Schedule
02 November
03 November
04 November
05 November
06 November
07 November
08 November
09 November
02 November
Hackathon - Day 1
12th AOGEO Symposium - Day 1
03 November
Hackathon - Day 2
12th AOGEO Symposium - Day 2
04 November
12th AOGEO Symposium - Day 3
Ensuring FAIR and standard access to precise positioning data
The role of Learned Academies in strategic and long-term planning: Decadal Plans for Science as a mechanism for advocating, engaging and delivering the GEO Strategic Plan
Knowledge management for Agriculture
Data for our planet: Increasing the use and value of global information infrastructures to support resilient cities, disaster risk reduction and infectious diseases
Showcasing European applications for policy support
With a Little Help From Our Friends: The Value and Use of Citizen Science for GEO
Earth observation framework in Australia will target critical minerals for a sustainable future: Infrastructure, strategies and a roadmap for Australia
Ideas Stage: Detection of illegal mining in Ghana using both Landsat and Sentinel-1 data in the Africa Regional Data Cube (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Australian activities in Earth observation of Antarctic sea ice, and its importance (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Assessing Food Security Monitoring and Policy Implementation using Earth observations in China, Kenya, & Mexico (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Land cover of Australia using Digital Earth Australia (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Satellite imagery access powered by open source (live streamed)
High Level Pacific Plenary Panel Discussions
Land for the Future: The need for actionable information (live streamed)
Valuing our ecosystems (live streamed)
GEO and the Pacific (live streamed)
Public-private partnerships in EO (live streamed)
Deep Dive – Pacific Island Earth Observing Stories
EO for Energy (live streamed)
Valuing Earth observation (live streamed)
Delivering on climate change: Driving action at all scales (live streamed)
Big EO: Big Data (live streamed)
EO for Disaster Risk Reduction (live streamed)
Pacific Islands Ideas Stage
Streamflow and Flood Activities in GEO
Use of earth observations in greenhouse gas inventory reporting for the land sector – What’s new?
Connecting the global and the local: The SDGs and the regional GEOs
The Global Drought Information System (GDIS) Global Initiative: A Global Information System for Assessing and Forecasting Drought
Land Access for EO & First Nations People Engagement
GEO/AWS Earth Observation Cloud Credits Programme
Exhibition
Exhibition Preview and Welcome Reception Hosted by the ACT Government
Europe Caucus Meeting (closed event)
Asia-Oceania Caucus Meeting (closed event)
05 November
The Role of the Group on Earth Observations in the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021 – 2030)
Earth Observation and Modeling: Dialogue for Added Value and Knowledge
Satellite Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases and 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Biodiversity data infrastructures for supporting global biodiversity monitoring and assessment programs
GEO activities supporting vulnerable ecosystems
Inaugural “Geodesy4Sendai” Session
GEO Value Workshop
Ideas Stage: Co-design methods for the design of services based on GEO data - the E-shape case (live streamed)
Exhibition [ 14:45-15:45 Official Opening of Exhibition ]
49th GEO Executive Committee Meeting (closed event)
Ideas Stage: Africapolis.org: Visualise Urbanisation in Africa (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Federating world-leading research, data and technical capabilities to create Australia’s National Environmental Prediction System (NEPS) (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Exploring the internal migration trends using mobile phone data in Rwanda (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for the classification of arable land and exploration of mineral natural resources (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Opportunities of Radarinterferometric Ground Motion Services (live streamed)
Pacific Island Earth Observation Coordination Talanoa
Downscaling GEO: Delivering impact at national and local levels (live streamed)
Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (live streamed)
Food security and early warning (live streamed)
Water for Life (live streamed)
EO and the World's Indigenous Peoples (live streamed)
EO for Official Statistics (live streamed)
Industry Track: AU-EU Industry Showcase and Melbourne Cup
Data Sharing and Data Management Principles working group meeting
