2015 SIT Technical Workshop | CEOS | Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

Event Dates: September 17th - 18th, 2015

The 2015 CEOS Strategic Implementation Team (SIT) Technical Workshop

Hosted by: The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Note: This Workshop is preceded by a Virtual Constellation/Working Group (VC/WG) Day to be held the day prior (16th September) at the same location.

Agenda Word | PDF (v1.0)
Minutes and Actions
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Presentation Template (with presenter guidance)
Participants | Photo

Objectives

The SIT Technical Workshop is intended to review CEOS progress against the current Three-Year Work Plan, to prepare topics for CEOS 2015 Plenary, and consolidate CEOS contributions and reporting to major 2015 events and their key stakeholders.

Specific objectives of the 2015 SIT Technical Workshop, structured around Expected Outcomes for 2015-2017 from the CEOS Three-Year Work Plan (in particular those due in 2015) and actions from SIT-30 and the 28^th CEOS Plenary, include:

Advance the CEOS Virtual Constellations (VCs) and Working Groups (WGs)
1. Consult with VCs and WGs, including via a dedicated day prior to the Workshop, and identify areas for coordination and cooperation within and between the groups.
2. Identify key issues for the VCs and WGs that require coordination prior to discussion and decision as an input to CEOS Plenary.
3. Pre-Plenary coordination in relation to CEOS land imaging constellation (i.e. LSI-VC).
Review progress and status across key thematic areas of the Expected Outcomes, in particular items due for decision or action at Plenary:
1. Climate Monitoring, Research, and Services (incl. WGClimate)
2. Carbon Observations, Including Forested Regions (incl. GFOI and SDCG, Carbon Strategy)
3. Observations for Agriculture (incl. GEOGLAM)
4. Observations for Disasters (incl. WGDisasters)
5. Observations for Water
6. Capacity Building, Data Access, Availability and Quality (incl. WGCapD, WGISS, and WGCalVal)
Support to Other Key Stakeholder Initiatives and Outreach to Key Stakeholders.
1. GEO Ministerial (10^th November, Mexico City, Mexico)
2. GEO-XII Plenary (11^th-12^th November, Mexico City, Mexico).
3. Reporting to COP-21 (30^th November -11^th December, Paris, France).
4. UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) process
Discussion of any CEOS organizational issues that require coordination prior to CEOS Plenary.
Identification of main discussion points and anticipated outcomes of the 29^th CEOS Plenary (e.g. preview of prospective Kyoto Statement).

Agenda

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 — VC/WG Working Day

08:30-08:45	Opening, SIT Chair Introduction	SIT Chair
08:45-09:00	CGMS Coordination with CEOS Virtual Constellations for Ocean [presentation]	Mikael Rattenborg
09:00-09:30	Recent Relevant Missions: Objectives, Early Results, Relationship with VC Roadmap SST-VC OSVW-VC OCR-VC P-VC [presentation PDF][presentation PPT][video] AC-VC [presentation]	VCs – 3-5 min each
09:30-10:00	Mechanism for Collaboration Between VCs and WGs. Training Strategy, etc. [presentation]	Open discussion led by Eric Wood and Steven Neeck
10:00-10:30	Coffee Break – Poster Session
10:30-11:30	WGDisasters, VCs, and Hydrometeorological Hazards [presentation]	Open discussion led by Ivan Petiteville and Juliette Lambin
11:30-12:30	Integrated Products (e.g. Ocean Surface Data) [presentation] [poster]	Open discussion led by Julia Figa and Hans Bonekamp
12:30-12:40	Overview of Blue Planet [presentation]	Paul DiGiacomo and Kerry Sawyer
12:40-14:00	Lunch – Poster Session
14:10-15:10	CEOS Strategy for Carbon Observation: VC and WG Contributions [presentation]	Open discussion led by Stephen Briggs and Paul DiGiacomo
15:10-15:30	Wrap-up	Jean-Louis Fellous
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break – Poster Session
16:00	End of VC/WG Day

Water Session (VCs & WGs Invited)

16:00	Water Session Opening
16:00-18:00	Water Session: Checking CEOS Consolidated Response	Interim WSIST Chair and CEO/DCEO
18:00	End of Water Session

