[SZ4D] 2022 SAGE/GAGE Workshop: attend the SZ4D SIG and more

[SZ4D Office]

Dear SZ4D Community,

Registration is now open for the 2022 SAGE/GAGE Workshop to be held June
14-16th in Pittsburgh, PA. Meeting agenda, hotel/travel info, and register
by June 6th at: http://iris.edu/workshop

Please find below SIG and Town Hall Meeting at the SAGE/GAGE workshop that
might be of interest to some or all the SZ4D Community (more on the
workshop website):

*1) Attend the SZ4D SIG on June 15 to hear progress updates in developing
the SZ4D Initiative*
*2) Tuesday June 14 | WInSAR town hall meeting*

*International fee waivers: Did you know that workshop attendees from
lower-income countries are eligible for fee waivers on virtual
registration? Virtual registration provides remote attendees with a
livestream of the workshop plenary sessions and a virtual poster hall.  If
you know of friends or colleagues who may be interested in virtually
attending the SAGE/GAGE workshop, please spread the word.*
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*1) SIG SZ4D: Progress in developing the SZ4D Initiative*

The SZ4D Research Coordination Networks (RCNs) are in the midst of a
multi-year effort to shape plans for an interdisciplinary, multi-agency,
and international decadal-scale research effort to study the fundamental
processes underlying geohazards in subduction zones. The objective is to
convene a broad spectrum of the research community to reach consensus on
key elements of such a program, including prioritized science plans, field
and laboratory infrastructure, modeling and computational capability, and
building equity and capacity efforts. The “umbrella” SZ4D RCN encompasses
about 75 researchers from a wide variety of disciplines working together to
formulate the key scientific drivers, envision new transformative data
collection facilities, and develop a program to grow the SZ4D community
through coordinated efforts that have broader collective impact. In a
closely allied effort, the Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction (MCS) RCN
is fostering an organized modeling community that can more deeply
investigate SZ4D science questions and developing the elements of the
infrastructure and science program that rely on simulation. The collective
SZ4D team is pursuing multiple funding and development paths toward
realization of the goals. The RCN efforts has published a draft
Implementation Plan and is seeking to revise it based on community input
with a final submission target of Fall 2022. The goal of this SIG will be
to inform the SAGE/GAGE community of recent developments in the SZ4D RCN
activities and solicit input into the planning process. SZ4D is also
seeking SAGE/GAGE community members to help populate a committee governance
structure that will be critical in guiding the development of the SZ4D
Science Center.

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*2) WInSAR town hall meeting at the 2022 SAGE/GAGE workshop*

Dear WInSAR and UNAVCO members,

With the upcoming merger of UNAVCO and IRIS to form the EarthScope
Consortium at the end of this year, and the planned launch of NISAR in
2023, WInSAR is at a crossroads - both our internal structure and our
position within the broader EarthScope organization need to be defined,
along with our scientific priorities and goals for the next few years. Some
examples of key questions we face:

- What role should WInSAR take in the development of InSAR training
courses, instructional material, software, and outreach beyond the InSAR
community?
- How can WInSAR best advocate for free & open SAR data for the scientific
community from all satellites, both public & private?
- How can we leverage our existing archive - over 200 TB currently - to
increase scientific use of specialized datasets?
- Should WInSAR take a stronger role in encouraging open exchange of
derived data products (timeseries, etc.), for example through the support
of open standards for data & metadata format, as well as hosting,
visualization, and provision of DOIs for these datasets?

To ensure the InSAR and broader community’s voice is heard during this
process, we are organizing a town hall meeting during the 2022 SAGE/GAGE
workshop in Pittsburgh, PA (www.iris.edu/workshop). The town hall is open
to all interested geodesy & seismology community members, with early career
scientists particularly encouraged. It will take place on Tuesday, June 14
(day 1 of the workshop) and will include a catered lunch, so advance
registration is requested - please contact workshop at iris.edu to inform us
of your interest in attending.

Best wishes and hope to see you in Pittsburgh,

Eric Lindsey
Chair, WinSAR Executive Committee
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