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CGIAR-CSI Meeting 22-24th April 2008, World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
 
Better Serving the Global Agricultural Research & Development Community
 
While the core purpose of this CSI meeting remains to facilitate exchange of ideas, methods, tools and data amongst the spatial community of the CGIAR and its key partners, a strong focus will be on better serving the needs of the agricultural research and development community. There are many exciting new and emerging opportunities from both a technology and a funding perspective. What role can CSI play in helping its members best tap these new opportunities in cost effective ways, and help raise awareness and foster action around improving the packaging and delivery of CSI member data, tools and analysis to a broader range of users?
 

April 22 (Tuesday/Earthday)

8:30 - 9:00 am Registration/Greetings
 
9:00 - 9:30 am Welcoming/Introduction - Robert Zomer & Stanley Wood

Open Source Web Platforms (Chair: Robert Zomer)

9:30 - 10:30 am Keynote Presentations

  • Chris Holmes (OpenGeo GeoServer)
  • Jeroen Ticheler (FAO GeoNetwork)
  • Discussion

10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break

CSI Status: Challenges & Opportunities (Chair: Stanley Wood)

11:00 - 11:45 am "Overview of CSI: Current Status & Lessons Learned" - Rober Zomer
 
11:45 - 12:15 pm "Users, Opportunities & CSI Questionnaire Results" - Enrica Porcari
 
12:15 -  12:45 pm "Strategic Approaches to Improved Effectiveness & Delivery" - Todd Slind & Jubal Harpster
 
12:40 - 1:45 pm Lunch
 
1:45 - 3:00 pm Plenary Discussion
  • Who's needs are we/should we be trying to serve?
  • What is the most appropriate role for CSI?
  • How could we best transition to be more effective for members & users?
3:00 - 3:30 pm Coffee Break

A Snapshot of Themes, Issues, & Responses (Chair: Andy Jarvis)

3:30 - 3:50 pm "GADM" - Robert Hijmans
 
3:50 - 4:10 pm "Sub-Saharan Africa Development Domain Tool" - Carlos Quiros
 
4:10 - 4:30 pm "Research Data Sharing Platform for IWMI and the Water & Food Challenge Program" - Mir Matin
 
4:30 - 4:50 pm "GlobCover, Global Accessibility Models and the EC Assessment of Protected Areas: Three New Strategic Datasets for the Development Community in Africa" - Andy Nelson
 
4:50 - 5:10 pm "SDI East Africa 2007-2008 - A Capsule Overview" - Mick Wilson


April 23 (Wednesday)

Spatial Data & Science in the CGIAR I (Chairs: Eddy de Pauw & Hubert George)

  • Each center is allocated 20 minutes.
  • Time management will be very strict.
  • More topics can be presented as posters - as many as needed.

8:30 - 10:00 am Morning Session I (Chair: Eddy de Pauw)
CIMMYT - Dave Hodson
IRRI - Robert Hijmans
CIP - Lieven Claessens
ILRI - An Notenbaert
10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break
 
10:30 - 12:00 pm Morning Session II (Chair: Hubert George)
The Africa Rice Center - Paul Kiepe
ICARDA - Eddy de Pauw
CIAT - Glenn Hyman
ICRISAT - Sibiry Traore
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch

Spatial Data & Science in the CGIAR II (Chairs: An Notenbaert & Todd Slind)

1:00 - 2:30 pm Afternoon Session I (Chair: An Notenbaert)
IITA - Kai Sonder
World Agroforestry Centre - Sonya Dewi
IWMI - Prasad Thenkabail
CIFOR - Atie Puntodewo
2:30 - 3:00 pm Coffee Break
 
3:00 - 4:30 pm Afternoon Session II (Chair: Todd Slind)
WorldFish Center - Suan Pheng Kam
Bioversity International - Andy Jarvis
IFPRI - Stanley Wood
5:00 - 8:00 pm Poster Presentations (Foyer of meeting room)
 
6:00 - 8:00 pm Reception (Foyer of meeting room)


April 24 (Thursday)

Core Themes of Common Interest (Chair: Sibiry Traore)

8:30 - 12:30 am Morning Session
    • Climate
    • Elevation & Hydrology
      • "SRTM & Hydrosheds" - Andy Jarvis
    • Soil resources
      • "Harmonized World Soil Database" - Jawoo Koo
      • "Gates Soil Health Initiative for SSA" - Keith Shepherd
    • Land cover & use
      • "Land Degradation Surveillance Framework" - Tor-Gunnar Vagen
      • "Agro-Maps" - Hubert George
    • Production systems & constraints
      • "Great Lakes Cassava Initiative" - Michael Potts
      • "Global Database of Experimental Trial Sites for Agricultural Technology" - Glenn Hyman
      • "HarvestChoice Crop Modeling Group" - Jawoo Koo
    • Infrastructure for Serving Data
      • "CGIAR-CSI Website/Server Status" - Claudia Perea
      • "Current Constraints" - Andy Jarvis
      • "Current Opportunities" - Jubal Harpster & Chris Holmes
    • Capacity building
      • "Developing an E-Learning Module on the Management of Spatial Information" - Enrica Porcari
10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break
 
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch 

Opportunities: Proposal Development (Chair: Prasad Thenkabail)

1:30 - 3:00 pm Proposal Design & Development Principles
"Discussion of Goal, Content, Participation, and Pocess"
- Enrica Pocari, Todd Slind, Stanley Wood, & ...
3:00 - 3:30 pm Coffee Break

Looking Ahead (Chair: Robert Zomer)

3:30 - 5:30 pm Discussion & Business Meeting
    • Plenary Discussion
    • Other Businesses
      • CSI coordination
      • Renewing/revising license deal with ESRI
      • Follow up