Thursday, September 17th, 2015 — Day 1

Location: EUMETSAT Main Building – Council Room

Item	Description	Time
Registration, Virtual Participant Connection, and Welcome Coffee		08:30 – 09:00
Session 1: Welcome and Essential Business
1	information– 20 minutes Welcome Message (A Ratier) Welcome and Opening Remarks by the SIT Chair (P Ultré-Guérard) – Tour de Table self-introductions – Logistics information [presentation] – Workshop Expected outcomes and introduction of agenda	09:00 – 09:20
2	information– 10 minutes Review of Key Actions from 28^th Plenary and SIT-30 (G Dyke) [presentation] [table]	09:20 – 09:30
3	information – 15 minutes 29^th CEOS Plenary Priorities (CEOS Chair) [presentation] – Guidance for Plenary priorities – Draft meeting outcomes and objectives	09:30 – 09:45

Session 2: CEOS Virtual Constellations and Working Groups (VCs and WGs)
4	information – 10 minutes Synthesis Session Introduction (J-L Fellous) [presentation] – Session objectives – Review of agenda	09:45 – 09:55
5	information / discussion/Decision – 50 minutes Synthesis Session: Report from the VC/WG day (Co-leads, VC/WG day) – Outcomes and main discussion points – Training Activities [presentation] – Disasters [presentation] – Integrated Ocean Products [presentation] – [SIT 30-12], [SIT 30-13]	09:55 – 10:45
Group Photo and Break (atrium)		10:45 – 11:15
Session 2: CEOS Virtual Constellations and Working Groups (VCs and WGs) (Continued)
5+	information / discussion / decision – 1 hour Synthesis Session: Report from the VC/WG day (Co-leads, VC/WG day) (Continued) – Outcomes and main discussion points – TBA from VC/WG day agenda – [SIT 30-12], [SIT 30-13]	11:15 – 12:15
6	information / discussion / decision – 20 minutes Coordination of CEOS Land Surface Imaging Activities (T Cecere) [presentation] – LSI Implementation Plan – [Plenary action 28-04] – ToR \| Draft IP	12:15 – 12:35
*Lunch/buffet (specific area near the Council room – hosted by EUMETSAT)*		12:35 – 13:35
Session 2: CEOS Virtual Constellations and Working Groups (VCs and WGs) (Continued)
7	information / discussion – 1 hour 35 minutes WG Issues and Topics for Plenary Preparation (15 minutes/WG + 20 minutes total discussion) – WGISS (R Moreno) [presentation] – WGCV (A von Bargen) [presentation] – WGCapD (E Wood) [presentation] – WGClimate [SIT 30-2] (P Lecomte) [presentation] – WGDisasters (I Petiteville) [presentation] [RO triggering process] [vanuatu lessons learned]	13:35 – 15:10
*Break (near the Council room)* *– SIT Chair and CEO Team Day 1 Action Review Discussion*		15:10 – 15:25
8	information / discussion – 15 minutes VCs and WGs Session Wrap-up (JL Fellous) [presentation] – Actions agreed – Next steps	15:25 – 15:40
Session 3: CEOS Three-Year Work Plan Thematic Areas (Non-WG/VC)
9	information / discussion – 20 minutes Update on CEOS Support to GFOI (S Briggs/ S Ward) [presentation] – CEOS Space Data Strategy for GFOI [SIT 30-16], [SIT 30-17] – Baseline, Data Services, R&D Support – Pilot Space Data Services for GFOI – CEOS leadership – Updated SDCG 3-Year Work Plan \| 2014 Implementation Report	15:40 – 16:00
10	information / discussion – 20 minutes Carbon Strategy Implementation (S Briggs) [presentation] – Action Status – [Plenary action 28-06]	16:00 – 16:20
11	information / discussion – 20 minutes Water Strategy Implementation Study Team (WSIST) Report [SIT 30-18] (C Ishida) [presentation] [constellation proposal] [response document]	16:20 – 16:40
12	information / discussion / decision – 20 minutes Close of Day 1 (SIT Chair) – Concluding remarks – Key actions – Logistics	16:40 – 17:00
Adjourn		17:00

From 17:30 (main entrance of EUMETSAT) to 21:30 by bus and boat: Vineyard, for wine tasting and dinner – hosted by Eumetsat. For more information about the Louis Guntrum vineyard please visit the website.

Friday, September 18th, 2015 — Day 2