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| Informing Sustainability: 2015 is a year of important decisions preparing humanity's Road to Dignity. Our leaders need comprehensive information about the state and trends of the planet, including our global society, to make progress on this road to sustainability and dignity. The workshop linked societal goals to essential variables needed to measure progress towards these goals and discuss research innovations in support of sustainable development.
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PROGRAM
For room information, see the Schedule.
Monday, March 23, 2015
| 0800 - 0900: | Registration |
| 0900 - 1030: | Plenary Session 1: Assessing and Managing the Changes: The Metrics
Co-Chairs: Hans-Peter Plag, Stefano Nativi |
| 0900 - 0910 | Douglas Cripe, Geo Secretariat: Welcoming Address |
| 0910 - 0920 | Hans-Peter Plag, Stefano Nativi: Workshop Organization and Goals (presentation: keynote, powerpoint) |
| 0920 - 0950 | Douglas Cripe: The GEO Strategic Plan for 2015-2025 (draft plan, presentation) |
| 0950 - 1020 | Tim Lenton: Keynote Presentation: Measuring Global Changes and Detecting Tipping Points (abstract) |
| 1020 - 1030 | Workshop Chairs: Mission for Breakout Sessions |
| 1030 - 1100: | Coffee Break |
| 1100 - 1230: | Breakout Sessions Block 1: Designing the Metrics
See the breakout session questions for this block ... |
| | Breakout Session 1.1: Sustainable Development Goals, Global Boundaries, and Safe Operating Space for Humanity
Chair: Hans-Peter Plag; Rapporteur: Senay Habtezion |
| 1100 - 1120 | Hans-Peter Plag: Introduction to the session (presentation: keynote, powerpoint) |
| 1120 - 1220 | All: Discussion |
| 1220 - 1230 | Hans-Peter Plag, Senay Habtezion: Session Summary |
| | Breakout Session 1.2: GEO Societal Benefit Areas
Chair: Antonio Bombelli; Rapporteur: Mark Bourassa |
| 1100 - 1115 | Antonio Bombelli: Introduction to the session (presentation) |
| 1115 - 1220 | All: Discussion |
| 1220 - 1230 | Antonio Bombelli, Mark Bourassa: Session Summary (presentation) |
| 1230 - 1400: | Lunch |
| 1400 - 1530: | Plenary Session 2: Assessment of the Metrics
Chair: Jay Pearlman |
| 1400 - 1405 | Jay Pearlman: Introduction to Session (presentation) |
| 1405 - 1415 | Senay Habtezion: Report of Breakout session 1.1 (presentation) |
| 1415 - 1425 | Mark Bourassa: Report of Breakout session 1.2 (presentation) |
| 1425 - 1500 | Ben Hamlington: Keynote: What we know and don't know about sea level (abstract, presentation) |
| 1500 - 1530 | Toste Tanhua: Keynote: Indicators and Essential Variables (abstract, presentation) |
| 1530 - 1535 | Workshop Chairs: Mission for breakout sessions |
| 1535 - 1600: | Coffee Break |
| 1600 - 1730: | Breakout Sessions Block 2: Quantifying the Metrics
See the breakout session questions for this block ... |
| | Breakout Session 2.1: Essential Variables for Sustainable Development Goals, Global Boundaries and Safe Operating Space for Humanity
Chair: Hans-Peter Plag; Rapporteur: Senay Habtezion |
| 1600 - 1615 | Hans-Peter Plag: Introduction to the session |
| 1615 - 1720 | All: Discussion |
| 1615 - 1730 | Hans-Peter Plag: Session Summary (Notes) |
| | Breakout Session 2.2: Essential Variables for GEO Societal Benefit Areas
Chair: Antonio Bombelli; Rapporteur: Kathy Fontaine |
| 1600 - 1615 | Antonio Bombelli: Introduction to the session (presentation, description of EVs, Carbon EVs) |
| 1615 - 1630 | Douglas Cripe: Essential Variables in the Water SBA (presentation) |
| 1630 - 1730 | All: Discussion |
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
| 0800 - 0900: | Registration |
| 0900 - 1030: | Plenary Session 3: Monitoring and Foreseeing the Changes: The Role of Earth Observations
Co-Chairs: Paola Campus, Andiswa Mlisa |
| 0900 - 0910 | Senay Habtezion: Report of breakout session 2.1 (presentation) |
| 0910 - 0920 | Kathy Fontaine: Report of breakout session 2.2 (presentation) |
