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Update from the GEO Secretariat Rob Koopman 15 th Architecture and Data Committee Meeting Campos de Jordaõ, Brazil 28-FEB - 03-MAR-2011. News/Planning. 2012-2015 Work Plan Status/Schedule: Members and PO have submitted ±30 proposals (input window ended 17-FEB-2011)
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Update from the GEO SecretariatRob Koopman15th Architecture and Data Committee MeetingCampos de Jordaõ, Brazil 28-FEB - 03-MAR-2011
News/Planning 2012-2015 Work Plan Status/Schedule: • Members and PO have submitted ±30 proposals (input window ended 17-FEB-2011) • Version 0 in preparation: release on 26 March • Work Plan symposium in Geneva from 4 to 6 May, contributes to… • … Version 1 release in June • After an official review round, Version 2 is submitted for adoption at Plenary (Nov) 2011 Executive Committee Meetings • 22+23 March, 15+16 July, November 2011 Plenary in Turkey • Date to be set by Executive Committee. Present working assumption is 16-18 Nov
News/Planning (2) 2011 Preview: • Work Plan 2012-2015 • Implementation of the Data Core • Monitoring and Evaluation of Architecture and Data Management • From Forest Carbon Tracking demo to Global Forest Observation Initiative • Beyond 2015 (ExCom initiates definition process) slide 3
Staff Changes • João Soares (seconded by INPE) has joined the Secretariat on 01-JAN-2011 • Agriculture • Capacity Building • Jinlong Fan will return to CMA on 01-MAR-2011 • Agriculture • User Interface • Koki Iwao will return to AIST on 01-APR-2011 • Weather • Architecture slide 4
Other The Quality Assurance for Earth Observation (QA4EO) Workshop on Providing Quality Information in Harmonised Earth Observation Data by 2015 will be held from 18 – 20 October 2011 at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) near Oxford, UK slide 5
Actions from ADC 14 (Ankara)15th Architecture and Data Committee MeetingCampos de Jordaõ, Brazil 28-FEB - 03-MAR-2011
ADC Actions • Action 1: SIF to hold telecon with URR and update ADC on progress • Action 2: Ivan Deloatch and Doug Nebert to work with URR team to expand requirements • Action 3: ADC to provide early review of Monitoring and Evaluation Draft plan • Action 4: GCI-CT to identify next steps for QA4EO Questionnaire implementation From Architecture and Data Management Strategy paragraph: • “Action 1”: ADC to prioritise and focus on tasks that deal with data and SBAs • “Action 2”: Tangible benefits need to be demonstrated slide 7
Beijing Summit and GEO VII Plenary“Observe, Share, Inform”Rob Koopman15th Architecture and Data Committee MeetingCampos de Jordaõ, Brazil 28-FEB - 03-MAR-2011
Beijing Summit and GEO-VII • Adoption of the Beijing Summit Declaration • Acceptance of the Data Sharing Action Plan • Review of the Mid-Term Evaluation Report • Support for Global Forest Observation Initiative and GEOBON • Set priorities: • expanding data sets that can be accessed through GEOSS, • attracting more users, • building the capacity of individuals and institutions to access and apply Earth observations, • linking GEO’s technical capabilities with the great global issues of our time • preparing for the post-2015 operation of GEOSS. • Intense preparation: Executive Committee, the Data Sharing Task Force, the Evaluation Team, the 2010 Ministerial Task Force, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, the China Meteorological Administration, the exhibitors, etc. slide 9