Submitting Your Session | First Time Submitting | About ESIP Meetings

 

Submitting Your Session

1. Login to the user account from the ESIP homepage http://commons.esipfed.org
2. Using the black menu bar above the header, select the item Add content. Questions? try Help.
3. Add content will return a list of available content types. Click "Meeting Session". 
4. Meeting Session will open a new meeting session form. Fill in all applicable blanks
   1. Confirm event has autoselected the 2016 Summer Meeting. 
   2. Keywords—use the comma to separate
   3. Collaboration Areas—holding down the alt/option key allows you to select more than one item.
   4. Author field—if your name isn't on the list, click red "add new" and a form will pop-up to add a new author/institution. 
   5. DOI or EZ ID—leave blank 
   6. Choosing Creative Commons—three different options, or none.
5. At this point you can preview your entry. By scrolling down, edit the entry without having to select an edit function.
6. Save and submit. 

First Time Submitting? Don’t Feel Intimidated

We know that attending and presenting at a meeting for the first time can be intimidating.

ESIP events are an excellent way to get to know our community and share your ideas and the work that you are doing. You do not need to be seasoned data manager, tenured faculty or systems architect to submit a session proposal. In fact, we strongly encourage first-time attendees to submit sessions! In the instance that you aren’t sure about your session, reach out to us and we'll work with you and connect you to others in the community who may be interested in collaborating.

Our events are working conferences intended for professional networking and collaboration; we work closely with our attendees, sponsors and speakers to help keep ESIP events professional, welcoming and friendly. If you have any questions about participating please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

 

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About ESIP Meetings

The ESIP Federation optimizes collaboration through in-person meetings and virtually through collaboration space on the Web. Partners utilize these neutral forums for knowledge exchange and collaboration–an intellectual commons of sorts–where practitioners solve common problems. This community-based approach is discipline neutral, with the technology solutions supporting science by improving discovery, access, integration and interoperability.

The ESIP Federation meets twice each year, in January and July. The winter meeting, held the first week of January in Washington, D.C. has a focus on higher level policy issues. The summer meeting, typically held in July, moves around the country to different locations. The summer meeting is technical in nature. These two meetings supplement interactions throughout the year by offering concentrated blocks of time to work collaboratively on issues of interest to the community. Each meeting has a theme, ranging from evaluating the impacts of data to defining data and information quality.

ESIP meetings feature plenary talks, breakout sessions, poster presentations, technical workshops and networking opportunities. Through these, attendees address emerging and persistent topics in Earth science data, gain exposure to new technologies and emerging concepts, and meet colleagues from diverse institutions and disciplines. 

Anyone is welcome to attend an ESIP Federation meeting! Check out our summary of the 2016 Winter Meeting to find out more about what happens at an ESIP meeting.