Opening Remarks from Manuela Soares Director Environment, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission SESSION I 13: :30 Chair: Thierry Ranchin, MINES – ParisTech Manfred Kloeppel, ECMWF ECMWF's activities in atmospheric composition and climate monitoring Thomas Klein, SMHI Environment Climate Data Sweden – Data sharing in support of science and society Gerhard Wotawa, ZAMG GEO Coordination and GEO-relevant projects at the Austrian Meteorological Service Abad Chabbi, INRA How ANAEE research infrastructure will Change the European ecosystem research landscape? 14: :30Q&A
SESSION II 14: :00 Chair: Florence Béroud, EC-REA Joost van Bemmelen and Roberto Cossu, ESA GEOWOW's vision on the evolution of GEOSS Kym Watson, Fraunhofer IOSB FP7 EO2HEAVEN: Earth Observation and Environmental modelling for the mitigation of health risks, Overview of the EO2HEAVEN contribution to GEOSS Albert Bleeker, ECN InGOS - Integrated non-CO2 Greenhouse gas Observing System 15:30 -15:50Nicolas Ray, UNIGE EnviroGRIDS: feeding GEOSS from the Black Sea catchment 15: :00Q&A
SESSION III 16:00 -17:30 Chair: Manfred Kloeppel, ECMWF Florence Béroud, EC-REA EU Downstream Research Projects using Earth Observation Meiry Sakamoto, FUNCEME SIRIUS Project in Brazil Lucien Wald, MINES ParisTech The GMES-funded MACC-II project for monitoring atmospheric composition and climate Providing energy components for GMES and GEO: the ENDORSE project Q&A
SESSION IV 11: :10 Chair: Steffen Fritz, IIASA Sarah Grimes and Albert Fischer, IOC/UNESCO Pedro Gonçalves, Terradue GEOWOW showcase: elaborating ocean assessment indicators Michael Nyenhuis, UNI Bonn GEOWOW use scenario - River discharge modelling and validation Stefano Nativi, CNR-IIA and Massimo Craglia, EC-JRC Easy discovery and use of GEOSS resources for addressing multidisciplinary challenges related to drought scenarios (GEOWOW showcase prepared by JRC and CNR-IIA) Q&A
SESSION V12: :10 Chair: Stuart Marsh, BGS Mark Noort, ITC Opportunities for practical earth observation applications Luca Demicheli, EuroGeoSurveys Towards a European Geological Data Infrastructure Reinhard Schulte-Braucks, EC - DG ENTR GMES - Europe's contribution to GEOSS Christoph Häuser, MFN Berlin EU BON: Towards the European Biodiversity Observation Network - a European contribution to GEO BON 14: :10Q&A
SESSION VI 14: :20 Chair: Christoph Häuser, MFN Berlin Bob Scholes, CSIR and Robert Jongman, WUR GEO BON and its contribution to global biodiversity observations Robert Jongman, WUR GfG2 project Thierry Ranchin, MINES - ParisTech Environmental impact of Energy use (EnerGEO) 15: :20Q&A
SESSION VII 15: :30 Chair: Stefano Nativi, CNR-IIA Hans-Peter Plag, IEEE The GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Network: A spin-off of the EGIDA Project Ivette Serral, CREAF Advances in disclosing GEOSS data quality Peter Baumann, Jacobs University | rasdaman GmbH Adding Big Earth Data Analytics to GEOSS 16: :30Q&A
SESSION VIII16: :00 Chair: Kym Watson, Fraunhofer IOSB Michael Staudinger, ZAMG Weather Forecasts and Crisis Management Fabio Dell'Acqua, UNIPV GEO projects on Georisk in Pavia, Italy Natassa Antoniou, SW Data Policies in Support of Climate Change and Disaster Management Application Paolo Mazzetti, CNR-IIA Towards a sustainable GEOSS: the EGIDA methodology and its assessment Q&A
SESSION IX 10: :30 Chair: Massimo Craglia, EC-JRC Steffen Fritz, IIASA The importance of reducing uncertainties in global land cover and the role crowdsourcing can play Chris Higgins, EDINA Introducing the Citizen Observatory Web (COBWEB) project Mirko Albani, ESA GEOSS Common Infrastructure: status and evolution Stephane Chevrel, BRGM Earth Observation in Monitoring the Environmental and societal Impacts of Mining - the EO-MINERS Project Q&A
SESSION X12: :20 Chair: Mark Noort, ITC Steve Groom, PML The Europe Africa Marine EO Network Palma Blonda, CNR From Space To Species (BIO_SOS): solutions for biodiversity monitoring Jacqueline McGlade, EEA Eye on Earth Antonio Bombelli, CMCC From Europe Toward a Global Carbon Observing System :10Chris Steenmans, EEA Contribution of GMES Initial Operations Land Monitoring to GEO Global Land Cover :20Q&A