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GEO South - Eastern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean Symposium on "Earth Observation Services for Monitoring the Environment and Protecting the General Public"
Agenda Monday 8/6/2009 09.30 - 13.00, (University of Athens, Great Hall) Co-chair: Dr. Vasileios Tritakis and Dr. Douglas Cripe 09.30 Welcome by the University of Athens, Vice Rector Prof. Dimosthenis Asimakopoulos 09.45 Welcome by the President of the National Observatory of Athens, Prof. Christos Zerefos 10.00 Welcome by the General Secretariat for Science and Technology, Government of Greece, Prof. Philippos Tsalidis 10.15 Goals of the Meeting by the Greek GEO Office, Dr. Vasileios Tritakis (pdf) 10.30 Welcome and Keynote Address by the Director of the GEO Secretariat, Prof. José Achache (pdf) 11.30 Coffee Break 12.00 Gordon McInnis, Deputy Director, European Environment Agency (pdf) 12.30 Stephen Coulson, European Space Agency (pdf) 13.00- 14.30 Lunch Monday 8/6/2009 14.30 - 18.00 (University of Athens - "Kostis Palamas" Building) Co-chair: Prof. José Achache and Dr. Michael Petrakis 14.30 Welcoming Remarks Round Table of Introductions GEO Secretariat-Presentation of the GEO 2009-2011Work Plan -Michael Williams (pdf) Greek GEO Office - Task EC-09-02a on Impact of Tourism on Environmental and Socio-Economic Activities - Mrs. Eleni Christia (pdf) 16.00 Coffee Break Presentations by Countries in Alphabetical order: Co-Chair: Dr. Rob Koopman and Dr. Vasilis Amiridis 16.20 Bulgaria, Dr. Anton Stoimenov (pdf) 16.40 Croatia, Dr.Zvonimir Katusin (pdf) 17.00 GEO Secretariat - Monitoring and managing water resources, Douglas Cripe (pdf) 17.20 Discussion 18.00 Buffet Tuesday 9/6/2009 9.30 - 16.00 (University of Athens - "Kostis Palamas" Building) Co-Chair: Dr. Charis Kontoes and Dr. Michael Williams 09.30 Introduction to the Day 09.35 GEO Secretariat - Addressing climate variability and climate change, Douglas Cripe (pdf) 09.55 Cyprus, Dr. Filippos Tymvios (pdf) 10.15 Egypt, Dr. Mona Gamal El-Din, Prof. Ahmad Hegazy (pdf 1), (pdf 2) 10.50 Greece, Dr. C. Kontoes (pdf) 11.10 Coffee Break 11.30 Rob Koopman, GEO Secretariat, on “Remote sensing in Europe” 11.50 Hungary, Dr. Zoltan Dunkel (pdf) 12.10 Lebanon, Dr. Patty Farah (pps) 12.50 Moldova, Dr. Alcaz Vasile/Dr. Natalia Prepeliţa (pdf 1), (pdf 2) 13.10 Lunch Co-Chair: Dr. Athanasios Ganas and Dr. Douglas Cripe 14.00 GEO Secretariat - The GEO Portal and the GEOSS Common Infrastructure, Rob Koopman (pdf) 14.20 Romania, Dr. Ion Nedelcu (pdf) 14.40 Coffee Break 15.00 Slovenia, Dr. Marjan Vezjak (pdf) 15.20 Turkey, Dr. Asli Vural (pdf) 15.40 GEO Secretariat - Building Capacity for Earth Observations, Michael Williams Discussion (pdf) 16.00 Discussion 20.00 Reception Wednesday 10/6/2009 9.30-13.00 (University of Athens "Kostis Palamas" Building) Co-Chair: Prof. José Achache, Dr. Vasileios Tritakis and Mrs Eleni Christia Reporteur: Dr. Adrianos Retalis and Mrs Eleni Christia Round table discussions - Outputs - Future plans - Establish a Network 09.30 Introduction by Greek GEO Office, Review 09.45 GEO Secretariat - Options and Opportunities for the Way Forward 10.00 Discussion 11.00 Coffee Break 11.15 Discussion 12.00 Presentations on Good Practices in the Mediterranean 12.30 Conclusion: Establishing a Sub -Regional GEO Network 13.00 Lunch
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