IAHS Scientific Decade (Oceania/Asia region)

This will build off the online forum and feed into the workshop being held in Cordoba (Feb 1st-3rd).

Questions to be discussed and reported:

Input requested for Plenum 1 Feb at 14 hrs CET:

1. What defines a successful Scientific Decade?

2. What do we want to achieve in the long-term and short-term, respectively?

Input requested for Plenum 2 Feb at 10 hrs CET:

1. What are the current drivers/trends in Fundamental and Applied Research?

2. What are the societal needs of scientific results?

3. Where to position IAHS? (vs other global scientific communities)

Input requested for Plenum 2 Feb at 14 hrs CET:

1. Brainstorm potential topics (and sub-topics/science questions) of the Next decade!

2. Identify short and catchy names

3. Make a brief SWOT analysis for each one (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)

NOTE: the voting for new topic will only be made by participants in Cordoba – and announced in the evening (CET) of Day 2!

Input requested for Plenum 3 Feb at 10 hrs CET:

1. Identify sub-topics, science questions and Results of the Next Scientific Decade!

2. Suggest an organisational structure and communication/work activities, based on previous experience from global community building.