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RWBC EXPO 2003 Report
Executive
Summary
On May 29, 2003, the Regional Workbench Consortium (RWBC)
held its first EXPO. The Expo included an opening plenary,
four 60-minute information and visualization technology
DEMOS, lunch and a closing reception. RWBC leaders conducted
the four DEMOS in three seperate locations: two in UCSD's
Institute of the Americas Complex, one in the San Diego
Supercomputer Center, and one in the SIO Visualization Center.
UCSD's Superfund Basic
Research Program and the National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) provided
the bulk of funding. The International
Community Foundation, and the San
Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation also
contributed funds to make the event a success.
A
broad spectrum of participants including academic (88 people),
government (34 people), community-based/non-profit (29 people),
and industrial/private sector representatives (37 people)
registered for the May 29 roll out of the Regional Workbench
Consortium. UCSD participation included seven departments,
three programs, several Centers and Institutes, as well
as library, community outreach, education and media professionals.
Participants also registered from San Diego State University,
four Mexican-based universities, and a host of other academic
institutions. Likewise there was a wide spectrum of participants
from government (city council member, deputy mayor, district
directors, water authorities, planners), community-based/non-profit
organizations (foundations, environmental NGOs, policy studies,
technology and economic development corporations), and industry
(consultants, trade associations, legal services, urban
and architectural design, resource conservation, environmental
management).
Analysis
of event: expo2003_analysis.pdf
Summary
of DEMOS by RWBC leaders:
Demo 1: 3D Regional
Canvas of the Californias
Demo 2: Online Interactive
Mapping of Superfund Toxicants and Quality of Life Indicators
Demo 3: Regional Planning
Chronologies
Demo 4: Regional Workbench
Consortium, Overview
May
29th Related Presentations and Files:
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| Featured
Technology and Project Demonstrations: |
DEMO
#1
3D Regional Canvas for the Californias
3D visualization is key in understanding the complexity of
our region's environmental and social problems, from watershed
and toxic transport to socio-economic issues around crime
and poverty. Here, we showcase state-of-the-art 3D visualization
technologies currently being developed and tested in collaborative,
partnership-driven research projects. This is part of a long
term effort to create a "Transborder City-Region Visualization
Theatre" and to make cutting edge 3D-interactive tools
directly available to academic, community, industry, and governmental
organizations via the Web. |
DEMO
#2
Online Interactive Mapping of Superfund Toxicants and Quality
of Life Indicators
Geographic Information Systems integrate diverse spatial information
to enable cross-discipline and cross-scale geographic analysis
and decision-making. We demonstrate our online interactive mapping
technology, which allows for easy visual integration of raster
and vector data available from multiple Internet information
sources, including data servers at UCGS, NOAA, Geography Network,
as well as at local San Diego agencies. This technology is a
necessary ingredient of a community holistic interactive mapping
environment (CHIME) we are developing, where stakeholders can
discover, generate, share, integrate, and analyze regional development
data across discipline boundaries. In its current state, the
technology supports linking watershed-specific Superfund toxicants
data from many sources, with San Diego county Quality of Life
indicators and cross-border demographic and health information
being developed at Telesis Corporation, with water pollution
data collected by the BayKeeper non-profit group. |
DEMO
#3
Regional Planning Chronologies: Taking the Long Look at
Equity through the Official, Invisible, and
Visionary Planning Histories of San Diego
This demonstration showcases the use of information technology
to provide integrated views of regional planning history. We
are developing a framework that juxtaposes (and interrelates)
official city plans, federal policies, and alternative planning
visions (both unofficial & community-based). This is part
of a sustained effort to provide online access to primary regional
historical planning sources that will inform citizens, academics
and community groups, as well as planners and decision-makers.
We will show how the analytical use of digital historical content
can help us understand current patterns of urban and regional
development. |
DEMO
#4
Regional Workbench Consortium (RWBC): Overview of Mission,
Projects, Partners and Precepts
The RWBC is a collaborative network of university and community-based
partners dedicated to enabling sustainable city-region development.
We are building a trusted Internet-based workbench to facilitate
research, outreach and education that require region wide data
integration and information sharing. Our partnership-driven
approach integrates issues of equity, environmental stewardship,
and economic efficiency. This demo provides an overview of the
RWBC's mission, projects, partners and precepts. We will include
a tour of the RWBC's Web site, including the tools, data base
structure, and multimedia communications components. |
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RWBC
EXPO Agenda and Schedule:
| Time
(on May 29) |
Topic |
Location |
| 8:00-8:30 |
Registration,
coffee and exhibit viewing |
IOA
Main Auditorium |
| 8:30-8:45 |
Welcome
and Overview |
IOA
Main Auditorium |
| 8:45-8:55 |
Demo
leaders introduce themselves, briefly sketch their sessions,
including locations |
IOA
Main Auditorium |
| 8:55-9:10
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Key
note:"The role of outreach in linking science to
policy"
Dr.
