1. ICSU CODATA Information Briefing Dr. Liu Chuang ICSU PAA on Data and Information CODATA Co-Chair of Data Preservation and Archiving in Developing Countries Professor of Chinese Academy of Sciences 7 March 2005, CONAE(CORDOBA), Argentina

2. ICSU Plan (06-12) and Priority Areas Assessment The Role of International Scientific Organizations PAA on Scientific Data and Information PAA on Capacity Buildings PAA on Sustainable Development ICSU Plan from 2006-2012

3. ----- ICSU GA Meeting, September 2005, Shuzhou, China All PAA reports will be discussed and could be adopted in the meeting -----World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva 2003 – Tunis 2005, Novermber 2005, Tunis WSIS Plan of Action 23 (d) e-Science (ICSU/UNESCO/TWAS/IAP) ICSU Events in 2005

4. CODATA CODATA Congress 2004, November 8-12, 2004, Berlin, Germany 15 Task Groups were approved to be established New leadership (Bob Chen from CIESIN is the Secretary General from 2004-2006) WSIS Tunis 2005

5. CODATA TG on Data Preservation and Archiving in Developing Countries International Workshop on Strategies for Preservation and Open Access to Scientific Data, Beijing 2004

6. CODATA/UNESCO/ICSU/ICSTI China/USA/Japan/Brazil/Mongolia/SA/Germany/Canada/Thailand

7. CODATA CODATA TG on Data Preservation and Archiving in Developing Countries, 6-8 November 2005, Pretoria, South Africa

8. IGBP/IHDP IGBP SC Meeting, Feb. 2005, Beijing China IHDP Open Science Meeting, November 2005, Berlin, Germany