Please join us Thursday, August 25th at 3 PM ET for the August DMAC Tech Webinar. Speaker, presentation, and connection information follow. Please note that we have moved to Google Meet for the DMAC Tech Webinar and with that move will be unable to record the webinar.
Presentation description:This month we will explore The
CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. Mark Parsons will give a brief overview of the principles. That will be followed up with a
discussion of Indigenous metadata led by Shelby Brunner and the GLOS team. We will leave the remainder of the time open for discussion, sharing of thoughts and ideas, and identifying how to continue this important conversation.
Presenter bios:
Mark A. Parsons is a Research Scientist and geographer at the University of Alabama in Huntsville working to help align data, software, and information standards and processes across NASA’s science divisions. Mark has more than 25 years of experience in researching and developing data stewardship policies, practices, and systems. He has repeatedly and effectively built dynamic, functional collaborations across all sorts of differences in language and professional cultures. Mark was the first Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance. He has helped coordinated stewardship of a broad range of data from satellite remote sensing to Indigenous knowledge of Arctic change. He led the data management effort for the International Polar Year and helped establish the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA). His published work has guided national data policies and practice and has contributed to educational programs. Mark lives in Colorado and likes to ride bicycles, bake bread, and play outside.
Shelby came to GLOS after earning her PhD in freshwater sciences and technology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, completing a fellowship with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, and working as both a program specialist and a Knauss Fellow for NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program. In her various roles, she has worked to improve in-situ observing systems by conducting field research with novel technologies, managing observing projects with numerous partners, coordinating publications, and organizing conferences.
Sincerely,
IOOS DMAC Team
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Mathew Biddle, Physical Scientist
NOAA/NOS
US Integrated Ocean Observing System Office
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring MD 20910