1. Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. U.S. Navy (Ret.) Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) September 14, 2006 National Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C. Taking the Pulse of the Planet A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Biodiversity and Public Health

2. Dr. Ray Berkelmans, Australian Institute of Marine Science Great Keppel Islands/Great Barrier Reef

3.  4 DHWs  coral bleaching is expected  8 DHWs  mass bleaching and mortality are expected NOAA Coral Reef Watch

4. ESA Initiative: Solving the Ebola Enigma

5. DAY CASES - 120 Adapted from J. Davis, Climate Adaptation Workshop, Nov. 2003 Detection/ Reporting First CaseLab Confirmation Response Opportunity for control Outbreak Detection and Response

6. DAY CASES Opportunity for control Effective Health Early Warning - 120 Earth Observations and Monitoring Information Adapted from J. Davis, Climate Adaptation Workshop, Nov. 2003 Outreach and stakeholder involvement Detection/ Reporting First CaseLab Confirmation Response Opportunity for control

7. A Global Earth Observation System of Systems GEOSS

8. From Observation to Action Achieving Comprehensive, Coordinated, and Sustained Earth Observations for the Benefit of Humankind

9. Algeria Argentina Australia Bahrain Belgium Belize Brazil Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Croatia Cyprus Denmark Egypt European Commission Finland France Germany Guinea-Bissau Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Luxembourg Malaysia Mali Mauritius Mexico Morocco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria Norway Paraguay Philippines Portugal Republic of Korea Republic of the Congo Russian Federation Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan www.earthobservations.org 65 Countries and the European Commission 43 Organizations

10. www.noaa.gov/eos.html U.S. Group on Earth Observations Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Institute for Standards and Technology Department of Defense U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navy Air Force National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation Smithsonian Institution Tennessee Valley Authority U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service U.S. Forest Service White House Council on Environmental Quality White House Office of Management and Budget White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

11. GEOSS Operating Principles Open and Transparent Process Standardized Practices and Protocols User-friendly Formats Interoperable Components

12. Mosquito Surveillance Social Factors Demographics Climate Global Observations Sea Surface Temperature Land Cover Land Use Other observations Local/Regional Observations Weather Disease Surveillance Applications, Products, Model Output GEO-NETCast  Malaria Case Example

13. Predictions, Warnings, Validation Decision-Making, Implementation Global Public Health Benefits Preparation, Response, Mitigation Malaria Case Example GEO-NETCast

14. The goal is to access the right information, in the right format, at the right time, for the right people, to make the right decisions. www.earthobservations.org