The GEO Programme Board
The GEO Programme Board was established as part of the development of the GEO Strategic Plan 2016 - 2025 and approved at the Mexico City Ministerial Summit in November, 2015.
The Programme Board oversees the establishment of the multi-year GEO Work Programmes and works to align proposed activities with GEO priorities and committed resources. The Programme Board reports to the GEO Executive Committee and Plenary. GEO Members and Participating Organizations nominate representatives to the Programme Board.
Three Participating Organizations from the Programme Board have Observer seats on the Executive Committee to represent views of Participating Organizations. Programme Board Observers to the Executive Committee in 2016 are: the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Members of the Board dialogue with contributors to the GEO Work Programmes, connecting ideas and contributions to GEO’s Strategic Objectives to advocate, engage and deliver Earth observation data and information, as well as to support the use of the newly established four Implementation Mechanisms for GEO activities:
Members of the Board also dialogue with the wider GEO community and external stakeholders to broaden support for the realization the GEO Work Programme. Members of the GEO community are welcome to contact members of the Programme Board or the co-chairs.
The Terms of Reference of the Programme Board can be found on pages 7 to 9 of the Rules of Procedure
The GEO Secretariat's contact for Programme Board matters is Douglas Cripe.
1st GEO Programme Board Meeting [2-3 February 2016, Geneva, Switzerland]
Presentations
Outcomes
Reports
2nd GEO Programme Board Meeting [5-6 May 2016, Geneva, Switzerland]
Report
Outcomes
Presentations
Documents
3rd GEO Programme Board Meeting [7-8 September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland]
Presentations
Monitoring & Evaluation
Foundational Tasks
The GEO-XIII Plenary Session
GEO Initiatives
Outcomes
SDGs
2017-2019 Work Programme
5th GEO Programme Board Meeting [1-2 February 2017, Geneva, Switzerland]
Agenda & Documents
Presentations
Outcomes
6th GEO Programme Board Meeting [23-24 May 2017, Athens, Greece]
Outcomes
Agenda & logistics
Documents
Presentations
7th GEO Programme Board Meeting [30-31 Aug 2017, Geneva, Switzerland]
Outcomes and Actions
Documents
Presentations
Members
Member | Contact Name | Role | Email Address |
Australia | Jonathon Ross | Principal | |
Australia | Andy Steven | Alternate | |
Canada | Cathy Nielsen | Principal | |
Canada | Marie-Josée Bourassa | Alternate | |
China | Pengde Li | Principal | |
China | Xingfa Gu | Alternate | |
China | Xinming Tang | Alternate | |
Colombia | Maria Correa Olarte | Principal | |
Colombia | Martha Patricia Poveda | Alternate | |
European Commission | Alessandro Annoni | Principal | |
European Commission | Massimo Craglia | Alternate | |
France | Thierry Ranchin | Principal | |
Germany | Carsten Dettmann | Principal | |
Germany | Thorsten Büßelberg | Alternate | |
Germany | Martin Lenk | Alternate | |
Ghana | Amos Kabo-Bah | Principal | |
Greece | Evangelos Gerasopoulos | Principal | |
Israel | Eyal Ben Dor | Principal | |
Italy | Enrico Brugnoli | Principal | |
Italy | Michele Munafò | Alternate | |
Italy | Stefano Nativi | Alternate | |
Italy | Nicola Pirrone | Alternate | |
Italy | Stefano Salvi | Alternate | |
Japan | Osamu Ochiai | Co-Chair | |
Japan | Hiroyuki Muraoka | Alternate | |
Norway | Bente Lilja Bye | Principal | |
South Africa | Imraan Saloojee | Principal | |
United Kingdom | Heiko Baltzer | Principal | |
United Kingdom | Stuart Marsh | Alternate | |
United States | Ivan Deloatch | Co-Chair | |
United States | Linnae Avallone | Alternate | |
United States | Yana Gevorgyan | Alternate |
Participating Organizations
Participating Organization | Contact Name | Role | Email Address |
CEOS* | Kerry Sawyer | Principal | |
CEOS* | Steven Hosford | Alternate | |
COSPAR | David Halpern | Principal | |
ESA | Ivan Petiteville | Co-Chair | |
ESIP | Kathleen Fontaine | Principal | |
ESIP | Erin Robinson | Alternate | |
GODAN | Ruthie Musker | Principal | |
GODAN | Suchith Anand | Alternate | |
GRSS | Anthony Milne | Principal | |
GRSS | Melba Crawford | Alternate | |
IAG | Richard Gross | Principal | |
IEEE* | Siri-Jodha Khalsa | Principal | |
IEEE* | René Garello | Alternate | |
IOC | Albert Fischer | Principal | |
ITC | Freek Van Der Meer | Principal | |
IUGG | Michael Sideris | Principal | |
OGC | Mark Reichardt | Principal | |
POGO | Sophie Seeyave | Principal | |
POGO | Francisco Chavez | Alternate | |
SWF | Krystal Wilson | Principal | |
WDS | Arona Diedhiou | Principal | |
WMO | Wenjian Zhang | Principal | |
WMO | Lars-Peter Riishojgaard | Alternate |
* Observer seat on the Executive Committee
8th GEO Programme Board Meeting [31 Jan-1 Feb 2018, Geneva, Switzerland]
Presentations
Session 1: Start-up
Session 2: WP support for Policy Initiatives
Session 3: Leveraging Regional Initiatives
Session 4: Monitoring WP Implementation
Session 5: Identifying WP opportunities for Commercial Sector
Session 6: Sustainable Earth Observations
Session 7: Next Steps and Wrap-up
Documents