Ecoinformatics Booth 2006

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Intended audience

Objectives of the Booth

• original proposal to SEEK exec staff
• Raise awareness about the ecoinformatics tools we are producing
• Raise awareness of/and provide publicity for projects and organizations involved in developing ecoinformatics tools
• Demo and showcase ecoinformatics tools
• Gather important user feedback on ecoinformatics tools
• Interact with our user community

What the Booth will Offer

• demos of ecoinformatics tools
• place to do informal mini-usability testing
• place for users to fill out feedback questionnaires

Logistics

• single booth or double booth?
• number of computers needed?
• number of staff needed to work the booth?
• list of give-aways and prizes needed?
• connectivity and tech support available?
• when/where to ship materials before conference

Organization of Booth

• tools grouped by function rather than organizations, suggested areas from Matt are:
• Metadata and data acquisition
• Taxonomy and collections management
• Data storage and discovery frameworks
• data integration
• analysis and modeling
• planned/announced times for specific sets of demos
• ad hoc demos
• ad hoc mini-usability tests
• ad hoc feedback opportunities

Tools to be Demo'd (functionally grouped)

• Metadata and data acquisition
• Taxonomy and collections management
• Data storage and discovery frameworks
• Data integration
• Analysis and modeling
• Kepler

Materials Needed

• questionnaires
• set of feedback questions
• set of mini-usability tasks and associated paperwork
• posters for groups/organizations?
• banner or free standing marker for booth?
• publicity materials from various organizations
• give-aways and prizes