UTC

Tuesday 8th

Wednesday 9th

UTC

Thursday 10th

1030 – 1125

1.1: Opening TW Session

Introduction

Objectives

Agenda and Format Overview

2.1: Sustainable Development Goals

1030 – 1040

3.1 Working Teams Session Scene Setter

1125 – 1220

1.2: CEOS Chair Session

1040 – 1200

3.2: Working Groups Showcase

1200 – 1220

3.3: Virtual Constellations Showcase

1220 – 1240

Break

1240 – 1335

1.3: COVID and EO from Space

2.2: Analysis Ready Data: Beyond Land

1240 – 1430

3.4: Virtual Constellations Showcase (cont)

1335 – 1430

1.4: CEOS-COAST

UTC

Tuesday 15th

UTC

Wednesday 16th

Thursday 17th

1015 -1245

4.1 Carbon and Biomass (External)

0615-0845 US East

1215-1445 Europe

2015-2145 Oz East

1030 – 1125

5.1: GEO Session

6.1: CEO Continuity

1125 – 1220

6.2: SIT TW 2020 Final Review

Wrap Ups from Session Leads

Discussion

Actions to Plenary

UTC 1245-1300: Break

1220 – 1240

Break

1300 -1430

4.2: Carbon and Biomass (Internal)

0900-1030 US East

1500-1630 Europe

2200-2330 Oz East

1240 – 1335

5.2: Analysis Ready Data: CEOS Strategy, and Industry Engagement

6.2: SIT TW 2020 Final Review

(Continued)

Wrap Ups from Session Leads

Discussion

Actions to Plenary

1335 – 1430

US East

UTC

Europe

India

Australia East

0630 – 1030

1030 – 1430

1230 – 1630

1600 – 2000

2030 – 0030

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chairs

1.1: Technical Workshop Opening Session

[55 minutes: UTC 1030 – 1125, slides]

G. Dyke/SIT Chair Team

A. Held/CSIRO/SIT Co-Chair, A. Lewis/GA/SIT Co-Chair

Plenary outcomes to support:

1. • • Frames the role and expectations of the Technical Workshop as the key forum for preparation for CEOS Plenary.

Objectives for proposed TW session:

1. • • Frame the overall discussion
     • Identify Plenary outcomes targeted
     • Outline the agenda
     • Reminder of SIT Chair priorities, progress, activities
     • Reminder of the CEOS Work Plan status and related workshop outcomes

Agenda:

1. Opening Presentation (A. Lewis, A. Held) [25 minutes]

1. • • Welcome and introductions
     • Technical Workshop and objectives: Mapping to Plenary outcomes
     • Overview of workshop agenda
     • SIT Chair priorities: Progress, activities
     • Reminder of open actions (SIT, Plenary)

1. CEOS Work Plan (K. Sawyer/CEO) [10 minutes] [slides]

1. • • Status and related workshop outcomes
     • Deliverable tracking tool and process for updates

1. SEO Report (B. Killough/SEO) [10 minutes] [slides]
2. Opening Comments/Questions (All) [10 minutes]

Number: Title

[duration: UTC time]

Session Prep Lead

Session Chair

1.2: CEOS Chair Session

[55 minutes: UTC 1125 – 1220]

CEOS Chair Team

CEOS Chair

Plenary outcomes to support:

1. • • Framing of overall Plenary objectives and agenda
       • DRAFT Plenary objectives
     • Progressing the 2020 CEOS Chair Initiatives

Objectives for proposed TW session:

1. • • Review the status of the CEOS Chair priority topics for 2020
     • Update on plans for CEOS Chair 2022
     • Addressing other Plenary and CEOS Chair topics not addressed in other Workshop sessions

Agenda:

1. Review of CEOS Chair Priority Topics for 2020 [slides]

1. • • Achievements, outputs, impacts, plans for continuity [20 minutes, presenter R. Kumar/CEOS Chair Team]

1. Plenary Agenda and Outcomes [10 minutes] 
2. CEOS Chair 2022 [10 minutes]
3. Discussion and Questions [10-15 minutes]

Number: Title

[duration: UTC time]

Session Prep Lead

Session Chair

1.3: COVID and Earth Observation from Space

[55 minutes: UTC 1240 – 1335]

A. Koch/COM, I. Petiteville/ESA, O. Ochiai/JAXA

M. Facchini/COM

Plenary outcomes to support:

Currently no related CEOS Plenary outcome. May seed a Plenary discussion.

