Poster Information
We have requested EIGHT 4' x 8' poster boards, meaning a surface area that is four feet high and eight feet wide, although the leg stands add about two feet to the actual height.

Meeting Goals. CUAHSI HIS is rolling out version 1.0 of its system to discover, to deliver, and to publish data using a common technology from Federal "mission" agencies and the academic research community. The potential benefits of this open and extensible system are tremendous for accomplishing our research more effectively and for transforming the way in which we do our research to become more interdisciplinary and more open. For environmental observatories to be effective, the observatories must attract the interest of scientists from the broad community, and a data system is critical for accomplishing that goal.

As the HIS project is entering its second phase, 11 WATERS Network test bed projects have also been awarded. These are a diverse set of projects, each considering some aspect of observatory design and operation. The people involved with these test beds form a natural "beta testing" group for the HIS software to determine how effective and useful it is and to recommend changes before its final release. Ultimately, for a data system to be accepted, it must be useful to the individual scientist in accomplishing his or her goals.

Therefore, the objectives of this workshop are the following:

• To understand the science goals of the test bed projects.
• To introduce the concepts and the capabilities of CUAHSI HIS version 1.0.
• To determine effective engagement strategy between test bed projects and CUAHSI HIS team.
• To identify opportunities to coordinate activities among test beds, other proto-observatories, and CEO:P projects.