Discussion: CEOS-SIT-VC-WG interactions in terms of support needed and/or offered; CEOS promotion of VC/WG achievements CEOS Virtual Constellations Working Group Day

Moderators:C. Donlon (SST-VC), S. Srivastava (WGCV) and S. Hosford (SIT Chair Team) CNES, Montpellier, France 17th-18th September 2014

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CEOS-SIT-VC-WG interactions in terms of support needed and/or offered; CEOS promotion of VC/WG achievements

All about Improving interactions:

• What support is required by VCs from WGs?

• What support can VCs offer to other VCs?

• What support can WGs offer to VCs?

• What support is required from SIT?

• Deliverables 2015 Work plan

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• Agreed that the current selection of VC’s is appropriate

• VC’s at different levels of functionality • Agencies have already committed

enormous resources to VC’s and associate Science Teams with excellent benefits

• Unanimous agreement that VC’s shall continue to cultivate strong relationships with relevant international science teams

• e.g. SST_VC+GHRSST,OCR_VC+ IOCCG, OVW_VC+OVWST, OST_VC+OSTST

• Maintain CEOS at the cutting edge of EO Science and Technology

• Keep CEOS active and relevant (demonstrate by action)

Outcomes

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• Better physical connections between VC, WG and CEOS “core” must be stimulated if the full potential of CEOS is to be realised.

• Example: SST-VC has representatives within WG WGCV and WGClimate

• Example: WGCV+SST-VC working to improve Fiducial Reference Measurements (FRM) for SST and LST: ESA is funding the FRM4CEOS project (400KEuros)

• This will lead to better outcomes and positive examples of “CEOS in Action”

Outcomes

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Outcomes

• VC and WG are all Working Well (especially at the local level)

• Success is now driving expectations• Opportunity to review internal processes

and relationships to improve CEOS functionality.

• Organization needs to be more disciplined and ruthless: focus on the VC/WG ToR.

• Better internal coordination will lead to better CEOS [and general] outcomes

• For CEOS to achieve greater success, building on the first CEOS WG/VC Tech. Workshop, recommendation for the WG/VC to convene an annual WC/WG Technical Exchange Meeting representatives from all WG/VC’s present

• To be arranged and led by VC/WG’s

• OSVW-VC[Y]

• OCR-VC[Y]

• OST-VC[Y]

• SST-VC[Y]

• ACC-VC[Y]

• P-VC[Y]

• WGCV[Y]

• WGClimate[Y]

• WGCapD[Y]

• WGDisasters[Y]

• WGISS[Y]

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• Power of CEOS lies in the people that “make it happen”• We need nurture activities that keep people interacting and working

together to achieve the CEOS aim and objectives.• CEOS must promote the human element of the organization • Volunteerism must be acknowledged and the benefits /outcomes of

CEOS have to be highlighted to sustain VC/WG commitments

Outcomes

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• CEOS VC/WG must to learn how to celebrate their successes

• Recognition of the work done is required to keep VC/WG Active

• There are many examples of VC’s and WG success: these should be highlighted at Plenary to demonstrate the CEOS ROI

• A new culture of reporting “Progress and not process” within CEOS is required

Outcomes