16th AOGEO Symposium

Day1 Day2 Day3

Agenda

Program (Tokyo time)

Day 1 3 Sep	10:00 - 10:10	Welcome Remarks (10 min) Ms. HONDA Akiko, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan (MEXT) Ms. Yana Gevorgyan (GEO Secretariat Director, via video)
	10:10 - 10:20	Group Photo (10 min)
	10:20 - 10:40	Keynote Speech (20 min) Dr. MANAGI Shunsuke (Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University, Japan)PDF
	10:40 - 11:00	Road to Post 2025 (20 min) Introduction of the Post-2025 Strategy and informing the progress to date on the Strategy Implementation Plan (SIP) including announcement of the upcoming GEO Symposium 2024 widely to the AOGEO community. Speaker: Mr. Andrew Murdock, Post-2025 SIP Lead, GEO SecretariatPDF
	11:00 - 11:20	Coffee Break (20 min)
	11:20 - 13:00	Country Reports (100 min) AOGEO members to present on their Countries Reports. Speakers: Countries in alphabetical order Australia：Prof. Megan Lewis (AOGEO Coordination Board Co-Chair; Past President, Earth Observation Australia; Emerita Professor in Environmental Remote Sensing, University of Adelaide, Australia)PDF Indonesia: Dr. Danang Surya Candra (National Contact Point GEO-GEOSS, Indonesian Space Agency Secretariat (INASA) of National Research and Innovation Agency (INASA-BRIN))PDF Japan: Mr. Takashi Kiyoura (Japan GEO Principal, Deputy Director-General,MEXT)PDF Republic of Korea: Ms. Jiyun Park (Assistant Director, Division of International Affairs, Korea AeroSpace Administration)PDF Maldives: Mr. Ahmed Rasheed (Director Meteorology, Public Weather Service, Maldives Meteorological Service)PDF Mongolia: Dr. Lkhagvadorj Nanzad (Chief Engineer, Information and Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment)PDF Nepal: Mr. Prakash Joshi (Director General Survey Department, Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Government of Nepal)PDF Thailand: Dr. Siam Lawawirojwong (Director of Geo-informatics Management and Solutions Office)PDF Tonga: Ms. Yumi Nafe (Senior GIS Specialist, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Tonga)PDF Vietnam: Dr. Lam Dao Nguyen (Director of Ho Chi Minh City Space Technology Application Center (STAC), Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST))PDF Video reports in alphabetical order Cambodia: Dr. Kimhor Meng (Deputy Director General of National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and as the Cambodia GEO Principle)PDF China: Prof. Liao Xiaohan (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the representative of the Lead Co-Chair and GEO China Alternate)PDF
	13:00 - 14:00	Lunch (60 min)
	14:00 - 15:20	Special Session 1: Earth Intelligence for EW4ALL (80 min) Identifying the user needs and stakeholders to create Earth Intelligence and providing opportunity for discussion on how Earth Intelligence could be utilized in international frameworks such as Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL). Moderator: Prof. Megan Lewis (AOGEO Coordination Board Co-Chair; Past President, Earth Observation Australia; Emerita Professor in Environmental Remote Sensing, University of Adelaide, Australia) Presentation on Earth Intelligence (10 min) Dr. Sara Venturini (Chief of Member Services, GEO Secretariat)PDF Video (2 min): EW4ALL Panelist Presentations (25 min) Speakers from various stakeholders (5 panelists) Ms. ENDO Chinatsu (UNDRR Bangkok Office)PDF Mr. Ahmed Rasheed (Director Meteorology, Maldives Meteorological Service, Maldives)PDF Mr. Prakash Joshi (Director General, Survey Department, Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Nepal)PDF Dr. Della Grace Bacaltos(Research Director, Davao Central College, Philippines)PDF Dr. Agnes Lane (Senior Manager, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, virtual)PDF Panel discussions (40 min)
	15:20 - 15:40	Coffee Break (20 min)
	15:40 - 18:40	TG Session Part 1 (180 min) Task Groups (TG) to hold parallel sessions including discussion toward the Post-2025 Implementation Plan with the GEO Secretariat. TGs conducting sessions in this timeslot are as follows: TG2: Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (AP-BON)PDF TG4: Oceans, Coasts and Islands (OCI)PDF TG5: Agriculture and Food Security (AsiaRiCE)PDF
	18:40 -	Reception (approx. 120 min)

