Twenty-fourth session of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel

13 - 16 October 2008,

Protea Hotel Sea Point
Arthurs Road, Sea Point

Cape Town
8005
South Africa

Annotated Agenda

1 OPENING AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
2 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
3 OPENING OF THE SESSION
3.1 Introduction by the Chairperson
3.2 Adoption of the agenda
3.3 Working arrangements
4 REPORTS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIRPERSONS AND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
5 REPORT FROM THE TECHNICAL CO-ORDINATOR
6 REPORTS FROM THE TASK TEAMS
6.1 Capacity-Building Task Team
6.2 Data Management Task Team
6.3 Quality Management Task Team
6.4 Technology Developments Task Team
6.5 Moored Buoys Task Team
7 PILOT PROJECTS
7.1 Iridium Pilot Project
7.2 PMT Pilot Project
7.3 Wave observing technology developments
8 REPORTS FROM THE ACTION GROUPS
8.1 E-SURFMAR
8.2 GDP
8.3 IABP
8.4 IBPIO
8.5 IPAB
8.6 ISABP
8.7 NPDBAP
8.8 OceanSITES
8.9 TIP
9 INTERNATIONAL TSUNAMETER PARTNERSHIP
10 ISSUES FOR THE PANEL
10.1 Information Exchange
10.2 Deployment opportunities and strategies
10.3 GTS delays
10.4 Vandalism
10.5 Metadata
10.6 Technological developments in support of user requirements
10.7 Instrument Best Practices
10.8 Other issues to be discussed, as proposed by the Task Teams
11 INFORMATION REPORTS
11.1 Argo
11.2 Buoy data management centres
11.3 Argos operations and developments
11.4 Iridium operations and developments
11.5 Additional reports to be presented, as required
12 ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
12.1 JCOMM activities
12.2 IOC Strategic planning
12.3 WMO Strategic planning
12.4 Development of the OPSC
12.5 GOOS / GCOS Ocean Observing Panel for Climate (OOPC)
12.6 WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems (WIGOS)
12.7 Financial situation
13 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE BOARD SESSION
13.1 DBCP implementation strategy
13.10 Recommendations
13.11 Discussion and agreement by the Panel on agenda items 13.1 to 13.10
13.2 New Action Groups
13.3 Operating principles
13.4 Contracts
13.5 Employment of the TC
13.6 Workplan, budget and priorities for the next year
13.7 Work priorities for the TC
13.8 Future commitments and the future OPSC
13.9 Format of future sessions
14 ELECTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF THE PANEL
15 DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION
16 NATIONAL REPORTS
17 ADOPTION OF THE SESSION REPORT
18 CLOSURE OF THE SESSION