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Instructions for 2016 and 2018 Project Leads
The iPosters will contain the core content of the status and results of the projects. All participants are asked to review the iPosters prior to the meeting at their own convenience to prepare for discussion. Think of the iPoster as an asynchronous version of the traditional project report out given at previous science team meetings.
  • iPosters must be completed and published by October 28th.
  • Note: Voiceover narrations can be added to iPosters!
  • Learn how to create your iPoster here!
Each Project Lead will have 5 minutes during the "live" meeting to address the following points. Presentations should be restricted to one title slide and one content slide using the slide template here.
Note: Please refrain from including animations in your slides
  • Top-level science results
  • Connections to ongoing synthesis efforts
  • Engagement with stakeholders for your data products
  • Impacts on research of the loss of the 2020 field season (if any)
  • Results that may show environmental impacts of the global pandemic
  • Future directions


Steps for Project Leads:
    1. Your project title and abstract will be submitted on your behalf to iPosters.
    2. First week of October: You will receive an email from iPosters with instructions on how to access and complete your iPoster.
    3. Once you have completed your iPoster, press “Publish” so that it will be visible for others to view.
    4. An agenda of iPosters will be posted on the CMS meeting website, as well as on the iPoster Gallery for this meeting.
    5. Upload your two-slide summary as a PowerPoint file by November 12th: sign in to "My Account" -> "Upload a Talk Presentation."
Instructions for Working Group Leads
  • Working group leads are required to submit an iPoster.
  • iPosters must be completed and published by October 28th.
  • Note: Voiceover narrations can be added to iPosters!
  • Learn how to create your iPoster here!
Working Group iPosters should address:
  • Working group title and membership
  • Description
  • Goals/charge
  • Methods/approach
  • Progress
  • Next steps


Steps for Working Group Leads:
  1. 1. Your working group title will be submitted on your behalf to iPosters.
  2. 2. First week of October: You will receive an email from iPosters with instructions on how to access and complete your iPoster.
  3. 3. Once you have completed your iPoster, press “Publish” so that it will be visible for others to view.
  4. 4. An agenda of iPosters will be posted on the CMS meeting website, as well as on the iPoster Gallery for this meeting.
  5. 5. There will be no slides used during the presentation. There will be a facilitated question and answer led by George Hurtt during the plenary. You may refer to your iPoster as needed (it will be linked to the agenda) during your presentation. Please be prepared to discuss:
    • Major progress to date
    • Goals for 2020-2021
    • What's working well, what's not, and how we can improve
    • Other related questions
Instructions for Stakeholders
  • Stakeholder panelists are required to submit an iPoster.
  • All other stakeholders are invited to create an iPoster.
  • iPosters must be completed and published by October 28th.
  • Note: Voiceover narrations can be added to iPosters!
  • Learn how to create your iPoster here!


Stakeholder iPosters should address:
  • Overview of your organization and description of your work/role
  • CMS data products being used, or planning to be used, and how you access data
  • What decisions the data will affect after integration in your organization
  • Policy and decision making timelines related to your work
  • Benefits of CMS data products for your work/organization
  • What scientific advancement(s) could contribute to your work?
Stakeholder Panelists: Please use the template here to create one title slide and one content slide addressing the following questions:
Note: Please refrain from including animations in your slides
  • Additional carbon data needs/gaps in your work for which the CMS community could contribute data?
  • What has been the added value and impact of CMS data products?
  • Were there any obstacles or barriers in data access and usability?
  • What could NASA do better to improve stakeholder engagement, impact, and societal benefit?
*Note: Moderator to have discretion to identify commonalities and move discussion in right direction.


Steps for Stakeholders:
    1. Submit a poster title under "My Account" > "Poster Titles: submit/update/delete" by September 30th.
    2. First week of October: You will receive an email from iPosters with instructions on how to access and complete your iPoster.
    3. Once you have completed your iPoster, press “Publish” so that it will be visible for others to view.
    4. An agenda of iPosters will be posted on the CMS meeting website, as well as on the iPoster Gallery for this meeting.
    5. Stakeholder Panelists: Upload your two-slide summary as a PowerPoint file by November 12th: sign in to "My Account" -> "Upload a Talk Presentation"
View "Recording of CMS Applications Workshop Preparation Call 9/25/2020" here!
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