Draft Agenda
Wednesday, 23 February
Morning Opening:
・ GEO Secretariat
・ AU, EU, UNECA, AMCOW, Government of Ethiopia (Water Minister, Inst. of Met.)
Introduction and Update on GEOSS Implementation: GEO Secretariat
Key Note Lecture:
・ “Overview of African Water Needs” Abou Amani (TBC), UNESCO (30min)
・ “GEOSS: Observations” Barbara Ryan, WMO (20min)
・ ”GEOSS Data integration” Toshio Koike,UT (20min)
・ ”GEOSS Capacity building” Chris Mannaerts, ITC (20min)
Introduction to Poster Presentations (one-minute oral presentation)
Afternoon Reports from River Basin Authorities:
Each report is requested to include the following points:
・ Water-related issues
・ Current solutions and policies, on-going/planned
・ Expectation to International communities and GEOSS
Thursday, 24 February
Morning Invited Session 1: “How to address water-related issues” (15 min each)
・ Water/health: WHO (TBD)
・ Drought/soil moisture: Princeton University - Eric Wood, PU
・ Floods/precipitation: Bob Adler, NASA
・ Ground Water: NASA: Matt Rodell, NASA
・ Water quality/Ecosystems: Stuart Bernard, CSIR (TBC)
・ Climate change: IPCC (TBD)
Invited Session 2: “Satellite Observations and Numerical Modeling”:
ESA, EUMETSAT, JAXA, NASA, NOAA, Canada, SANSA, Nigeria, AARSE, ECMWF
Afternoon Invited Session 3: “Coordination of ODA Agencies”:
UNECA, AfDB, WB, USAID, JICA, DANIDA, EU
Breakout Discussion:
Three breakout groups will discuss the following points:
・ How to make maximum use of GEOSS capability for addressing critical water-related issues in each region?
- Integrated Observation
- Interoperability Arrangement
- Capacity Building
・ How to coordinate existing projects, programs, and regional center activities in cooperation with River Basin Authorities?
・ How to coordinate with socio-economic partners in each region?
Plenary for Reports of Breakout Discussions
Friday, 25 February
Morning Plenary for Discussion on Implementation Baseline:
・ Vision, Objectives and Targets
・ Observation Coordination Programs
・ Data and Information Interoperability Arrangement Programs
・ Capacity Building Coordination Programs
・ Schedule
・ Task Team Re-organization
Symposium Summary
Closing:
・ GEO Secretariat
・ Space Agencies
・ Funding Agencies
Organizing Committee:
Chaired by GEO Co-Chair
Members: GEO Secretariat, AU, EU, UNECA, AMCOW, US-GEO, Japan-GEO
Local Organizing Committee:
GEOSS AWCCI Task Team Members, Government of Ethiopia
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