Group on Earth Observations
Sixth Plenary Session – GEO-VI
Washington, DC, USA 17 - 18 November 2009
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
1 Opening of the session
1.1 Welcome Address from the United States of America
1.2 Opening Remarks
• Sherburne Abbott, Associate Director for Environment, Office of Science and
Technology Policy, United States of America (Chair of the Session)
• Co-Chair, European Commission
• Zheng Guoguang, Administrator, Chinese Meteorological Administration, People’s
Republic of China
• Philemon Mjwara, Director-General, Department of Science and Technology, Republic
of South Africa
• Secretariat Director
1.3 Administrative Announcements
1.4 Adoption of Agenda
1.5 Recognition of New Members
1.6 Statements from New Members
1.7 Recognition of Participating Organizations
1.8 Approval of GEO-V Report
2 GEOSS Implementation Progress and Highlights
2.1 National and Regional activities
2.2 2009-2011 GEO Work Plan Progress
3 Cross-cutting issues
3.1 GEOSS Common Infrastructure Report and Recommendations for Long Term Operations
3.2 Data Sharing Principles Implementation
4 Data sets, Observing Systems and Information Services Highlights
4.1 Forest Carbon Tracking
4.2 Global Carbon Monitoring System (Special Report)
4.3 GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
4.4 Towards a GEO Baseline Initiative
5 Preparatory activities for the Ministerial Summit 2010
6 GEOSS Strategic Targets
7 GEOSS Monitoring & Evaluation
8 2009-2011 Work Plan Annual Update
9 Executive Committee Matters
9.1 Report of the Executive Committee
9.2 Executive Committee Membership
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
10 GEO Committees
10.1 Reports from Committees
10.2 Recommendation on Committees and Working Group
10.3 Nomination of Committees and Working Group Co-Chairs
11 Role of Participating Organizations
12 Financial Reports
12.1 2008 Financial Statements
12.2 Report of the External Auditor
12.3 Report on Income and Expenditure 2009 (January to September)
12.4 Report of the Informal Finance Review Team
12.5 Secretariat Operations Budget for 2010
12.6 Transition to the International Public Sector Accounting System
13 Presentation of Slate of Nominees for the Executive Committee
14 Rules of Procedure Update
15 Announcement of GEO-VII and 2010 Ministerial Summit
16 Review of Session Outcomes
17 Concluding Remarks
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