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2004 International Meeting of the National Geoscience Data Repositories (NDR5)

Final Agenda

COUNTRIES ATTENDING:
South Africa, Mexico, Canada, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Angola, Columbia, Argentina, Mozambique, Malaysia, Russia

Hosted by the United States Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia.

For Photos taken during the meeting, please click here.

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Monday, September 20th

Day

Attendees Arrive in Washington, DC

 
7.30pm Reception at the USGS, Sponsored by POSC and AGI  

Tuesday, September 21st

9.00am Convene Moderator for day: Linda Gunderston, USGS
  Welcome Christopher Keane, AGI
  Opening Remarks Chip Groat, Director of USGS

Session: Establishing an NDR

  Establishing an NDR - The Norwegian Viewpoint Eric Toogood, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
 

How to Establish an NDR - the UK Experience
Also note this CDA presentation Stuart referred to: CDA UK

Stewart Robinson, UK Department of Trade and Industry
  Ensuring Data Preservation through a Virtual National Data Repository in the United States Christopher Keane, American Geological Institute
  The CHRONOS System: A Data and Tools Network for Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Cinzia Cervato, CHRONOS
12.00 noon Lunch  
Session: Success Factors in Establishing and Operating an NDR
1.30pm NGDR Success Factors Anastasis Pittarides, ChevronTexaco
  The Value of Information and Success Factors for a NDR Kjetil Tonstad, Statoil
  NDR Success Factors and ExxonMobil Perspectives on NDR's Cary Fico, ExxonMobil
Break
  The National Geo-data Repository of the Netherlands - DINO Tjaart Kuipers, TNO
  The Value of a National Petroleum Data Repository as Seen from the Authorities Point of View Kjell Reidar Knudsen, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
6.30pm Reception and Dinner Sheraton Reston Hotel, Sponsored by Landmark Graphics

Wednesday, September 22nd

9.00am Convene Moderator for day: Chris Keane, AGI
Session: Country Reports
  The Nickel NICL Tour, USA Todd Hinkley, USGS Ice Core Lab
  Canada James Rupert, NRCan Earth Sciences Sector
  Mozambique Nelson Ocuane, National Directorate for Coal and Hydrocarbons
  Netherlands Martin Peersman, TNO
  Nigeria Lanre Sholabi, Department of Petroleum Resources
  Norway Kjell Reidar Knudsen, NPD
  Peru Belizario Cornejo, PeruPetro
  Russia Valeriy Kukosh, Ministry of Natural Resources
  South Africa Ken Wilkinson, Council for Geoscience
  Tanzania Omary Mtunguja, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation
 

United Kingdom

CDA's excel sheet on the status of various NDR's around the world: Click HERE.

Stewart Robinson, UK DTI
Break
1.00pm Leave USGS 'Behind the Scenes Tour' of Smithsonians
6.00pm Dinner and Reception Reagan Building, Sponsored by Schlumberger Information Solutions

Thursday, September 23rd

9.00am Convene Moderator for day: David Archer, POSC

Session: Industry Persepctives on Working with NDR's

  National Data Center Perspectives: Profitable NDR's That Attract Foreign Investment Trey Harper, Schlumberger
  National Data Banks (NDB's): Replicating Success Knut Bulow, Landmark Graphics
Break
  Geopressure Information and NDR's Cary Purdy, Knowledge Systems
  A New Home for Old Data: The Preservation of Offshore West Coast United States 2D and 3D Seismic Data… A Working Model William Kempner, ChevronTexaco
  POSC and WITSML David Archer, POSC
12.00 noon Lunch  
Session: US Led Efforts and Reports
1.00pm Guidelines In Developing A First Rate Geoscience Data Repository Patrick Gooding, Kentucky Geological Survey
  The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology: Core and Sample Repositories Beverly Blakeney-DeJarnett, Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
Break
  Capturing the Institutional Memory of an Organization through Metadata John Steinmetz, Indiana Geological Survey
4.00pm Meeting Discussion and Wrap Up David Archer, POSC

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