Schedule
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The concept of Essential Variables (EVs) is increasingly used in Earth observation communities to identify those variables that have a high impact, high feasibility and relative low cost of implementation. The community of GCOS was the first to develop a full set of Essential Climate Variables (ECV). Other examples of communities applying the same concept are oceans (EOV), biosphere (EBV), water cycle, etc. ConnectinGEO illustrated that EVs can be a useful approach to several indicators for monitor SDGs. ERA-PLANET GEO-Essential proposes a need to review and extend the current EV framework and a priority assignment in designing, deploying and maintaining EV in connection with the responsible observation networks. At the same time, EVs should be promoted among all SBAs in GEO. In this event we will invite a panel of experts to discuss about the current status of the EVs, the usefulness of some of them in creating SDG indicators and the gaps to be solved in communities in the near future. Finally, we will define a roadmap to create a new community initiative about EVs in the future GEO work program.
Agenda
Motivational talks (Moderator: TBD). [40 minutes]
Round table (Moderator: Joan Masó, CREAF). [50 minutes]
Final remarks and conclusions (Joan Masó and Anthony Lehmann)
Organizers
CREAF
Contact
Ivette Serral (ivette@creaf.uab.cat)
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The importance of sustained EO data and innovative EO-based services becomes even greater in a period marked by the advent of Big Data – spearheaded by Copernicus free, full and open data policy, and the emergence of new business models. In this context, the goals of the workshop are to discuss on different approaches, best practices and current plans around the coordination of EO activities at regional level, to find the way to move towards the sustainable delivery of EO services and products, to measure the benefits of EO and to communicate them to relevant stakeholders and to find ways to design long-term, high-impact actions for the uptake of GEOSS and Copernicus.
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Organizers
GEO-CRADLE project and EARSC
Contact
Haris Kontoes and Geoff Sawyer (kontoes@noa.gr, geoff.sawyer@earsc.org)
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Our panel intends to provide participants with an enhanced understanding of the challenges to using Earth observation data and data products from a humanitarian response and development perspective. The session will be broken out into two scenarios. The first scenario will represent the identification of data needed and decisions made in a rapid-paced environment to impact on life and property. This will capture the process of deciding what data is needed, who is at risk (vulnerable and exposed), and what elements of risk need to be communicated to ensure informed decision making, as well as exploring modalities of communication. The second scenario will represent the need for data to enable decisions following a disaster response, with the goal of informing future resilient development as well as whether people are placed in a more risk-exposed or risk-adverse environment. The second scenario will include decisions regarding relocation and how to identify settlement development that avoids unintended risks and related consequences.
The session will conclude with a formal panel discussion that walks the participants through the various roles that governance and policy (Sendai Framework), remote sensing and Artificial Intelligence, and cognitive science have to play in these short- and long-term scenarios.
Organizers
NASA/IRI/Red Cross
Contact
Shanna N. McClain; Andrew Kruczkiewicz (shanna.n.mcclain@nasa.gov)
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The third GEO Data Providers workshop recommended to bring more knowledge into GEOSS. This is confirmed by the analysis of GEOSS use and data contents performed by the GEOSS EVOLVE initiative. This event will present the current analysis, discuss the evolution challenges and scenarios of GEOSS, and present the advancements planned by the GEOSS Platform team to address current needs and move from data to knowledge. In particular, the GEOSS Platform team will present the next coming functionalities to support knowledge sharing in GEOSS, discussing with the Community (through dynamic and interactive sessions) the fundamental transformation towards a Knowledge-based Platform.
Organizers
GEO Secretariat / GEOSS Platform / GEOSS EVOLVE
Contact
Paola Desalvo (pdesalvo@geosec.org)
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The concept of the Asia Oceania Day is ”Fostering synergy among Regional GEOSS Initiatives”.
This session is hosted by ASIA-OCEANIA GEOSS (AOGEOSS) Initiative, a regional cooperation program in ASIA-OCEANIA region, and welcomes people who are interested in regional cooperation in GEO Community. The event is divided into the following two parts. The First part of the event introduces activities of AOGEOSS Initiative such as highlight of Asia Pacific Symposium, the report about the Earth Observation supporting Pacific Island Nation and emerging case study of the Mecon basin. Second part of the event focuses on National and Regional GEO and has two panel sessions with guests from National GEO and other Regional GEOSSes(RGs) such as AfriGEOSS, AmeriGEOSS and EuroGEOSS to discuss what function is expected to develop Regional GEOSS etc.
AOGEOSS Website: Visit the AOGEOSS website here
Documents
Organizers
AOGEOSS Initiative
Contact
kankyou@mext.go.jp (kankyou@mext.go.jp)
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NextGEOSS is a European data hub and platform, supporting the setup of results-oriented Earth Observation based services. Learn how NextGEOSS is integrating more than ten pilot applications and services for systematic processing in a scalable cloud environment. The integrated applications span through diverse areas of major interest for GEO such as Crop Monitoring, Energy Operations, Biodiversity, Air Pollution and others. In this session a method for co-designing with partners through streamlining a five-step process of Engagement, Data Preparation, Platform Setup, Pilots Integration and Service Operations will be explained. The presenters and audience are invited to discuss how this can be aligned with and contribute to the future GEO.
Agenda:
08:30 Welcome introduction, Bente Lilja Bye, BLB
08:35 Towards a result-oriented strategy for GEOSS, Gilberto Camara, GEO Secretariat
08:50 NextGEOSS - a European platform facilitating result orientation, Nuno Catarino, DEIMOS
09:05 AmeriGEOSS/GEOGLOWS collaboration - moving in the direction of results across regional GEO (GEOSS), Angelica Gutierrez, NOAA
09:15 Q&A - tea/coffee stretching legs
09:30 NextGEOSS 5-step user experience. A user centric onboarding process, Marie-Françoise Voidrot, OGC
09:45 User Services in Action
10:00 Discussion: How would you leverage your service through GEO using NextGEOSS?
