WGDisasters-19
Córdoba, Argentina – CONAE Ground Station Facility –
Agenda
Minutes of Meeting (MoM)
The 19th Meeting of the CEOS Working Group on Disasters
Meeting on Meeting : 18, 19, 20 April from 9:00 – 18:00 – (site visit 21 April)
Day 1 – Tuesday, April 18th 2023
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8.00 : Shuttle bus departs from NH Panorama Hotel
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 Time  | 
Agenda Topic | 
 Presenter  | 
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 9:00  | 
 Attendance / Adoption of Agenda  | 
 Andrew Eddy, Athena Global  | 
| 09:35 | 
 Welcoming remarks  | 
 TBD, CONAE  | 
| 09:45 | 
 Introductory Remarks from WG Chair and Vice Chair  | 
 Helene de Boissezon, CNES Laura Frulla, CONAE  | 
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 10:00  | 
 Telecon #32 MoM; Open Actions Review Discussion on CEOS WG Disasters website and outreach/awareness activities  | 
 Andrew Eddy, Athena Global  | 
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 10:30  | 
 Joint coffee with WGISS  | 
 
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| 10:45 | 
 CEOS Work Plan and Cross-cutting issues: 
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 Marie-Claire Greening, CEOS George Dyke, Symbios  | 
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 11:20  | 
 Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Updates 
 Discussion on linkages and synergies among WGDisasters / GEO Work Programme activities and DRR WG – input to the EW4ALL, as possible Incubators  | 
 Rui Kotani, GEO SEC Dave Borges, NASA, GEO DRR WG Chair 
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| 12:00 | 
 Lunch Break – CONAE cafeteria  | 
 
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 13:30  | 
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 Joshua Johnston, NRCan Mark de Jong, NRCan Peter Moore, FAO Denis Dufour, CSA  | 
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 14:30  | 
 WG Climate and WG Disasters Collaboration 
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 Jeff Privette, Chair Joint CEOS / CGMS Working Group on Climate Hélène de Boissezon, Chair WG Disasters  | 
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 15:15  | 
 Fréderic Bretard, CNES  | 
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| 15:30 | 
 Joint coffee with WGISS  | 
 
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 16:00  | 
 Data Coordination Team (DCT) Report Pilot / Demo / GEO Quota Status; 
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 Laura Frulla, CONAE  | 
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 16:30  | 
 International Charter / WGDisasters 
  | 
 Dave Hodgson, UKSA  | 
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 16:45  | 
 End WGDisasters-17 Day 1  | 
 
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 17:00  | 
 Joint WGs Ice breaker hosted by CONAE at Space Center  | 
 
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Shuttle departs for NH Panorama – Evening free
Day 2 – Wednesday, April 19th 2023
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| 
 Time  | 
Agenda Topic | 
 Presenter  | 
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 9:00  | 
 Attendance / Coffee  | 
 All  | 
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 9am to 12pm – Special joint session with WGISS (see below or link)  | 
 
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 12:00  | 
 Lunch Break – CONAE cafeteria  | 
 
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 13:00  | 
 Join WGs Photo  | 
 
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 13:10  | 
 Recovery Observatory Demonstrator 
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 Rashmin Gunasekera, WB/GFDRR Dominique Blariaux, EU/Particip Linda Tomasini, CNES Emilie Bronner, CNES Aurélien Sacotte, CNES Stefano Salvi, INGV Andrew Eddy, Athena Global Philippe Bally, ESA  | 
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 14:40  | 
 Geohazard Supersites and Natural Laboratories (GSNL) 
 Activities / Deliverables Updates  | 
 Stefano Salvi, INGV  | 
| 15:30 | 
 Joint coffee with WGISS  | 
 
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 15:45  | 
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 Mike Poland, USGS  | 
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 16:45  | 
 End WGDisasters-17 Day 2  | 
 