Objectives for proposed TW session:

1. • • Hear from CEOS Agencies with COVID-related activities
     • See real use-cases on how data has been used for policy / decision-making
     • Initial views on the current and potential role of the CEOS coordination framework in enabling and supporting response and recovery
     • Identify any topics that would merit Plenary discussion

Agenda:

1. Updates from CEOS Agencies on COVID-related activities [5 minutes each]

1. • • [CEOS Agency websites related to COVID]
     • RACE Dashboard – ESA [S. Cheli/ESA] [slides]
     • NASA-ESA-JAXA Dashboard – [M. Falkowski/NASA, S. Sobue/JAXA] [slides]
     • Copernicus activities – COM [A. Koch] [slides]
     • NOAA activities – NOAA [M. Goldberg] [slides]
     • Initiative EUM/CNES/LATMOS [D. Coppens/EUMETSAT] [slides]

1. Questions, discussion, and Plenary way forward [30 minutes]

Number: Title

[duration: UTC time]

Session Prep Lead

Session Chair

1.4: CEOS-COAST [slides] [whitepapers] [annotated bibliography]

[55 minutes: UTC 1335 – 1430]

P. DiGiacomo/NOAA, M-B. Neely/NOAA

Paul DiGiacomo/NOAA/COAST Lead

Plenary outcomes to support:

Decisions on short and mid-term CEOS-COAST pilots and activities; Longer-term strategy.

Objectives for proposed TW session:

1. • • Status update on CEOS-COAST pilot activities
     • Planning and proposals for CEOS-COAST Phase II activities in 2021, and discussion to support Plenary decisions and outcomes (approval for Phase II continuation)
     • Discuss a Coastal Strategy for CEOS
     • Discuss options for post-Plenary continuity of the CEOS-COAST activity (incl. potential links with the SDG-AHT).

Agenda:

1. CEOS-COAST Pilots Update [20 minutes, presenter M-B. Neely]
2. Post-Plenary Continuity and Longer-Term Strategy [20 minutes, P. DiGiacomo]
3. Discussion and Questions [20 minutes]

Number: Title

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chairs

2.1: Sustainable Development Goals [slides]

[1 hour 50 minutes: UTC 1030 – 1220]

F. Kerblat/CSIRO

A. Held/CSIRO/SDG AHT Co-lead and M. Paganini/ESA/SDG AHT Co-Lead/6.6.1 Co-Lead

Plenary outcomes to support:

• Approval of SDG Data Supply Analysis and Strategy
• Discussions and decision on strategic priorities (activities) for CEOS to support SDG process:
• Supporting GEO in its progress towards SDG (through SEC and across all work plan activities)
• Contributing to GEO SDG Toolkits (EO4SDG) by providing CEOS products, access to tools and more 
• Decision on the continuity of the SDG AHT (AHT renewed, transformed into a permanent mechanism, or dismantled?)

Objectives for proposed TW session:

• Review of Data Supply Analysis and Strategy document and ensure it’s ready for information/endorsement at the Plenary
• Update all on each sub-team progress, in particular demonstrating mature SDG Requirements Tables for each of the 4 indicators/teams
• Showcase SDG monitoring applications (algorithms development) using CEOS tools (e.g. ODC)
• Refine the list of data, guides and tools to be provided to the GEO SDG Toolkits – incl. future activities (main CEOS contribution to GEO on SDG)
• Agree on the preferred option for the future SDG outlook to be proposed at the Plenary (SDG AHT co-leads)

Agenda:

1. Welcome and overview of the session [10 minutes, session co-leads]

including recall of the Data Supply Analysis and Strategy document for presentation to the Plenary 

1. Progress reports from each sub-team [5 minutes each]
   1. Water (6.6.1): M. Paganini/ESA, A. Carbonniere/CNES [slides]
   2. Urbanization (11.3.1): A. Kavvada/NASA, N. Mudau/SANSA [slides]
   3. Marine pollution (14.1.1): E. Smail/NOAA/CEOS-COASTS [slides]
   4. Land degradation (15.3.1): N. Sims/CSIRO, U. Heiden/DLR [slides]
2. Questions & Answers [15 minutes]
3. Showcase SDG applications (algorithms development) using ODC technology  [10 minutes, B.Killough/SEO and A.Lewis/SIT Co-Chair] [slides]
4. CEOS contributions to SDG Toolkits [15 minutes, led by SDG AHT co-leads, SEO and A. Kavvada/NASA] [slides]
   1. including GEO needs and requests, and development of a list of proposed data flows available from CEOS (draft in the Data Supply Analysis and Strategy document)        
5. Continuity of the  SDG AHT [30 minutes, SDG AHT co-leads] [slides]
   1. Discuss 3 options (presented to SDG AHT: see document for info here)
   2. Agree on the preferred one(s) to be proposed at the Plenary for decision