10:30 Close
Organizers
NextGEOSS
Contact
Bente Lilja Bye (bente@blb.as)
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This side event provided a platform for GEO Work Programme Flagships, Initiatives and Community Activities to showcase specific actions, projects and other relevant activities in support of the U.N. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event enabled the sharing of approaches that build on GEO's strengths and demonstrate the essential contribution of Earth observation data and geospatial information to support sustainable development at global, regional, and national levels, and within local communities.
The event addressed some of the following questions:
Presentations
Documents
Website and twitter
Organizers
EO4SDG Initiative
Contact
Argyro Kavvada (argyro.kavvada@nasa.gov)
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ECOPOTENTIAL is a large European H2020 project focused on the use of Earth Observation (EO) data for monitoring natural ecosystems in a number of European and a few non-European protected areas spanning a wide range of biogeographical regions. ECOPOTENTIAL is a major contributor to the GEO ECO Initiative and to EuroGEOSS. The ECOPOTENTIAL project intends to analyse long-term and present environmental changes that affect the health state of ecosystems and the services they provide, to address future conservation scenarios. Value added products, essential variables from EO as well as meteoclimatic data are ingested into suitable modelling approaches. Major findings useful for reporting on SDG 15 will be discussed.
The event will address the following question:
How can ECOPOTENTIAL achievements contribute to:
Programme
Chair P. Blonda (CNR)
Organizers
National Research Council of Italy (H2020 ECOPOTENTIAL Coordinator)
Contact
Antonello Provenzale (antonello.provenzale@cnr.it)
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The objective of the event was to present H2020 projects (e.g. AfriCultuRes, TWIGA, SWOS, GEOCRADLE, GROUNDTRUTH 2.0) promoting the uptake of EO data in Africa in order to enhance food security, water supply, protection of biodiversity, diversification of the energy resources, and building of a climate resilient society. The event explored reinforcing the participation of those projects in the GEO's multiannual Work Programme in coordination with the initiative GMES in Africa.
Agenda
Presenations
Organizers
European Commission / EASME
Contact
Franz Immler (franz.immler@ec.europa.eu)
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Capacity Building or Development, is a cross-cutting aspect of all GEO activities, whether a flagship, thematic or regional initiative, or community activity. Different CB intervention modalities are being used at individual, organizational or institutional level or at a combination of levels. CB targets different audiences and uses varying levels of impact monitoring linked to quantitative and/or qualitative indicators and through sharing success stories. This session will highlight ongoing CB activities in GEO and provide an open forum for discussion on effective practices and needs that can be incorporated into future workplans.
Event report
Presentations
Agenda
Target audience:
Objectives of the side-event:
Organizers:
ITC / NASA / HCPinternational
Speakers from:
Contact:
Joost Teuben (jteuben@geosec.org)
Senior Capacity Building Coordinator; GEO secretariat
Organizers
ITC / NASA / HCPinternational
Contact
Joost Teuben (jteuben@geosec.org)
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Introduction
Building on last year’s successful side event “The role of Citizen Observatories and Crowdsourcing Community in GEOSS,” this meeting will delve more deeply into how the GEO community can benefit from incorporating citizen science (CS) methodologies more widely. Contributors will: (1) discuss activities already underway to advance the established GEO work plan, (2) consider how GEO can strengthen their involvement in and support for citizen science through partnerships and emerging endeavors, and (3) discuss concrete next steps for advancing citizen science through GEO.
Organizers: The Earth Observations and Citizen Science Community Activity: http://www.earthobservations.org/activity.php?id=142
Contacts: Krystal Wilson (SWF) (kwilson@swfound.org); Massimo Craglia (JRC) (Massimo.craglia@ec.europa.eu); Steffen Fritz (IIASA); Aletta Bonn (UFZ); Anne Bowser (WC); Athanasia Tsertou (ICCS); Bente Lilja Bye (BLB); Deborah Long (UD); Joan Maso (CREAF); Lea Shanley (RENCI); Sven Schade (JRC); Uta When (IHE); Valantis Tsiakos (ICCS)
Agenda
13:30 – 13:45: Welcome and Introduction to Community Activity (K. Wilson, SWF)
13:45 – 14:15: Lightening talks—What’s new since the last GEO Meeting?
Moderator (S. Fritz, IIASA)
Questions & Discussion
14:15 – 15:00: Panel 1: Emerging Initiatives (J. Maso– CREAF)
Questions & Discussion
15:00 – 15:45: Panel 2: Emerging Initiatives (Moderator – TBC)
Questions & Discussion
15:45 – 16:00: Break
16:00 – 16:45: Panel 3: Next steps for scaling CS within GEO (Moderator – K. Wilson)
Questions & Discussion
16:45 – 17:00: Closing Discussion
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The existing research infrastructures on terrestrial ecosystems provide throughout the world an extensive network of field stations. Their long-term observation of diverse ecosystems delivers critical knowledge to address complex issues related to climate change and biodiversity loss. Lacking overview and coordination of the distributed physical network has so far hampered standardization and collaboration in globally assessing the state and trajectory of ecosystems, specifically building on integrated RS based and in-situ data.
