The WDS will partcipate in several of the data related activities organized at the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference: From Knowledge to Action (22-27 April 2012 in Montreal, Canada): 

• Tuesday 24 April: In session 2.5.4 Accessing, Sharing and Preserving Data as a Legacy of IPY: A presentation titled The ICSU World Data System Tackles IPY Data Challenges will be given by Watanabe Takashi (WDS Scientific Committee)
• Thursday 26 April: Action forum: The Momentum series: Data Management.
• Friday 27 April: Workshop to begin to design an Arctic Data Coordination Network.

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The terms of the current members of the WDS Scientific Committee expire in June 2012. ICSU proposes to renew at least half of the members for a second term, and has issued a call for nominations for new members.

We invite WDS Members to nominate, by 16 May 2012 at the latest, candidates to be considered by ICSU.

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The World Data System organised a parallel session, in collaboration with CODATA, at the Planet under Pressure 2012 Conference in London on Data Challenges for Global Sustainability. The session was chaired by Dr. Roberta Balstad and Dr. Michael Diepenbroek.

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Mustapha Mokrane has been appointed as Executive Director of WDS and Head of its newly established International Programme Office.

The first Executive Director of the World Data System (WDS) has been named. He is Dr Mustapha Mokrane, formerly Science and Information Technology Officer at ICSU’s Secretariat in Paris. He took his appointment in early March 2012.

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