The Role of Remote Sensing in
Disaster Management
Geneva, 10-11 December 2007
Workshop Overview and Objectives
Giovanni Rum, GEO Secretariat
Table of contents
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Background
Purpose of the event
Expected outcomes
Connections with the Global Forum
Revised Agenda
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Workshop The Role of Remote Sensing in Disaster Management
Geneva, 10-11 December 2007
Background
• The Workshop is the first action in implementing the
GEO-ITU MOU
• Observations, derived information and their timely
dissemination are the essential elements for Disaster
Risk Reduction and they need clear allocation of
spectrum to ensure quality and reliability
• GEO and ITU have a common interest in the availability
and affordability of information and communications
technology (ICT) in particular developing Countries
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Workshop The Role of Remote Sensing in Disaster Management
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Purpose of the event
The purpose of the event is twofold
• Increase the awareness, within the Communication
Community, of the benefits to the Society and to
people coming from Remote Sensing, in particular for
what concerns all the phases of the Disaster Risk
Reduction cycle, from preparedness to early warning
and response and back to preparedness through
reconstruction.
• Highlight the need of an effective spectrum
management in order to ensure continuity of key
observations
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Workshop The Role of Remote Sensing in Disaster Management
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Expected outcomes
Based on diverse knowledge and information gathered by
Participants, the event should:
– increase the political visibility on GEO and ITU common matters, in
particular of the need of an effective spectrum management to
ensure continuity of observations;
– contribute to ITU’s work in Remote Sensing, particularly, as
discussed under ITU-D Study Group 2 Question 22/2 on the
Utilization of ICT for disaster management, resources, and active
and passive space-based sensing systems as they apply to
disaster and emergency relief situation.
– contribute to ongoing efforts of ITU and GEO capacity building in
the areas of ICT and Remote Sensing respectively.
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Workshop The Role of Remote Sensing in Disaster Management
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Connections with the Global Forum
• GEO Secretariat Director has given one of the speeches
for the Opening Ceremony of the Global Forum
• Signature of the ITU-GEO MoU for ”Cooperation in Earth
Observations, Emergencies, and Other Matters of
Mutual Interest in Information and Communications
Technology” has just take place within the Forum
Program
• Feedback from Workshop on Remote Sensing will be
reported to Forum Plenary on 12 Decemeber (14:00 to
14:30) to provide relevant inputs to the Final Document
of the Forum.
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Final Agenda
DAY ONE: Monday, 10 December 2007
16.45 – 17.30
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Opening Session of the Workshop
Mr. G. Rum: Chairman’s Opening Remarks: Overview and objectives of
the Remote Sensing Workshop
Mr. Valery Timofeev, Director Radiocommunication Bureau, International
Telecommunication Union, (ITU)
Mr. Jose Achache, Secretariat Director, Group on Earth Observation, (GEO)
Venue: Salle 5/6 CICG
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Workshop The Role of Remote Sensing in Disaster Management
Geneva, 10-11 December 2007
Final Agenda
DAY TWO: Tuesday, 11 December 2007
10.00 – 11.15
Overview: highlighting activities of United Nations
Agencies using Remote Sensing
Summary of the first day – Chairman
1. Mr. A. Vassiliev, Radiocommunication Bureau, International
Telecommunication Union, (ITU)
ITU Activities in Remote Sensing
2. Mr. E. Bjorgo, United Nations Operational Satellites Applications
Programme, (UNOSAT)
UNOSAT activities and services
3. Mr. D. Stevens / J. Szarzynski, United Nations Office for Outer Space
Affairs, (UNOOSA)
The SPIDER Programme
4. Mr. M. Rast, GEO Secretariat
User viewpoint on Remote Sensing data utilization.
Venue: Room A ITU Tower -2
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Final Agenda
11.15-11.30
Break
11.30 - 12.00
Remote Sensing Systems, Applications and Spectrum
Allocations
1. Mr. Tom von Deak, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Active and Passive Remote Sensing allocations, sensors,
measurements and applications
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Mr. J.Pla, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, (CNES)
Results of WRC 2007 with respect to Remote Sensing
Venue: Room A ITU Tower -2
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Final Agenda
12.00-12.30
Remote Sensing and Emergency Management
1.
Mr. A. Husson, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, (CNES)
The International Charter “Space and Major Disasters".
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Mr. G. Seguin, Canadian Space Agency, (CSA)
Use of Satellites for Risk Management; A key task of the GEO
Workplan.
Venue: Room A ITU Tower -2
12.30-13.30
Break for Lunch
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Final Agenda
13.30-14.30
Regional Perspectives
1. Mr. J. Perez, Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el
Caribe, (CATHALAC)
SERVIR MesoAmerican Remote Sensing consortium
2. Mr. Y. Osawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, (JAXA)
Emergency observation by "Daichi" and Sentinel Asia
3. Dr. T. Korme, Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development,
(RCMRD)
Remote Sensing and disaster management in Africa
4. Mr. Imraan Salojee, Group on Earth Observation,(GEO)
GEO Capacity Building roadmap and actions
Venue: Room A ITU Tower -2
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Final Agenda
14.30-15.45
Panel Discussion and Conclusions
Recap of the Workshop Sessions
Finalization of recommendations to the Global Forum
Keynote address
Dr. P. Basabe, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, (UN-ISDR)
Remote Sensing as part of the International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction and the Hyogo Framework for Action.
Mr. J. Pla, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES),
Mr. G. Rum, Group on Earth Observation (GEO),
Ms. P. De Salvo, International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
Dr. M. Golnaraghi, World Meteorological Organization (WMO),
Dr. T. Korme, Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development,
(RCMRD),
Mr. J. Perez, Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe
(CATHALAC).
Venue: Room A ITU Tower -2
15.45-16.00 Coffee Break
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