USDA) |
Austria |
| 19.30 |
Informal, self-funded dinner (Eataly restaurant/deli near Abitart hotel). Meet in lobby of Abitart hotel at 19.00 |
24 April 2014
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When |
What |
Where |
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08.45-09.15 |
Recap of previous day/ Lead: Johannes Keizer (FAO) No remote participation |
Austria |
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09.15-10.15 |
Lead: Kerry Albright (DFID) No remote participation |
Austria |
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10.15-10.45 |
Coffee |
Austria |
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10.45- 12.00 |
Plenary, then Breakout Groups Session 15. Defining practical activities: what do we want to do together in open data in ag and nutrition (together and through an interlinked GODAN-CIARD). What roles can GODAN-CIARD play in tacking problems or barriers and how do we prioritise amongst these? Chair: Frederic Lapeyrie (Agreenium) Breakout Group 15a Facilitator: Federico Sancho (IICA) Breakout Group 15b Facilitator: Piers Bocock (CGIAR Consortium) |
Ethiopia
Queen Juliana
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12.00-13.00 |
Lunch |
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13.30-13.45 |
Session 15. Plenary feedback from groups Chair: Frederic Lapeyrie (Agreenium) |
Austria |
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13.45- 14.45 |
Session 16. Planning for an open, showcasing event in October-November Lead: Piers Bocock (CGIAR Consortium), Martin Parr (CABI) |
Austria |
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14.45-15.15 |
Session 17. Communication: how do we best facilitate information exchange amongst partners in the current absence of a Secretariat? Lead: Vassilis Protonotarios (Agro-Know) |
Austria |
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15.15-16.00 |
Session 18. Wrap-up, Vote of thanks and outline action plan of newxt steps Lead: Cathie Woteki (USDA) |
Austria |