Agenda Draft version 15 Nov 04

Session: Each Scenario Session has been constructed to introduce science questions and provide the current state sensing to obtain data needed to gain insight into the scientific processes. One area of sensing technology is discussed, related to the scientific question, noting trends in that area of technology development. Finally, issues of deployment and maintenance are discussed.  

Duration of each Scenario Session: Each session is schedule for one hour. To encourage dialog, 15 minutes of each session should be reserved for discussion. Thus, in a session with three speakers (science, technology, deployment/maintenance), each speaker should limit remarks to 15 minutes.

Speakers: Each speaker should strive to give an overview of the area. For science, what are the compelling questions that need new types of sensors or new strategies for deployment to make breakthroughs?  What cannot be done now at all, or not effectively or efficiently? What is the societal impact of addressing successfully or ignoring the science? For enabling technology, what are the trends that in technologies, and what are potential cross-over technologies (applied in one area that might be relevant in others)?  For deployment, what are issues that need to be addressed for sustainable deployment of sensors? What can be gained by adopting a systems approach to deployment? Thus a session may be organized like:

Scenario 1: Oceans: TITLE – Jules Jaffe, SIO, Session Lead

Note: Session Leads have the flexibility to restructure the sessions to better meet the goals of the meeting. For example, perhaps two speakers could cover these topics more efficiently.


0830 -0900    Breakfast

0900 – 0930    Welcome: Host


0930 – 1030    Scenario 1: Oceans: TITLE – Jules Jaffe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Session Lead

1030 – 1045     Break

1045 – 1145    Scenario 2: Rivers to Estuaries and Coastal Waters: TITLE – Ken Reckhow, Duke University, Session Lead
        
1145 – 1200    Group Discussion: Commonalities

1200 – 1300    Lunch

1300 – 1400    Breakout Session 1

1400 – 1500    Scenario 3: Lakes: TITLE – Tim Kratz, North Temperate Lake LTER, U Wisconsin, Session Lead

1500 – 1530    Break

1530 – 1630    Scenario 4: Ground Water and SECURE Earth TITLE  - Russ Hertzog Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Session Lead


1630 – 1730    Scenario 5: Agriculture TITLE – Tom Harmon, University of California Merced, Session Lead

1730 – 1800    Discussion (common themes from Day 1)

1800 – 1900    Mixing event

1900 – 2100    Dinner (whole group)


1 December: “Mixing Events”. Breakout groups focused on key “cross-cutting” issues

0830 – 0900    Breakfast

0900 – 1000    Scenario 6: Terrestrial Ecosystems TITLE – Barbara Bond, Oregon State University, Session Lead

1000 – 1100     Scenario 7: Air, Pollution in Urbana Settings TITLE – Joe Fernando Arizona State University, Session Chair

1100 – 1130    Break

1130 – 1200    Interfaces TITLE – David Fries University of Southern Florida

1200 – 1230    Discussion

1230 – 1530    Breakout Groups Session 2 (Work over lunch)

1530 – 1600    Break

1600 – 1700    Feedback from breakout groups   

1700 – 1730    Reflections and Unexpected Insights (who would be good to do this)

1800 – 1900    Mixing event Social

1900 – 2100    Dinner (separate)


2 December:    Synthesis (do we have more in common than we though)

0830 – 0900    Breakfast

0900 – 1100    Breakout Groups Session 3: Scenario Groups: Finalize Scenarios
   
 1100 - 1130    Break

1130 – 1230    Feedback from groups

1230 – 1300    Final Discussion: Input for the Writers on Key points

1300                End for Participants (lunch available in food court within building)

1400 – 1800    Steering and Writing Committee Finalized First Draft.

Expectation on Scenario Session Chairs:

• Identify one or two other people to flesh out each session on science, enabling technology, deployment
• Ensure one paragraph for each layer, that is three for the session, is generated and provided to the organizers by Monday 21 November, to be placed on the web site (http://wtec.org/seo/). These paragraphs should address the questions raised above in the instruction to the speakers.
• Chair the session and keep people on time.
• Chair breakout/writing group on Thursday 2 December morning.
• Participate in writing group on Thursday afternoon.
• Review final draft.

Breakout Groups Session 1: 

This is a preliminary session for Breakout Groups 2.  This Breakout Groups session falls along the themes of science and societal needs, enabling technologies, and deployment, will allow for the mixing of the science/societal need driven scenarios. The key goals of this preliminary session include

• Feedback from group on missing scenarios, technologies, and deployment issues.
• Initial Plan for structuring discussion on Day 2 in Breakout Groups Session 2.
• Preliminary homework.

Breakout Groups Session 2: 

The breakout groups fall along the themes of science and societal needs, enabling technologies, and deployment, will allow for the mixing of the science/societal need driven scenarios. Some key questions that each group should answer include:

• Science (David Fries, Peter Arzberger):

• What are successful strategies to bring together and nurture a multidisciplinary group of scientists, engineers, and researchers at different stages of their careers to focus on and produce solutions to challenges based on the driving science question?
• Identify several “interface” challenges (e.g. aquatic- terrestrial interface) for the next decade, identify sensor and deployment needs.
• What can NSF do to encourage team building to address these interface challenges?

• Enabling Technology (Arthur Sanderson):

• What are the new sensors that need to be developed? Possibly consider sensors by medium: air, land, water, biota.
• Are there demands for a similar sensor across multiple scenarios?
• What can NSF do to encourage greater migration of technologies across scenario boundaries?

• Deployment Strategies (James Bonner):

• What are issues in deploying sensors for long-term studies? What role does calibration and quality assurance play in deployment and maintenance?
• What are key strategies in developing and deploying sensors that can be shared across scenarios?
• Give examples of systems approach to deployment of sensors. A systems approach looks at the entire set of tools to gather the desired data by using a variety of approaches that reflect the reality of the environment.
• What can NSF or the community do communicate experiences on deployment or address the key issues of raised by this working group?

The issues addressed in these breakouts will feed directly into the report (see below).
NOTE: Each breakout group should have an individual who makes notes (powerpoints) as the group discusses the topics.

Breakout Group Session 3:

The purpose of this session is to complete a draft of each scenario, addressing the questions raised to the speakers, on:

• Science,

• What are the compelling questions that need new types of sensors or new strategies for deployment to make breakthroughs? 
• What cannot be done now at all, or not effectively or efficiently?
• What are the societal impact of addressing successfully or ignoring the science?

• Enabling technology,

• What are the trends that in technologies relevant to the science?
• What are potential cross-over technologies (applied in one area that might be relevant in others)? 

• Deployment,

• What are issues that need to be addressed for sustainable deployment of sensors?
• What can be gained by adopting a systems approach to deployment?

• Interface

• What are the challenges of the future at interfaces of disciplines, and what sensors or systems are needed?

Possible Outline of the Report (version 2)

• Executive Summary
• Background and Rationale for meeting (this can be pre-written)
• Key Findings and / or Recommendations
• Scenarios: Driving Science (rough drafts can be pre-written)
• Technologies: Common Opportunities
• Deployment Issues: Shared Challenges
• Future: Community Building, Addressing Interfaces
• References (?)
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