CEOS Development Environment

39th CEOS Plenary

Event Dates: November 4th - 6th, 2025

Location: Bath, United Kingdom

Agenda (PDF)

Documents and Supporting Materials

Presentations

Session 1: Welcome and Core Business

1.1: Opening Remarks, Agency Introductions, and Summary of Objectives

1.2: Applications for CEOS Member or Associate Status (For Decision)

1.2.1: Associate: African Space Agency (AfSA)

1.2.2: Associate: Hellenic Space Center (HSC)

1.2.3: Member: Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)

1.3: CEOS Executive Officer Report

1.4: Clarification of CEOS Decision Types

Session 2: 2025 CEOS Chair Theme: “Unlocking EO for Society”

2.1: CEOS In Schools

2.2: Unlocking EO for the Public Sector

Session 3: CEOS Working Group Reports

3.1: Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD)

3.2: CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate (WGClimate)

3.3: Working Group on Disasters (WGDisasters)

3.4: Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS)

3.5: Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV)

Session 4: EO Data Impact

4.1: Session Introduction

4.2: CEOS Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Roadmap Implementation

4.3: CEOS GST Strategy Draft Recommendations

4.4: CEOS Greenhouse Gas Roadmap Implementation

4.5: Implementation of the Common Practices for Quantifying Methane Emissions from Plumes Detected by Remote Sensing

4.6: CEOS-CGMS Tiger Team and COP30 Preparations

Session 5: CEOS Agency Reports #1

5.1: EUMETSAT

5.2: CSA, ECCC, CCMEO

5.3: UKSA 

5.4: ASI 

5.5: NSO

Session 6: CEOS Agency Reports #2 

6.1: Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Update

6.2: CEOS Agency Reports 

6.2.1: ESA 

6.2.2: CNES

6.2.3: European Commission

6.2.4: DLR

6.2.5: ECMWF

6.2.6: NOSA

6.2.7: JAXA

6.2.8: UNOOSA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 7: Virtual Constellation Topics and Other CEOS Priorities

7.1: Presentation of the Biodiversity Study Team’s (BST) Proposal for Sustainable Support for Biodiversity in CEOS 

7.2: CEOS Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Group Update

7.3: Future of CEOS Analysis Ready Data (CEOS-ARD)

7.4: White Paper on a Coordinated International Satellite Altimetry Virtual Constellation 

7.5: CEOS Virtual Constellation Synthesis Report

Session 8: CEOS Agency Reports #3 

8.1: CSIRO

8.2: WMO

8.3: NASA

8.4: SANSA

8.5: GISTDA

Session 9: CEOS Services Highlight

9.1: CEOS Systems Engineering Office (SEO) Report

9.2: CEOS Communications Team Update

9.3: CEOS Newsletter 2025 Recap and Future Plans

9.4: WGISS Connected Data Assets

9.5: CEOS Missions, Instruments and Measurements (MIM) Database Report

Session 7: Virtual Constellation Topics and Other CEOS Priorities (Continued)

7.6: Essential Agriculture Variables (EAVs) and GEOGLAM

Session 10: CEOS Leadership Transitions and Closing Business

10.1: Accomplishments of the JAXA 2024-2025 SIT Chair Term

10.2: SIT Chair Transition and Photos

10.3: SIT Chair 2026-2027 Priorities

10.4: Nomination for 2027 CEOS Chair from the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)

10.5: CEOS Chair Transition and Photos

10.6: 2026 CEOS Chair Theme Presentation

10.7: Review of Preliminary Action and Decision Record

10.8: Closing Remarks