WGCapD-7

1

9:00 – 9:30

Welcome, Opening Remarks and General Overview of INPE´ structure and activities

Maria Virginia Alves – INPE Chief of Staff

2

9:30 – 10:00

Earth Observation Coordination – Overview

Lubia Vinhas, Head of Image Processing Division – DPI

3

10:00 – 10:20

VLab activities at CPTEC (Center for Weather Forecast and Climate Studies)  [ Presentation ]

Natalia Rudorff, Researcher, CPTEC

4

10:20 – 10:30

GEONetCast [ Presentation ]

Diego Souza, Technologist CPTEC

5

11:00 – 11:20

Round of Introductions & Meeting Strategy & Adoption of the Agenda

Senthil Kumar (ISRO)

Nancy Searby (NASA) & ALL

6

11:10 – 11:40

CEOS big picture, perspectives and SIT Meeting 

[ Presentation ]

Steven Hosford (CEOS CEO, ESA)

7

11:40 – 11:55

COVE Tool [ Presentation ]

Kim Holloway (CEOS SEO, NASA)

CB-24

8

11:55– 12:10

Data Cube [ Presentation ]

Kim Holloway (on behalf of Brian Killough) (CEOS SEO, NASA)

CB-25

9

12:10 – 12:25

Brainstorming – Central Repository for CB resources?

Lúbia Vinhas (INPE), Moderator

CB-21

10

13:30 – 14:00

Discussions & Questions & Answers – Technology, Tools & Methods

11

14:00 – 15:00

1. ESA – Francesco Sarti & Chris Stewart [ Presentation ]
2. GODAN – Suchith Anand [ Presentation ]
3. CRECTEALC – Sergio Camacho [ Presentation ]
4. DLR – Dieter Hausamann [ Presentation ]
5. ISRO – Senthil Kumar [ Presentation ]
6. NASA – Nancy Searby [ Presentation ]
7. CNES – Linda Tomasini [ Presentation ]
8. USGS – Eric Wood [ Presentation ]
9. GEO Capacity Building Coordination – Mark Noort (15 minutes)[Presentation ]

12

15:00 – 15:15

EO College & SAR-EDU [ Presentation ]

Robert Eckardt (University of Jena)

13

15:15 – 15:30

ESA SAR MOOC [ Presentation ]

Robert Eckardt (University of Jena)

Francesco Sarti (ESA)

14

15:30 – 15:45

NASA-ISRO SAR Initiative (NISAR) 

[ Presentation ]

Paul Rosen (NASA-JPL)

15

16:15 – 16:30

 “A Capacity Building Center for the Use of SAR in Decision Making” – AmeriGEOSS focus 

[ Presentation ]

Franz Meyer (University of Alaska – Fairbanks)

16

16:30 – 17:00

Discussions & Questions & Answers

17

17:00 – 17:30

Group Discussion and Reflection: Technology, Tools & Methods

18

17:30 – 17:45

Coordinating Training Activities & Next Steps & Calendar 2018-2020

19:00 – Hosted Barbecue Dinner @ Restaurant Ema Palace Hotel

19

9:00 – 9:15

Provide CB support to regional GEO initiatives: AOGEOSS

Wenbo Chu – GEO Secretariat [ Presentation ]

CB-23

20

9:15 – 9:30

Provide CB support to regional GEO initiatives: AfriGEOSS

Daniel Matsapola (SANSA) [ Presentation ]

CB-23

21

9:30 – 9:45

Provide CB support to regional GEO initiatives: AmeriGEOSS

Eric Madsen (NOAA) [ Presentation ]

CB-23

22

9:45 – 10:00

Discussions & Questions & Answers

23

10:00 – 10:15

SDGs

Eric Wood (USGS) [ Presentation ]

CB-19

24

10:15 – 10:30

Discussions & Questions & Answers

25

11:00 – 11:15

Disasters

“Recovery Observatory” in Haiti &

CEOS WGDisasters

Hélène de Boissezon (CNES) & David Green (NASA)

[ Presentation ]

26

11:15 – 11:30

Forests: Amazon Regional Center (CRA) & Capacity Building Initiatives in Tropical Forests Monitoring

Alessandra Gomes (INPE) [ Presentation ]

27

11:30 – 11:45

GFOI´s SilvaCarbon Capacity Building Best Practices

Sylvia Wilson (USGS) 

[ Presentation | GFOI Capacity Building Principles ]

28

11:45 – 12:00

Land Cover Land Use Change (LCLUC) training initiatives

Nancy Searby (NASA) [ Presentation ]

29

12:00 – 12:30

Discussions & Questions & Answers

30

14:00 – 15:00

Agencies highlights & Virtual Presentations – 5 minutes each agency related to Capacity Building Activities – Regional Initiatives, SDGs & Thematic Areas

1. UNOOSA – Lorant Czaran [ Presentation ]
2. ESA – G. Campbell & S. Coulson [ Presentation ]
3. UKSA – Sophie Hebden [ Presentation ]
4. GODAN – Suchith Anand [ Presentation ]
5. DLR – Michael Bock [ Presentation ]
6. ISRO – Senthil Kumar [ Presentation ]
7. NASA – Nancy Searby [ Presentation ]
8. CSA – Guy Aubé [ Presentation ]
9. CRECTEALC – Sergio Camacho [ Presentation ]

31

15:00 – 15:15

Agriculture: AmeriGEOSS, NASA Grant, EOFSAC, GEOGLAM, and any other relevant activities 

[ Presentation ]

Alyssa Whitcraft (University of Maryland) [ Presentation ]

CB-26

32

15:15 – 15:30

Discussions about Water & Water Cycle

ALL

33

15:30 – 16:15

Discussions & Questions & Answers

34

16:30 – 17:00

Group Discussion and Reflection: Regional, Thematic Areas and Strategies

35

17:00 – 17h40

Coordinating Training Activities & Next Steps & Calendar 2018-2020

Monitoring & Evaluation – reflect back: how do we get feedback on effectiveness/measures of training impact? How do we address Regions and Languages

19:00 – No-host dinner @ Armazem Pizzaria

8:30

Departure from Ema Palace Hotel

9:30-10:00

Arrival at Portal do Equilibrium

10:00-11:00

Explore the place and trail – track to the caves

11:00 – 12:00

Refresh & Planning Side Discussions

13:30 – 13:45

Terms of Reference update approval

ALL

13:45-14:15

GEO – Current and Future Perspectives

14:15– 14:45

Provide CB support to regional GEO initiatives – Planning

14:45 – 15:20

Way forward – Best Practices Document

15:20 – 15:30

Participation in CEOS main meetings

15:30 – 16:00

WGCapD Activities and Strategic Planning and Calendar of events

16:00 – 16:10

Actions

16:10– 16:20

Wrap-up

16:30

Departure to São José dos Campos

18:00

Arrival – Ema Palace Hotel