Annex 3
Agenda and Schedule
Plenary Session
Wednesday 19th October
Opening Session
Chairperson: Jean-Francois Giovannetti, MAE
09:00-09:15 Opening and Welcome from Anton Mangstl, FAO
09:15-09:30 Keynote Presentation on AGRIS and AGORA by Stephen Rudgard, FAO
09:30-09:45 Keynote Presentation on the ICTKM initiative by Enrica Porcari, CGIAR
09:45-10:00 Keynote Presentation on the ICM4ARD initiative by Ola Smith, GFAR
10:00-10:15 Keynote Presentation on the PERI initiative by Sara Gwynn, INASP
10:15-10:30 Keynote Presentation by Hansjörg Neun, CTA
(10:30-10:50 Coffee/Tea)
10:50-11:20 Presentation on Coherence in Agricultural Information Systems – presentation by Steve Katz, FAO
11:20-12:10 Presentation on Institutional Networks and Capacity Building – presentation by Ajit Maru, GFAR
12:10-12:40 Plenary discussion on identification of key issues
(12:40-14:00
Lunch)
----------------------------------
Track 1: Networks, Capacity Building and Governance
Wednesday 19th October
Session 1: Development of institutional networks
Chairperson: Koen Beelen, IAC
Presentations
14:00-14:15 Overview of the current status of the Global Forestry Information System (GFIS) – presentation by Eero Mikkola, IUFRO
14:15-14-30 Overview of the current status of the SIST project – presentation by Joel Sor, Cirad
14:30-14:45 Regional case study on ASARECA-RAIN – presentation by Dorothy Mukhebi, ASARECA
14:45-15:00 Regional case study on FORAGRO – presentation by Viviana Palmieri, IICA
15:00-15:30 Open Discussion. Facilitator: Chris Addison, Bircim
15:30-15:50 Coffee/Tea
15:50-16:05 National case study from Ghana – presentation by Clement Entsua-Mensah, INSTI
16:05-16:20 National case study from Egypt – presentation by Ahmed Rafea, CLAES
16:20-16:35 National case study from China – presentation by Shuchun Pan, CAAS
16:35-17:30 Open Discussion. Facilitator: Chris Addison, Bircim
Thursday 20th October
08:30-10:00 Working Groups : Development of institutional networks - Options and Choices for Future Strategies and Activities
(10:00-10:20 Coffee/Tea)
10:20-11:30 Reports from Working Groups and Open Discussion. Facilitator: Chris Addison, Bircim
11:30-12:00 Open Access Publishing – presentation by Luz Marina Alvare, IFPRI
12:00-12:40 Open Discussion. Facilitator: Chris Addison, Bircim
(12:40-14:00 Lunch)
Session 2: Capacity Building and Training
Presentations
14:00-14:15 The IMARK initiative – presentation by Stephen Rudgard, FAO
14:15-14:30 The ITrainOnline initiative – presentation by Sara Gwynn, INASP
14:30-14:45 The VASAT Initiative – presentation by Enrica Porcari, CGIAR
14:45-16:30 Working Groups : Capacity Building and Training – Options and Choices for Future Strategies and Activities
(15:30-15:45 Coffee/Tea)
16:30-17:15 Reports from Working Groups and Open Discussion. Facilitator: Chris Addison, Bircim
Friday 21st October
Session 3: An alliance to promote greater Coherence in Agricultural Information Systems
09:00-09:20 Overview of Working Group outputs from previous sessions – presented by Chris Addison, Bircim
09:20-11:00 Working Groups: An alliance to promote greater Coherence – Options and Choices for Future Strategies and Activities
(11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea)
----------------------------------
Track 2: Standards, Technologies and Protocols
Wednesday 19th October
Session 1 Outlook on Data Standards – some examples
Presentations
14:00-14:10 Developing, maintaining, and customizing a global standard: the experience of Dublin Core – presentation by Thomas Baker
14:10-14:20 Statistical Data – presentation by Robert Mayo, FAO
14:20-14:30 Geospatial Information – presentation by Patrizia Monteduro, FAO
14:30-14:40 Scientific and Technological Data: Genetic Resources presentation by Samy Gaijy, IPGRI
14:40-14:50 AGMES: its motivation and role – presentation by Gauri Salokhe, FAO
14:50-15:30 Open Discussion. Facilitator: Hugo Besemer, Bircim
(15:30-15:50 Coffee/Tea)
Session 2: Metadata Applications and Standards for Textual Information
Presentations
15:50-16:15 The role of bibliographic databases today and Open Archive Services in Agricultural Science and Technology – presentation by Johannes Keizer, FAO
16:15-16:30 Tools and Protocols for OAI data and service providers – presentation by Hugo Besemer, Bircim
16:30-16:50 Metadata for Projects, Institutions, Experts, and Events – presentation by Joost Lieshout, IAC
16:50-17:30 Open Discussion. Facilitator: Thomas Baker
Thursday 20th October
08:30-10:00 Working Groups : Metadata Applications and Standards for Textual Information - Options and Choices for Future Strategies and Activities
10:00-11:00 Reports from Working Groups and Open Discussion. Facilitator: Hugo Besemer, Bircim
(11:00-11:20 Coffee/Tea)
Session 3: Subject Vocabularies
Presentations
11:20-11:45 From Thesauri to the Agricultural Ontology Service: the new AGROVOC – presentation by Margherita Sini, FAO
11:45-12:00 Advanced semantic techniques and technologies – presentation by Asanee Kawtrakul, Kasetsart University
12:00-12:45 Open Discussion. Moderator: Hugo Besemer, Bircim
(12:40-14:00 Lunch)
14:00-14:30 Panel Discussion (Elizabeth Dodsworth, Peter Young, Johannes Keizer): Role of the three major agricultural thesauri and further collaboration
14:30-16:00 Working Groups : Subject Vocabularies – Options and Choices for Future Strategies and Activities
(15:30-15:45 Coffee/Tea)
16:00-17:00 Reports from Working Groups and Open Discussion. Facilitator: Hugo Besemer, Bircim
Friday 21st October
Session 4: An alliance to promote greater Coherence in Agricultural Information Systems
Presentations
09:00-09:20 Overview of Working Group outputs from previous sessions
09:20-11:00 Working Groups: Options and Choices for Future Strategies and Activities.
(11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea)
----------------------------------
Plenary Session
Friday 21st October
Session: Reports from Tracks
Chairperson: Thierry Doudet, CTA
11:30-12:15 Report and Recommendations from Track 1
12:15-13:00 Open Discussion. Facilitator: Chris Addison, Bircim
12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Report and Recommendations from Track 2
14:45-15:30 Open Discussion. Facilitator: Hugo Besemer, Bircim
(15:30-15:45 Coffee/Tea)
Session: Action Plan and Closure
Chairperson: Dylan Winder, DFID
15:45-16:45 Future Action Plan
16:45-17:30 Closing Statements from Organizers