Day 2 4 Sep	10:00 - 13:00	TG Session Part 2 (180 min) TGs conducting sessions in this timeslot are as follows: TG1: Asia Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)PDF TG3: Asia-Oceania Greenhouse Gas Initiative (AO-GHG)PDF TG4: Oceans, Coasts and Islands (OCI) (cont.)PDF TG7: Environmental MonitoringPDF
	13:00 - 14:00	Lunch (60 min)
	14:00 - 17:00	TG Session Part 3 (180 min) TGs conducting sessions in this timeslot are as follows: TG1: Asia Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) (cont.)PDF TG7: Environmental Monitoring (cont.)PDF
	17:00 - 17:20	Break (20 min)
	17:20 - 18:20	Statement Meeting (60 min) [closed] Only for the Coordination board and TG Leads

Day 3 5 Sep	10:00 - 12:00	TG Activity Reports (120 min) TGs to present their activity reports. TGs conducting sessions in this timeslot are as follows: Moderator: Ms. Jiyun Park (KASA, Korea, Republic of) Speakers: TG1: Asia Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) Dr. Mamoru Miyamoto (International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM))PDF TG2: Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (AP-BON) Ms. Runi Anak Sylvester Pungga (Forest Department Sarawak, Malaysia)PDF TG3: Asia-Oceania Greenhouse Gas Initiative (AO-GHG) Prof. Kazuhito Ichii, Professor and Vice-Director of the Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba UniversityPDF TG4: Oceans, Coasts and Islands (OCI) Dr. Eko Siswanto (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan)PDF TG5: Agriculture and Food Security (AsiaRiCE) Dr. Thuy Le Toan (Centre D'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO), Vietnam)PDF TG7: Environmental Monitoring Prof. Liu Qinhuo, Chinese Academy of SciencesPDF
	12:00 - 13:00	Lunch (60 min)
	13:00 - 14:20	Special Session 2: Highlighting the Early-Careers (80 min) Providing opportunities for early-career experts to present their new ideas, visions and solutions for Earth Intelligence, and to receive advice and engage in discussions with experienced researchers on how Earth Intelligence should be utilized in the near future based on their experiences and insights. Moderator: Dr. Gu Xingfa (AOGEO Coordination Board Co-Chair; Professor, AIR-CAS, China) Presentation from the early-career experts (30 min) Mr. llangasingha Sanjeewa Punsiri Bandara (Mahaweli Authority, Sri Lanka)PDF Mr. KURIHARA Yuta (Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd., Japan) PDF Dr. Alice C. Hughes (University of Hong Kong, China)PDF Dr. Jutarak Luang-on (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Thailand）PDF Dr. Parwati SOFAN (National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia)PDF Dr. Faisal Mumtaz (Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)PDF Panel discussion (50 min) Early-career experts above Prof. Yongyut Trisurat (Kasetsart University, Thailand) Dr. Thuy Le Toan (Centre D'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO), Vietnam) Prof. Chuang LIU, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGSNRR/CAS)
	14:20 - 14:40	Coffee Break (20 min)
	14:40 - 15:00	Adoption of the 2024 AOGEO Statement (20 min) Moderator: Ms. HARADA Mariko (AOGEO Coordination Board Co-Chair; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan)
	15:00 - 15:10	Closing Remarks (10 min) Dr. Sara Venturini (Chief of Member Services, GEO Secretariat) Mr. KIYOURA Takashi (Deputy Director-General, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT, Japan)