Table 1: ESA GlobBiomass User Consultation Meeting Agenda (draft)
ESA GlobBiomass User Consultation Meeting
9-11 October 2012, Jena, Germany
Preliminary Agenda
8 October 2012
9 October 2012
8:00-9:00
9:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
12:30-13:30
13:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-17:00
10 October 2012
9:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
12:30-13:30
13:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-17:00
17:30
18:00
Afterwards
11 October 2012
9:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
12:30-13:30
13:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-17:00
17:00-18:00
18:00
Arrival of participants
Venue: Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
Registration and Logistics
Opening by Sponsors on the need for Biomass Monitoring:
ESA/DLR/NASA/JAXA Representatives, GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Office
and Biomass Working Group, MPI Biogeochemistry and Univ. Jena
Coffee break
International Programme Representatives on implementations: GEO FCT,
GEOCarbon, FAO TCOS/TCO, REDD, GCP…
Lunch break
Overview “Super User” Presentations I (national level) on the relevance of
biomass measurements
Coffee break
Overview “Super User” Presentations II (international level) on the
relevance of biomass measurements
Venue: Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
Technical Presentations from Users and Earth Obs Community: State-ofthe-art for local biomass measurements and future needs.
Coffee break
Technical Presentations from Users and Earth Obs Community: State-ofthe-art for national biomass measurements and future needs
Lunch break
Technical Presentations from Users and Earth Obs Community: State-ofthe-art for continental/global biomass measurements and future needs
Coffee break
Discussion on International Development of and Contributions to a Biomass
Monitoring Concept
Shuttle transfer to Leuchtenburg Castle
Guided Tour and Conference Dinner as Knight’s Banquet
Return to Jena
Venue: Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
Focus on Biomass Validation: What is available? Inventories, GOFCGOLD Regional Networks, REDD Actions, FAO FRA, GEO FCT, GCP, ...
Coffee break
Biomass Validation cont.
Lunch Break
Biomass Validation cont.
Coffee break
Formation of a possible GlobBiomass Proposal Team
Questions & Discussions, Recommendations & Action Items, Next Meeting
Concluding Remarks & Closing of the Meeting