Number: Title

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chairs

2.2: CEOS Analysis Ready Data: Beyond Land [slides]

[1 hour 50 minutes: UTC 1240 – 1430]

E. Armstrong/NASA/SST-VC, A. Siqueira/GA, M. Steventon/SIT Chair Team

E. Armstrong/NASA/SST-VC and A. Held/CSIRO/SIT Co-Chair (Supported by LSI-VC Leads.)

Plenary outcomes to support:

Advance the discussion around an expansion of the CEOS Analysis Ready Data Definition and effort beyond the land domain and assign leads for each of the domains.

Objectives for proposed TW session:

• Review outcomes from the SST-VC ocean domain ARD survey and what CEOS ARD for SST might look like.
• Have an understanding from CEOS-COAST on how CEOS ARD might fit into their work.
• Share the work on the USGS Aquatic Reflectance Demonstration Product and related Product Family Specification (C. Barnes/USGS, N. Pahlevan/NASA).
• Explore what changes may be needed to the CARD4L Framework to allow it to go ‘beyond land’, and agree on those steps.
• Present and discuss the proposal to have LSI-VC work with other VCs to generalise the CARD4L Definition so that it is applicable to all domains.
• Identify options to expand the CEOS ARD for Land Framework to Oceans and Atmosphere. Identify leads from non-land areas (Coasts, Ocean, Atmosphere) to work through CEOS ARD for those areas.

Draft Agenda:

1. Session introduction, context, welcome [SIT Chair] [slides]
2. SST-VC perspectives on CEOS ARD and findings from the ocean domain ARD survey [VC-20-22] [E. Armstrong/SST-VC] [slides]
3. AC-VC possible contributions to CEOS ARD in the Atmosphere domain [D. Loyola and J. Al-Saadi/AC-VC] [slides]
4. CEOS-COAST & CEOS ARD [P. Di Giacomo/NOAA/CEOS-COASTS] [slides]
5. Aquatic Reflectance Demonstration Product and Product Family Specification [C. Barnes/USGS, N. Pahlevan/NASA] [slides]
6. Beyond Land: Options to expand the CEOS ARD for Land Framework to Oceans and Atmosphere [Chair: E. Armstrong/SST-VC] [slides]
   1. Testing the Definition
   2. Additions to the framework (e.g., advisory notes).
   3. Options to trial the framework for Coastal, Ocean and Atmosphere data products.
7. Reporting out to Plenary / Wrap-up.

Number: Title

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chair

3.1: Working Teams Session Scene Setter [slides]

[10 minutes: UTC 1030-1040]

J. Ross/GA/SIT Chair Team Coordinator

J. Ross

Plenary outcomes to support:

N/A

Objectives for proposed TW session:

1. • • Provide insight into collaboration and communication across Working Teams and CEOS Leadership.

Format, Session(s):

1. • • Presentation

Agenda:

1. Scene Setter for Working Teams Session [10 minutes, J. Ross]

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chair

3.2: Working Groups Showcase [slides]

[1 hour 20 minutes: UTC 1040-1200]

K. Sawyer/CEO and CEOS Chair Team

R. Kumar/ISRO/CEOS Chair Team

Plenary outcomes to support:

Opportunity for WGs to identify issues and highlights for exposure at Plenary.

Objectives for proposed TW session:

1. • • Hear the latest highlights from the WGs, including in relation to CEOS Work Plan Deliverables
     • Identify WG-related highlights, and topics and issues for Plenary

Format, Session(s):

1. • • 10min/WG x 5 WGs plus 5min discussion time for each

Agenda:

1. Session Introduction [R. Kumar]
2. WGCapD [N. Searby/NASA] incl. [slides]

• • • CEOS branded webinar plans

3. WGDisasters [D. Green/NASA] incl. [slides]

• • • Generic Recovery Observatory Demonstrator Proposal
    • GEO/LEO/SAR Flood Pilot Proposal
    • Updated WGDisasters EO DRM Strategy Document

4. WGISS [R. Woodcock/CSIRO] incl. [slides]

1. • • Earth Analytics Interoperability Lab (with SEO)

5. WGCV [C. Ong/CSIRO] incl. [slides]

1. • • Uptake of RadCalNet
     • CARD4L review process

6. WGClimate (J. Schulz/EUMETSAT and W. Su/NASA) incl. [slides]

1. • • Use cases for Climate Data Records

Number: Title

[duration: UTC time]

Session Prep Lead

Session Chair

3.3: Virtual Constellations Showcase [slides]

[2 hours 10 minutes: UTC 1200-1220 and UTC 1240-1430]

K. Sawyer/CEO and G. Dyke/SIT Chair Team

Jonathon Ross/GA/ SIT Chair Team Coordinator

Plenary outcomes to support:

Opportunity for VCs to showcase their work and identify any highlights or issues for the SIT Chair to flag at Plenary.

