WGCapD-3

Event Dates: April 23rd - 25th, 2014

 

The 3rd Meeting of the Working Group on Capacity Building & Data Democracy

Hosted by: The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Location: Dehradun, India

Meeting Agenda

Wednesday April 23rd, 2014: Opening, Summary of Activities, & WGCapD Projects

Item #	Time	Description	Location
Welcome & Opening Session
	08:30-09:00	Registration
1	09:00-09:10	Welcome & Opening Remarks (Chair/Vice Chair)
2	09:10-09:20	Round of Introductions (All)
3	09:20-09:25	Adoption of Agenda (All)
4	09:25-10:00	Report overall achievements in 2013: new members/participants, connections with other projects, participation in events (Chair)
5	10:00-10:45	E-learning Course (Hilcea and Eric, INPE/USGS) and GEONETCast Mapping (Nale, SANSA) [Presentation 1] [Presentation 2]
	10:45-11:00	Break
Status of Main Projects – Discussion on the Way Forward
6	11:00-12:00	SRTM-2/DEM Release and Future Workshops (Pat O’Brien, NOAA) [Presentation]
7	12:00-13:00	EO Education for Students and Teachers (Dieter –DLR) [File a] [File b] [File c] [File d]
	Lunch
8	14:30-15:00	Updates on GEO (Ministerial, WorkPlan, Task ID-02) (GEO Sec Representative- Andiswa, virtual) [Presentation]
9	15:00-16:00	DRM/WG on Disasters Support (NASA- Stu Frye, virtual) [Presentation]
	Break
10	16:15-16:45	Updates on CEOS (CSS, Work Plan, SIT-29) (Brent Smith- NOAA, virtual) [Presentation]
11	16:45-17:45	WGCapD/EOPOWER Resource Facility/GEO (NASA/INPE/EOPOWER/WGISS/GEO) Nancy Searby, NASA [Presentation]
	Adjourn
	Icebreaker/Dinner at 19:00

Thursday April 24th, 2014: WGCapD Projects & Individual Organization Presentations

Item #	Time	Description	Location
	Welcome & Opening Session
12	09:00-10:00	Capacity Building Activities at CRECTEALC Capacity Building on the use of EO for an Early Disaster Warning System for Central America (Sergio Camacho, General Secretary, CRECTEALC) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Capacity Building at CRECTEALC Campus Mexico (Jesus A. Gonzalez, Academic Director)
13	10:00-11:30	TamDEM-X Project Status of TanDEM-X (Dieter, DLR) SANSA-DLR TanDEM-X Pilot project proposal (Phila, SANSA) Legal framework for TanDEM-X data access and pilot project issues and constraints (Dieter, DLR)
	Break & Group Photo
14	11:35-13:15	Capacity Building Activities at ISRO EO program of ISRO ( Dr. DVA Raghva Murthy) Carto DEM and other Geophysical products from Indian Satellites ( Dr D Dhar) Bhuvan Services & Products ( Dr. Vinod Bothale) DMSP programme of ISRO ( Dr. PG Diwakar) Capacity building and E-learning programme – (Dr YVN Krishna Murthy- director IIRS)
	Lunch
	Presentations by Individual Agencies/Partners/Projects
15	14:00-14:30	Secure World Foundation – Capacity Building Activities (Laura Delgado López, SWF Project Manager) [Presentation]
16	14:30-15:00	WMO-CGMS Virtual Laboratory (Lu Veeck, Technical Support Officer WMO-CGMS Vlab) – Virtual Presentat
17	15:00-15:30	SANSA – Capacity Building Activities (Nale, SANSA) [Presentation]
18	15:30-16:30	CEOS Systems Engineering Office (SEO) tools and applications & the WGCapD Role(NASA – SEO – Kim Keith) [Presentation] The CEOS Visualization Environment Tool Suite (COVE) The CEOS Data Policy Portal The Space Data Management System (SDMS)
	Break
19	16:45-18:00	Discussion & Possible Synergies (All)
	Adjourn
	Dinner

Friday April 25th, 2014: Mapping Out Future Activities & Wrap-up

Item #	Time	Description	Location
	Calendar & Future Interactions
20	09:00-09:15	Upcoming Meetings and Events (Chair/Vice Chair)
	Outreach
22	09:30-10:00	Website, availability of resources, portals, etc. (Kim, NASA/SEO)
	Discussion of Strategic Direction of the WGCapD
23	10:00-11:00	Planning activities for 2014-2015 (All)
	Break
	WGCapD Business Decisions
24	11:15-11:25	Telecons (All)
25	11:25-11:45	Next WGCapD Vice Chair (2015-2017) and Other Issues (All)
26	11:45-12:30	Date/Place of WGCapD-4 (All)
27	12:30-13:00	Wrap-up and Closure (All)
	Adjourn

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