March 17-21, 2014 Durham, North Carolina
Participants:
| Name | Affiliation |
| Paul Barber | UC Los Angeles |
| Sean Connolly | James Cook University |
| Peter Cowman | Australian National University |
| Eric Crandall | UC Santa Cruz/NOAA |
| Michael Dawson | University of California Merced |
| Michael Hickerson | City University of New York |
| Mark Hixon | University of Hawaii |
| Haris Lessios | Smithsonian Institution |
| Chris Meyer | Smithsonian Institution |
| John Pandolfi | The University of Queensland |
| Cynthia Riginos | University of Queensland |
| Elizabeth Sbrocco | NESCent |
| Kim Selkoe | NCEAS |
| Rob Toonen | University of Hawaii |
| Eric Treml | University of Melbourne |
| Robin Waples | NOAA |
Agenda
DAY 1 – Monday March 17
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks at NESCent
9:00 – 12:00 pm Fine-tuning first paper ideas: placing on the wiki
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:00 pm Database – where are we now?, identifying common issues (mini datathon?)
2:00 – ? discuss MOU with NESCent staff
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Prep for Tuesday, Long term plans (agenda for working group 3)
6:20 pm meeting in hotel lobby, 6:30 dinner reservation Parizade
Day 2 – Tuesday March 18
(all participants)
Optional – meet in hotel lobby @8:30 to walk to NESCent
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
9:00 am – 9:45 am Welcome from the NESCent Staff
9:45 am – 10:30 am
- Introduction to the Indo-Pacific network (and using the wiki)– Cynthia
- Data available, to be available – Eric & Cynthia
- Community standards for collaborative research – Rob
10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
11:30 am- 12:00 am Introduction to “first papers” – Eric, Cynthia, Rob
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Brainstorming – What are major questions of interest?
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Coffee break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Round the room – knowledge, skills, tools of participants
6:30 or 7:00 (to be decided) – Meet in hotel lobby and walk to dinner
Day 3 – Wednesday March 19
(all participants)
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee and morning snacks
9:00 am – 10:30 am Open discussion – what can be done with genetic data? Where are the opportunities for synthesis?
10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am- 12:00 am Continue open discussion
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:00 pm Future studies – What would constitute “ideal” genetic data for emerging questions? E.g. If you could direct a molecular ecologists to do you biding, what would you have them do?
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee break with NESCent fellows and staff
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm TBD
6:45 pm – Meet in hotel lobby and walk to dinner at Pop’s (7 pm reservation)
Day 4 – Thursday March 20
(all participants)
9:00 -10:30 Return to small groups
10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am- 12:00 am Flexible
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:00 pm Flexible
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Wrap up and future plans for collaboration
5:00 pm Some participants departing?
6:30 or 7:00 (to be decided) – Meet in hotel lobby and walk to dinner
Day 5 – Friday March 21
9:00 am Where to now
9:30 am – 10:30 am Conference call with Michelle Gaither & Chris Bird about patterns paper(s)
Where to now (cont)? Structuring final working group meeting, planning grants.
11:30 – ? Conference call with John Deck
Break up – lunch, airport, etc.
Notes: Curated alignment for the database?