AGENDA

1998 International LTER Business Meeting

Sunday July 19, 1998, Florence Italy

Centro Affari, first floor, Room A

8:30 am Welcome remarks and simple business (GOSZ)

• Introductions of those present
• Housekeeping/financial instructions
• Review of Agenda
• Discussion and possible distribution of new book on ILTER

9:00 Country presentations (5-10 min each) by new and potential ILTER members (Australia, Costa Rica, France, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Namibia, South Africa, Switzerland)

10:00 Status of regional efforts (10 min. each)

• Latin America (FRANCO)
• East Asia (KING)
• North America (GOSZ)
• Central Europe (KOVACS-LANG)

10:40 Coffee Break

11:00 Growth of ILTER and Management Issues (GOSZ)

11:25 Report on June Latin American Regional Data Management meeting in Venezuela. Implications for worldwide coordination (PORTER)

11:45 Report on the student exchange with Asia and discussions of other countries interested in a similar exchange (FRENCH)

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch break

1:30 pm International Collaborations/Participation in International networks

• Status of working groups established (discussed?) at Taiwan meeting
• Interaction with GTOS (description of data needed from sites) (GOSZ)
• Demonstration of NPP project and TEMS database (VANDE CASTLE)
• European mountain lakes network (STRASKRABOVA)
• PHARE Network (KOVACS-LANG)

2:30 Discussion of topics proposed for ILTER network collaboration (Led by GOSZ)

• "Processes linking aquatic systems and watersheds" (STRASKRABOVA)
• "Cloud forests and/or forestry plantations" (FRANCO)
• "Relationships between primary productivity and diversity" (CAVALCANTI)
• "Development, testing and comparisons of (forest) sustainability indicators" (ref. Montreal Process) (BROWN)

4:00 Future ILTER Meetings (GOSZ)

• 1999 South Africa offer to host
• 2000 US (Context of US "All Scientists Meeting") Establish ILTER program committee.
• 2001 (Offer from Canada)

4:45 Close in time for opening ceremonies of the INTECOL Congress.