The first Data Conference concluded that a State’s Data collaboration was not any single physical entity, but rather a framework of many data and research centers. The 2000 Data Conference discussed some of the elements needed to (a) identify, (b) organize and (c) disseminate data efficiently, for both public and private sectors.

Rather than the specific presentations for the 2000 conference, links to the current website for each example is provided, from the principal topics in the Conference Summary.

• Working Toward a Solution—Current Intiatives
• Bringing mappable data to users
• Building “data central”
• Learning from other states, and the
• Appendix of Recommended Websites