Agenda: Morning-1: Invited keynote speakers talking about the vision of an I-CREOS and what technologies and standards may help at the information end in developing integrated products and portals
Morning Tea
Morning-2: Updates from the major coral reef sensor network projects including Taiwan, Moorea, the Caribbean and the GBR
Lunch
Afternoon-1: Deployment and implementation issues – how we can build standardised systems from the ground (reef) up
Afternoon Tea
Afternoon-2: Data and information issues, how to build a common data infrastructure to support the collaborative work and to deliver integrated data products
Evening: Working Dinner and development of a way forward document
Rationale: There are a small number of groups working on deploying coral reef sensor networks. The initial focus has been on getting systems deployed and getting the reef based equipment operational. We are now in the position where a number of these projects have operational systems, the next phase is to look at how these can be brought together into a single network that allows parameters at various sites to be co-mapped and analysed.
The workshop will focus on three aspects: firstly on what has been done and what lessons or best practise we can gather from that, secondly, what it would take to integrate these systems into a common ‘view’ or portal (i.e. what an integrated system would look like). The final aspect is how the emerging ‘smart’ sensor systems underpinned by the OGC and IEEE sets of standards, can be deployed within a coral reef ‘use-case’.
One part of the workshop will be an in-depth look at how the smart controllers and systems currently being developed can be applied to real-world networks such as the existing or developing coral reef sensor networks and what type of new information would such a system provide. The intention is that this meeting may be a lead up to a further meeting in San Diego in March.
Date: 10th of December in Melbourne Australia after the main ISSNIP conference (http://www.issnip.org/2009/)
Who should attend: CREON Members (Taiwan, Moorea, Caribbean, GBR groups), DataTurbine group, MBRAI group, NOAA CREWS group, general sensor network community, general coral reef community, specialists in sensor network and the OGC / IEEE set of standards and protocols.
Potential Outcomes:
- Development of a common framework to ensure integration across the existing deployments and ideas and lessons for future deployments;
- Development of a small project on the use of I-CREOS as a use case for advanced sensor network development;
- Agenda or list of items for a future meeting to be held early next year
Note that the focus is to come up with a set of concrete steps in moving the vision of CREON / I-CREOS forward not just to do ‘show and tell’ presentations but to develop a united vision against which we can seek funding and opportunities.
Follow up / Extension Activities
If there is interest it is possible for additional time to be allocated after the conference either in Melbourne (probably at the University of Melbourne) or at AIMS in Townsville in North Queensland. The activities could include more of a ‘white-board’ approach to what we are trying to do through to the development of proposals to gain funding for the vision and work. The nature, place and timing of any extension work would rely on the timetables of the people attending.
OceanObs 09
Many people will be also going to the OceanObs conference in Venice in September and so this may be a venue for further developing ideas and approaches for the I-CREOS vision.
The conference will be held at the 5 star Langham Melbourne located at:
One Southgate Avenue, Southbank,
Melbourne, Victoria 3006, Australia
T (61) (3) 8696 8888
F (61) (3) 9690 5889
contact: Stuart Kininmonth for more information |
