Virtual Constellation and Working Day Invited Participants Only (see next page) SIT Technical Workshop Day 1 Intro and Welcome Climate and Carbon Data User Engagement Activities SIT Technical Workshop Day 2 Oceans and Water Cycle VC, WG, and AHT Sustainability Partnerships Work Planning and Close 6:00pm – 7:00pm Icebreaker / Reception 7:15pm – 9:45pm Hosted Dinner Wednesday, 12 September 2018 Registration: 8:30 – 9:00 Icebreaker/Hosted Reception: 6:00 -7:00 Location: TBD (EUMETSAT Foyer or EUMETSAT Canteen) Thursday, 13 September 2018 Sessions: Welcome and Introduction; Climate and Carbon Observations; Data; and, User Engagement Activities. Location: Council Room/STG-AFG Registration: 8:30 – 9:00 Session 1: Welcome and Introduction # Time Duration Topic Presenter 1.1 9:00 – 9:05 5 min Welcome Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 1.2 9:05 – 9:10 5 min EUMETSAT DG Welcome Ratier, Director General (EUMETSAT) 1.3 9:10 – 9:20 10 min Tour de Table Introductions All 1.4 9:20 – 9:35 15 min SIT Chair Introduction Review of Workshop objectives and adoption of agenda Continuity of SIT Chair themes SIT-33 outcomes recap and action status Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 1.5 9:35 – 9:45 10 min Review of Chair Priorities CO2 and GHGs Data Mauro Facchini, CEOS Chair Team (COM)
1.6 9:45 – 10:15 30 min Review of VC/WG Day Outcomes Main outcomes Items for consideration during the Workshop Possible Plenary decisions VC/WG Day Nominee(s) Group Photo and Coffee Break: 10:15 – 10:35, 20 minutes Session 2: Climate and Carbon Observations # Time Duration Topic Presenter 2.1 10:35 – 10:45 10 min Session Introduction Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 2.2 10:45 – 11:00 15 min Working Group Climate (WGClimate) Agency statement to SBSTA 49 and preparations for COP-24 GCOS and ECV Inventory gap analysis Actions SIT 33-07 and CEOS-31-01 Jörg Schulz, WGClimate Chair (EUMETSAT) 2.3 11:00 – 11:10 10 min CEOS Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Workshop Interfaces Between CEOS Agencies and the GHG Monitoring System Laying the foundation for an international effort on CO2 and GHG monitoring system Mark Dowell, CEOS Chair Team (COM) 2.4 11:10 – 11:30 20 min CEOS Carbon Strategy Carbon data portal prototype Cal/Val and production of biomass products Colombia Data Cube prototype CGMS coordination Action SIT 33-12 Mark Dowell, CEOS Chair Team (COM) 2.5 11:30 – 11:45 15 min AC-VC GHG White Paper Air Quality Constellation Actions SITTWS-2017-17 and 2017-18 Ben Veihelmann, Co-Lead (ESA) Crisp, AC-VC (NASA) 2.6 11:45 – 11:55 10 min IPCC Guidelines and Way Forward 2019 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Akiko Suzuki (JAXA) 2.7 11:55 – 12:20 25 min Discussion Time Confirmation of next steps that need to be completed before CEOS and GEO Plenaries Plenary decisions recommended/required All Lunch: 12:20 – 1:20, 60 minutes Session 3: Data
# Time Duration Topic Presenter 3.1 1:20 – 1:30 10 min Session Introduction Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 3.2 1:30 – 1:40 10 min CEOS Chair FDA Workshop Michael Berger, CEOS Chair Team (COM) 3.3 1:40 – 2:00 20 min Future Data Architecture (FDA) Continuity Next Steps Nic Hanowski, FDA AHT Co-Lead (ESA) 3.4 2:00 – 2:15 15 min Analysis Ready Data (ARD) Joint meeting outcomes CARD4L and Data processing with connections to LEO-GEO. Action SIT CEOS ARD Strategy and LSI-VC-5-13 Jenn Lacey, LSI-VC (USGS) 3.5 2:15 – 2:30 15 min Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) WGISS activities in support of ARD generation and delivery Mirko Albani, WGISS Chair (ESA) 3.6 2:30 – 2:50 20 min Data Cubes CEOS, Open Data Cube, and other Data Exploitation Platforms ARD Requirements Brian Killough, SEO (NASA) 3.7 2:50 – 3:00 10 min Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV) WGCV activities in support of FDA and ARD Kurt Thome, WGCV Chair (NASA) 3.8 3:00 – 3:30 30 min Discussion Time Confirmation of next steps that need to be completed