Event Dates: March 18th - 20th, 2015
The 4th Meeting of the CEOS Working Group on Capacity Building & Data Democracy
Hosted by: the South African National Space Agency (SANSA)
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Meeting Logistics
Agenda
Wednesday March 18th, 2015
Opening, Summary of Activities & WGCapD Projects, Day 1
| Item |
Time |
Description |
| Welcome and Opening Session |
| 0 |
08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
| 1 |
09:00-09:10 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks (Dr. Sandile Malinga, CEO SANSA) |
| 2 |
09:10-09:20 |
Round of Introductions (All) |
| 3 |
09:20-09:35 |
Meeting Strategy: Adoption of the Agenda (Chair/Vice-Chair) |
| 4 |
09:35-10:15 |
CEOS 2015-2017 Work Plan (Chair/Vice-Chair) |
| Status of Main Projects |
| 5 |
10:15-10:45 |
SRTM-2/DEM Release and Workshops(Pat O’Brien, NOAA & Phila Sibandze, SANSA) |
|
10:45-11:00 |
Break |
| 6 |
11:00-12:00 |
Distance Education Course: Disaster Risk Management Webinars and Online Hands-on Course(Hilcea Ferreira, INPE and SP Aggarwal, ISRO) |
| 7 |
12:00-12:30 |
WGCapD Support of VCs and WGs (Eric Wood, USGS) |
| 8 |
12:30-13:00 |
Strategy for K-12 EO Education(Dieter Hausamann, DLR and Nale Mudau, SANSA) |
|
13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
| Connections with GEO |
| 9 |
14:30-15:00 |
GEO Ministerial Plenary and related topics (Brent Smith, NOAA) |
| 10 |
15:00-16:00 |
Capacity Building Connections – CEOS and GEO(Andiswa Mlisa, GEO Secretariat) |
|
16:00-16:15 |
Break |
| 11 |
16:15-17:00 |
WGCapD Role in AfriGEOSS and AmeriGEOSS(Andiswa Mlisa, GEO Secretariat) |
| 12 |
17:00-18:00 |
Collaboration with GEO on the GEOCAB Portal(Jean-Christophe Desconnets, EOPOWER, Nancy Searby, NASA, and Hilcea Ferreira, INPE) |
|
18:00 |
Adjourn |
|
18:30 |
Ice-breaker/Dinner Hosted by SANSA |
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
Individual Organization Presentations & Strategic Planning, Day 2
| Discussion on Way Forward |
| 13 |
08:00-08:15 |
Announcements and Review of the Previous Day (Chair/Vice-Chair) |
| 14 |
08:15-10:30 |
WGCapD Capacity Building – Strategic Planning |
|
10:30-10:45 |
Break & Group Photo |
| 15 |
10:45-12:00 |
WGCapD Capacity Building – Strategic Planning (continued) |
|
12:00-14:30 |
Lunch & Site Visit at HBK |
| Members Capacity Building Activities |
| 16 |
14:30-15:30 |
SANSA Earth Observation Overview
- Data Systems Management
- Data, Products, & Services
- Research and Applications Development
- Science Advancement & Capacity Building Activities
|
| 17 |
15:30-15:50 |
Capacity Building Activities at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen(Dieter Hausamann, DLR) |
| 18 |
15:50-16:20 |
Capacity Building Activities at UNOOSA(Lorant Czaran, UNOOSA) |
| 19 |
16:20-16:40 |
Capacity Building Activities at NASA (Nancy Searby, NASA) |
| 20 |
16:40-17:00 |
Capacity Building Activities at ISRO (SP Aggarwal, ISRO/IIRS) |
| 21 |
17:00-17:20 |
Capacity Building Activities at INPE (Laércio Namikawa) |
| 22 |
17:20-17:45 |
Capacity Building Activities in Earth Observation at ESA (Francesco Sarti, ESA) |
|
18:00 |
Adjourn |
Friday, March 20th, 2015
Mapping out Future Activities & Wrap-up, Day 3
| Members Capacity Building Activities (continued) |
| 23 |
08:00-08:30 |
Announcements and Review of the Previous Day (Chair/Vice-Chair) |
| 24 |
08:30-09:00 |
Update on Tandem-X (Dieter Hausamann, DLR) |
| Discussion of Strategic Direction of the WG |
| 25 |
09:00-10:30 |
WGCapD Capacity Building – Strategic Planning (continued) |
|
10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 26 |
10:45-12:00 |
Review Final Drafts of our Strategy Documents |
| Business Decisions for WGCapD |
| 27 |
12:00-13:00 |
Wrap-up and Closure (Chair/Vice-Chair)
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Next WGCapD Vice-Chair (2016-2017) & Other Issues
- Date & Place of 5th WGCapD Annual Meeting
|
|
13:00 |
Adjourn |