1. Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (ACEAS) Presentation by Alison Specht, Program Manager.

2. Purpose of Facility facilitate the advancement of pure and applied ecosystem knowledge; improve the organization and synthesis of ecosystem information; influence the way ecosystem research is conducted in the future; promote integrative research to facilitate linkages; serve as a conduit between the ecosystem and management communities; and assist in planning the evolution of TERN into the future.

3. Key Questions being Addressed ACEAS facilitates scientists and managers to tackle the big science questions together. As such we respond to our community, and our job is to: maximise collective intelligence ensure capability-building assist the analysis of disparate and complex data network

4. Infrastructure to be delivered Web interface

5. Infrastructure to be delivered Web interface Supported by: A dedicated wiki facility Data storage Conferencing facilities Supported meeting environment

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13. Data being stored and used Used: that used by the working group while working Stored: the product

14. Data being stored and used Used: that used by the working group while working Stored: the product

15. Collaboration and participation January 2010 – March 2011 20 Australian universities 6 CSIRO Divisions 11 government departments / authorities 2 NGOs 13 US, British, and European universities and research institutes NCEAS, NEScent, DataONE, USGS Powell Centre, CESAB–FRB, Global Learning Institute. 2010 round 2

16. Facility Contact Details Assoc. Prof. Alison Specht, ACEAS Program Manager Caitlin Newport, ACEAS Research Officer Siddeswara Guru, ACEAS-TERN Data Integration & Synthesis Coordinator aceas.tern@uq.edu.au www.aceas.org.au Ph (61) 7 3365 9773 University of Queensland, QLD 4072.