1. CEOS Leadership Continuity
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CEOS Leadership Continuity
Steve Volz, NOAA, CEOS SIT Chair
CEOS 2019 SIT Technical Workshop
Session 8, Agenda Item 8.2
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
11 – 12 September 2019

2. Status of CEOS Leadership Positions
2019
2020
2021
CEOS Chair
VAST (P. A. Tuan)
ISRO (DK Das)
NASA
SIT Chair
SIT Vice Chair
NOAA (S. Volz)
CSIRO (A. Held)
ESA
CEO
DCEO
ESA/CNES (S. Hosford) –
TBD
WGCapD Chair
WGCapD Vice Chair
ISRO (P. Chauhan)
NASA (N. Searby)
VAST-VNSC (P. T. M. Thy)
WGCV Chair
WGCV Vice Chair
CSIRO (C. Ong)
JAXA (A. Kuze)
WGClimate Chair
WGClimate Vice Chair
EUMETSAT (J. Schulz)
DLR (A. von Bargen)
WGDisasters Chair
WGDisasters Vice Chair
ASI (S. Zoffoli)
NASA (D. Green)
CNES
WGISS Chair
WGISS Vice Chair
ESA (M. Albani)
CSIRO (R. Woodcock)
JAXA

3. CEOS Members and Associates = 62
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France
Centro para Desarrollo Tecnólogico Industrial (CDTI), Spain
China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Applications (CRESDA)
Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), Argentina
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
Deutsches Zentrum fürLuft-und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany
European Commission (EC)
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
European Space Agency (ESA)
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), Thailand
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Brazil
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and
Technology (JAXA/MEXT)
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Korea
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA
National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSCC)
National Satellite Meteorological Center/Chinese Meteorological Administration (NSMC/CMA)
National Space Agency of Ukraine (NKAU)
National Space Research Agency of Nigeria (NASRDA)
Netherlands Space Office (NSO)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET)
South African National Space Agency (SANSA)
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK)
United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAE SA)
United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA)
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
ASSOCIATES - 28
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) Canada Centre for Mapping & Earth Observation (CCMEO)
Crown Research Institute (CRI), New Zealand
Earth Systems Science Organisation (ESSO), India
South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR)/Satellite Applications Centre (SAC) Gabonese Agency for Space Studies and Observations (AGEOS)
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Geoscience Australia (GA)
Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS)
Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
International Council for Science (ICSU)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG)
International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ISPRS)
Malaysian National Space Agency (ANGKASA)
Mexican Space Agency (AEM)
Norwegian Space Centre (NSC)
Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Updated 22 Oct 18

4. Geographic Representation of CEOS Space Agencies*
Americas = 8
CONAE
CSA
INPE
NASA
NOAA
USGS
AEM
CCMEO
Europe/Africa = 21
ASI
CDTI
CNES
DLR EC
ESA
EUMETSAT
NASRDA
NSAU
NSO
ROSCOSMOS
ROSHYDROMET
SANSA
TUBITAK
UKSA
UAE SA
AGEOS
CSIR
NSC
SNSA
BELSPO
Asia/Oceania = 17
CAST
CRESDA
CSIRO
GISTDA
ISRO
JAXA/MEXT
KARI
KMA
NIER
NRSCC
NSMC/CMA
VAST/VNSC
ANGKASA
BOM
ESSO/MoES GA
CRI
Italics = CEOS Associate Agency
*Does not include UN organizations = 16

