IS - 1 : Ecoinformatics 1 - State and future of the European eEIONET reporting and information system
(Friday 22nd, 9:00 - 60-C

Introduction to the Ecoinformatics initiative
Stefan Jensen, Larry Fitzwater
European Environment Agency(EEA), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Towards systematic data quality management in EIONET
Hermann Peifer
European Environment Agency(EEA)

Challenging Environmental reporting from a Reporting to an Information system
Stefan Jensen, Bjarne Norup, including contributions by Jock Martin
National Environmental Research Institute DK (NERI), European Environment Agency(EEA)

IS - 2 : Ecoinformatics 2 - The USEPA and other US data-exchange networks
(Friday 22nd, 11:00 - 60-C)

US EPA’s System of Registries
Larry Fitzwater
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The State/U.S. EPA Environmental Information Exchange Network - A State Perspective
Molly O'Neil
Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)

A thematic perspective from the National Biodiversity Information Initiative
Michael T. Frame, Gladys A. Cotter
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII-USGS)

IS - 3 : Ecoinforma - Integrating Information for Better Environmental Decisions
(Friday 22nd, 13:00 - 60-C)

GIS and Cumulative Risk Analysis to Address Environmental Contamination
Margaret MacDonell and Ken Morgan
Texas Christian University, USA, Argonne National Lab, USA

Involving Stakeholders and Tailoring Environmental Databases for Shared Analysis of a Contaminated Site
Helen Grogan, John Till, Kathleen Meyer, and Justin Mohler
Risk Assessment Corporation, USA

International Cooperation to Reduce and Eliminate Obsolete Persistent Organic Pollutants in Russia
Robert Dyer, Eleonora Barnes , Loren Habegger and Margaret MacDonell
Environmental Protection Agency, USA

Sharing Data to Manage Animal Diseases and Assure Food Safety
Walt Armbruster
Farm Foundation, USA

Evaluating Data and Defining Standards to Protect Workers
Alan Weinrich
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA

MERCURY: New Problems for an Old Pollutant
Leo Newland
Eco-Informa, Inc., and the Institute of Environmental Studies, Texas Christian University

IS - 4 : Ecoinformatics 3 - Ecoinformatics technologies - web services
(Friday 22nd, 15:00 - 60-C)

Web services in the contexts of EEA and GBIF
Miruna Badescu
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Terminology web-services - a UNEP perspective
Sean Khan, Gerry Cunningham
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

Windows to my Environment
Dave Wolf
US Environment Protection Agency (EPA - OEI)

IS - 5 : Ecoinformatics 4 - Elements of the European spatial data infrastructure
(Friday 22nd, 17:00 - 60-C)

Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe: The INSPIRE proposal of the European Commission
Paul C. Smits, Lars Bernard, Alessandro Annoni
Joint Research Centre (JRC)

IMAGE2000- The European spatial reference to support Environmental information
Vanda Nunes de Lima, Stephen Peedell
Joint Research Centre (JRC)

CLC2000- European thematic reference database to support Environmental information
Stefan Kleeschulte
European Topic Centre Terrestrial Environment (EEA-ETC/TE)

IS - 6 : Presentation of the Memorandum 'Sustainable Information Society'
(Saturday 23rd, 9:00 - 60-C)

The Memorandum "Sustainable Information Society"
Wolf Goehring
Fraunhofer Institute Autonomous Intelligent Systems