Today in China there is a growing interest and appreciation of the importance of BIG DATA in society in fields ranging from social networks , medicine , city government all the way to the geosciences. The purpose of this first BIG DATA workshop ( July 10, 2015) in Wuhan to draw all people from Wuhan and adjacent provinces interested on this topoc together at China University of Geosciences Wuhan and create an opportunity for networking and building up an infrastructure for future collaboration. We would like to have speeches of 15 to 20 minutes long presented on various issues concerning BIG DATA from people in all different fields , which embarces all segments of society。 Please register and submit an abstract of 100 to 200 words in either Chinese or English by June 27, 2015.