Therefore, GEO is an ideal framework for inventoried next-generation well instrumented sites, standardized protocols, open data sets, calls for a collaborative scientific approach in working on data from multiple sources. Such frontier science is needed to inform policy-makers & planners responsible for sustainably managing ecosystems. While serving the work program of GEO, this coordination effort will benefit from GEO’s leverage potential through its member countries.
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Organizers
International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)
Contact
Michael Mirtl (michael.mirtl@umweltbundesamt.at)
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This side event introduces the current works of GEO Cold Regions Initiative for 2017-2019 This initiative has the geographic coverages are Arctic, Antarctic, high-latitude oceans, and Himalaya-third pole and high-mountain areas. This side introduces also coordination of observation for Arctic and Antarctic, and international /national projects.
Agenda
13:30-13:50: GEOCRI idea, plan and current activities (Introduction) (Hiroyuki Enomoto, NIPR/Hannele Savela, University of Oulu/Yubao Qiu, RADI)
13:50-14:10: On the current activities of SAON and the IASC-SAON Arctic Data Committee (Peter Pulsifer, Univ. Colorado, by telepresentation)
14:10-14:30: IEEE North South Pole Initiatives (Siri-Jodha Singh KHALSA, Univ. Colorado)
14:30-14:50: Arctic Data archiving system/contribution to GEO (Hironori Yabuki, NIPR Japan)
14:50-15:10: Enabling Access to Arctic Location Based Information - the Arctic SDI (Heli Ursin, National Land Survey of Finland)
15:10-15:30: Other activities and Discussion
Organizers
National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
Contact
Hiroyuki Enomoto (enomoto.hiroyuki@nipr.ac.jp)
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GEO has made significant progress in advancing the accessibility and interoperabiity of data in GEOSS through its efforts to support implementation of the GEOSS Data Sharing and Data Management Principles. However, more needs to be done, especially in the areas of strengthening national capacity for data sharing, facilitating seamless integration of data (including legal interoperability), and improving the trustworthiness of data, metadata, and services. This session provides the opportunity to learn about the new implementation guidelines for the post-2015 GEOSS Data Sharing Principles and a planned survey of national data sharing approaches and capacities. The Data Sharing Working Group welcomes feedback from the GEO community as well as participation in its planned activities.
Organizers
Data Sharing Working Group / GEO Secretariat
Contact
Bob Chen; Wenbo Chu (bchen@ciesin.columbia.edu; wchu@geosec.org)
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International commitments such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction commit National governments to create and implement national and local disaster risk reduction strategies. As part of this, they are increasingly having to make decisions on the sources of data, and types of information that they need. The many interconnected systems and approaches available can be enhanced through the use of accessible and interoperable data.
The Sendai Framework is one of the priority engagement areas for GEO, and this session will have two distinct parts. The first “Earth observations for disaster risk reduction” will concentrate on showcasing the activities within the GEO Work Programme which are relevant to disaster risk management. The second part of the session will be forward looking, and will consider “Innovative technologies for disaster risk reduction”, including tools and technologies currently being developed.
Event programme
Earth observations for Disaster Risk Reduction (1400-1550)
Objective: to provide an overview of some of the successes made in GEO Work Programme activities, and priorities towards the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Speakers:
Innovative technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction (1600-1800)
Objective: Reporting and measuring of the Sendai Framework requires a new and innovative approach to understanding, measuring and reducing risk. This session will focus on the innovative ways Earth observations are being used, and the technologies that are enabling this change.
Speakers:
Please note that there will be a short break between the two sessions.
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations
Contact
James Norris (jnorris@geosec.org)
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Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Contact
Craig Larlee (clarlee@geosec.org)
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As part of the ‘Sustainable Mountain Development for Global Change’ (SMD4GC) program of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) is leading an effort to assess sustainable mountain development (SMD) using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. Spatially disaggregating SDGs to subnational or transboundary units of space, such as mountain regions, and applying indicator subsets as means to monitor their status, are two emerging considerations relevant for reporting on SMD.
In this session, we propose to examine these and other advances and challenges related to the monitoring and assessment of SDGs in mountain regions though tools and data available via GEO Flagships and Initiatives.
Organizers
Mountain Research Initiative
Contact
Carolina Adler & Elisa Palazzi (carolina.adler@giub.unibe.ch ; e.palazzi@isac.cnr.it)
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Collaboration with existing and new GEO contributors from across the world is key to making alternative and sustainable communication resources available to the wider GEO community. Without such collaboration, GEO communities are beholden to using communication networks and services which are not optimised for their needs, demands or budgets.
This session seeks to provide a platform for regional GEOSS contributors to explore and understand the latest developments from these new and existing GEO participating organisations. Especially those involved in developing the physical infrastructure and communication network services, required to make the regional GEOSS platforms a success.
Contact
Chris Atherton (chris.atherton@geant.org)
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Building on the ever-expanding GEO Communicators Network, this roundtable is intended to bring together communications professionals from across the GEO community, to share knowledge and experience, identify opportunities for collaboration, and highlight best practices of communicating the impact of Earth observations.
Following a short update on global GEO communications work, participants will be encouraged to share their own work and efforts supporting the GEO community with strategic communications, ask questions and discuss challenges and opportunities.
A more detailed overview of the session will be available shorthly.
