DAY 1 / 2 MAY 2018

1: EO for Decision Making and GEOSS for Users
Moderator: Pascal Gilles

• 09:00 Joost van Bemmelen, Official Opening
• 09:05 Pascal Gilles, on behalf of ESA Director of Earth Observations
• 09:15 Barbara Ryan, GEO Secretariat Director,
• 09:25 Nicola Pirrone, CNR
• 09:35 Michel Schouppe, European Commission
• 09:45 Ivan de Loatch for Peter Doucette, USGS
• 09:55 Ian Schuler, Development Seed

2: The GEOSS Platform Journey
Moderator: Joost van Bemmelen / Slido: #2May_Session2

• 10:15 GEOSS Platform Panel: Paola De Salvo (GEO), Joost Van Bemmelen (ESA), Stefano Nativi (CNR), Gregory Giuliani (UNIGE), Rich Frazier (FGDC)

10:45 GEOSS Portal demo: Guido Colangeli (ESA)

3. Lightning talks: Disasters

• Copernicus EMS: Simone Dalmasso (JRC)
• CEOS CWIC: Yonsook Enloe & Francis Lindsay (NASA)
• Healthsites: Mark Herriger
• GSNL Supersites: Stefano Salvi

4: GEOSS Platform User & User Needs Stories
Moderator: Ivan De Loatch / Slido: #2May_Session4

• 11:30 Ivan de Loatch for Peter Doucette (USGS Landsat): Open Data for Earth Observations
• 11:45 Stefano Nativi (CNR): GEOSS Impact
• 11:55 Martino Pesaresi (JRC): GHSL - ICRC story
• 12:05 Bart de Lathouwer for David Green (NASA): EO for Disasters
• 12.05 Bis 

5: The role of Regional and National GEOSS
Moderator: Stefano Nativi / Slido: #2May_Session5

• 13:30 AmeriGEOSS: Ivan De Loatch
• 13:40 EuroGEOSS: Michel Schouppe
• 13:50 AOGEOSS/China GEOSS: Li Guoqing
• 14:00 AfriGEOSS: Tendani Lavhengwa

14:10 Panel discussion: Regional Initiatives and the GEOSS Platform

6: Technical discussions: analysis and application ready data
Moderator: Ivan De Loatch / Slido: #2May_Session6

• 14:30 Ian Schuler (Development seed)
• 14:40 Andreia Siqueira (CEOS)
• 14:50 Daniel Lopez (Radiant.Earth)

15:00 Panel discussion

7. Lightning talks: Disasters

• CEOS FedEO Catalogue: Andrea della Vecchia
• Japan DIAS: Asanobu Kitamoto
• UNOOSA UN SPIDER resources: Nina Kickinger
• GHSL - JRC: Martino Pesaresi
• PopGrid - Ciesin: Alex de Sherbinin

8: User-Centred GEOSS: The customized dynamic approach
Moderator: Guido Colangeli / Slido: #2May_Session8

• 16:00 Guido Colangeli: The GEOSS Platform User Centric Approach
• 16:10 Paola De Salvo & Roberto Roncella: Data Providers Brokering Process
• 16:20 Ketil Koop-Jakobsen: GEOSS Mirror & GEOSS VIEW - the Atlantos story
• 16:30 Stephan Dietrich & Eliana Lisanti: Portal function customization for climate: ECVs, GCOS
• 16:40 Questions

9: GEO Data Management Principles & the GEOSS Platform
Moderator: Esa Falkenroth / Slido: #2May_Session9

• 17:00 Alex de Sherbinin (CIESIN), Joan Maso (CREAF)
• 17:20 Questions and discussion

DAY 2 / 3 MAY 2018

1: GEOSS Platform benefits for GEO Flagships and Initiatives
Moderator: Steven Ramage / Slido: #3May_Session1

• 09:00 GOS4M: Sergio Cinnirella
• 09:10 GEO Wetlands: Jonas Eberle
• 09:20 Ecopotential: Paolo Mazzetti
• 09:30 ERA PLANET, GEO Essential: Gregory Giuliani
• 09:40 GEO BON: Christian Langer
• 09:50 GEOGLAM: Xin Zhang
• 10:00 Zandaryaa Sarantuyaa (UNESCO): How EO data is critical to SDGdecision making
• 10:10 Climate Change in the Arctic: Arnold Brower Jr.
• 10:20 GEOSS Hack Announcement: Diana Mastracci

2: The Future of the GEOSS Platform
Moderator: Carsten Dettmann / Slido: #3May_Session2

• 10:40 GEOSS Evolve: Ivan De Loatch

3. Lightning talks: Climate

• Copernicus Atmospheric, CAMS: Xiaobo Yang (ECMWF)
• ESA Climate Change Initiative: Paul Fisher
• Copernicus Land Services: Erwin Goor (VITO)
• DEIMS LTER: Christoph Wohner
• PREP Lauretta Burke

4: GEOSS Platform User and User Needs Stories
Moderator: Steven Ramage / Slido: #3May_Session4

• 11:30 Marie Haldorson (Sweden) & Alvaro Mauricio Monett Hernandez (ECLAC): Using earth observations for statistical SDGs indicators: challenges for National Statistical Offices
• 12:00 Tendani Lavhengwa: AfriGEOSS Earth Observation User Needs Survey
• 12:15 Panel discussion: Importance of EO for SDGs: Marie Haldorson, Tendani Lavhengwa, Adrian Laurenzi

