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IEEE Global Humanitarian Conference – virtual on line sessions

francoise — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:57:56 +0000

The IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference is taking place in Seattle on October 31 through November 2, 2011 at the Renaissance hotel in down town Seattle.. You can attend selected sessions through the web. The selected sessions will be announced on the Web prior to the conference,. For more information select GHT Conference details

The Earth’s Environment, Observations and Benefits

francoise — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:18:00 +0000

First presentation – September 21, 2011 at 14:00 UTC. This is the first of a series of web presentations on advances in environmental information and its impacts on our lives, both locally and globally. The first presentation is by an internationally recognized team from IIASA in Vienna on the societal impacts of improved information for decision-makers . This is part of an EC-funded project called EuroGEOSS. The presentation will be Sept 21 at 14:00 UTC. Read EuroGEOSS Web Seminar – released

IEEE GHTC Conference

francoise — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:26:32 +0000

The IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference will take place in Seattle, WA USA, October 30 – November 1, 2011. Read GHTC Message 090611

Workshop on Socio-economic benefits

francoise — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:52:29 +0000

A workshop on the socio-economic benefits of GEO-GEOSS is planned for July
11-13 at the Joint Research Center in Ispra Italy. The purpose of the workshop is
to identify a program of activities to undertake during 2011-14 to support the
GEO 10-year implementation plan (www.earthobservations.org/documents) and
the assessment of the benefits that can and will be achieved. Such program of
activities may include the consolidation of dispersed bodies of literature relevant
to the assessment of impacts and benefits of geographic information/earth
observation, the evaluation of different methodologies appropriate to undertake
such assessments, the gathering of evidence of impacts/benefits in different user
communities and societal benefits areas, and outreach activities to develop
shared understanding across disciplinary boundaries on value and methods of
assessment.
The number of workshop participants is expected to be 25 with focus on
practitioners of benefit/impact assessments and related fields. Experts in
physical, social and economic sciences are invited to attend. The workshop is
being organized by JRC, NASA, IIASA and IEEE. Please contact Dr. Max Craglia
(massimo.craglia@jrc.ec.europa.eu), Dr. Jay Pearlman (jay.pearlman@ieee.org),
Dr. Steffen Fritz (fritz@iiasa.ac.at) or Dr. Lawrence Friedl (lfriedl@nasa.gov) for
further information. If you are interested in attending, please forward an
expression of interest via email to the organizers and include your area of
expertise and a CV. The deadline for letters of interest is June 21, 2011

IEEE President addresses GEO Summit

francoise — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:40:06 +0000

The Group on Earth Observations Ministerial Summit was held in Beijing, China on 5 November 2010. The IEEE Delegation was led by Professor Moshe Kam, 2011 IEEE President and CEO. The IEEE participated in the deliberations and hosted an exhibit. Prof Kam presented an short summary of IEEE contributions and commitments to the GEO Summit (see photo below). Click Statement to read the Prof. Kam’s speech.

Science Editor for Earthzine

francoise — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:16:26 +0000

Earthzine is recruiting a motivated individual with interest in environmental issues to serve as Science Editor to support the development of its technical content. Earthzine is an on-line publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, a contribution to the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observation (GEO) and an official capacity building task for the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS). For more information

New Editor for Best Practice Wiki

francoise — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:07:33 +0000

Interoperability is usually thought of as standards and interoperability arrangements. Another important aspect of interoperability is the implementation practices – call them either “best practices” or “common practices”. IEEE sponsors the best practices wiki for GEO, a compendium of best practices for implementation of interoperability. ICEO is pleased to recognize the work of Ruth Duerr in developing and operating the wiki. Ruth is handing over the editorship now to Michelle Grobbelaar of South Africa, who will continue to expand and support the registry of GEO best practices.

IEEE Proposals selected by GEO

francoise — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:02:48 +0000

The Group on Earth Observation has selected four IEEE proposals as part of an international initiative to support research and development for societal benefit areas of agriculture, water, human health and energy. The selections included:

JR Sharma – Rainwater harvesting for domestic and supplemental irrigation to upgrade rainfed farming towards food security and sustainable livelihood in the Indian desert;

E. Amamoo-Otchere – Water Security and Goverance – A crisis of urban life in Ghana;

P. Thenkabail – Spatial Modeling for Selecting Areas of Wetland Cultivation and Preservation in Africa: Satellite Sensor Data Fusion to Support Africa’s Green and Blue Revolution:

P. Thenkabail – Global Cropland Area Monitoring System (GCAMS) through fusion of Advanced Remote Sensing, Secondary, and in-Situ Data.

GEO will be working with funding organizations to sponsor these projects. For further information, please contact the leaders of ICEO “water for the world”, Prasad Thenkabail, thenkabail@gmail.com or Tom Wiener, t.wiener@ieee.org.

IEEE Foundation awards grant to ICEO

francoise — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:55:51 +0000

The IEEE Foundation has awarded a grant to ICEO for continuing and expanding the water for food security and health in Rajasthan, India. The project is for a baseline survey in Rajasthan to create a geo-spatial database using earth observation data sets of land use, agricultural practices, water and socioeconomic parameters. The data will be used to facilitate the extension of the smart water harvesting pilot project in the village of Melva, Rajasthan. For more information

New Events on Calendar

francoise — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:24:39 +0000

A number of upcoming conferences and workshops have been added to the calendar. See details under calendar/events:

PASSIVE 2010 Workshop in Brest, France (June 23- 25)
IPCC 2010 – IEEE PCS conference in Enschede, Netherlands (July 7 – 9)
IMBER IMBIZO II in Crete, Greece (October 10 – 14 2010)
ISRSE 2011 in Sydney, Australia (April 10 – 15 2011)