Organizers
GEO Secretariat
Contact
Maddie West (mwest@geosec.org)
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Organizers
Asia Oceania Caucus
Reports and progress on GEOARC
Aiming at a global scale of ecological and environmental monitoring and analyzing, GEOARC is to propose a protocol framework for Earth Observation data collection, integration, interpretation and analyses to provide useful information and knowledge for public. Not only the data products but also the Annual Report are to be released every year to serve for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2030), Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). An international cooperation network for GEOARC is open for all participants to join in to promote the connection among the data providers, researchers and users. This side event is to present the recent progresses on GEOARC and other related research projects, to communicate and discuss with experts from different areas. The main contents include:
Organizers
National Remote Sensing Center of China, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Contact
LIU Qinhuo (liuqh@radi.ac.cn)
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This symposium aims to:
Agenda:
08:30 - 08:45 Introduction of DIAS: Juniji Inoue, the executive director, RESTEC, Japan
08:45 - 09:15 DIAS Platform and services: Masaru Kitsuregawa, the director of NII, Japan
09:15 - 09:35 DIAS Applications for In-Situ data collection and meta data management: Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Kyoto University
09:35 - 09:55 DIAS Applications for Water Resource Management
09:55 - 10:30 Panel Discussion: Facilitator Toshio Koike, the director of ICHARM, PWRI, Japan
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
Organizers
DIAS (RESTEC/MEXT)
Contact
DIAS OFFICE (dias-office@diasjp.net)
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The session is organized by the ERA-Planet Consortium that has funded SMURBS, GEO-essential, IGOSP and iCUPE projects dealing with Smart Cities & Resilient Societies, Resource Efficiency & Environmental Management, Global change & Environmental treaties and Polar Areas & Natural Resources, respectively. The projects demonstrate how common technological approaches, based on Earth observation data and interoperability, can be applied to different regions and scales to address an array of diverse themes.
The projects are contributing to EuroGEOSS by showcasing the potential of the GEOSS Platform to respond to policy and scientific questions and by addressing the challenges brought by the Sustainable Development
Goals.
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Organizers
CNR
Contact
Nicola Pirrone (nicola.pirrone@iia.cnr.it)
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The Paris Agreement represents a paradigm shift in climate negotiations, with a strong focus on tracking progress in a transparent way and ultimately feeding into the Global Stocktake. To achieve this, systematic and long-term earth observation data are a necessity. The GEO Carbon and GHG initiative bring together the efforts of the main actors from in situ, satellite, modeling and inventory communities to analyze and meet the needs of the policy-makers at all levels of the UNFCCC process. Together with the Global Carbon Project, GEO-C and its members work on improving carbon budgets, standardizing data streams, and contributing to reduce uncertainties of national inventories.
This side-event is organized as a workshop and puts the needs for observational data at the center of the discussions. Using the analytical framework described in the graph below, the participants will explore some of the essential links between the actors in different groups. After the introductory part, the event will include three modules, each starting with short presentations given by experts who will set the scene for the work of the participants in small groups. The first module will examine the link between services and observational data: what kind of data is needed for the development of existing services or the creation of new ones? Module 2 will focus on the access to this data: how can different types and sources of data be made accessible and linked together? The last module will focus on the specific expectations set by the upcoming 2019 Refinement of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories or the development of essential variables.
Agenda
8:30 – 8:50 Paris agreement framework (introduction, 20 min)
8:50 – 10:00 Services based on Earth Observations (module 1, 70 min)
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee
10:30 – 11:40 Improving access to data (module 2, 70 min)
11:40 – 12:20 Technical guidelines and their implications for data (module 3, 40 min)
12:20 – 12:30 Wrap-up (10 min)
Documents
Organizers
ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System)
Contact
Emmanuel Salmon (emmanuel.salmon@icos-ri.eu)
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FY Satellites Service for "The Belt and Road" countries
This event will discuss demands and proposals for FY satellites services to support the disaster risk reduction in "The Belt and Road" countries. CMA will give a brief presentation on the data, products, services and the international emergency support mechanism of FY satellites. All the delegations from "The Belt and Road" countries as well as other countries interested in FY satellites application are welcome.
Organizers
China Meteorological Administration
Contact
Zhang Xingying (zxy@cma.gov.cn)
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Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
We plan to work together to help national and local actors in all countries use Earth Observation (EO) to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) as set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG target 15.3). EO applications are at the cutting edge of LDN assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting. The GEO LDN Initiative is a unique stakeholder-driven initiative with a clear policy mandate from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
The purpose of this policy dialogue is to bring various stakeholders together to discuss the current and future needs of the end-users and decision-makers in order to develop an effective and coordinated initiative from the Earth observations and geospatial community to assist countries and other actors involved in implementing LDN in setting policy, planning and investment priorities among large and diverse land resource areas.
Programme
Welcome and Introduction (5 min)
Sasha Alexander, Policy Officer, UNCCD
Keynote Presentation (15 min)
Barron Joseph Orr, Lead Scientist, UNCCD
“What have we learned so far – and how far do we need to go”
Special Guest Presentation (10 min)
Antje Hecheltjen, Special Advisor, GIZ - the German Development Agency
“Design together with the user – Applying digital principles in Earth Observation for LDN”
Brief Interventions (5 min each)
Argyro Kavvada, NASA
Alex Held, CSIRO
Greg Scott, UN-GGIM
Chu Ishida, JAXA
Jonathan Ross, GeoScience Australia (tbc)
Omar Seidu, Statistics Ghana (tbc)
Open Discussion
Organizers
UNCCD
Contact
Sasha Alexander (salexander@unccd.int)
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The Role of Geospatial data in the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
In November 2017, OpenStreetMap statistics indicated that there are 4.3 million users with over 3 million changesets per day on OpenStreetMap. This positive impact can not only be attributed to crowdsourcing initiatives by various spatial communities like OpenStreetMap and YouthMappers local chapters, but also to the availability of geospatial software and high resolution satellite imagery. This, therefore, leads to the greater availability of open spatial data with uses in academic research, navigation, emergency response and various applications.
