Opening Remarks from Manuela SoaresDirector Environment, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission

SESSION I 13:00 - 14:30Chair: Thierry Ranchin, MINES – ParisTech

13.00 - 13.20 Manfred Kloeppel, ECMWFECMWF's activities in atmospheric composition and climate monitoring

13.20 - 13.40 Thomas Klein, SMHIEnvironment Climate Data Sweden – Data sharing in support of science and

society

13.40 - 14.00 Gerhard Wotawa, ZAMGGEO Coordination and GEO-relevant projects at the Austrian Meteorological

Service

14.00 - 14.20 Abad Chabbi, INRAHow ANAEE research infrastructure will Change the European ecosystem research landscape?

14:20 - 14:30 Q&A

SESSION II 14:30 - 16:00Chair: Florence Béroud, EC-REA

14.30 - 14.50 Joost van Bemmelen and Roberto Cossu, ESAGEOWOW's vision on the evolution of GEOSS

14.50 - 15.10 Kym Watson, Fraunhofer IOSBFP7 EO2HEAVEN: Earth Observation and Environmental modelling for the mitigation of health risks, Overview of the EO2HEAVEN contribution to GEOSS

15.10 - 15.30 Albert Bleeker, ECNInGOS - Integrated non-CO2 Greenhouse gas Observing System

15:30 -15:50 Nicolas Ray, UNIGEEnviroGRIDS: feeding GEOSS from the Black Sea catchment

15:50 - 16:00 Q&A

SESSION III 16:00 -17:30Chair: Manfred Kloeppel, ECMWF

16.00 - 16.20 Florence Béroud, EC-REAEU Downstream Research Projects using Earth Observation

16.20 - 16.40 Meiry Sakamoto, FUNCEMESIRIUS Project in Brazil

16.40 - 17.20 Lucien Wald, MINES ParisTechThe GMES-funded MACC-II project for monitoring atmospheric composition and climateProviding energy components for GMES and GEO: the ENDORSE project

17 20 - 17.30 Q&A

SESSION IV 11:00 - 12:10Chair: Steffen Fritz, IIASA

11.00 - 11.20 Sarah Grimes and Albert Fischer, IOC/UNESCOPedro Gonçalves, TerradueGEOWOW showcase: elaborating ocean assessment indicators

11.20 - 11.40 Michael Nyenhuis, UNI BonnGEOWOW use scenario - River discharge modelling and validation

11.40 - 12.00 Stefano Nativi, CNR-IIA and Massimo Craglia, EC-JRCEasy discovery and use of GEOSS resources for addressing multidisciplinary challenges related to drought scenarios (GEOWOW showcase prepared by JRC and CNR-IIA)

12.00 - 12.10 Q&A

SESSION V 12:40 - 14:10Chair: Stuart Marsh, BGS

12.40 - 13.00 Mark Noort, ITCOpportunities for practical earth observation applications

13.00 - 13.20 Luca Demicheli, EuroGeoSurveysTowards a European Geological Data Infrastructure

13.20 - 13.40 Reinhard Schulte-Braucks, EC - DG ENTRGMES - Europe's contribution to GEOSS

13.40 - 14.00 Christoph Häuser, MFN BerlinEU BON: Towards the European Biodiversity Observation Network - a European contribution to GEO BON

14:00 - 14:10 Q&A

SESSION VI 14:10 - 15:20Chair: Christoph Häuser, MFN Berlin

14.10 - 14.30 Bob Scholes, CSIR and Robert Jongman, WURGEO BON and its contribution to global biodiversity observations

14.30 - 14.50 Robert Jongman, WURGfG2 project

14.50 - 15.10 Thierry Ranchin, MINES - ParisTechEnvironmental impact of Energy use (EnerGEO)

15:10 - 15:20 Q&A

SESSION VII 15:20 - 16:30Chair: Stefano Nativi, CNR-IIA

15.20 - 15.40 Hans-Peter Plag, IEEEThe GEOSS S&T Stakeholder Network: A spin-off of the EGIDA Project

15.40 - 16.00 Ivette Serral, CREAFAdvances in disclosing GEOSS data quality

16.00 - 16.20 Peter Baumann, Jacobs University | rasdaman GmbHAdding Big Earth Data Analytics to GEOSS

16:20 - 16:30 Q&A

SESSION VIII 16:30 - 18:00Chair: Kym Watson, Fraunhofer IOSB

16.30 - 16.50 Michael Staudinger, ZAMGWeather Forecasts and Crisis Management

16.50 - 17.10 Fabio Dell'Acqua, UNIPVGEO projects on Georisk in Pavia, Italy

17.10 - 17.30 Natassa Antoniou, SWData Policies in Support of Climate Change and Disaster Management Application

17.30 - 17.50 Paolo Mazzetti, CNR-IIATowards a sustainable GEOSS: the EGIDA methodology and its assessment

17.50 - 18.00 Q&A

SESSION IX 10:00 - 11:30Chair: Massimo Craglia, EC-JRC

10.00 - 10.20 Steffen Fritz, IIASAThe importance of reducing uncertainties in global land cover and the role crowdsourcing can play

10.20 - 10.40 Chris Higgins, EDINAIntroducing the Citizen Observatory Web (COBWEB) project

10.40 - 11.00 Mirko Albani, ESAGEOSS Common Infrastructure: status and evolution

11.00 - 11.20 Stephane Chevrel, BRGM Earth Observation in Monitoring the Environmental and societal Impacts of Mining - the EO-MINERS Project

11.20 - 11.30 Q&A

SESSION X 12:30 - 14:20Chair: Mark Noort, ITC

12.30 - 12.50 Steve Groom, PMLThe Europe Africa Marine EO Network

12.50 - 13.10 Palma Blonda, CNRFrom Space To Species (BIO_SOS): solutions for biodiversity monitoring

13.10 - 13.30 Jacqueline McGlade, EEAEye on Earth

13.30 - 13.50 Antonio Bombelli, CMCCFrom Europe Toward a Global Carbon Observing System

13.50 - 14:10 Chris Steenmans, EEAContribution of GMES Initial Operations Land Monitoring to GEO Global Land

Cover 14.10 - 14:20 Q&A