Baseline Environmental Data Capture Project in the Lower Mekong Basin
An accessible and capable database to support multidisciplinary research in the Lower Mekong Basin
Place: The 100 Wine on 22nd Floor, The S31 Sukhumvit Hotel
Co-Chairs: Tho H. Nguyen (University of Virginia) & Gordon Holtgrieve (University of Washington)
08:00 - 08:30 - Arrive, sign-in
08:00-08:30 – Arrive, sign-in
08:30-09:30 – Welcome (Tho & Gordon)
- Introductions (everyone)
- Remarks from the National Science Foundation (Reed Beaman)
- Project overview
o Implementing multidisciplinary research in the Mekong Basin: the need for high quality data (Gordon)
o Supporting multidisciplinary research in the Mekong Basin: The need for an accessible and capable database (Tho)
09:30-10:00 – Presentation 1: State of development (Chris Dege, USAID/RDMA)
- Report on the state of environmentally-related development in the LMB
10:00-10:30 – BREAK
10:30-10:45 – Charge to Action (Tho & Gordon)
Workshop goals, discussion guidelines, & deliverables for the day
- Science drivers
- Researchers’ needs & database design criteria
- Partners & roles
- Funding strategies
- Milestones for the next year
10:45-11:15 – Presentation 2: The PRAGMA & CENTRA initiatives (Fang-Pang Lin, Beth Plale)
11:15-12:00 – Group discussion 1 (Tho & Gordon)
Survey of current databases in the Mekong and related similar effort globally; lessons from past and existing efforts
12:00-13:00 – LUNCH
13:00-14:00 – Group discussion 2
- Requirements and desires of data contributors and data users
- Database design criteria
14:00-14:45 – Group discussion 3
- Partners & roles
- Funding strategies
14:45-15:00 – BREAK
15:00-15:30 – Group discussion 4
- Strategy and milestones
15:30-15:45 – Wrap-up
- Next steps
- Adjourn
Group Dinner (TBD)
Working group attendees are encouraged to attend the PRAGMA/CENTRA meetings and continue discussion throughout the week.