Geospatial information is important in developing solutions to real-world problems since all problems are location-based hence all solutions should be location-specific. This event will include an open discussion on how geospatial information has and can be used in the achievement of the 2030 SDGs and a mapathon.
Organizers
YouthMappers Kenya
Contact
Laura Mugeha (mugeha.okole@gmail.com)
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This side event will discuss the proposed Digital Earth Africa initaitive, which will build on the open-source Open Data Cube technology to establish a continental-scale platform that can track changes across Africa in support of support responses to critical issues, including soil and coastal erosion, increasing agricultural productivity, forest and desert development, water quality, and changes to human settlements. The event will bring together the project sponsors, GEO Members from Africa, and the broader GEO community to discuss how to take the initiative to the next step, and how to build on the recently launched Regional Africa Data Cube activity.
Organizers
Government of Australia
Contact
Jonathon W. Ross (jonathon.ross@ga.gov.au)
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The purpose of the side event is to communicate the recent advances in ecosystem accounting, the EO4EA intiative and how the effort will contribute to sustainable development. The side event will highlight case studies and priorities and opportunities for ongoing applied research. The event will also provide a venue to explore collaborations and synergies between the EO4EA initiative and other GEO programs. The outcomes of the side event will guide research within the focus areas of EO4EA and further identify key GEO partners.
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Organizers
EO4EA Secretariat / Conservation International and others
Contact
Daniel Juhn (djuhn@conservation.org)
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This interactive workshop will discuss approaches for collaboration between the academic, public and private sectors to advance the application of earth observation in support of the SDGs. The workshop will have two parts. During the first half, speakers will present examples of collaborative projects in which an academic university team partners with a government or multilateral development organization to build new capacity for earth observation applications.
The second half of the workshop will be a facilitated dialog that gathers insights from participants about their experiences in academic/public/private sector partnerships. The objective of the workshop is to document practices that have been shown to help transfer academic research approaches into practice within national governments, with private sector, local governments and others. The presentations will include examples from projects pursued by the Space Enabled Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program and the government of Benin.
Speakers
William Sonntag, Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab Space Enabled Research Group
Mónica Miguel-Lago Executive Secretary EARSC - European Association of Remote Sensing Companies
Chen Jun - National Geomatics Center of China
Antje Hecheltjen, Special Advisor, GIZ - the German Development Agency
Graciela Metternicht, Professor, Environmental Management, Policy and Sustainability, Science International Coordinator School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW Australia
Interactive Workshop Session: Attendees will break into small groups for discussion of challenges and examples of activities leading to best possible outcomes. Speakers above have agreed to facilitate the small groups leading with a series of questions about at least the following partnership modalities of research and relationships:
Speakers bios
Mónica Miguel-Lago is the executive secretary and sector adviser for EARSC gained through 15 years of working experience in Earth Observation interacting with different stakeholders from most highly regarded technological related firms to organizations such as ESA, EU, GEO or UN Units. With a scientific background and proven ability and experience of conducting international programs, she is leading a methodology for assessing the maturity of (G) EO activities at national level under an H2020 project. Her experience in outreach projects, education and communication on the capabilities and limitations of Earth Observation makes a valuable asset for the project on sector skills strategy where she is leading and coordinating the preparatory work and road map. She is responsible for relations with EARSC members, understanding the services portfolio evolution and contributing with community relations, specially groups with focus on Sustainable Development Goals. Her engagement to consulting activities in the EO industry developed a strong belief that innovative EO can enable tremendous business growth and she is extremely pleased contributing on these exciting times for the sector.
Chen Jun is the leading scientist of China’s global land cover mapping programï¼Âand developed the world’s first wall-to-wall 30-m global land cover data, GlobeLand30. He has published over 200 papers and supervised 50 Phd students. He served the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) for over twenty years, including Congress director, secretary general and president. In 2015, he received Geospatial World Innovation Award in 2015 and Asia Geospatial Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. Chen Jun has just completed the first comprehensive assessment of progress towards SDGs in China at a county level. He is going to talk about the collaboration about this.
Antje Hecheltjen studied geography in Tuebingen and Bonn (both Germany) with a focus on development research as well as on remote sensing.
Dr Graciela Metternicht Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies, Graciela Metternicht is the former Regional Coordinator of Early Warning and Assessment of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to joining the UNEP, Professor Metternicht was Head of Discipline and Professor of Geospatial Systems and Environmental Management at the School of Natural and Built Environments of the University of South Australia (UNISA). Prior to joining the UNISA, she was a Professor of Spatial Sciences at the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM), Curtin University of Technology. While at UNEP, Professor Metternicht was responsible for the planning and implementation of projects related to environmental assessment and early warning in Latin America and the Caribbean, including capacity building and the provision of technical assistance to governments of the region in policy uses of these outputs. She made significant contributions to global and regional environmental reports of the UNEP and the UN, such as the 5th Global Environment Outlook (GEO 5) - the most authoritative assessment of the state, trends and outlook of the global environment - and major reports focused on resource efficiency; sustainable, resource-efficient cities; and regional advances on environmental sustainability, indicators of sustainable development, and climate change.
In her previous academic positions she conducted teaching, research and consultancy in areas of remote sensing and GIS applications for natural resource assessment and management, including land use planning. She has published over 100 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings, and has attracted research funding through Australian competitive grants (ARC and others), international grants and research contracts.
Professor Metternicht obtained a PhD in Geography (summa cum laude) from the University of Ghent, Belgium in 1996, a Master of Science in Geo-information and a Postgraduate Diploma in Cartography from the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), in The Netherlands in 1991-92. She was a Visiting Professor at the Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH), the University of Alcalá (Spain), the Institute for Soil, Climate and Water of the Agricultural Research Council of South Africa, the Centre for Global Environmental Research of the National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan, and Institute for Remote Sensing Applications of the Chinese Academy of Science.
