Thursday, January 17

5:30 p.m. Committee Reception in the lobby of the Monaco Hotel, 700 F St NW, Washington, DC

6:00 Committee Dinner, Zola Restaurant, 800 F St NW, Washington, DC

8:00		Continental breakfast available in meeting room
8:45		A. Chair's Opening Remarks 1. Introductions 2. Review of action items from last meeting and interim activities March 2007 CODATA Meeting Action Items Summary of 2007 US CODATA Activities 3. Meeting goals and agenda review		Roberta Balstad
9:00		B. Review of Recent, Ongoing, and Proposed USNC/CODATA Activities 1. Proposed Board on Research Data and Information Discussion of near-term objectives and strategic emphases for the new board 2. Results of US-China Roundtable on Scientific Data Cooperation, fall 2007 Meetings in Washington and Beijing, and discussion of plans for the 2008 meeting 3. Results of Workshop with CODATA TG on African Data Sources for Sustainable Development, Pretoria, May 2007 4. Results of Workshop on Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Latin America, Atibaia, May 2007		Roberta Balstad
10:30		Break
10:50		B. Review of Recent, Ongoing, and Proposed USNC/CODATA Activities (continued) 5. Results of Science Commons-CODATA-GBIF International Workshop on Common-Use Licensing of Scientific Data Products, Paris, September 2007 6. Results of Workshop on Designing Global Information Commons for Innovation in Frontier Sciences (with Japanese CODATA Committee and University of Tokyo), Tokyo, November 2007 - Possible bilateral activity with the Japanese - Other potential bilateral activities 7. Establishment of a new Data Prize for Young Scientists in the U.S. 8. Plans for International Workshop on the Socioeconomic Effects of Access and Reuse Policies for Online Public Sector Information, with OECD in Paris, 4-5 February 2008 9. Plans for an International Workshop on Designing a Microbial Research Commons, with multiple other partners in Ghent, Belgium, 12-14 June 2008 10. Collaboration with other groups – ICSU, InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP), UN Global Alliance on ICT for Development 11. Proposal for a Regional Workshop on Geospatial Data for Health and Environmental Applications in Latin America: A Focus on Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development (with BESR, GSDI, and PAIGH) 12. Proposal for a National Symposium and Workshop on the Future of Scientific Knowledge Discovery in the Virtual Environment (with CSTB)		Roberta Balstad
11:45		C. Committee Liaison and Ex Officio Reports
12:15		Lunch (in meeting room)
1:00		D. Review of International CODATA Activities		Roberta Balstad
		1. CODATA Strategic Plan, 2006-2011 - Discussion of USNC/CODATA and BRDI roles		Bob Chen & Roberta Balstad
		2. Overview of plans for CODATA 2008 Conference in Kiyv, Ukraine, 6-8 October 2008 - Discussion of USNC contributions		Bob Chen & Roberta Balstad
		3. U.S. Task Group proposals for review and approval at 2008 CODATA General Assembly - Committee discussion		Bonnie Carroll & Bob Chen
		4. CODATA Officer and Executive Committee nominations		Bonnie Carroll & Bob Chen
		5. CODATA Memberships		Bob Chen
		6. Other action items for the 2008 CODATA General Assembly - Proposed changes to CODATA Constitution - Other issues (CODATA 2008 Prize Nomination)		Bob Chen & Bonnie Carroll
		7. CODATA White Paper and Implementation Guidelines for the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles - Status and plans		Bob Chen & Paul Uhlir
		8. Plans for Spring 08 CODATA Executive Board meeting		Sara Graves & Bob Chen
		9. Other international CODATA issues - General discussion		Roberta Balstad
3:00		Break
3:15		E. Other Related Activities and Issues 1. OECD Recommendation on Access to Data from Publicly Funded Research, and OECD Working Party on the Information Economy Working Groups and June 2008 Ministerial		Anita Eisenstadt Dept. of State
		2. Update on U.S. and international database IP and policy developments		Anita Eisenstadt & Paul Uhlir
		3. Status report on NSTC Interagency WG on Digital Data		Bonnie Carroll
		4. COSEPUP Report on Ensuring Integrity, Accessibility, and Utility of Research Data in the Digital Age		Tom Arrison & Paul Uhlir
		5. Follow-up on discussion of projects from morning session		Roberta Balstad
		6. Other international CODATA issues, items raised by the committee, and general discussion		Roberta Balstad
3:45 3:55		F. Closing Session 1. Action items, schedule, and assignments 2. Chair’s closing remarks ADJOURN		Roberta Balstad