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WGCapD: Accomplishments, Priorities, Next Steps

This document outlines the accomplishments, priorities, and next steps of Jane Olwoch, the WGCapD Vice-Chair for CEOS SIT-29 Meeting held in Toulouse, France on 9th-10th April 2014.

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WGCapD: Accomplishments, Priorities, Next Steps

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  1. WGCapD: Accomplishments, Priorities, Next Steps Jane Olwoch SANSA WGCapD Vice-ChairCEOS SIT-29 Meeting CNES, Toulouse, France9th-10th April 2014

  2. 2013 Accomplishments • WGCapD-2 was held in Frascati, Italy in March 2013 • Improved access to global DEM on a country-by-country basis • Workshop held in Nairobi in May 2013, where SRTM data from Somalia and S.Sudan was distributed • E-learning course on “Introduction to Remote Sensing Technology” • Piloted with 30 university educators in four African countries • Lessons-learned report available at WGCapD website, “Documents”: http://www.ceos.org/wgcapd • Practical EO Education for Students and Teachers • Educational Stands organized at ESA Living Planet Symposiumin Edinburgh, September 2013 • Capacity Building Inventory Project • Questionnaire sent to relevant institutions • Development of CB activities map

  3. 2013 Accomplishments • Liaison with CEOS WG Disasters: • Workshop on the Use of Space Science and Technology for the Prevention of and Response to Disasters in Mesoamerica (Mexico, November 2013) • NASA-SERVIR CREST Modeling Workshop – a SERVIR-East Africa training workshop on a distributed hydrologic model using remotely sensed datasets (Namibia, February 2014) • First WGCapD Short Video launched in November 2013

  4. WGCapD new Leadership WGCapD chairmanship transition from NOAA to USGS • During CEOS 27th Plenary in Montreal, Jacob Sutherlun (NOAA) and Jane Olwoch (SANSA) took over the WGCapD leadership as Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively. • In February, 2014 Jacob Sutherlun had to leave NOAA for urgent family reasons, vacating CapD Chair. • He consulted Jane Olwoch, who preferred to remain as Vice-Chair. • NOAA consulted USGS, which agreed that long-standing CapD/WGEdu member Eric Wood could serve as 2014 Interim Chair, with 2015 continuity (to end Jacob's original term) to be determined later between USGS, NOAA and SANSA. • NOAA informed SIT and CEOS Chairs and Secretariat of this outcome.

  5. Who is the new Chair? Eric C. Wood is a Physical Scientist working at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, U.S. Geological Survey, focusing on environmental monitoringand disaster early warning. He has been active in WGEdu/WGCapD since 2009.

  6. 2014 Planned Activities • WGCapD-3 will be held in Dehradun, India: April 23-25, hosted by ISRO. The group will discuss ongoing projects such as: • Planning more DEM Workshops, hopefully following released access to global SRTM-2 30m, as well as other DEM datasets • Continuation and expansion of E-learning program • Practical EO Education for Students and Teachers (Cont.) • CB Inventory Project – continue upgrade through EO Power to a CB System of Systems • Liaison with WG Disaster: DRM Pilots (Support to Capacity Building Activities) • Update WGCapD Short Video • TanDEMX Edu Project (New)

  7. Any Questions??

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