ESIP UPDATE: November 14, 2016 

• Call for 2016 Ignite@AGU Speakers
• ESIP of the Year Award
• Data Management Training Clearinghouse is LIVE!

Around the Federation

• Gregory G. Leptoukh 3rd Online Giovanni Workshop
• JobOpps: Research and Policy Director
• JobOpps: U. of Maryland Hi/Arctic Data Software Engineer
• Belmont Forum Data Skills Survey

• Tuesday: Products & Services | Data Management
• Wednesday: Visioneers
• Thursday: Data Analytics | Drones

See the full telecon calendar here. Select the meeting you'd like to attend, login instructions are included in description. 

FINAL Call for 2016 Ignite@AGU speakers
The popular science storytelling event Ignite@AGU is scheduled for Wednesday, December 14, 2015 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. at Infusion Lounge. We’re looking for enthusiastic presenters who are excited to share their work in a fast-paced, non-traditional session. Each presenter has five minutes and 20 auto-advancing slides to discuss a science topic of their choice. If you’d like to give an Ignite talk, submit your talk proposal by November 14th.

ESIP of the Year Award 

Will the winner be your org? Nominate or self-nominate, deadline is November 30^th. This award honors an ESIP member organization that best exemplifies the spirit of ESIP in one or more areas. Nominate any ESIP member organization including your own. Nomination form info is here. Submissions are also considered for success stories to share in the Summer and Winter Meetings, annual reports,  Member Highlights, or other ways to showcase positive collaboration and impact. If you have any questions, please contact Danie Kinkade <dkinkade@whoi.edu> or Christine White <cwhite@esri.com>.

Data Management Training Clearinghouse is LIVE!
The Data Management Training (DMT) Clearinghouse is now live on ESIP’s Common’s site at:  http://dmtclearinghouse.esipfed.org – come check it out!  All the functionality is available to the public including the Search, Browse, and documentation pages (Help and About).  At this point, submission of content to the inventory of data management training resources is available to those with an ESIP account, but those who do not have such an account can register to get one, and then submit information about resources upon login.   We are anticipating that this crowdsourcing mechanism will help us grow and sustain the inventory of resources in the DMT Clearinghouse.  So, please try the site, submit content, send feedback, pass on the word to your friends and colleagues, and suggest other resources that could be added.  In the near future, we will also be soliciting (volunteer) reviewers and editors for the submitted information as well, so let us know if you’re interested either to Nancy Hoebelheinrich,  nhoebel@kmotifs.com or to clearinghouseEd@esipfed.org. 

Presentations given on the first day of the workshop (Tuesday, November 15) will address undergraduate oceanographic education, regional applications, and high school teacher usage of Giovanni.
On the second day of the workshop (Wednesday, November 16), the focus shifts to atmospheric science, precipitation, and hydrology.
On Thursday, November 17, the current status and future plans for Giovanni will be described, followed by a presentation on the update and revamp of the popular NASA Earth Observations (NEO) tool, and potential parallel usage of NEO and Giovanni. The Town Hall on the afternoon of the final day will be a discussion of what geoscience educators would add to Giovanni to make it an even more useful educational resource.
The full schedule is given below.  Registration is recommended even if it is not possible to attend the live online presentations, as all registrants will be notified when the recorded presentations are available online.
Abstracts for each presentation are available in the October 2016 issue of The Giovanni News, <http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gesNews/giovanni_news_october_2016_online >
The full schedule for the workshop is provided here:  <http://go.nasa.gov/2e0BRHZ >

JobOpps: Research and Policy Director
The Kauffman Foundation is looking to hire a Research and Policy Director to head up a program of academic research on entrepreneurship. Reporting to the Vice President of Entrepreneurship, the Research & Policy Director will lead the design and implementation of the Foundation’s research and policy strategy. The Director partners with the Vice President of Entrepreneurship to position the Foundation as the country’s central resource and authority on entrepreneurship research and policy.
Check out the position announcement page here for a more detailed description and instructions on how to apply.

JobOpps: U. of Maryland Hi/Arctic Data Software Engineer
This position entails establishing an Archival information system for Arctic environmental datasets assembled through the NSF Arctic Data Center program (https://arcticdata.io/) in collaboration with the NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and DataONE…

Belmont Forum Data Skills and Training Survey
Please help the Belmont Forum e-Infrastructures and Data Management capacity building team determine current workforce development options, training needs and skills gaps in the area of data management by filling out this 10-minute survey. They ask for your responses by 22 November, and are willing to share results upon request. Contact information is included in the survey text if you have further questions. Thanks in advance for your participation. Belmont Forum Data Skills and Training Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOKsodT4OF5lMjDpL_sq_FrNDVeK4TB7AYrlMZxGPG__8Thw/viewform