GEO Virtual Symposium 2021

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(EO images credits: NASA Earth Observatory (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/)

Symposium structure & objectives

The theme of this year’s symposium is Strengthening inclusive partnerships across the GEO Work Programme (GWP). The aim of the Symposium is to share successful practices and identify ways to accelerate the delivery of products and solutions to address environmental and societal challenges. The symposium will be held from 21 to 24 June 2021.

Topics covered during the symposium include:

EO solutions for the GEO Engagement Priorities including Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development, and Urban Resilience;
EO solutions related to pandemic/epidemic planning, response, and recovery;
Technologies and methods for enhancing discovery, access, analysis, and use of data and information, including analysis-ready data, data cubes, and data/knowledge platforms;
Approaches for facilitating the equitable collection, sharing, and re-use of EO data, including consideration of data principles and ethics, in situ data, and emerging data sources such as citizen science; and
Recent efforts to develop a diverse, inclusive, and supportive GEO community where everyone has the opportunity to participate and benefit.
GEO community development, including, engagement with the commercial sector, resource mobilization, communications, and capacity development.

The Symposium will take the form of Plenary Sessions, Parallel Sessions and Spotlight Sessions. Plenary Sessions will be coordinated by the Symposium Subgroup, while Parallel Sessions and Spotlight Sessions are open for proposals. To encourage engagement across the entire GEO community and to allow speakers and audiences from all regions to participate, each day will begin at a different time.

Parallel Sessions: These sessions will be held in separate virtual meeting rooms, allowing for short, live presentations by speakers and facilitated discussions for more interactivity. Each session will last 1 hour. GEO Work Programme activities are encouraged to collaborate to propose sessions that address common issues or propose new integrated solutions. Geographic, gender, and generational diversity should be considered when selecting speakers and moderators for each session. To encourage engagement of the entire GEO community and to allow speakers and audiences from specific regions to participate, sessions can be scheduled at different times on different days (see Symposium Structure below).

Spotlight Sessions: These sessions are intended for individual GEO Work Programme activities, GEO Working Groups, or other GEO groups to present their progress, reach potential collaborators, or discuss future actions. They will be held simultaneously in a large virtual meeting space which will permit participants to move between individual SpotlightSessions. The platform allows for up to 15 visitors per session at a time. Each individual session should therefore be relatively short (about 15 – 30 minutes) but may be given more than once.

If you have any questions, please contact the GEO Secretariat: Wenbo Chu (wchu@geosec.org) and Craig Larlee (clarlee@geosec.org).

Monday 21 June 2021

Opening Session & Plenary Session (13h00-14h30 CEST) check other times zones here

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Opening Session

Plenary Session: Resilient Cities and Human Settlements

Parallel Sessions A (14h30-15h30 CEST) check other times zones here

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Sustainable partnerships for health decision-making and One Health collaborations

Building the foundation for success: Equality, diversity and inclusion in GEO

Earth observation operational services through the e-shape project

GEO and CEOS COAST: A coastal EO partnership

GEO Indigenous Alliance strengthening inclusive partnerships

Response of terrestrial ecosystems in the context of global climate change

Tuesday 22 June 2021

Plenary Session (08h00-09h00 CEST) check other times zones here

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Plenary Session: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Nature-based Solutions

Parallel Sessions B (09h00-10h00 CEST) check other times zones here

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All you ever wanted to know about the GEO Knowledge Hub

Data-driven: Geospatial data for climate resilience and disaster risk reduction

E-Shape climate showcase

Mountains at GEO

In situ data for agricultural monitoring

Spotlight Sessions (10h00-10h30 CEST) check other times zones here

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A GEO community Green Paper: Faster uptake of Earth observation

A terrestrial reference initiative for Earth observation of forest structure: GEO-TREES

GEO LDN Community Development Web Symposium series

Harnessing the power of citizen science and the inherent diversity that it offers

Measuring the value of Earth observations

Monitoring natural disaster damage and restoration using improved night-time light images

OGC Earth Observation Cloud Platform concept development study

Satellite Earth observation applications for disaster management

Towards a trustworthy GEOSS

Urban Heritage Climate Observatory: A New Community Activity

Parallel Sessions C (10h30-11h30 CEST) check other times zones here

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EO solutions for the GEO engagement priorities including sustainable development and urban resilience

EO strategies, partnerships and services for disaster risk reduction

Legal, policy, and ethical issues of shared data

Support to decision making for food security in Africa - AfriCultuReS

Wednesday 23 June 2021

Plenary Session (16h00-17h00 CEST) check other times zones here

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Plenary Session: Oceans and Climate

Parallel Sessions D (17h00-18h00 CEST) check other times zones here

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Building new partnerships in AmeriGEO

Building a community to address the challenge of marine debris

Earth observation for climate change and mosquito-borne diseases

Enhancing security on Earth from space

Pathways to global products and solutions for sustainable cities

The GEOSS Platform and its evolution

Spotlight Sessions (18h00-18h30 CEST) check other times zones here

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1. A GEO community Green Paper: Faster uptake of Earth observation

2. A terrestrial reference initiative for Earth observation of forest structure: GEO-TREES

3. Data cubes - a key technology for Earth observation data exploration

4. Evolving GEOSS Data Sharing and Data Management Principles: A view on implementation and benefits

5. GEO Work Programme community feedback on the GEO Knowledge Hub

6. GEO Open Science Statement

7. Harnessing the power of citizen science and the inherent diversity that it offers

8. Health spatial data infrastructure concept development study report

9. Measuring the value of Earth observations

10. Urban Heritage Climate Observatory: A New Community Activity

11. Updates from the GEO Climate Change Working Group

Parallel Sessions E (18h30-19h30 CEST) check other times zones here

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Generalizing the concept of the Essential Variables

Human Planet Initiative datasets in support to GEO projects and GEO engagement priorities

Discussing in-situ challenges and barriers across the community: towards an in-situ data strategy for GEO

Innovative approaches to strengthen community uptake of EO for better decisions and actions

Taking action on gender and social inclusion in GEO initiatives

Toolkits for Sustainable Development Goals

Thursday 24 June 2021

Parallel Sessions F (13h00-14h00 CEST) check other times zones here

Advances in EO Based agricultural monitoring: Honoring the legacy of Dr. Shibendu Ray (Starts at 12h30 CEST)

Demonstrating Earth observation operational services for shaping cost-effective strategies to support policy makers and stakeholders

EuroGEO contributions to disaster resilience

GEO and the Ocean Decade

GEOGloWS at the front of the action

Open Data Cube Sandbox demonstration and discussion

Plenary Session & Closing Session (14h00-15h30 CEST) check other times zones here

Plenary Session: Water-Energy-Food Nexus (14h00-15h00 CEST)

Closing Session (15h00-15h30 CEST)

Symposium Structure

Registration

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Guidelines for Participants

Zoom will be used as the platform for all sessions. Zoom links will be available on the Symposium website around 30 minutes before the sessions start. You will be able to join by clicking the link and providing your name and email address. For more details, please read the meeting guidelines for participants.

Guidelines for Session Orgainzers, Moderators and Speakers

Download the Guidelines for Session Orgainzers, Moderators and Speakers here.

Kudo board for Gilbert Camara

Wish the outgoing GEO Secretariat Director, Gilberto Camara, farewell.

On this kudo board you can express your good whishes to the outgoing GEO Secretariat Director, Gilberto Camara.

Registration / Join process

Group on Earth Observations
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Fax +41 22 730 8520
secretariat@geosec.org