Objectives for proposed TW session:

1. Hear the latest highlights from the VC, including in relation CEOS Work Plan Deliverables
2. Identify VC-related Plenary highlights, topics and issues

Agenda:

BEFORE BREAK

1. Welcome [7 min, J.Ross] [slides]
2. P-VC [9 min presentation + 4 min discussion, C. Kidd/NASA] [slides]

AFTER BREAK

1. AC-VC [9 min presentation + 4 min discussion, B. Veihelmann/ESA] [slides]
2. LSI-VC [9 min presentation + 4 min discussion; Presenter: Z. Szantoi/COM-JRC] [slides]
3. SST-VC [9 min presentation + 4 min discussion, E Armstrong/NASA] [slides]
4. OST-VC [9 min presentation + 4 min discussion, A. Sylvestre-Baron/CNES] [slides]
5. OSVW-VC [9 min presentation + 4 min discussion, Presenter R. Kumar/ISRO] [slides]
6. OCR-VC [9 min presentation + 4 min discussion, M.-H. Rio/ESA] [slides]
7. Cross cutting activity: COVERAGE [9 min presentation + 4 min discussion, V. Tsontos/COVERAGE Team] [slides]
8. VC and WG Discussion Time [~20 minutes, all]

        – Thematic Observing Strategies webpage update

Number: Title

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chairs

4.1 and 4.2: Carbon and Biomass [shared slide deck]

[4 hours: UTC 1015-1245, UTC 1300-1430]

S. Ward/SIT Chair Team

A. Lewis/GA/SIT Co-Chair (Session 1) and A. Held/CSIRO/SIT Co-Chair (Session 2)

Plenary outcomes to support:

• Endorsement of the CEOS Biomass Protocol
• Consideration of the implementation measures to support implementation of the CEOS Biomass Protocol
• Endorsement of the GHG Roadmap
• Consideration of the AFOLU Roadmap and debate of actions
• Discussion of the opportunity presented by the UNFCCC Global Stocktake and decision on engagement actions
• Update on the key GCOS processes and documents and CEOS response

Objectives for proposed TW session:

• Further engagement of UNFCCC SEC, including more specificity on how CEOS and agencies should engage in all aspects of the GST process
• Refreshed input from GCOS and identification of any issues for Plenary – discuss additional efficiencies in requirement setting process
• Report on the Biomass Protocol and confirmation of readiness for Plenary endorsement
• Review of the implementation measures for support to the Biomass Protocol and discussion on tuning the pitch to Principals
• Review of the draft AFOLU Roadmap and determination of pitch at Plenary. Including suggestions from GFOI.
• Update on the GHG Roadmap and hearing any issues to raise with Plenary
• Discuss synergies between GHG and AFOLU activities and support to Conventions (prep. for a 2021 Workshop)
• Update from WGClimate, notably on ECVI 3.0 and SBSTA plans

Format, Session(s):

This session has a significant participation external to CEOS. Invitees include: UNFCCC SEC, GCOS, and GFOI. It is proposed to split the time into two sessions, with the first focused on discussions with our guests, and the second more on internal reporting and Plenary planning.

Timing will be:

Session 1: 0615-0845 US East

15 mins break

Session 2: 0900-1030 US East

Agenda:

Session 1

1. Introduction (SIT Chair Team, 5m)  
2. Heritage and context (WGClimate, 10m)  
3. Brief GST Process Update (UNFCCC SEC, 10m)  
4. Brief GCOS Process Update (GCOS, 10m) 
5. CEOS AFOLU Roadmap (O. Ochiai/JAXA, 10m) 
6. GHG Roadmap (M. Dowell/COM, 5m)  
7. GHG – AFOLU synergies (M. Dowell/COM, 10m)  
8. Discussion: Climate Data Requirements & Policy processes – optimising the space agency contribution (1h 30m) 