| 0920 - 0940 | Paola Campus: Introduction to Monitoring of Changes (presentation) |
| 0940 - 1010 | Roberto Azzolini: Keynote: Monitoring the polar regions (presentation) |
| 1010 - 1030 | All: Discussion (Main Outcomes) |
| 1030 - 1100: | Coffee Break |
| 1100 - 1230: | Plenary Session 4: Setting Priorities
Chair: Wolfgang Grabs
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| 1100 - 1130 | David Arctur: Keynote: GEOSS Water Services: Federating Regional and National Water Data (abstract, presentation) | | 1130 - 1200 | Mark Bourassa: Keynote: Key essential variables: The example of the oceans (abstract, presentation) |
| 1200 - 1230 | All: Discussing the priorities |
| 1230 - 1400: | Lunch |
| 1400 - 1730: | Joint Plenary Session A: Changing Science for a Changing Planet
Co-Chair: Hans-Peter Plag, James Syvitski |
| 1400 - 1430 | Dork Sahagian: Keynote: Science and Society: Symbiotic or Askew? (abstract) |
| 1430 - 1500 | Dennis Oijma: Keynote: Future Earth Research Challenges (abstract, presentation) |
| 1500 - 1530 | Stefano Nativi: Keynote: The Next Revolution for the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (abstract, presentation) |
| 1530 - 1600: | Coffee Break |
| 1600 - 1630 | Hans-Peter Plag: Keynote: The Need For A New Science to Guide Humanity's Transition Into The Post-Holocene (abstract, presentation: keynote, powerpoint) |
| 1630 - 1700 | James Syvitski: Keynote: Use of Surface-Dynamic Models for Identifying Environmental Indicators and Processes (abstract) |
| 1700 - 1725 | All: Discussion |
| 1725 - 1730 | Session Chairs: Mission for the breakout sessions |
| 1900 - 2100: | Workshop Dinner (no host) |
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
| 0900 - 1030: | Joint Breakout Sessions: Creating the practice-relevant knowledge to cope with global change
See the breakout session questions for this block ... |
| | Joint Breakout Session 1: Intelligent use of data quantity vs focusing on data quality
Chair: Stefano Nativi; Rapporteur: Bart de Lathouwer
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| 0900 - 0905 | Stefano Nativi: Introduction to the breakout session |
| 0905 - 0920 | Andreas Matheus: The COB-WEB Project |
| 0920 - 0935 | Bart De Lathouwer: Use of WPS (and other web services) for Earth Observation (abstract, presentation) |
| 0935 - 0950 | Jonas Eberle, Christian Hüttich, Christiane Schmullius: Automatization of information extraction to build up a crowd-sourced reference database for vegetation changes (abstract, presentation) |
| 0950 - 1005 | Palma Blonda, C. Marangi, A. Adamo, C. Tarantino, F. Lovergine: Integration of EO and in-situ data through expert knowledge for habitats and ecosystems monitoring (abstract, presentation) | | 1005 - 1020 | Dave Jones: The Challenge of accessing and Sharing “Big Data” in Real-Time — Connecting GEO Nations Now (abstract) |
| 1020 - 1030 | Stefano Nativi, Bart de Lathouwer: Session Summary |
| | Joint Breakout Session 2: Shifting from disciplinary to problem and solution focused science
Chair: Kathy Fontaine; Rapporteur: Andiswa Mlisa
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| 0900 - 0915 | Kathy Fontaine: Introductions to the breakout session (presentation) |
| 0915 - 1020 | All: Discussion |
| 1015 - 1030 | Kathy Fontaine, Andiswa Mlisa: Session Summary |
| 1030 - 1100: | Coffee Break |
| 1100 - 1230: | Joint Plenary Session B: Linking Societal Goals, Science, Metrics, and Observing System
Co-Chairs: Stefano Nativi, Hans-Peter Plag |
| 1100 - 1115 | Bart de Lathouwer: Report from joint breakout session 1 |
| 1115 - 1130 | Andiswa Mlisa: Report from joint breakout session 2 (presentation) |
| 1130 - 1200 | Bruce Wielicki: Keynote: Climate Change Accuracy: Observing Requirements and Economic Value (presentation) |
| 1200 - 1230 | All: Discussion |
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