Agenda
1. Date: 18th-20th September 2017
2. Venue: Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
3. Organizers: VNSC/VAST, MEXT, GEO Secretariat
4. Theme: Accelerating the realization of the SDGs with Earth Observations:
Lessons from the Asia-Oceania Region
MC: Dr. Vu Anh Tuan, VNSC
Day 1: Monday, September 18th (2nd floor Grand Hall and 9th floor Meeting room 903)
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Welcome remarks (15 mins) [Dr. Akiko Noda, GEO Secretariat (PDF 0.8MB); Prof. Chau Van Minh, President of VAST (PDF 0.5MB); Ms. Mami Oyama, Deputy Director General of MEXT] |
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| 9:15-9:25 | MOU signing ceremony between JAXA and VNSC | |
| 9:25-10:05 |
Keynote speech (40 mins) [Assoc. Prof. Pham Anh Tuan, Director General of VNSC] (PDF 4.6MB) |
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| 10:05-10:15 | Photo Session (10 mins) | |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45-12:15 | Country reports (Each country)
1. Australia (Dr. Alex Held, CSIRO)
(PDF 2.7MB) |
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| 12:15-13:45 | Lunch (VAST's cafereria, 3rd floor, A21 Building) | |
| 13:45-14:45 | Country reports, cont. (Each country) | |
| 14:45-15:00 | Report from EO4SDG (15 mins) [Mr. Chu Ishida, JAXA (Co-lead of the EO4SDG Initiative)] (PDF 2.5MB) |
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| 15:00-16:15 | Needs introduction from Vietnam (75 mins) Introduction on the needs of Earth observation data and information based on experiences in Vietnam [Moderator: Dr. Vu Anh Tuan, Vice Director General of VNSC] [Panelists: Dr. Lam Dao Nguyen, VNSC; Dr. Chu Hai Tung, MoNRE; Prof. Nguyen Dinh Duong, VAST; Dr. Ha Quy Quynh, VAST; Prof. PHAM VAN CU, VNU] |
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| 16:15-16:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:45-17:45 | Special Session 1: Two concurrent sessions on cross-cutting issues (60
mins) Session 1-A (Meeting room 903): Data sharing and AO-DataCube (AOGEOSS Task#10&11) [Moderator: Dr. David Hudson, Director of Earth and Marine Observations Operations_Geoscience Australia; Prof. Guoqing Li, RADI, China ] [Panelists: Dr. Akiyuki Kawasaki, The University of Tokyo; Dr. Paul Chan, IMSG, Inc.; Prof. Zhou Xiang, RADI, CAS; Dr Alex Held, CSIRO] Session 1-B (Grand Hall): User engagement and communication (AOGEOSS Task12) [Moderator: Dr. Toshio Koike, Director of ICHARM] [Panelists: Dr. Baku Takahashi, JICA Vietnam; Mr.Osamu Ochiai, JAXA; Dr. Kelly Hyden, ESCAP; Dr. Ngo Kim Chi, APN; Dr. Akira Takagi, JASTIP; Mr. Qinhuo Liu, RADI, CAS] |
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| 18:00-18:30 | Move to Reception Venue by Shuttle Bus arranged by VNSC/VAST Address: Government Guesthouse, No. 2, Le Thach Str., Hanoi |
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| 18:30-20:30 | - Brief reports from Special Session 1-A: Dr. David Hudson, Director of Earth and Marine Observations Operations_Geoscience Australia & 1-B: Dr. Toshio Koike, Director of ICHARM - Reception |
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| 20:30- | Move to VNSC/VAST and Chalcedony Hotel (Nguyen Truong To Str.) by 03 Shuttle Buses arranged by VNSC/VAST |
Day 2: Tuesday, September 19th (2nd floor Grand Hall, Meeting rooms: 705/709/804/903)
| 9:15-17:30 | Five concurrent Working Groups (WG) sessions - WG１：Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) - WG２：Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network（AP-BON） - WG３：GEO Carbon and GHG Initiatives - WG４：Ocean Observation and Society(Blue Planet) - WG５：Agriculture and Food Security to respond to the GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM) * Each WG reports its progress and discusses actions toward the 11th AP Symposium. * The activities of AOGEOSS TG#6-9 will be covered in the five WGs sessions |
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| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch (3rd Floor, A21 Building) | |
| 17:30-18:00 | Coffee Break |
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| 18:00- | Closed Meeting with WG Co-chairs and Moderators of Special Session 1-A &
1-B for coordinating a Statement - Meeting room 903 [Chairperson: Dr. Vu Anh Tuan, Vice Director General of VNSC ] |
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Day 3: Wednesday, September 20th (2nd floor Grand Hall)
| 9:15-10:15 | Reports from each WG (60 mins) [Moderator: Dr. Vu Anh Tuan, Vice Director General of VNSC ] [Reporters: Co-chairs of each WG] (WG1, WG2, WG3, WG4, WG5) |
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| 10:30-11:00 |
AOGEOSS Actions (30 mins) [Xingfa Gu, Executive Deputy Director of RADI/CAS] |
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| 11:00-12:30 | Special Session 2: Wrap-up Panel discussion (90 mins) Wrap-up the Symposium based on each WG’s discussion [Moderator: Prof. Pham Van Cu, VNU] [Panelists: Co-chairs of each WGs; Moderators of Special Session 1-A & 1-B] |
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| 12:30-12:40 | Adoption of the Statement (10 mins) Read-out and adoption of the final draft Statement [Reader of the Statement: Dr. Akiko Noda, GEO Secretariat] |
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| 12:40-12:45 | Closing Remarks (5 mins) [Assoc. Prof. Pham Anh Tuan, Director General of VNSC] |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch (3rd, A21 Building) | ||
| 14:00- | AOGEOSS ad-hoc Coordination Board Meeting (Meeting room 903) | ||
Teleconference via Skype Instructions
Please follow these instructions if you want to join GEOSS Teleconference via Skype Method 1: Using shortcut link to join Skype Group - GEOSS Special Session in Grand Hall : https://join.skype.com/Mf4HgXzVG12m- GEOSS Special Session in Meeting room 903 : https://join.skype.com/O5nzuvkpeD9z
- GEOSS Working Group 1: https://join.skype.com/PAdPvvRR0KyT
- GEOSS Working Group 2: https://join.skype.com/O5nzuvkpeD9z
- GEOSS Working Group 3: https://join.skype.com/G8NGtIu413pu
- GEOSS Working Group 4: https://join.skype.com/Se0cCWcd039F
- GEOSS Working Group 5: https://join.skype.com/Mf4HgXzVG12m
Method 2: Contact to VNSC staff for adding you to the Skype Group
Please send an email to the address: geoss@vnsc.org.vn that includes the following information:
- Your name
- Your Skype account (the email or phone used for logging Skype is much better)
- The session you want to join
