[CODATA-international] Announcing some of the eminent CODATA 2017 Keynote Speakers

Asha CODATA asha at codata.org
Fri Jul 14 12:28:53 EDT 2017


Four of the eminent keynote speakers at CODATA 2017 'Global Challenges and
Data-Driven Research’ have been announced: *http://codata2017.gcras.ru/*
<http://codata2017.gcras.ru/>

Barbara Ryan
Secretariat Director of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations
(GEO) located in Geneva, Switzerland. In this capacity, she leads the
Secretariat in coordinating the activities of 104 Member States and the
European Commission and 109 Participating Organizations that are
integrating Earth observations so that informed decisions can be made
across eight Societal Benefit Areas, Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Sustainability, Disaster Resilience, Energy and Mineral Resources
Management, Food Security, Infrastructure & Transportation Management,
Public Health Surveillance, Sustainable Urban Development and Water
Resources Management.

Gilberto Camara
Brazilian computer scientist and former director of Brazil's National
Institute for Space Research (2006—2013). Researcher in the areas of
Geographical Information Science, Spatial Databases, Spatial Analysis and
Environmental Modelling. Gilberto is the principal investigator on the area
of Spatial Databases and Spatial Environmental Models in the GEOMA research
network for Environmental Modelling of Amazonia. Professor in INPE’s
graduate programs in remote sensing and computer science, a member of
Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Land Project and of the
editorial board of the Journal of Earth Science Informatics. In 2011
received an honorary doctorate from the University of Münster.

Pavel Kabar
Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the International Institute
for Applied Systems Analysis. Full Professor of Earth System Science at
Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Founding Chair and Director of
the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts Institute for Integrated
Research on the Wadden Sea Region, a Member of the Leadership Council for
the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and
Co-Founder of the High Level Alpbach – Laxenburg Group.


Fred Roberts
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University and Director
of the Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data
Analysis (CCICADA). Director Emeritus of DIMACS. Roberts has authored four
books, over 185 scientific articles, and edited 21 books. Member of the
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Applications at the US National Academy
of Sciences, a former member of National Science Foundation advisory
committees on International Research and Education, Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, and Environmental Research and Education, is on the
Steering Committee for the World-Wide Program Mathematics of Planet Earth,
and on the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA).

The deadline for early bird registration and to propose sessions and papers
is two weeks way, 28 July: *http://conference.codata.org/2017/*
<http://conference.codata.org/2017/>

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CODATA 2017 International Conference, ‘Global Challenges and Data-Driven
Research’, Saint-Petersburg, 8-13 October, Registration and Information:
http://codata2017.gcras.ru/

CODATA 2017 International Conference, ‘Global Challenges and
Data-Driven Research’, Now Accepting Proposals for Sessions and Papers:
http://conference.codata.org/2017/

What has CODATA delivered recently? See
the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830

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E-Mail: asha at codata.org
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