<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Segoe,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);line-height:16px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><div style="text-align:center">Mikel Maron will be giving a presentation on the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team today! </div><div style="text-align:center"><br> </div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#ff6a00" size="5"><strong>The Role of <span class="gmail-il">Citizen</span> <span class="gmail-il">Science </span>Observatories and Crowdsourcing Community in the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (<span class="gmail-il">GEOSS)</span></strong></font><br> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnBoxedTextBlockInner"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9px 18px"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(245,242,242);min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:center;padding:18px">A Group on Earth Observations Plenary XIV Side Event <br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);line-height:20px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><div><b>Tuesday, October 24, 2017 from 1:00 - 5:30 PM EST</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">The growth of <span class="gmail-il">citizen</span> <span class="gmail-il">science</span> is a global phenomenon. In the United States, the scientific impacts of <span class="gmail-il">citizen</span> <span class="gmail-il">science</span> are recognized by 60 federal agencies and organizations, which coordinate and support hundreds of <span class="gmail-il">citizen</span> <span class="gmail-il">science</span> projects. In Europe, the European Commission continues to fund <span class="gmail-il">Citizen</span> Observatories, beginning with the FP7 Programme and extending through active projects Ground Truth 2.0, LandSense, SCENT, and GROW. Similar initiatives are emerging in other parts of the world.<br><br>GEO can benefit from these initiatives if standards and best practices in managing (collection, representation, annotation, processing) crowd-sourced data are promoted. There is a need to explore the linkages of <span class="gmail-il">citizen</span> data to the <span class="gmail-il">GEOSS</span> and its common infrastructure (GCI), identify activities necessary for scaling up (examples are GBIF contributions, Mosquito Alert-UN...), and investigate methods and tools to integrate citizens-generated data with authoritative ones. This should be done in coordination with other GEO initiatives such as GEOBON. In this meeting, we will know more about existing <span class="gmail-il">citizen</span> <span class="gmail-il">science</span> projects and observatories and will discuss evolving standards and best practices for <span class="gmail-il">citizen</span>-observed data management and ways to integrate <span class="gmail-il">citizen</span>-acquired with established data sources.​</span></span></div><div> <hr></div><div><br><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>LIVE STREAM:</strong><br><strong>Watch the livestream event and submit your questions for the panelists <a href="https://southbigdatahub.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1c2e11cb37fc242dfa8e178b&id=4430d20984&e=53c098953f" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,106,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(255,140,0)">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(255,140,0)">.</span></strong><br> <br><strong>Tweet your questions to the panelists using hashtag </strong><span style="color:rgb(255,140,0)"><strong>#GEOCitSci </strong></span>Also follow the GEO Plenary with <strong>#GEOWeek17</strong><br> <br>For more information and archived video (when posted) click <a href="https://southbigdatahub.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1c2e11cb37fc242dfa8e178b&id=640eb15e93&e=53c098953f" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,106,0)"><span style="color:rgb(255,140,0)">here</span></a>.</span></span><div> <hr></div><div><div style="text-align:center"><br><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>AGENDA</strong></span></span></div><br><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">1:00 PM</span></span>         <strong>Welcoming Remarks</strong><br><br><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">1:15 PM</span></span>         <strong><span class="gmail-il">Citizen</span> <span class="gmail-il">Science</span> Programs and Observatories: Lightning Talks</strong></span></span><div><br><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Moderator: Dr. Lea Shanley, South Hub</span></span></div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Speakers:</span></span><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Maria Krommyda, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Mikel Maron, Humanitarian Open Street Maps</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Laetitia Navarro, GEO BON</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Joan Masó, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Andreas Matheus, Secure Dimensions GmbH </span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">2:15 PM</span></span>         <strong>Tools, Best Practices, and Standards for Utilizing<br>                       <span class="gmail-il">Citizen</span> <span class="gmail-il">Science</span> for <span class="gmail-il">GEOSS</span></strong><br><br>Moderator: Krystal Wilson, Secure World Foundation<br>Speakers: </span></span><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Anne Bowser, Wilson Center</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Dixon Butler, Youth Learning as <span class="gmail-il">Citizen</span> Environmental Scientists</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Max Craglia, Joint Research Center</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Steffen Fritz, International Institute for Applied <span class="gmail-il">Science</span> System Analysis </span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">3:15 PM</span></span>         <strong>Group Discussion: Prioritization of <span class="gmail-il">Citizen</span> <span class="gmail-il">Science</span> as GEO Activity</strong><br><br>Moderator: Joan Masó, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry<br> <br><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">5:00 PM</span></span>         <strong>Closing Remarks and Next Steps</strong><br> <br><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">5:30</span></span>                Adjourn<br> <br><strong>Workshop Steering Committee:</strong></span></span><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Joan Masó, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry (CREAF)</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Krystal Wilson, Secure World Foundation (SWF)</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Lea Shanley, South Big Data Innovation Hub, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif">Anne Bowser, The Wilson Center</span></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px 18px 1px"><table class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top-width:2px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-6523930736075316524mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Lea</div><div><br></div><div>Lea Shanley, PhD</div><div>co-Executive Director, South Big Data Innovation Hub</div><div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/LeaShanley" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/LeaShanley</a></div><div><a href="mailto:lshanley@renci.org">lshanley@renci.org</a></div><div>@Lea_Shanley</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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