Workshop agenda and presentations

 

• Final agenda

 

DAY 1: 23 April 2019

1: Setting the scene (part 1)
Moderator: Shirish Ravan, UNOOSA

• Shirish Ravan - UNOOSA, Official Opening
• Gilberto Camara - GEO Secretariat, Results-oriented GEO and GEOSS Vision
• Brian Killough - NASA, CEOS Open Data Cube: lessons learned and way forward

2: Setting the scene (part 2)
Moderator: Steven Ramage, GEO Secretariat

• Joost van Bemmelen - ESA, GEOSS Platform: State of the art and perspectives
• Nina Kickinger - UNOOSA, Space4Water Portal
• Lorant Czaran - UNFPA, GRID3 Project
• Guo Huadong - China, Digital Earth

3: Data and Information Needs and Challenges for GEO Engagement Priorities
Moderator: Steven Ramage, GEO Secretariat

• Adam Fysh - UNISDR, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: UNISDR Global Risk Assessment Framework
• Robert Chen - SDSN TreNDs/CIESIN, United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: New technologies for the Sustainable Development Goals
• Jean Ometto - INPE Brazil, Paris Climate Agreement: Earth observations for improving greenhouse gas reporting

4: Data and Information Needs and Challenges for GEO Work Programme Activities
Moderator: Craig Larlee, GEO Secretariat

• Letitia Navarro - iDiv, Biodiversity: GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEOBON)
• Antje Hecheltjen & Fabian Loew - GIZ, Land Degradation: GEO Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative (GEO LDN)
• Julia Wagemann - ECMWF, Streamflow Forecasting: GEO Global Water Sustainability Initiative (GEOGLOWS)
• Sergio Cinniriella for Nicola Pirrone - CNR, Mercury: GEO Global Observation System for Mercury (GOS4M)
• Steven Greb - University of Wisconsin–Madison, Water Quality: AQUAWATCH

DAY 2: 24 April 2019

5: In situ Earth observations
Moderator: Douglas Cripe,, GEO Secretariat

• Mikko Strahlendorff - Finnish Meteorological Institute, Improvements on Data Providers metadata for search engines
• Bartolomeo Ventura - Eurac Research, In-situ data workflow using OGC Sensor Web Enablement (SWE)
• Andrew Tyler and Peter Hunter - University of Stirling, Water Quality In Situ Database
• Rik van der Bosch - ISRIC, SOC (Soil Organic Carbon) data

6: Satellite-based Earth observations
Moderator: Rob Woodcock, CSIRO

• Brian Killough - NASA, CEOS Infrastructure and Services for EO Data Provision
• Andreia Siqueira - Geoscience Australia, Land Surface Imaging: CEOS Analysis Ready Data
• Daniel Quintart, EC Copernicus, Perspectives of the Copernicus Programme
• Günther Landgraf - ESA, User-centric Collaboration Environments and Future Data Architectures
• Grega Milcinski - Sinergise, Production of Analysis Ready Data

7: Cloud computing for Big Earth observation data
Moderator: Douglas Cripe,, GEO Secretariat

• Wolfgang Wagner - Vienna University of Technology, Earth Observation Data Centre
• Julia Wagemann - ECMWF, ECMWF Climate Data Store: lessons learned and way forward/Users Requirements Survey
• Matthias Mohr - University of Münster, Spatio Temporal Assets Catalogs, STAC
• Edzer Pebesma - University of Münster, Challenges in interoperability and harmonization in Cloud Computing for Earth observation
• Aimee Barciauskas - Development Seed, Earth Science on the Cloud

8: GEOSS-related technologies
Moderator: Gilberto Camara, GEO Secretariat

• Gilberto Ribeiro - INPE; Rik Baeyens & Paola De Salvo - GEO Secretariat, Pilot # 1: Knowledge Hub
• Ivan De Loatch & Stefano Nativi - GEOSS Evolve, Pilot #2: GEOSS Evolution
• Pedro Gonçalves - TerraDue, Pilot #3: ESA Thematic Exploitation Platform (TEP) GEO Hazards
• Karine Ferreira - INPE Brazil, Pilot #4: Machine learning using Amazon Web Services (AWS)

DAY 3: 25 April 2019

9: Special Session on Copernicus DIAS
Moderator: Daniel Quintart, European Commission

• Guido Vingione and Mario D’Alessio - Serco, OndaDIAS
• Wendy Carrara - Capgemini, Sobloo
• Alex Cesarz - CREODIAS & Maciej Krzyzanowski - CLOUDFERRO, CREODIAS
• Gerhard Triebnig - EOX IT Services & Jean Baptiste Lavedrine - ATOS, Mundi
• Laia Romero - Mercator Océan & Michael Schick - Eumetsat, Wekeo

10: Innovative approaches and societal impact
Moderator: Steven Ramage, GEO Secretariat

• Jed Sundwall - AWS, AWS: lessons learned and way forward
• Trent Kershaw - Geoscience Australia, Digital Earth Africa
• Steve Kopp - ESRI, ESRI cloud technologies for big Earth observation data analytics
• Mamoru Miyamoto, Japan DIAS
• Chris Atherton - GÉANT & Andres Steijaert - SURFnet, National Research & Education Networks: Infrastructure support for global cloud computing

11: Innovation from Small Medium and Micro Enterprises
Moderator: Steven Ramage, GEO Secretariat

• Emmanuel Pajot - EARSC, European Earth observation online services (eoMALL)
• Betty Charalampopoulou, Geosystems Hellas
• Tesfaye Korme - GeoSAS Consulting, EO in Africa: the view from Ethiopia
• Steven Adusah - Farmerline, EO in Africa: the view from Ghana
• Jens Hiestermann - GTI, EO in Africa: the view from South Africa

12: Data Ethics and Governance
Moderator: Douglas Cripe, GEO Secretariat

• Foteini Zampati - GODAN
• Tom Orrell - DataReady / GPSDD
• Kevin Pomfret - UN-GGIM Legal and Policy Framework Committee
• Jean Dusart - European Commission
• Robert Chen - SDSN TreNDs / CIESIN