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Science & Technology Committee
The Science and Technology Committee engages the scientific and technological communities in the development, implementation and use of a sustained GEOSS in order to ensure that GEO has access to sound scientific and technological advice.
Objectives:
- Enable GEO to make decisions on best available and sound scientific and technological advice, through the solicitation of input from a broad, trans-disciplinary scientific and technological community
- Ensure scientific and technological integrity and soundness of GEO Annual Work Plans.
- Monitor and review output and deliverables of GEO Annual Work Plans.
- In collaboration with GEO Members and participating organizations, and through transparent processes, identify individual experts and groups to participate in GEO working groups.
- Facilitate linkages and partnership with major relevant international research programmes as well as organizations willing to contribute to GEO activities.
Committee Co-Chairs:
- Australia - Stuart Minchin, Research Director (Environmental Observation and Landscape Science), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Land and Water, Black Mountain Laboratories
- COSPAR - Jean-Louis Fellous, Executive Director, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), France
- European Commission - Gilles Ollier, Policy Officer, Earth Observation, Directorate-General for Research
- Germany - Jörn Hoffmann, D-GEO Secretariat, German Aerospace Center
- South Africa - Boni Mehlomakulu, Group Executive on Research, Development & Innovation, Department of Science and Technology (DST)
The GEO Secretariat Expert Staff supporting the Science and Technology Committee are: Douglas Cripe, Veronica Grasso and Michael Obersteiner
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