Informational Web-links Contributed by Graciela Metternicht
http://ap-unsdsn.org/regional-initiatives/universities-sdgs/university-sdg-guide/
https://sdgs.org.au/ (to add case studies).
Find here one of my PhD students ongoing work:
Work with colleagues from the network TERN (Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network)
https://sdgs.org.au/project/australias-mangrove-observing-system/
http://www.unglobalcompact.org.au/issues/sustainable-development/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs
Contact
Contact: William Sonntag wsonntag@media.mit.edu
Organizers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contact
William Sonntag (wsonntag@media.mit.edu)
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Earth observation always is a joint effort between remote sensing measurements by satellites etc. and the fine grained observations by in-situ facilities. ENVRI is the cluster of Environmental Research Infrastructures in Europe which are long term funded to contribute to these vital in-situ measurements of Earth's Environment, stretching out from the deep ocean and solid earth into the highest parts of the atmosphere, measuring life on earth, the state of the atmosphere and oceans and the geophysycal processes that infuence our planet.
In this session, ENVRI wants to demonstrate the relevance and importance of these in-situ data for sustainable development.
Objectives:
Moderator: Jacco Konijn
13.30 - 13.40: Werner Kutch: ' The European Environmental Research Infrastructures - a sustainable in-situ contribution to GEO'
13.40 - 13.50: Ari Asmi: ' Next steps in the ENVRI community - ENVRI FAIR for FAIR European research infrastructure services'
13.50 - 14.20: Jean-Noël Thépaut: 'Copernicus: Collaboration opportunities and observational requirements to increase the value of the Services'
14.20 - 14.50: Pekka Kolmonen: ' Volcanic eruptions - a major challenge for the detection and determination of ash particles'
14.50 - 15.20: Bob Crabtree: ' Developing a regional model for Decision-Support in Yellowstone: Integration of in situ observations with airborne and spaceborne remote sensing'
15.20 - 15.30: Closing remarks, comments, discussion
Presenter bio's
Dr. Werner Kutsch is Director General of ICOS since March 2014. He is biologist, plant ecologist and ecosystem scientist by education and has worked on ecosystem carbon cycling for 25 years in Europe and Africa. The focus of his work has been for a long time in the comparison of ecosystems after land use change and integrating complex landscapes. He has worked at the Ecosystem Research Centre of University of Kiel, at CSIR in Pretoria, at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and at ThuÌÂnen, the Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries in Braunschweig.
ICOS is an ESFRI Landmark Research Infrastructure and a legal entity (ERIC) since November 2015. As Director General, Dr. Kutsch is the legal representative and overall coordinator of the Research Infrastructure and currently managing the final internal integration of ICOS. This work comprises internal organisation of the operations of the distributed observational networks and central facilities, on optimizing the internal data flow between the different observational programs of ICOS, on developing the data platform of ICOS (‘Carbon Portal’) which will also serve as an interface to COPERNICUS and GEOSS, and on deepening the cooperation with other RIs. Dr. Kutsch is experienced in data acquisition, post-processing, data analysis and modeling of ecosystem carbon budgets. Integrating ICOS-internal data streams and fostering usage of ICOS RI data for GHG modeling are some of his main goals for the next years. Furthermore, he is very interested in further developing data citation systems.
He is responsible for the external representation of ICOS ERIC and currently leading the development of its future strategy. ICOS aims to be part of European and global integration initiatives that that support the usage of in-situ observations for improving the national inventories on greenhouse gases.
Dr. Ari Asmi has extensive experience on atmospheric sciences, data science, research infrastructure development and collaboration, strategic planning and project management. He is currently Project Director of the ENVRIplus Cluster project, and the coordinator of RISCAPE international research infrastructure landscape project and WP leader in COOP H2020 infrastructure project on international RI collaboration. He is also involved several external projects and initiatives, such as a co-chair of several working groups of the Research Data Alliance, and a number of EU projects since FP5. He is the main author of the ENVRI Environmental Research Infrastructure Strategy document and one of the architects of the ENVRIfair follow up project to ENVRIplus.
Dr. Jean-Noël Thépaut is the Head of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Deputy Director of Copernicus Services at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). C3S is a core Copernicus Service operated by ECMWF on behalf of the European Union. C3S combines observations of the climate system with the latest science to develop authoritative, quality-assured information about the past, current and future states of the climate in Europe and worldwide. Prior to this role he was the Head Data Division and Deputy Director of the Research Department at European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) where his section developed world-class data assimilation algorithms for Numerical Weather Prediction, the exploitation of satellite observations from operational and research Earth Observation platforms, and the development and production of state-of-the-art climate re-analyses.
Jean-Noël Thépaut is “Ingénieur Général des Ponts, des Eaux et des Forêts” and graduated from the French National School of Meteorology. He received his PhD from PARIS-VI University in 1992 in the field of atmospheric data assimilation. He was also involved in the early development of the variational data assimilation systems at ECMWF and Météo-France. Jean-Noël has served on a number of Committees, including the EUMETSAT Mission Expert Team for Meteosat Third Generation and EPS Second Generation, the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office Advisory Board and the ESA Earth’s Science Advisory Committee (ESAC). He is currently co-chair of the World Climate Research Programme Data Advisory Council.
