UN GAID e-SDDC and Young Scientist Forum
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UN GAID eSDDC Young Scientist Forum Session
under Asian Conference on Remote Sensing
20th October 2009@ Beijing Conference Center
UN GAID e-SDDC and Young Scientist Forum
Tomoko Doko
-PhD candidate, Keio University
-Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
-Co-chair of The UN GAID e-SDDC Young Scientists Forum (YSF)
title 1
United Nations
Global Alliance for ICT and Development
Secretariat of The Global
Alliance for ICT and
Development
One UN Plaza
Room DC1-1464
New York, NY 10016
Tel: +1.212.963.5796
Fax: +1.917.367.4340
Web: www.un-gaid.org
title 2
Community of Expertise (Education)
1. ICT Competencies for Teachers (UNESCO)
2. Global Alliance for Enhancing Access to and
Application of Scientific Data in Developing
Countries (e-SDDC) (Chinese Academy of
Science)
3. Beyond Distance Research (Leicester University,
UK)
4. ICTs in education (GeSCI, Sweden)
5. ICT Integration and Pedagogical Engineering
(WITFOR Education Commission, Norway)
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YSF under UN GAID e-SDDC structure
UN GAID
United Nations
Global Alliance for ICT and Development
e-SDDC
Global Alliance for Enhancing Access to
and Application of Scientific Data in
Developing Countries (e-SDDC)
Young Scientist Forum (YSF)
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Background Information
z Given the strategic importance of the areas that the e-SDDC
focuses on and the potential positive impact of its action items
on the future development and advancement of science and
scientific communities, especially in the less economically
developed nations, the e-SDDC recognizes the important
role that young scientists can play in these areas and
promotes more active involvement and participation of
young scientists in the different e-SDDC activities, as well
in the broader area of science and technology policy.
z To that end, the e-SDDC co-chairs Prof. Liu Chuang and Mr.
Paul Uhlir decided to create a Young Scientists Forum (YSF) in
January 2008.
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Main goal of YSF
The main goal of the Young Scientists Forum is
to enhance the role of young scientists in
maximizing the value of science, especially
scientific data, in the information age.
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The e-SDDC Young Scientists Forum activities
Awareness raising activities for young scientists in areas of
special importance to their future scientific careers
Specialized capacity building and training
Communication mechanisms and tools
Mentorship and partnership programs
Active presence and participation of young scientists at
scientific (and other) conferences and meetings
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YSF Membership
Membership in the YSF will be free and open to all who meet
the following criteria:
z Undergraduate student, graduate student or a recent
graduate from any scientific field.
z Less than 40 years old.
z Interested in scientific data access, sharing, management
and preservation.
8Year 2008 Action Plan
For the year 2008, the YSF core team put together the
following plan in January 2008:
Build a website for the YSF as part of the main e-SDDC
website
Recruit members from all over the world, with special
focus on the less economically developed countries
Develop an educational toolkit about scientific open
access models and tools
Create a digital repository of educational materials
relevant to the YSF members
Actively participate in Shanghai, May 2008 and Kyiv,
October 2008 meetings.
9YSF Structure (1) Task based
Experts from Latin America, Africa, China, the Middle East, the USA and Europe
YSF communication officers
YSF capacity building
and training officers
YSF chairs
YSF membership officer
YSF web design officers
YSF fund raising and
events organization officers
10YSF Structure (2) Region based
Africa National
Regional coordinator
coordinators
Asia National
Regional coordinator
coordinators
YSF chairs
Latin America National
Regional coordinator
coordinators
National
Others Regional coordinator
coordinators
11Chair and Co-chair of YSF
Raed M. Sharif, Tomoko Doko,
Ph.D. Candidate in Information Science PhD candidate, Keio University, Japan
and Technology at Syracuse University, USA Research Fellow of the Japan Society
for the Promotion of Science
12YSF communication platform
13Discussion board
14Young Scientists Participation at the 21st
CODATA International Conference
z the 21st CODATA International Conference held in Kyiv, Ukraine,
Oct.5-8, 2008.
z On October 8, 2008
z around 35 young scientists and researchers
z representing different regions, different scientific disciplines
z discuss issues of importance and concern to their studies and future
careers
15Hi, my name is
Raed M. Sharif,
Ph.D. Candidate in
Information Science and
Technology at Syracuse
University, USA
I organized this session.
I am a leader of The UN
GAID e-SDDC
Young Scientists Forum!
16The major obstacles
Discussion topic facing young scientists in
their fields and/or
countries and some
The possibility potential solutions to
to create a overcome these obstacles
Young Scientist
Prize.
The role of young
scientists in the
science and
technology policy
The role of making processes
CODATA in
promoting more
and better
involvement of
young scientists in Suggestions for activities or
these areas. projects to enhance the role of
young scientists in the science
and technology policy-making
areas, and in maximizing the
value of science in the
information age in general.
17Young Scientists Participation
at the 21st CODATA International
Conference
18Workshop of Young Scientists on Global
Environmental Change
z From 12th to15th of September, 2009, a
workshop on Inter-Agency Collaborative
Technologies in Earth Observations for Global
Change Research in the Asia-Pacific Region
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia under the joint-session of
Asia Pacific Network and UN GAID e-SDDC was
organized.
z 14th September, workshop on Young Scientists
on Global Environmental Change was held in
Hustai national park, Mongolia.
1914th September, workshop on Young Scientists on
Global Environmental Change was held in Hustai
national park, Mongolia
20Workshop on Inter-Agency Collaborative Technologies in
Earth Observations for Global Change Research in the Asia-
Pacific Region Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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