New approaches in structuring GEO in-situ related strategies and activities [POSTPONED to 2020]
Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI): Where supply meets demand
The European Network for Observing Our Changing Planet (ERA-PLANET) contributions to GEO and EuroGEO
[CANCELLED] Tackling climate change impacts at scale: The Space Climate Observatory
Ideas Stage: GEOGloWS - Empowering Local Decision-Makers with Global Water Information Services (live streamed)
Earth Observations: Preparing the global resource industry for a sustainable future
Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa)
Boosting the GEO Work program with new capacities establishing a community of practice
Ideas Stage: Big geodata for sustainable development; challenges from an education, research and capacity development perspective (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Developing an Earth Observation Application for Coastal Ecosystems Mapping, Monitoring and Assessment of the Northern African Coastal Zone (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Introduction to AWS GroundStation (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Running Geospatial Workloads on AWS (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Earth Science Information Partners: globally connecting networks of practitioners make Earth Science data matter (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Measuring Mount Everest, Top of the World (live streamed)
Africa Caucus Meeting (closed event)
Ideas Stage: Mapping ground deformation in Australia: opportunities presented by Earth Observation radar satellites (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: State Surveillance Versus Unique Identification of Citizen Data (live streamed)
Open Cash Bar
Ideas Stage: China's urbanization trajectory and sustainable strategies in 1949-2049 (live streamed)
Ideas stage: Global Ecosystem and Environment Observation Analysis Research for SDGs (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: EO in support of the agri-food sector and to contribute towards SDG 2: the agriculture showcase of the H2020 e-shape project (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Analysis of burnt scar using optical and radar satellite data (live streamed)
ExCom Reception (closed event)
Ideas Stage: Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Multi-source data Synergized Quantitative remote sensing production system (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: Forest biodiversity mapping based on hyperspectral and LiDAR data (live streamed)
Ideas Stage: TanSat First Official Lever 2 products (live streamed)
06 November
Mangrove Ecosystems in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Industry Track: Welcome and Keynote Address
GEO-XVI - Session 1: Opening Session (closed event) (live streamed)
Exhibition
Industry Track: Leadership Dialogue – Industry and GEO
GEO-XVI - Session 2: Action on Climate Change (closed event) (live streamed)
Industry Track: Town Hall Discussion
Lunchbox Information Session: Copernicus in the Pacific
STEM and Earth Observations
Industry Track: EO Industry Platform
Industry Track: End User Forum – Panel Session
GEO-XVI - Session 3: Action on Disaster Risk Reduction (closed event) (live streamed)
Informal kick-off session Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group
Industry Track: Understanding EO End Users: Design Thinking 101
GEO-XVI - Session 4: Action on Sustainable Development (closed event) (live streamed)
Open Cash Bar
Gala Dinner (closed event)
07 November
GEO Week Ministerial Breakfast – invitation only (closed event)
Industry Track: EO Industry Platform
Industry Track: Earth Observation 2.0
Pacific Island focus sessions
GEO-XVI - Session 5: Broadening the Impact of Earth Observation and GEO (closed event) (live streamed)
Exhibition
GEO-XVI - Session 6: Implementing a Results-Oriented GEOSS (closed event) (live streamed)
Industry Track: Google Earth Engine Showcase
Industry Track: Development Finance / Co-investment
Industry Track: Asia-Oceania Industry @ GEO
GEO-XVI - Session 7: Delivering on the Strategic Plan – The GEO Work Programme (closed event) (live streamed)
Industry Track: Closing Session
GEO-XVI - Session 8: GEO Business (closed event) (live streamed)
Ministerial - Industry Reception (closed event)
Open Cash Bar
Ministerial Roundtable (closed event)
Ministerial Dinner (closed event)
08 November
Ministerial Summit - Session 1: Opening Session (closed event)
Exhibition
Ministerial Summit - Session 2: Strategy (closed event)
Ministerial Summit - Session 3: Action (closed event)
Ministerial Summit - Session 4: Closing Business (closed event)
09 November