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17:00 – Shuttle to NH Panorama – Joint WGs dinner TBC
Day 3 – Thursday, April 20th 2023
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| 
 Time  | 
Agenda Topic | 
 Presenter  | 
| 
 9:00  | 
 Attendance / Coffee  | 
 All  | 
| 09:05 | 
 WG Collaboration (joint actions); Discussion  | 
 Jorge de la Rio Vera, UNOOSA, WGCapD Chair  | 
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 09:35  | 
 Landslide Demonstrator / ChinaCEOS 
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 Pukar Amatya, NASA Jean- Philippe Malet, UNISTRA Corey Froese, BGC Engineering Clément Michoud, Terranum Weiyuan Yao, CAS  | 
| 
 10:30  | 
 Joint coffee break with WGISS  | 
 
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| 10:45
 
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 Marcelo Uriburu Quirno, CONAE Mitch Goldberg, NOAA Guy Schumann, RSS Hydro Maggi Glasscoe, NASA  | 
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 11:30  | 
 New ideas for pilots or new activities 
 Debrief on GEO-DARMA Close-out (AG)  | 
 Andrew Eddy, Athena Global Philippe Bally, ESA Dave Hodgson, UKSA  | 
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 12:00  | 
 Lunch break – CONAE cafeteria  | 
 
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| 13:00
 
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 WGD Thematic Demonstrator Sustainability Discussion and Draft Sustainability Report  | 
 Demonstrator Sustainability Sub-Team Hélène de Boissezon Laura Frulla Andrew Eddy  | 
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 14:00  | 
 WGDisasters Future Meetings Planning and leadership 
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 Andrew Eddy, Athena Global  | 
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 14:15  | 
 Conclusions / AOB  | 
 Helene de Boissezon, CNES Laura Frulla, CONAE  | 
| 14:30 | 
 Visit of CONAE Space Center  | 
 CONAE  | 
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 17:00  | 
 End WGDisasters-19 Meeting  | 
 
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17:00 (or earlier in coordination with WGISS) Shuttle to NH Panorama Hotel
FIELD TRIP (Friday, April 21st, half day)
Bus to leave from NH Panorama Hotel at 8 am and return to NH Panorama Hotel at midday (times TBC)
Additional Information
WGISS joint Session
Day 2 – Wednesday, April 19, 2023
08:00 Shuttle to CONAE, gather at NH Panorama Hotel
- WebEx: https://ceos.my.webex.com/ceos.my/j.php?MTID=me51888acb11efd74d5124c8a22d0a271 password will be sent to registered participants.
 
Or
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 - Passcode: 146262
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09:00 Convene at CONAE Room TBD
WGISS-WGDisasters Joint Symposium
| 09:00 | Introduction of joint session and round table introductions (including remote) | Hélène de Boissezon (CNES) | 
| 09 :10 | Introduction to CONAE | Laura Frulla (CONAE) | 
| 09:25 | Overview of WGISS Activities | Makoto Natsuisaka (JAXA) | 
| 09:40 | Overview of WGDisasters Activities | Hélène de Boissezon (CNES) | 
| 09:55 | Presentation of WGISS AI/ML White Paper | Yousuke Ikehata (JAXA) | 
| 10:10 | Presentation of WG Disasters Planned Use Case on ML and the Wildfire Sector |  Joshua Johnston (NRCan),  David Borges (NASA)  | 
10:20 Group Photo with remote participants
10:20 Break
| 10:35 | General Discussion Around Use of ML for EO Analysis and Suggestions for Possible Joint Activity | All | 
| 11:00 | Service Discovery Best Practice Activity | (TBD) | 
| 11:15 | Use of EAIL in Flood Pilot and Other Possible Synergies | Marcelo Uriburu (CONAE) | 
| 11:25 | General Discussion and Joint Session Wrap-up | All | 
| 11:35 | Agency Presentations (3 to 5 minutes each) | Interested agencies | 
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Group Photo @TBD (both Working Groups)