5. NASA for 2021 CEOS Plenaries: 1984-2021 Americas = 13*
Europe/Africa = 11
Asia/Australia = 11*
Year
Venue
Host
1st
1984
Washington DC, USA
NOAA
19th
2005
London, UK
BNSC
2nd
1986
Frascati, Italy
ESA
20th
2006
Buenos Aires, Argentina
CONAE
3rd
1988
Ottawa, Canada
CSA
21st
2007
Kona, Hawaii, USA
USGS
4th
1990
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
INPE
22nd
2008
George, South Africa
CSIR
5th
1991
NASA/NOAA
23rd
2009
Phuket, Thailand
GISTDA
6th
1992
24th
2010
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7th
1993
Tsukuba, Japan
MEXT/NASDA
25th
2011
Lucca, Italy
ASI
8th
1994
Berlin, Germany
DARA
26th
2012
Bangalore, India
ISRO
9th
1995
Montreal, Canada
27th
2013
10th
1996
Canberra, Australia
CSIRO
28th
2014
Trömso, Norway
EUMETSAT
11th
1997
Toulouse, France
CNES
29th
2015
Kyoto, Japan
JAXA
12th
1998
30th
2016
Brisbane, Australia
13th
1999
Stockholm, Sweden
31st
2017
Rapid City, United States
14th
2000
32nd
2018
Brussels, Belgium
COM
15th
2001
33rd
2019
Hanoi, Vietnam
VNSC/VAST
16th
2002
34th
2020*
India
17th
2003
Colorado Springs, USA
35th
2021*
United States
NASA
18th
2004
Beijing, China
NRSCC
36th
2022*
TBD
NASA for 2021
To promote leadership diversity, CEOS makes every effort to rotate the Chair responsibility amongst major geographic regions (the Americas, Europe/Africa, Asia/Pacific)

6. **2001 – ad hoc SIT replaced by standing SIT, approved SIT ToRs
CEOS SIT Chair Agencies
Americas = 4
Europe/Africa = 6*
Asia/Australia = 4*
2-Year Term
Agency
Country
CSIRO
Australia
NOAA
United States
CNES
France **
EUMETSAT
Europe
JAXA
Japan
ESA
NASA *
CSIRO/GA *
**2001 – ad hoc SIT replaced by standing SIT, approved SIT ToRs 6

7. CEOS Executive Officer (CEO) Deputy CEO (DCEO) Americas = 5 yrs
Europe/Africa = 6 yrs*
Asia/Australia = 2 yrs
Term
Agency
CEO/DCEO
Nov 2006 to Jan 2008
ESA
Jean-Louis Fellous, CEO
1 year
Jan 2008 to Dec 2010
Ivan Petiteville, CEO
3 years
Dec 2010 to Dec 2012
USGS
Tim Stryker, CEO
2 years
NOAA
Kerry Sawyer, DCEO
Dec 2012 to Dec 2014
Kerry Sawyer, CEO
Dec 2014 to Dec 2015
CSA
Marie-Josee Bourassa, CEO GA
Jono Ross, DCEO
Dec 2015 to Oct 2017
Jono Ross, CEO
Dec 2015 to Dec 2016
Marie-Josee Bourassa, DCEO
Oct 2017 to Oct 2019
ESA/CNES
Steven Hosford
Oct 2019 to Oct 2021
TBD
Normal Rotation for CEOs is 1 December to allow for coverage during GEO Plenaries and COPs 7

8. Benefits of Being a CEO “The Journey begins here.”
Gained valuable leadership experience
Became familiar with leading national and international EO organizations
Developed a broad network of cordial professional relationships
Had a feeling of accomplishment in advancing the societal benefits of Earth observations

9. CEO/DCEO Continuity CEOS has been unable to find a new CEO or DCEO
CEOS leadership must discuss and decide how to mitigate
Critical tasks at risk include:
CEOS Work Plan: annual updates, progress tracking and reporting
CEOS meeting support
CEOS-GEO support: CEOS representation at GEO meetings (CEOS- GEO Bilateral, Programme Board, ExCom, Work Plan Symposium, GEO Plenary)
CEOS GEO Work Programme Task inputs, reports, coordination
CEOS leadership support
Support to new initiatives
Fielding outside queries
CEOS admin

10. CEO/DCEO Continuity The CEO is core to CEOS function
This loss of capacity will be felt by all CEOS entities
CEOS will also lose the broader strategic capacity that the CEO provides
On CEOS Work Plan maintenance:
Suggest that CEOS entities provide best efforts updates of tasks using the new deliverables tool
No comprehensive update of the CEOS Work Plan for next year
Other task responsibilities are TBD
Discussion: contingency plan and task responsibilities