Dr Pekka Kolmonen works as a senior research scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute. He is an expert in inverse problems related to radiative transfer. His current work mainly consists of the development of algorithms for the retrieval of aerosol properties using satellite imagery, and the maintenance of resulting aerosol products. He has taken part in several ESA and EU projects exploiting satellite data for the determination of aerosol conditions. He is also involved in aerosol-cloud interaction research and the development of atmospheric correction methods. In the past he has worked with in situ measurements of aerosol properties.
Robert (Bob) L. Crabtree PhD is a systems ecologist who has worked in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for 30 years. He is founder and Chief Scientist at the Yellowstone Ecological Research Center (YERC)—a non-profit organization specializing in long-term collaborative research at large spatial (ecosystem) scales to increase the role of science at the decision-making table. He has pioneered a regional model to understand the cause and consequence of natural- and policy-experiments such as floods, wildfires, wolf restoration, land-use change, animal migration, drought, snowpack change, and invasive species spread.
He has authored over 65 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has been principal investigator on over 80 grants (DOI, NASA, NSF, SBIRs, and DoD) that have led to another 100 publications on collaborative projects in Yellowstone and other benchmark ecosystems in North America. He continues to strive to 'translate' the results of ecological research into informed decision-making and on-the-ground conservation action. He has recently been involved with NEON and NASA in designing a regional model for Ecological Forecasting.
Jacco Konijn MSc has over 10 years experience in managing and coordinating European Projects in the field of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Science. Jacco coordinated the LifeWatch (FP7) preparatory project, the CReATIVE-B (FP7) project, a policy coordination action with Biodiversity Research Infrastructures Worldwide, the ENVRI (FP7) cluster project and the GLOBIS-B project, developing workflow solutions for Essential Biodiversity Variables on a global scale, collaborating with sister RIs in biodiversity and ecosystems research across the globe.
Jacco is member of the Executive Board and Work Package leader in the ENVRIplus project, and is involved in the establishment of LifeWatch, an e-Infrastructure, set up as a distributed Research Infrastructure to advance biodiversity and ecosystems research.
Organizers
Environmental Research Infrastructures Europe (ENVRI)
Contact
Jacco Konijn (j.l.konijn@uva.nl)
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This side event is intended to promote discussion related to recent GEOGLOWS progress on Water Prediction Capabilities and Essential Water Variables in the light of the needs of two priority policy areas: SDGs and the Sendai Framework. In addition to providing updates on GEOGLOWS progress on these topics, other groups including AWCI, CI, CEOS, Aquawatch, and IGWCO, would provide updates on their contributions. Time would be devoted to exploring the potential of new technologies such as AI and citizen science in addressing GEOGLOWS issues.
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NASA, NOAA
Contact
Richard Lawford, Angelica Gutierrez (richard.lawford@morgan.edu)
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This workshop will be organized in two parts; first will focus on the UNSD’s implementation of the SDG indicator framework followed by an exploration of available data and analytical tools to support SDG reporting and other critical missions. UN Statistics Division will share their high level vision for the SDG framework and system of systems and showcase the results of their collaborative research initiative, empowering countries to apply spatial data and analytics to support their SDG exploration and reporting. The framework has been adopted by over a dozen countries and was designed to be easily replicated. The framework enables countries to leverage geospatial data and earth observation data and apply spatial analytics to derive and share required reporting data.
The second part of the session will dig into a series of ready to use tools and applications that have the flexibility to integrate various data sources and apply analytics (no coding required) to translate data into actionable information. These data exploratory and analytic tasks are no longer limited to specialized researchers, accessible web based tools are democratizing data access and analytics, empowering broader creation of new information products. To be impactful, this new information must also communicate effectively to stakeholder’s, we will demonstrate real examples of this through interactive maps, applications and story maps addressing the interests of technician’s, citizens and executive decision makers.
At this side event attendees will learn how other countries can participate and quickly adopt this technology, proven scientific methods and applications to aid in SDG reporting.
Organizers: Steve Kopp & Pat Cummens, Esri
Guest Presenter: Greg Scott, UNSD
Organizers
Steve Kopp & Pat Cummens, Esri / Guest Presenter, Greg Scott, UNSD
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GEO has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals as a key priority. A range of GEO Flagships, Initiatives and Community Activities are now developing new techniques that can support countries to achieve and track progress towards the SDGs.
This side event will discuss how the GEO community is leveraging, and could further leverage, the open-source Open Data Cube technology to provide an operational platform or 'home' for these techniques. We will showcase examples from around the world of how the Open Data Cube is being used today to both measure and drive progress against the SDGs.
As an open-source project, the Open Data Cube provides a technology that can be tailored to meet local needs, as well as enabling users to contribute their enhancements back to the project to the benefit of others. The Open Data Cube provides a platform for GEO activities to get their work out to the world. This event will also demonstrate the Open Data Cube Sandpit - a new capability that allows anyone, anywhere to create their own demonstration Open Data Cube and trial a growing suite of SDG tools.
Agenda
Opening
1530:1545 - Welcome and goals for the Side Event - Dr Trevor Dhu, Geoscience Australia
1545:1630 - Where is the Open Data Cube up to and where are we going?: Dr Brian Killough, CEOS Systems Engineering Office (SEO)
Country Examples - Open Data Cubes and the SDGs
1630:1700 - Switzerland: Dr Gregory Giuliani, GRID-Geneva & University of Geneva
1700:1730 - Australia: Dr Trevor Dhu, Geoscience Australia
Open Data Cube Sandpit Demonstration
1730:1830 - Demonstration of a "do-it-yourself" Open Data Cube for SDG deployment.
