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CEOS PLENARY PREPARATION. VIVEK SINGH. CEOS PLENARY PREPARATION. All government clearances and approvals obtained for hosting 26 th CEOS Plenary at Bangalore, India. CEOS PLENARY PREPARATION.
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CEOS PLENARY PREPARATION VIVEK SINGH
CEOS PLENARY PREPARATION All government clearances and approvals obtained for hosting 26th CEOS Plenary at Bangalore, India.
CEOS PLENARY PREPARATION Agenda : Draft circulated (11 sessions), comments awaited Identified speakers need to confirm their participation or their nominee Considerations for agenda: - Attempt to make result oriented Plenary - Opportunity for every agency to express their views - Attempt to bring Decision and administration related issues earlier and provide sufficient time. It would be ‘Essential Business Session’. Request you to communicate such issues as per agenda. - Followed by detailed briefing and status of related item in the respective session.
CEOS PLENARY AGENDA • SIT Workshop need to do active review of the Agenda • Efforts are to make Plenary effective decision making body • Agenda will go for modification by September 30th • Provide the background materials by October 10th • Your valuable suggestions are most welcome.
CEOS PLENARY AGENDA • Major Topics are: • CSS implementation and guidelines for future on Membership & Participation, Essential Questions and CEOS Structure, top level planning documents • GEO Post 2015 activities and CEOS perspectives • SDCG and LSI coordination • GFOI data acquisition strategy • Climate- ECV inventory, GCOS IP, preparation for UNFCCC COP-18/SBSTA-37 • Strategy for Carbon observation from Space • GEO GLAM user requirement from CEOS • Contribution of CEOS for Disaster Risk Management • Reporting of VCs and WGs • Report on Rio+20 from CEOS perspective • Progress on deliverables envisaged as per CEOS WP 2012 • High level documents, EO Handbook, Rio+20
CEOS PLENARY Day by Day schedule • October 24th • CEOS SEC-168 • TROIKA • SIDE MEETINGS – Request you to provide the meeting name, capacity and other requirements • October 25th • Registration • Plenary • Dinner • October 26th • Plenary • Handing over • CEOS SEC-169 • October 27th • Site seeing (optional)
CEOS PLENARY Other arrangements CEOS Plenary Details Date : 24 – 27th October 2012 Venue : Bangalore, India Recommended Stay : Hotel Sheraton Airport : Bengaluru International Airport Time zone : GMT + 05:30 HRS Temperature : Max : 82 deg F (approx) Min : 66 deg F (approx) Humidity : 79% RH Power Supply : 220 V, 50 Hz
Currency : Rupee (Rs ~ 55 = $ 1) Plenary Venue : TBC Website : http://ceospleanary2012.isro.gov.in Registration : Form available on website Invitation letter : Posted to each individual VISA : Embassy of India has been informed Wi-Fi : Available at Venue Guidance : Information Desk Available ID card : All time at Venue Caution : No smoking/alcohol consumption at any session • Transport from Airport to Hotel and back • Lunch all the 3 days • Reception dinner • Coffee / Tea / Water all the meeting time
CEOS PLENARY Registration Already registered NASA CAS, China CSA JAXA ESA EC-JRC EUMETSAT ESCAP GCOS NOAA USGS CNES NSMC, China SANSA ISRO US Department of State Request other CEOS agencies to register early to plan the activities More information http://coesplenary2012.isro.gov.in