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© GEO Secretariat
GEO Secretariat UpdateGEO Secretariat Update
Capacity Building Committee MeetingCapacity Building Committee Meeting14-15 September 200614-15 September 2006
BrusselsBrussels
Datong Zhao & Imraan SaloojeeGEO Secretariat
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ContentsContents
• GEO Current Status and the Secretariat • Recent Meetings
• Work Plan: Status and Secretariat Activities Overview
• Future Events
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Current StatusCurrent Status
• GEO: What is different about GEO? - Added Value - Global - Cross-cutting
- High-level & Political – 65 Nations – European Commission– 43 Participating Organizations
• Secretariat– All seconded experts have now joined the
secretariat.
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Secretariat Director
José Achache
Secretariat Director
José Achache
Administrative AssistantChloé Tiberghien (Acting)
Programme Manager
Natasha Brutsch
Programme Manager
Natasha Brutsch Executive Officer
Peter Colohan
Executive Officer
Peter Colohan
Secretary / Clerk
Lourdes Briones
Secretary / Clerk
Lourdes BrionesContractor
Hermen WesterbeekeEleni Christia
Contractor
Hermen WesterbeekeEleni Christia
Senior Programme Officers
Antti Herlevi Osamu Ochiai Michael Rast Giovanni Rum
Senior Programme Officers
Antti Herlevi Osamu Ochiai Michael Rast Giovanni Rum
Senior Scientific Experts
Brendan Kelly AlexiaMassacand Douglas Muchoney Imraan Saloojee Datong Zhao
Senior Scientific Experts
Brendan Kelly AlexiaMassacand Douglas Muchoney Imraan Saloojee Datong Zhao
Secretariat OrganigramSecretariat Organigram
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1) Societal Benefit Areas: Disasters Giovanni Rum Health Brendan Kelly Energy Alexia Massacand Water Antti Herlevi Climate Alexia Massacand Weather Datong Zhao Agriculture Michael Rast Biodiversity Douglas Muchoney Ecosystems Douglas Muchoney2) Transverse areas: Architecture Osamu Ochiai Data Michael Rast Capacity Building Imraan Saloojee Outreach Peter Colohan Users Brendan Kelly3) Committees and Working Group: Architecture and Data Osamu Ochiai and Michael Rast Science and Technology Alexia Massacand and Douglas Muchoney User Interface Antti Herlevi and Brendan Kelly Capacity Building Imraan Saloojee and Datong Zhao Tsunami Giovanni Rum4) CEOS SIT liaison Giovanni Rum and Osamu Ochiai5) GEO Net Cast Support Datong Zhao and Giovanni Rum
Distribution of Distribution of responsibilitiesresponsibilities
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Recent MeetingsRecent Meetings
• Recent GEO meetings– ExCom-5th April 11, 2006 Geneva, WMO Final Acceptance of the 2006 WP– ExCom-6th Sep 5-6, 2006 Geneva, WMO 06 WP Progress 07-09 WP Comments and Discussion Amendments Concerning ExCom Terms GEO-III Plenary Preparation– Architecture and Data Committee July 20-22, 2006 Seattle,
USA– Committee Co-chairs Aug 31, 2006 Geneva, WMO GEO WP Implementation Guidance 07-09 WP Cross-Committee Dialogue– User Interface Committee Sep 4-5, 2006 Ottawa, Canada– Capacity Building Committee Sep 14-15, 2006
Brussels, Belgium
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• GEO related meetings and workshops (examples)
Meeting/Workshop Date Place
EC GEONETCast workshop May 3 2006 Brussels, Belgium
IEEE GEOSS Workshop (Applications of Wind Energy and Resource management)
May 22-23 2006 Beijing, China
Symposium on “Multi-Hazard Warning Systems for Integrated Disaster Risk Management”
May 23-24 2006 Geneva, Switzerland
GEO Capacity Building Workshop May 29-31 2006
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
GEO SE Asia Geohazards Workshop June 29-30 2006
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
GEONETCast First Meeting July 19, 2006 Seattle, USA
IGDDS Workshop Aug 31, 2006 Geneva
GEO Energy Expert Meeting Aug 28-29, 2006
Geneva
Recent MeetingsRecent Meetings
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• All seconded experts to the Secretariat have arrived
• Currently Secretariat focussed on initiating, supporting and
facilitating the 2006 Work Plan tasks implementation, and
preparation of 2007-2009 Work Plan.
2006 WP: Q1 and Q2 Report
2007-2009 WP: Draft Version for Technical Review
Draft Version for Official Review
• Increased contacts to further the build-up of partnerships and
engagement with all potential GEOSS stakeholders.
WP: Secretariat WP: Secretariat ActivitiesActivities
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• Strategic and tactical guidance on how to converge disparate systems to a higher degree of interoperability under GEOSS, and contribute data to the clearinghouse.
Interoperability and Access
Solving the Tower of Babel
problem
• Define a model prototype system for access to all Earth observation data
Earth Observation Web Portal and Clearinghouse
2006 2006 HighlightsHighlights
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2006 Highlights: Access and Efficient Use• GEO-II adopted the GEONETCast concept in
principle, as presented by EUMETSAT and NOAA • The vision is to provide easy access to as much
data and as many people as possible• GEONETCast is designed to disseminate space-
based, air-borne and in situ data, metadata and products to diverse users
WMO WIS
Contributors
EUMETCast
CMA, Others
Coverage Areas (Proposed)
GEONETCast
2006 2006 HighlightsHighlights
NOAA
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Typical Receiver Station Configuration- Dedicated personal computer (~ $1000)
Data analysis and processing should be done on separate computer(s)
- Satellite antenna dish (1-3 m) (~ $300-1200)
- DTH receiver card or box (~ $200)
2006 2006 HighlightsHighlights
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• 06 WP with 91 specific tasks has broad goals of 9 societal benefit areas. GEO II decided to develop work plan on a multi-year time scale in future
• First draft of 07-09 WP issued on 2 June for technical review with emphasis on convergence and cross-disciplinary activities within and among tasks
Priority or Longer-Term ObjectivesPriority or Longer-Term Objectives
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Future EventsFuture Events
• 006 Work Plan and Task Reporting Calendar to GEO-III 23 September Task Sheets updates to the Secretariat 30 September Secretariat issues Q3 Report 13 October Committee Report to Plenary to the
Secretariat 16 October Secretariat issues Plenary documents• Future GEO Meetings
– Science and Technology Committee Nov. 27, 2006 Geneva– Executive Committee Nov. 27, 2006 Bonn, Germany– GEO-III Nov. 28, 29 2006 Bonn,
Germany– CB Symposium Feb, 2007 Spain – GEO-IV and EO Ministerial Summit Nov 2007
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