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Subject: [JAXA:0003] International Workshop on the Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) to be held in Tokyo
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International Workshop
on the Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)
to be held in Tokyo
January 21, 2004
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership, which
was established in June 1998, consists of 14 institutes including
international organizations and the UN bodies. IGOS-P aims to realize
efficient global observing activities by uniting both satellite and
ground-based observing programs.
Since the agreements were reached to strengthen international
cooperation on global observation at the G-8 Summit in June 2003
(Evian, France) and at the Earth Observation Summit in July 2003
(Washington DC, USA), there is a growing worldwide interest in global
observation. At the Earth Observation Summit, an inter-governmental
working group on earth observation was set up to formulate ten-year
implementation plans for structuring future earth observing systems.
Possible agreements on the framework of the implementation plans at
the Second Earth Observation Summit in Tokyo in April this year, and
on the implementation plans at the Third Earth Observation Summit in
Europe at the end of this year are now under discussion.
Based upon these discussions, an international workshop is to be
held together with IGOS Partnership organizations, international earth
observing institutes (space and ocean observing bodies), related
government ministries and agencies, other research organizations, and
users to discuss the IGOS's ten-year implementation plan as follows:
1. Date: February 4 (Wed.) to 6 (Fri.) 2004
2. Place:
"Heisei Plaza" at Tokyo International Exchange Center
2-79 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8630 Japan
(3-minute walk from the Yurikamome Station "Fune-no-Kagakukan")
3. Organizers:
Host: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Support: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology (MEXT) (to be approved)
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)
Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
4. Program: See the attachment
5. Participation fee: Free of charge (,but application required)
6. Working Language: English
7. Inquiries & Application to:
Remote Sensing Technology Center (RESTEC)
Mr. M. Kamei or Ms. K. Misawa
Tel:03-6221-9090 Fax:03-6221-9180
E-mail:IGOS_at_restec.or.jp
Website: http://www.prime-intl.co.jp/IGOS/program.html
* In advance of this workshop, two other workshops, Asia Workshop on
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) program and Workshop on the
Satellite Utilization for Water Cycle in Asia, will be held at the
same venue.
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