Organizers
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (on behalf of the Open Data Cube Partners Forum)
Contact
Jonathon W. Ross (jonathon.ross@ga.gov.au)
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The Geo Vision for Energy (GEO-VENER) recognizes the critical importance of energy in working toward sustainable development and poverty eradication. SDG 7 explicitly seeks to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. In achieving SDG7, new linkages and technical innovations are needed that incorporate both renewable energy and the growing demand for mineral resources, including CRMs, induced by the development of renewable energies and the energy transition towards a decarbonated society. This session will explore current applications, user linkages, and uptake in energy management as well as seek ideas for new partnerships.
The goal of the side event will be two-fold: 1) share updates and draw connections between mineral resources and renewable energy as the world strives to achieve SDG 7 and 2) explore how a revitalized GEO-VENER Community of Practice (CoP), particularly in the Asia Pacific region due to the meeting location, can help ensure continued progress and coordination. After a series of presentations, a discussion will be facilitated to learn more about applications and determine a path forward for an engaged GEO-VENER CoP.
Provisional program:
Natasha Sadoff (Battelle) – Introduction to the session (5 minutes)
Stéphane Chevrel (MinPol GmbH, Austria) – Impact of energy transition on minerals resources (20 minutes)
Pierre Lacroix (Unige) – Extractive Essential Variables (EEVs) to quantify the impacts of mineral extraction for Renewable energies (20 minutes)
Natasha Sadoff – The US perspective on GEO-VENER and the link between minerals resource management and renewable energies (20 minutes)
Lionel Ménard – NextGEOSS: Constructing Gridded Data for Grid Operations (20 minutes)
Discussion with the room
Natasha Sadoff and Stéphane Chevrel: concluding remarks.
Organizers
Batelle, NASA, MINES ParisTech
Contact
Natasha SADOFF, Thierry RANCHIN (sadoffn@battelle.org, thierry.ranchin@mines-paristech.fr)
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This session will take you the progress EuroGEOSS has made during its one-year existence.
It will tell you about its achievements, the possibilities that lie ahead for actors in the European field of Earth Observations and it will explore ways and means to integrate EuroGEOSS within the overall Global Earth Observation System of Systems.
Speakers from different backgrounds will tell you about their experience with EuroGEOSS and the future opportunities EuroGEOSS can offer.
Short overview of the session
- Interactive discussion with the speakers and the audience -
Organizers
European Commission
Contact
Gilles Ollier; Marjan Van Meerloo (gilles.ollier@ec.europa.eu; marjan.van-meerloo@ec.europa.eu)
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1.1 Welcome from Japan
1.2 Opening Remarks
1.3 Approval of Agenda
1.4 Approval of Draft Report of GEO-XIV
1.5 Opening Keynote
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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2.1 This Panel session will present Plenary with an overview of GEO’s activities supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and provide a view of mandate policy holders and end users that can benefit from these efforts.
Keynote:
Moderator:
Panelists:
2.2 Panel session outcomes and recommendations
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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3.1 This Panel session will present Plenary with an overview of GEO’s activities supporting the Paris Agreement. Currently, several GEO activities focus on mitigation, while there is great potential for Earth observations to also support climate adaptation and activities that limit loss and damage.
Keynote:
Moderator:
Panelists:
3.2 Panel session outcomes and recommendations
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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4.1 Presentation of Regional Initiatives
4.2 Role of Regional GEOs
4.3 Proposal to create a GEO Associate Category
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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5.1 GEO Programme Board Report
5.2 GEO Highlights:
5.3 Update of the 2017-2019 GEO Work Programme
5.4 Timing of the Mid-term Evaluation
5.5 Slate of 2019 GEO Programme Board
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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6.1 Michael Obersteiner, Head of Ecosystems Services and Management, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
6.2 Hiroshi Yamakawa, President of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
6.3 Stuart Minchin, Chief of the Environmental Geoscience Division of Geoscience Australia
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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7.1 This Panel session will present Plenary with an overview of GEO’s activities supporting the Sendai Fraemwork. The four phases of the disaster cycle include prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, currently Earth observations are used less for prevention and preparedness where the biggest savings are in terms of lives and money.
Moderator:
Panelists:
7.2 Panel session outcomes and recommendations
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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8.1 A strategy for a results-oriented GEOSS
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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9.1 2017 Financial Statements and Audit Report
9.2 Proposed 2019 GEO Trust Fund Budget
9.3 Update of the GEO Rules of Procedure
9.4 Announcement of 2019 Lead Co-Chair and Slate of 2019 Executive Committee Members
9.5 2019 Ministerial and GEO-XVI Announcements
9.6 Any Other Business
9.7 Session Outcomes
9.8 Closing Remarks
Organizers
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Dear GEO community
Here is a quick update on progress towards adopting the new GEO Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Initiative to support end-users and decision-makers for more rational land management and planning.
First the LDN Initiative is part of the update to the 2017-2019 GEO Work Programme and we would like to invite those that are interested to participate in its first Steering Committee meeting to be held on 02 November 2018 at 10 am in Room K located in the Kyoto International Conference Center.
Second, the LDN Initiative will kick off three working groups that will require the diverse skills and expertise of the GEO community: (1) capacity building, (2) data quality standards, and (3) data analytics. Please attend the meeting on 02 November to learn more and consider participating.
Last, through the GEO secretariat, the LDN Initiative is issuing a call for secondments to support the Steering Committee, working groups and their user-driven work plans. Those country members and POs that would like explore this exciting opportunity are encourage to contact the GEO Secretariat (secretariat@geosec.org).
A brief summary of the LDN Initiative can be found on page 100 of the updated GEO Work Programme.
https://www.earthobservations.org/activity.php?id=149
Best regards GEO Secretariat
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GEO Secretariat
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Doug Cripe (dcripe@geosec.org)
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