GEO Water Quality Summit in Geneva
The Group on Earth Observations Coastal and Inland Water Quality Working Group organized the GEO Water Quality Summit at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva, Switzerland on April 20 to 22, 2015.
Update on the GEO Water Quality Summit (May 1, 2015)
A total of 52 participants joined the summit, coming from 18 different countries and organizations such as WMO, WHO, UNEP and JRC among others. The private sector was also represented.
This summit defined specific requirements of the water quality observing system components and developed a plan to establish a harmonized multi-scale global water quality monitoring service. The service will provide a baseline set of consistent products for multiple users and a framework for the development of further products, indicators and knowledge. It has been decided to build a GEO water quality community of practice in order to implement the defined strategy, in synergies with other GEO initiatives (e.g., Blue Planet, GEOBON or GEO Health).
Below is the agenda with the presentations attached.
Agenda
Monday, April 20, 2015
Welcome and context by GEO Sec. – Barbara Ryan & Dominique D. Bérod, GEO
GEO_Water_Quality_Task_and_framework.pdf
Steven Greb, Wisconsin DNR
Summit_Charge-vision_for_WQ_service-requirements.pdf
Paul DiGiacomo, NOAA
Keynote-1_Perspective_on_end-user_needs.pdf
Rifat Hossain, WHO
Keynote-2_Perspective_on_end-user_needs.pdf
Blake Schaeffer, US EPA
GEO WQ Partnerships
GEO-Initiatives_GEOBON_GEO-Health_Blue-Planet_CoastalCoP.pdf
Dominique D. Bérod, GEO Sec.
Partner_Programs_World-Bank_WHO_UNEP_CEOS.pdf
Arnold Dekker, CSIRO
Keynote-3_Inland_monitoring_programs_and_systems.pdf
Laurence Carvalho, NERC
Keynote-4_Coastal_monitoring_programs_and_systems.pdf
Britta Schaffelke, AIMS (given by Vittorio Brando)
Introduction to Service Requirements. Charge to breakout groups – Paul DiGiacomo
Inland-Waters_group-A.pdf
facilitated by Laurence Carvalho
Inland-Waters_group-B.pdf
facilitated by Steef Peters
Coastal-Waters_group-C.pdf
facilitated by Paul DiGiacomo
Coastal-Waters_group-D.pdf
facilitated by Erin Hestir
Inland Waters group A & B breakout report and discussion
Coastal Water group C & D breakout report and discussion
Group_Discussion_and_Day1_Wrap-up.pdf
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Synthesis_and_review_of_service_requirements_introduction_to_system_components.pdf
Led by Blake Schaeffer & Steve Greb
Keynote-5_Data_in-situ_water_quality_monitoring.pdf
Philipp Saile, GEMS
Keynote-5_Data-satellite.pdf
Mark Matthews, University of Cape Town
Keynote-6_Products_and_Indicators.pdf
Carsten Brockmann, Brockmann Consult
Keynote-7_Information_distilling_actionable_information_from_earth_observation.pdf
Vittorio Brando, CNR-IREA
Keynote-7_Information_modeling_water_quality.pdf
Nicki Villars, DELTARES
Keynote-8_Knowledge_Sustainability_Knowledge_in_time_and_place.pdf
Hartwig Kremer, UNEP
Keynote-8_Knowledge_From_Data_to_Knowledge.pdf
Pascal Peduzzi, UNEP
Component Breakout Sessions
Component-1A_Data.pdf
facilitated by Mark Matthews
Component-1B_Data.pdf
facilitated by Philipp Saile
Component-2A_Products_and_Indicators.pdf
facilitated by Steve Groom
Component-2B_Products_and_Indicators.pdf
facilitated by Daniel Odermatt
Component-3A_Information.pdf
facilitated by Vittorio Brando
Component-3B_Information.pdf
facilitated by Nicki Villars
Component-4A_Knowledge.pdf
facilitated by Hartwig Kremer
Component-4B_Knowledge.pdf
facilitated by Chris Mannaerts
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Group Synthesis Discussion
Strategic_Implementation_plan_and_resource_discussion.pdf
facilitated by Ru Morrison & Mark Dowell
Phased_Action_Plan_Pilot_project.pdf
facilitated by Carsten Brockmann
Future_Plan_Coordination-Actions-Project_Synergies_and_Schedule.pdf
facilitated by Arnold Dekker
GEO Programmatic activities, GEO-Water Quality Community of Practice, organization and governance – Steve Greb & Paul DiGiacomo
Final comments and concluding remarks