1. 22-23 April 2004, the Fourth GEO Plenary Meeting at Tokyo, Japan Overview of Draft Outline, Process, and Schedule of the Implementation Plan Ivan B. DeLoatch, Robert Scholes, David Williams and Toshio Koike GEOSS Implementation Plan Task Team (IPTT)

2. 22-23 April 2004, the Fourth GEO Plenary Meeting at Tokyo, Japan IPTT First Step Background Documents: Framework Document TOR for IPTT Subgroup Reports Draft Annotated Outline for the Plan Inputs from Subgroups and others Schedule

3. 22-23 April 2004, the Fourth GEO Plenary Meeting at Tokyo, Japan Draft Outline for the GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan 1.Scope of the GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan 2.The origin and purpose of this plan 3.Guiding the Global Earth Observing System of Systems 4.Societal Benefits, Requirements, and EO Systems Disasters, Health, Energy, Climate, Water, Weather, Ecosystems, Agriculture, Biodiversity 5.Overarching Opportunities and Gaps

4. 22-23 April 2004, the Fourth GEO Plenary Meeting at Tokyo, Japan Draft Outline for the GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan (cont'd) 6.Elements of a System of Systems 7.Sharing and Managing Data Existing Capability, Adequacy and Needs 8.Serving the User Products, Modes of Access, Regulatory Frameworks 9.Capacity Building 10.Outreach 11.Necessary Conditions for Success Resourcing GEOSS, Performance Indicators, Enablers for the GEOSS "enterprise" 12.Schedule for Implementation and Evolution

5. 22-23 April 2004, the Fourth GEO Plenary Meeting at Tokyo, Japan Inputs from Subgroups Substantial inputs for various sections of the Plan from Subgroups both in the content of their reports and in the form of additional work Additionally, support to Topic Leaders for Section 4 of Plan For each topic, Subgroups will be expected to nominate relevant experts to address the issues. Coordination Meeting in Paris from 13-14 May and Joint Writing Meeting in Washington DC from 10-11 June

6. 22-23 April 2004, the Fourth GEO Plenary Meeting at Tokyo, Japan Inputs from Current Observing Systems Major sources have been identified, for 5 of the 9 topic areas, e.g.: Disasters (IGOS-P), Climate Change (GCOS,WCRP), Water Cycle (IGOS-P), Weather (WMO), and Ecosystems Protection (IGOS-P) Still need to identify additional expertise for 4 of 9 (Agriculture, Energy, Human Health, Biodiversity)

7. 22-23 April 2004, the Fourth GEO Plenary Meeting at Tokyo, Japan IPTT Timeline Apr.MayJun.Jul.Aug.Sep.Oct.Nov.Dec.Jan.Feb. 2004 2005 Editing Writing Planning Phase 1 Phase 2Phase 3 GEO-4/EOS-II GEO-5 GEO-6/EOS-III Internal Review Draft 0 Draft 1 Draft 2 Governmental Review Governmental Review