William Suk (Director, Superfund Basic Research
Program, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences)
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IOA
Main Auditorium |
| 9:10
– 9:30 |
Travel
to Demo Locations (Rotation 1)
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9:30
– 10:30
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Demo Rotation 1 (all four DEMOS, various
locations)
(1). 3D Regional Canvas for the Californias - SIO Vis
Center
(2). Online Interactive Mapping of Superfund Toxicants
and Quality of Life Indicators - IOA Main Auditorium
(3). Regional Planning Chronologies - SDSC Auditorium
(4). Regional Workbench Consortium (RWBC): Overview
of Mission, Projects, Partners and Precepts - Duetz
Room - IOA Complex
(Note: Over the course of the day, each of the DEMOS
will be repeated four times. This arrangement enables
everyone to experience each demo) |
Group
assignment and rotation order will be provided at packet
pickup table. |
| 10:30–
11:00 |
Travel
to Demo Locations / Break
|
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| 11:00
–12:00 |
Demo
rotation 2 (all four DEMOS, various locations)
|
Group
assignment and rotation order will be provided at packet
pickup table. |
| 12:00–
12:15 |
Participants
travel to lunch location (IOA Plaza) |
IOA
Main Auditorium |
| 12:15–
1:30 |
Lunch
Enabling Collaboration in Science
and Regional Planning
Dr. Robert Tukey
Principal Investigator of UCSD's Superfund
Basic Research Program
Professor
Steve Erie
Director of UCSD's Urban
Studies and Planning Program
W.
Erik Bruvold
San Diego
Regional Economic Development Corporation, Vice
President and Director, Infrastructure Issues. "The
Benefits of Joining Collaboration in Science and Regional
Development" |
IOA
Plaza |
| 1:30
– 1:45 |
Travel
to Demo Locations / Break |
|
| 1:45
– 2:45 |
Demo
rotation 3 (all four DEMOS, various locations) |
Group
assignment and rotation order will be provided at packet
pickup table. |
| 2:45
– 3:15 |
Travel
to Demo Locations / Break |
|
| 3:15
– 4:15 |
Demo
rotation 4 (all four DEMOS, various locations) |
Group
assignment and rotation order will be provided at packet
pickup table. |
| 4:30
– 5:15 |
Reception |
IOA
Main Auditorium |
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UCSD-TV
AND RWBC LINKS
UCSD-TV
is currently broadcasting a documentary about the RWBC's formation,
partnerships, projects and mission, see: http://www.ucsd.tv/schedule.asp
UCSD-TV
airs on these channels:
UHF Channel 35
Cox Communications Channel 66
Cox North County Channel 69
TimeWarner Cable Channel 18
For additional information about the RWBC
1. An overall description of the RWBC: http://regionalworkbench.org/about.php
2. Our initiative to integrate GIS and 3D visualization in
the form of a "regional canvas" (Southern California/
No. Baja California, with an emphasis on the San Diego-Tijuana
city-region), see: http://regionalworkbench.org/tools/3dmodels.php
3. We are building a "Watershed Planning Support System,"
with support from UCSD's Superfund Basic Research Program.
For additional funding, we just submitted a proposal to the
NSF-Partnerships for Innovation program. We have very good
buy-in from a range of public, private, non-profit and academic
partners. See: http://regionalworkbench.org/databank/watermain.php
4. Our RWBC initiative includes a strong focus on pedagogy,
service learning and workforce development (w/ special emphasis
on urban and regional planning)
http://usp.ucsd.edu/~kpezzoli/sequence/186/RWBCRelations.htm
5. We find great utility in multimedia interactive narratives
as a way to visualize and share knowledge about our projects.
See:
http://www.regionalworkbench.org/education/narratives.php
6. We tie our efforts into a global network of planning schools
(regional associations) around the world:
http://www.regionalworkbench.org/html/wr_planning.htm
7.
Read about the RWBC Expo in the latest edition of Online:
News about the NPACI and SDSC Community. http://www.npaci.edu/online/v7.10/RWBC_Expo2.html
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