before CEOS and GEO Plenaries Plenary decisions recommended/required All Coffee Break: 3:30 – 3:45, 15 minutes Session 4: User Engagement Activities # Time Duration Topic Presenter 4.1 3:45 – 3:55 10 min SIT Chair Introduction Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 4.2 3:55 – 4:10 15 min Support to SDGs Marc Paganini, SDG AHT Co-Lead (ESA) 4.3 4:10 – 4:25 15 min Observations for Disasters Expansion of GEO-DARMA Flood Pilot to Lower Mekong. Action SIT 33-03 Simona Zoffoli, WGDisasters Chair (ASI) 4.4 4:25 – 4:40 15 min Observations for Forests Support to GFOI Phase 2 GFOI Data Component Discussion on structure and capacity Osamu Ochiai, GFOI Lead for CEOS (JAXA)
Session 5: Oceans and Cycle # Time Duration Topic Presenter 5.1 9:00 – 9:10 10 min Session Introduction Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 5.2 9:10 – 9:20 10 min Advancement of the COVERAGE Initiative Vardis Tsontos, COVERAGE (NASA) 5.3 9:20 – 9:30 10 min SST-VC Tangible outcomes Plenary decisions required Anne O’Carroll, SST-VC Co-Lead (EUMETSAT) 5.4 9:30 – 9:40 10 min OST-VC Tangible outcomes Plenary decisions required Remko Scharroo, Co-Lead (EUMETSAT) 5.5 9:40 – 9:50 10 min OSVW-VC Tangible outcomes Plenary decisions required Stefanie Linow, Co-Lead (EUMETSAT) 5.6 9:50 – 10:00 10 min OCR-VC Tangible outcomes In consultation with LSI-VC, update on Water Feasibility Study. Action SIT 33-08 Plenary decisions required Ewa Kwiatkowska, Co-Lead (EUMETSAT) 5.7 10:00 – 10:10 10 min P-VC Tangible outcomes Plenary decisions required Steve Neeck, P-VC (NASA) 5.8 10:10 – 10:20 10 min Freshwater from Space Workshop plans update Action CEOS-31-05 Alex Held, SIT Vice Chair (CSIRO)* 5.9 10:20 – 10:50 30 min Discussion Time Confirmation of next steps that need to be completed before CEOS and GEO Plenaries Plenary decisions recommended/required All Coffee Break: 10:50 – 11:05, 15 minutes Session 6: VC, WG, and AHT Sustainability # Time Duration Topic Presenter 6.1 11:05 – 11:15 10 min Session Introduction Tangible outcomes Optimization of resource utilization Consistency and efficiency Mission Planning inputs Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 6.2 11:15– 11:35 20 min CEOS Resources Utilization Actions SIT 33-01 and SIT 33-05 Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 6.3 11:35 – 11:55 20 min Ad hoc Team (AHT) Lifecycles Mandate renewal and reporting Coordination prior to Plenary decision SDCG, GEOGLAM AHWG, FDA AHT, SDG AHT Action SIT 33-11 Stephen Ward, SIT Chair Team
6.4 11:55 – 12:20 25 min Discussion Time Resource limitation Confirmation of next that need to be completed before CEOS and GEO Plenaries Plenary decisions recommended/required All 7.4* 12:20 – 12:30 10 min WGCapD Capacity Building Activities Searby, WGCapD Vice Chair (NASA) Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30, 60 minutes Session 7: Partnerships # Time Duration Topic Presenter 7.1 1:30 – 1:40 10 min Session Introduction Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 7.2 1:40 – 1:50 10 min Engagement with GEO Work Programme Priorities: Climate, Disasters, SDGs GEO-XV Plenary Sawyer, SIT Chair Team (NOAA) 7.3 1:50 – 2:05 15 min GEO-LEO Activities Update Actions SIT 33-15 and SIT 33-16 Dan Lindsey (NOAA) *7.4 See Above 7.5 2:05 – 2:35 30 min Discussion Time Confirmation of next steps that need to be completed before CEOS and GEO Plenaries Plenary decisions recommended/required All Coffee Break: 2:35 – 2:50, 15 minutes Session 8: Work Planning and Closing # Time Duration Topic Presenter 8.1 2:50 – 2:55 5 min Session Introduction Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA) 8.2 2:55 – 3:10 15 min Work Planning CEOS 2018-2020 Work Plan Status CEOS 2019 process improvements Linkages to GEO Work Programme Steven Hosford, CEO (ESA/CNES) 8.3 3:10 – 3:25 15 min Plenary Decision Items New membership VC/WG/AHT consistency and efficiencies Others as arising Steve Volz, SIT Chair (NOAA), Mauro Facchini, CEOS Chair Team (COM) 8.4 3:25 – 3:40 AOB All