Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World

1. Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World Organized byAndy Nyblade, Pennsylvania State UniversityArt Lerner-Lam, Columbia UniversityRay Willemann, IRIS Consortium

2. Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World Special thanks toLibby Lyons, NSF Office of International Sci. & Engr.Jim Whitcomb, NSF Earth Sciences DivisionLindsay Wood, IRIS Consortium

3. Enumerate leading regional science objectives that require long time series of high-fidelity seismologicalwaveform records, • Identify broader regional social benefits from improved seismological capacity and sophisticateddataproducts, • Suggest mechanisms for assessmentof technical capacities andperformance of new andexistingregional and national networks, • Introduce development experts and aid providers to the need for integrated network solutions. Workshop Goals

4. Science Needs External Information to Address Large Goals Origin of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Monsanto wanted to recruit an African scientist to decide which root or tuber, and which virus the project should focus on. Said [Rob] Horsch, “We figured an African expert would be better qualified to know what was most needed in Africa, rather than making that choice in St. Louis.” Fedoroff, 2004, p290

5. “Poverty in Africa has been rising for the last quarter-century while it has been falling in the rest of the developing world. Africa's distinctive problem is that its economies have not been growing. … The reasons lie not in African peculiarities but rather in geographic features which globally cause problems but which are disproportionately pronounced in Africa.” Why Mess with Success?

6. Each Case Has Numerous Unique Circumstances • • Existing capacities • • Societal needs • • Trust mechanisms • • Scientific traditions • • International collaborations • • Public/Private partnerships

7. Are more and more foreign-born graduate students really heading home after receiving their U.S. doctoral degrees? In reality, “stay rates” for this large and desirable pool of talent are rising despite the global expansion of the scientific work force. … Those with temporary visas are increasingly likely to remain in the United States 5 years after earning their S&E Ph.D.s … “Stay Rates” “Science Statistics – NSF’s Indicators Has (Most of) the Answers”, Science, 319,398 (2008)

8. Agenda Sunday • Building Capacity with Linked Observing Systems: Seismological Perspectives • Roger Bilham Earthquake Risk in Developing Countries • Paul Dirks Building Capacity for Africa’s Natural resources sector • Gerardo Suarez The FDSN and Sustainable Regional Seismic Networks

9. Agenda • Introduction and Workshop Goals • 8:45 Ray Willemann Welcome • 9:00 Art Lerner-Lam Long-term instruments loans – Linking capacity building with geophysical monitoring • 9:30 Göran Ekström Training workshops – Successes and an outlook forimprovements • 10:00 Break • Lessons from AfricaArray • 10:30 Andy Nyblade Envisioning AfricaArray • 11:00 Paul Dirks Building an academic program on a geophysical observingnetwork • 11:30 Gerhard Graham Gaining societal and governmental “buy-in” to sustainaprogram • 12:00 Discussion Monday Morning

10. Agenda Identifying Existing Infrastructure and Needs in … 13:30 Gerardo Suarez Mexico, Caribbean and CentralAmerica 14:00 Sergio Barrientos South America 14:30 Fauzi Southeast Asia 15:00 Break Monday Afternoon • Breakout Sessions, 15:30 – 18:00 • Room Chairpeople Region • Sturbridge Marino Protti Mexico, Caribbean, • Karen Fischer and Central America • Plymouth Edmundo Norabuena South America • Susan Beck • Marlborough Humayun Akhter Southeast Asia • Steve Roecker

11. Agenda • Some of the Successful First Steps • 9:00 Marino Protti Quality Monitoring and science in a developing country: Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, and the success of effective strategic alliances • 9:30 Jerry Carter Global capacity building by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization • 10:00 Susan Beck Mutual benefits from graduate education at US universities • 10:30 Break • … and Some More of the Successful First Steps • 11:00 Humayun Akhter Leveraging temporary deployments to advance permanentnetworks • 11:30 Richard Allen Earthquake early warning: Adding societal value to regional networks and station clusters • 12:00 Discussion Tuesday Morning

12. Agenda • Reports from Breakout Sessions: Outlining a Way Forward– Each interval includes a 20-minute presentation and a 40-minute discussion. • Rapporteurs Region • 13:30 Rod Stewart Mexico, Caribbean • Jay Pulliam and Central America • 14:30 Daniel Huaco South America • Gary Pavlis • 15:30 Break • 16:00 Fauzi Southeast Asia • Nano Seeber Tuesday Afternoon • Concluding Remarks and Discussion • 17:00 Rick Aster Next steps

13. Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WAJune 4 – 6, Wednesday – Friday • Scientific Program Committee • • Suzan van der Lee • John Vidale • Plenary Sessions • • Integrating Active & Passive Seismology and Mineralogy • • USArray Transformative Science, Technology & Culture • • Polar Activity – Seismology and the IPY • • Breaking the Earthquake Mold – Episodic Tremor & Slip • • Synergy in Seismic Event Monitoring and Research • Other Activities • • Open Poster Sessions • • Special Interest Groups • • Pre-Workshop Symposia • • Seismological Music • • Field Trip: Landslides & Viticulture IRIS Workshop