Plenary Hosting

Plenary Host Year Location NOAA 1984 Washington, DC ESA 1986 Frascati, Italy CSA 1988 Ottawa, Canada INPE 1990 Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil NASA & NOAA 1991 Washington, DC BNSC 1992 London, England STA/NASDA 1993 Tsukuba, Japan DARA 1994 Berlin, Germany CSA 1995 Montreal, Canada CSIRO 1996 Canberra, Australia CNES 1997 Toulouse, France ISRO 1998 Bangalore, India EUMETSAT 1999 Stockholm, Sweden INPE 2000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil MEXT/NASDA 2001 Kyoto, Japan ESA 2002 Frascati, Italy NOAA 2003 Colorado Springs, Colorado NRSCC 2004 ?, China Working Group on Data / Information Systems and Services Hosting

WGD / WGISS Host Year Location ? WGD 1 - 1984 Washington, DC ESA WGD 2 - 1986 Frascati, Italy NASA WGD 3 - 1987 Washington, DC BNSC/Software Sciences WGD 4 - 1988 Farnborough, England CCRS WGD 5 - 1988 Ottawa, Canada NOAA (& NASA?) WGD 6 - 1989 Washington, DC INPE WGD 7 - 1989 Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil NASDA WGD 8 - 1990 Tokyo, Japan DLR WGD 9 - 1990 Munich, Germany NASA WGD 10 - 1991 Annapolis, Maryland CNES WGD 11 - 1991 Toulouse, France EUMETSAT WGD 12 - 1992 Darmstadt, Germany ACRES WGD 13 - 1992 Canberra, Australia NOAA WGD 14 - 1993 Boulder, Colorado ESA WGD 15 - 1993 Frascati, Italy INPE WGD 16 - 1994 Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil CMA WGD 17 - 1994 Beijing, China NASA WGD 18 – 1995 (WGINS & WGD merge) Baltimore, Maryland Roshydromet & RSA WGISS 1 - 1995 Moscow, Russia NASDA* WGISS 2 - 1996 Joint WGISS & SG Tokyo, Japan DARA WGISS 3 - 1996 Neustrelitz, Germany CCRS WGISS Strategy Task Meeting 1997 Ottawa, Canada CCRS WGISS 4 – 1997 Ottawa, Canada ISRO WGISS 5 - 1997 Bangalore, India ESA WGISS 6 - 1998 Frascati, Italy NASDA WGISS 7 - 1998 Kyoto, Japan BNSC & DERA WGISS 8 - 1999 Brighton, England UNEP WGISS 9 - 1999 Nairobi, Kenya CSIRO WGISS 10 - 2000 Canberra, Australia JRC WGISS 11 - 2000 Ispra, Italy USGS* WGISS 12 - 2001 Joint WGISS & SG Sioux Falls, South Dakota NASDA WGISS 13 - 2002 Tokyo, Japan NOAA WGISS 14 - 2002 Honolulu, Hawaii CNES* WGISS 15 - 2003 Toulouse, France GISTDA & NASDA* WGISS 16 - 2003 Chiang Mai, Thailand NSC & NERSC* WGISS 17 - 2004 Norway WGISS 18 - 2004 WGISS 19 - 2005

* Co-Located WGISS and Sub-Groups ^ Tentative SG Hosting

SG Host Year Location CCRS WGD/Network 1992 Ottawa, Canada CCRS WGD/Catalog 1992 Ottawa, Canada NCSA WGD/Format 1993 Champaign/Urbana, Illinois NASDA WGD/Network & Catalog 1993 Hatoyama, Japan University of Michigan WGD/Auxiliary Data 1993 Ann Arbor, Michigan ESA WGD/Format 1993 Frascati, Italy NOAA WGD/Network & Catalog 1993 Asheville, North Carolina DLR WGD/Auxiliary Data 1993 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany CCRS WGD/Catalog 1994 Ottawa, Canada CCRS WGD/Network 1994 Ottawa, Canada ESA WGD/Ad Hoc Network 1994 Paris, France NOAA WGD/Globe Project 1994 Seattle, Washington NASA WGD/Auxiliary Data 1994 Washington, DC NASA WGD/Format 1994 Washington, DC NASA & NOAA WGD/Ad Hoc Network 1994 Washington, DC STA/NASDA WGD/Ad Hoc Network 1994 Tsukuba, Japan DLR WGD/Catalog & Network 1994 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany BNSC WGD/Format 1994 Farnborough, England ESA WGD/Catalog & Network 1995 Frascati, Italy NASA WGD/Catalog & Network 1995 San Francisco, Califonia NASDA Joint WGISS & SG 1996 Tokyo, Japan USGS WGISS 1996 Sioux Falls, South Dakota CNES WGISS 1997 Toulouse, France JRC WGISS 1997 Stresa, Italy DLR WGISS 1998 Bernried, Germany NOAA WGISS 1998 Boulder, Colorado NASDA WGISS 1999 Osaka, Japan NASA WGISS 1999 Charlottsville, Virginia BNSC WGISS 2000 London, England NASDA & NRCT WGISS 2000 Bangkok, Thailand USGS Joint WGISS & SG 2001 Sioux Falls, South Dakota EUMETSAT WGISS 2001 Darmstadt, Germany ESA WGISS 2002 Frascati, Italy NASA WGISS 2002 Alexandria, VA CNES Joint WGISS 15 - 2003 Toulouse, France GISTDA & NASDA Joint WGISS 16 - 2003 Chiang Mai, Thailand