Dear Colleagues, (apologies for cross-postings)
We are organizing a workshop on "Data Infrastructures for Estuarine and Coastal Ecological Syntheses" at the upcoming 2013 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference in San Diego (November 3-7). The workshop will be held Sunday November 3, at 1:30-3:00pm. The goal of this workshop is to have 2-3 short talks inform workshop participants about data tools they can use and potential solutions to data issue. Secondly, we will facilitate discussions centered on "Big Data", cyberinfrastructure, strategies, incentives and funding, as well as types of syntheses, tools and methods, pitfalls to avoid, problem solving, and future directions for ecological syntheses. We aim to connect science and management through encouraging attendees from academia, government, and industry who are focusing on best practices, available resources, results from data-centric research/synthesis projects, and related technologies. We anticipate this will be an excellent opportunity to discuss the increasing pace and collaborative nature of research in a beautiful setting, and so we encourage you to join us in San Diego and attend the workshop. Please pass this information to your colleagues. We hope to have representation from scientists in all kinds of estuarine/coastal environments. If you have questions regarding the workshop, please feel free to contact us. Cheers and Best Regards, Ben Fertig Rutgers University [email protected] Anne Thessen Arizona State University [email protected]