• GST process
• GCOS requirements process

       [moderated by M. Dowell and J. Schulz/WGClimate]

Session 2 (Plenary agenda item prep) [intro slides]

1. Biomass Protocol & Implementation (L. Duncanson/NASA, 30 m) [slides] [Protocol Final Draft]
2. WGClimate: ECVI 3.0 and Use Case development  (J. Schulz, 20m) [slides]
3. GHG Roadmap (M Dowell, 15m) [slides]
4. AFOLU Roadmap (O. Ochiai, 20m) [slides]
5. Wrap up (SIT Chair, 15m) [slides]

Number: Title

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chair

5.1: GEO Session [slides]

[1 hour 50 minutes: UTC 1030 – 1220]

A. Siqueira/GA/SIT Chair Team, D. Cripe/GEOSEC and F. Franziskakis/GEOSEC

A. Siqueira/GA/SIT Chair Team and D. Cripe/GEOSEC

Plenary outcomes to support:

• Ongoing stewardship of CEOS-GEO relationship
• Requests from GEO are well understood and response from CEOS is endorsed at Principal level
• Agreed key messages for CEOS to communicate to GEO post Plenary
• Principal visibility and buy-in to CEOS’s role in the GEO Knowledge Hub Implementation Plan

Objectives for proposed TW session:

• To have an update on GEO priorities and directions
• To understand which areas CEOS contributes to the GEO work programme
• To have an overview of emerging requests for support from the CEOS community
• To work with GEO to understand and ensure requests to CEOS Plenary are clear and feasible
• To identify key messages that CEOS may wish to communicate to GEO
• To understand future planned CEOS-GEO actions around global data flows including how GEO can encourage opening up data. In particular the use of in-situ data for training machine-to-machine EO data models.
• To understand and discuss GEO Knowledge Hub and the implications for CEOS, in particular, ARD collections in commercial clouds

Agenda:

1. Session introduction, context, welcome [3 min, A. Siqueira]
2. Update on GEO priorities and directions [10 min, G. Camara/GEOSEC and D. Cripe/GEOSEC]
3. CEOS contributions to the GEO Work Programme incl. focus topics:

• CEOS and the GEO Working Groups [12 min]
  • Capacity Development [N. Searby/NASA] 
  • Disaster Risk Reduction [D. Green/NASA]
  • Climate Change [J. Schulz/EUMETSAT]
  • Data [B. Killough/NASA]
• CEOS and thematically focussed GEO Work Programme activities [10 min, K. Sawyer/NOAA]
• Panelists [20 min]:
  • CEOS support for GEO-DARMA [I. Petiteville/ESA]
  • CEOS support for GFOI [O. Ochiai/JAXA]
  • CEOS support for GEOGLAM [I. Jarvis/GEOGLAM]

1. Emerging requests for support from CEOS [10 minutes, D. Cripe/GEOSEC]

• Analysis Ready Data and commercial cloud providers

1. CEOS-GEO actions around global data flow [15 minutes, G. Camara/GEOSEC]. Exploring:

• How GEO can encourage opening up data, in particular, the use of in-situ data for training machine-to-machine EO data models
• Machine-to-machine Open Data Cubes
• ARD support for cloud credits/computing environment programmes (e.g. EBV production)

1. GEO Knowledge Hub and its links to CEOS [10 minutes, F. Franziskakis/GEOSEC and P. De Salvo/GEOSEC]
2. Discussion [20 min] including

• Thoughts on a possible CEOS statement to GEO Week 2020

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chairs

5.2: CEOS Analysis Ready Data Strategy and Early Progress [slides]

[1 hour 50 minutes: UTC 1240 – 1430]

A. Siqueira/GA/SIT Chair Team, M. Steventon/SIT Chair Team

Z. Szantoi/COM/LSI-VC Co-Lead and A. Lewis/GA/LSI-VC Co-Lead

Plenary outcomes to support:

• Report on progress of the CEOS ARD Strategy
• Endorsement of the CEOS Analysis Ready Data – Involving the Private Sector paper
• Endorsement of CEOS Interoperability Terminology v1.0 (WGISS)
• Report on current and planned CEOS ARD pilots

Objectives for proposed TW session:

• Take stock of the CEOS ARD Strategy and progress, and identify any highlights or challenges to be taken to Plenary (e.g., commitments for agencies to submit datasets and engage in the assessment process).
• Review the CEOS Analysis Ready Data – Involving the Private Sector paper prior to submission for endorsement at Plenary.
• Review WGISS work on CEOS Interoperability Terminology and discuss issues to be addressed to allow endorsement at Plenary.
• Demonstrate results from  CEOS ARD (Landsat Collection-2) (provisional) applied for Modified Normalised Difference Water Index (MNDWI).

