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We are looking forward to seeing you in Alexandria Virginia for the fifth annual All Hands Meeting! This year’s theme is "Platform for Integration" and focuses on the many successes achieved so far by the EarthCube Community.

Highlights will feature a demonstration of the pilot registry work (Project 418), technology integration, how EarthCube defines its own success, and ways to enhance engagement in the scientific community and with external partners. Check out some session previews on the EarthCube Blog.

Here are a few logistics as you prepare for the meeting:
  • Check-in opens Wednesday, June 6 at 7:00 AM in the Foyer. (Please note there will be NO EARLY CHECK-IN this year due to another event taking place just prior to the Meeting.)
  • If you’ve already registered (and paid), all you will need to do is pick up your badge and head to breakfast!
  • If you’ve not yet paid, please try to do so before you arrive for the meeting. This will reduce the amount of time you need to spend at the check-in desk and will make your experience much smoother on Wednesday morning.
  • If you’re not sure if you’ve paid, log into your RegOnline account here and check the status of your registration.
If you have any questions, please contact the ESSO. See you soon!
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Kerstin Lehnert

Columbia University
Doherty Senior Research Scientist
New York, United States of America
Kerstin Lehnert is Doherty Senior Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and Director of the Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance that operates EarthChem, the System for Earth Sample Registration, and the Astromaterials Data System. Kerstin holds a Ph.D in Petrology from the University of Freiburg in Germany.

Kerstin's work has centered on the development of community-driven data infrastructures for the solid Earth sciences and, in particular, on using cyberinfrastructure to improve access and sharing of Earth and space science physical samples and sample-derived data. She led the development of the IGSN Global Sample Number starting in 2004 and has been President of the IGSN implementation organization, the IGSN e.V., since its foundation in 2011. Her new focus is the development of the Internet of Samples (iSamples), a multi-institutional and multidisciplinary project funded by the US NSF, and the Astromaterials Data System for NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Kerstin is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Geophysical Union and president of the IGSN e.V. She was chair of the EarthCube Leadership Council from (2015 - 2018), member of the NSF Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure (2012 - 2016), President of the Earth and Space Science Informatics Focus Group of the American Geophysical Union (2015 - 2016), and chair of the Geoinformatics Division of the Geological Society of America (2012 - 2014). She co-chairs the ESIP COPDESS Cluster, and the RDA Interest Groups Domain Repositories and Physical Samples and Collection in the Research Data Ecosystem.

Kerstin received the Ian McHarg Medal of the EGU in 2018 and the Outstanding Contributions to Geoinformatics Award of the GSA in 2017, as well as the Distinguished Service Award of the Geochemical Society.