We invite you participate in the 2023 CAP Workshop. This workshop will be hybrid, connecting online and in person participants for maximum accessibility. Please help us plan by registering for each day indicating how you will attend.

Workshop Purpose

Participants in this workshop will support CAP in providing quality data for regional assessments and reporting through efficient data exchanges.

What to expect at the 2023 CAP Workshop

• Recap of progress since our last workshop in 2017
• Facilitated discussion via break out groups to gather feedback on specific challenges submitting, accessing, and understanding data, such as:
• Information is reported but not used: are we seeking the right information to be submitted? Are data consumers aware of the available data? Are improvements needed to the user interface aspect of the data portal to make it easier to access the data?
• Information anticipated but not reported: when we see a “hole” is it due to fact that those data were never collected? Or is it due to lack of staff capacity to provide the data to the portal? Or some other reason?
• Information reported but not documented sufficiently for reuse: how can we improve metadata documentation? How can we improve communication between data providers (biologists and analysts) and data managers responsible to publicize those data so that metadata are sufficient for data reuse and provenance is clear?
• Discussion of the future of data sharing: how can we stay abreast of technological changes, manage increasing demands for information, and plan to engage with a broader community to develop and promote best practices at broad scales?

Outcomes

• Recommend solutions to address data submittal and retrieval challenges (provider/user perspectives)
• Identify strategies for collaborative approaches and funding to address needs and challenges

Agenda

April 12^th, 10 am – 4:30 pm

• Welcome & Introductions
• Refresher on the CAP structure and processes
• Results from the past 6 years and current tasks
• Data Submittal issues: Discussion of challenges and solutions
• Data Retrieval/Data User issues: Discussion of challenges and solutions

April 13^th, 8:30 am – 11:15 am

• Welcome & Introductions
• Preparing for the future of efficient data exchanges
• Future of data mobilization

For more information on the Coordinated Assessments Partnership, visit:

https://www.pnamp.org/project/coordinated-assessments-for-salmon-and-steelhead

https://www.streamnet.org/cap/

Contact Jen Bayer, jbayer@usgs.gov, or Nancy Leonard, nleonard@psmfc.org, for questions or feedback.