Agenda:

1. Session introduction, context, welcome [10 minutes, A.Lewis and Z.Szantoi]
2. CEOS ARD Strategy Progress Update [40 minutes, A. Lewis] 
   1. Roadmap
   2. CEOS ARD framework update (Advisory Notes)
3. Interoperability terminology report [15 minutes, R. Woodcock/WGISS Chair] [slides] [CEOS Interoperability Terminology]
4. Private sector paper engagement: lessons, feedback and next steps [15 minutes, A. Siqueira]
5. Pilot: DE Africa Trial of CEOS ARD (water indices) [15 minutes, A. Lewis]
6. Wrap-up (15 min)

Number: Title

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Session Prep Lead

Session Chair

6.1: CEO Continuity [DRAFT CEO Terms of Reference]

[55 minutes: UTC 1030 – 1125]

CEOS Chair Team

CEOS Chair

Plenary outcomes to support:

Prepare for the CEOS Plenary organisational matters discussion in relation to CEOS Executive Officer (CEO) continuity.

Objectives for proposed TW session:

• Confirm plans for CEO continuity going into CEOS Plenary
• Socialise any changes to CEOS governing documents under consideration for near-term actions (e.g. CEO Terms of Reference)
• Identify actions to be taken between TW and Plenary, including any ‘virtual endorsements’ that may be necessary
• Initial discussion on longer-term changes that may be needed to CEOS Governing Documents, e.g., to support a “Resource Pooling” approach

Agenda:

1. Discussion of proposed changes to the CEO ToR to meet immediate needs [CEOS Chair to facilitate]
2. Discussion of longer term options for assuring CEO continuity [CEOS Chair to facilitate]

Number: Title

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Session Chair

6.2: SIT Technical Workshop 2020 Final Review [slides]

[2 hours 45 minutes: UTC 1125 – 1220, UTC 1240 – 1430]

G. Dyke/SIT Chair Team

A. Held/CSIRO/SIT Co-Chair, A. Lewis/GA/SIT Co-Chair

Plenary outcomes to support:

• All Plenary objectives
• Update on External Request Process Paper (ERPP) and the New Initiatives Process Paper (NIPP) which will be presented at Plenary for endorsement.

Objectives for proposed TW session:

• Provide a wrap-up for the Technical Workshop pitched to an audience of CEOS Agency Points of Contact preparing their Agencies and Principals for CEOS Plenary.
• Finalise any outstanding points that weren’t resolved or addressed during the other Workshop sessions.
• As necessary, confirm CEOS statements/key messages for COP and GEO in the coming months.
• Review actions coming out of the Workshop to Plenary.

Format, Session(s):

• Summary presentations for the Workshop session leads, maximum of 10 minutes presentation and 10 minutes discussion each.
• Each presentation is to be linked to the Plenary outcomes the session was intended to support.

Agenda:

1. SIT Chair Remarks (10 minutes, A. Lewis and A. Held)

• CEOS Plenary Objectives Reminder

Review of Workshop Outcomes by Session Chairs

• 2020 CEOS Chair Initiatives (10+10 minutes, CEOS Chair) 
• COVID and EO (A. Koch/COM) 
• CEOS-COAST (10+10 minutes, P. DiGiacomo/NOAA) 
• Sustainable Development Goals (10+10 minutes, A. Held, M. Paganini SDG AHT)
• Working Group Showcase (J. Ross/GA/SIT Chair Team, R. Kumar/ISRO/CEOS Chair Team) 
• Carbon and Biomass (10+10 minutes, S. Ward/SIT Chair Team) 
• GEO (D. Cripe, GEO Secretariat 10+10 minutes) 
• CEOS ARD Beyond Land (A. Siqueira/GA/SIT Chair Team)
• CEOS ARD Strategy (10+10 minutes, A. Siqueira/GA/SIT Chair Team) 

1. Other CEOS Business

• External Request Process Paper (ERPP) and the New Initiatives Process Paper (NIPP) [5 minutes, B. Killough/SEO] [slides]
• AOB [5 minutes]

1. Review of Actions to Plenary (10 minutes, SIT Chair Team)

• Decisions and Actions

1. CEOS Plenary Update (15 minutes, CEOS Chair) [slides]
2. SIT Chair Closing Remarks (15 minutes, A. Lewis and A. Held)