5: Sub-regional GEOSS and other thematic entities
Moderator: Joost Van Bemmelen / Slido: #3May_Session5

• 13:30 Cambodia GEO: Meng Kimhor (National Institute of Statistics)
• 13:40 Himalayan GEOSS: Sudip Pradhan (ICIMOD)
• 13:50 GEOCRADLE: Panagiotis Kosmopoulos (NOA)
• 14:00 Copernicus DIAS: Jolyon Martin (ESA)
• 14.10 Thematic Exploitation Platforms: Alessandro Marin
• 14.20 Questions and Discussions

6: Technical Discussions: User Metrics
Moderator: Mirko Albani / Slido: #3May_Session6

• 14:30 Introduction: Mirko Albani (ESA)
• 14:40 GEOSS Platform User Metrics: Mattia Santoro, Guido Colangeli (CNR)
• 14:50 Data Providers User Metrics Needs: Lionel Menard (Mines/Paristech)
• 15:00 Panel Discussion

7. Lightning talks: Climate / Water

• Unesco Water Information Network System: Youssef Filali-Meknassi
• Copernicus Atmospheric, C3S: Martin Suttie (ECMWF)
• EPOS IP/MED SUV, INGV: Massimo Cocco
• Austria Climate Change Center: Georg Seyerl
• Status of the Volcano Observations EPOS-TCS , INGV, Giuseppe Puglisi

8: Other infrastructures & the GEOSS Platform
Moderator: Paolo Mazzetti / Slido: #3May_Session8

• 16:00 Introduction - Paolo Mazzetti
• 16:10 E-Sensing and Machine Learning Methods for Classification of Dense Satellite Image Time Series: Gilberto Câmara (INPE)
• 16:25 Swiss Data Cube: Gregory Giuliani (UNIGE)
• 16:40 Data4SDGs: Adrian Laurenzi
• 16:55 Radiant Earth: Daniel Lopez
• 17:10 EOSC- Science Cloud: Tiziana Ferrari
• 17:30 Questions and Discussion

DAY 3 / 4 MAY 2018

1: How Commercial sector can benefit the GEOSS Platform in support of Users
Moderator: Steven Ramage / Slido: #4May_Session1

• 9:00 Ian Schuler, Development Seed
• 9:10 Thomas Heege, EOMAP: Success story of an SME working with open data and GEOSS
• 9:20 Pat Cummins, Esri
• 9:30 Lorant Czaran: UNOOSA and their role in advancing open data policy in Commercial Sector,
• 9:40 Iain MacInnes, DigitalGlobe
• 9:50 Questions & discussion

2: How the commercial sector can work with GEO and the GEOSS Platform
Moderator: Steven Ramage / Slido: #4May_Session2

• 10.00 Rene Griesbach, Planet
• 10.10 Sara Antognelli, TeamDev: Data for GIS services
• 10.20 Bruno Sanguinetti, DotPhoton: Reducing transmission & storage costs of raw aerial imaging data with sensor-optimized compression
• 10.30 Rita Malosti, Airbus: Airbus enabling innovation through open data
• 10.40 Lefteris Mamais, Evenflow
• 10.50 Questions

3. Lightning talks: Sustainable Development Goals

• Akiko Noda, JAXA
• Tim Hirsch, GBIF
• Roberto Monsorno, EURAC
• Sudip Pradhan, ICIMOD
• Philippe Maisongrande, Legos Hydroweb

4: GEOSS Platform User & User Needs Stories
Moderator: Chris Atherton / Slido: #4May_Session4

• 11:30 Hermann Asensio (WMO): WMO WIS and GEOSS Platform Interoperability
• 11:40 Mercio Cerbaro (University of Surrey / INPE): EO Users needs research
• 11:50 Alexandra Christin: What kind of data is still needed for International disaster risk ranking?
• 12:00 Chris Atherton (Geant): Gathering your requirements for EO communication networks, role of the GEOSS Platform with partners
• 12.15 Discussion

5: Other Organizations & Initiatives: Benefits for and from the GEOSS Platform
Moderator: Joost Van Bemmelen / Slido: #4May_Session5

• 13:30 Zhang Lianchong, DBAR
• 13:40 Radu Botez, UNOOSA - UN SPIDER
• 13:50 Stephan Dietrich, GTN-H
• 14:00 Yubao Qiu, GEO CRI
• 14:10 Joachim Adrup, ESA: Preliminary interoperability test, Data Cubes and the GEOSS Platform
• 14:20 Discussion

6: GEOSS/HACK 2018 Presentations
Moderator: Diana Mastracci / Slido: #4May_Session6

• GEOSS HACK

7. Lightning talks: Sustainable Development Goals

• Unesco IIWQ: Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa
• Atlantos: Ketil Koop-Jakobsen
• Webservice Energy: Lionel Menard
• Citizen Science, CtiSci: Joan Maso
• Ecological Land Unit: Pat Cummins for Roger Sayre

8: Wrap up: GEOSS Platform Vision
Moderator: Steven Ramage / Slido: #4May_Session8

• 16:00 Gilberto Câmara (INPE)

9. Closing session / 4th GEO Data Providers Workshop Planning

• Moderator: Joost Van Bemmelen, Paola De Salvo