CEOS WGISS-25 starts in China on 25th of February

GSDI Association will be not presented at the 25th CEOS WGISS Meeting hosted by the Chinese Academy of Science due to the temporal conflict with the GSDI-10 starting on the same day in Trinidad and Tobago. A Liasion report on the WGISS activities supporting GEOSS will be provided for the next Board Meeting participated by HUNAGI on 29 February 2008. Some highlights of the programme of the WGISS-25 meeting in Saina are as follow:
"WGISS Plenary
Report from WGISS Strategy Team
“flexible structures which allow for rapid response” to CEOS and GEO
GEO Session
Analysis WGISS/GEO Task status on 14 tasks
Updates from GEO related issues
WGISS future contributions to GEO.
WGISS Plenary
New and Invited Agency Presentations
IDN Task Team
GCMD Strategic Plan
Grid Task Team
CAT-1 WAG Report
ESA Grid Update
CNES WAG Report
Sensor Web TT Reports
Sensor Web Strategies
An Approach for Repeatable Sensor Web Construction
Sensor Interoperability Requirements for GEOSS
WGCV and WGISS Joint Session
General Introduction to China's Space-Based Earth Observation System NMRSL/CSSAR/CAS
Introduction to the Satellite Programs of the State Oceanic Administration of China
China's Meteorological Satellite Programs
Prioritizing GEO/CEOS Tasks/Resources for the Working Groups
WGCV/Terrain Mapping subgroup report and WGISS joint support
Infrared and Visible Optical Sensors
WGISS Technology & Services Subgroup
Data Service Task Team
Discussion of idea about Data Preservation
Land Surface Imaging in WGISS
IGOL: Land Surface Imaging Science Needs
Land Surface Imaging Virtual Constellation and WGISS
Invited Presentations, Agency LSI Assets Contributions
WGISS Representative to LSI, Report
LSI in WGISS, Discussion
Projects & Applications Subgroup
JAXA Prototype System Status
NASA Satellite Data Server
Global Data Sets Task Team
Natural Disaster Management Project
Proposal for Implementing the CEOS Sensor Web Demo for GEOSS
WGISS Plenary
WGISS contributions to GEO
Changes to WGISS Structure and Meeting Format
WGISS 5-Year Plan – Review/Discussion/Agreement
WGISS Agency and Liaison Reports
Preparation for Joint Working Session
Future WGISS Meetings
WGCV and WGISS Joint Working Session
ISRO missions and CEOS participation
WGCV/Land Product Validation Subgroup report
Introduction to the development of international standards
Ocean sensor Cal/Val
Intercalibration scenario in collaboration with GEO-ADC, NASA EO-1
Panel discussion: CEOS Working Group joint support to the LSI Constellation
CEOS Annual Conference: Goals, Benefits, Discussion of ideas
Joint WGISS & WGCV Recommendations/Requests to CEOS
CEOS Atmospheric composition constellation:
Cal/Val issues and support
Atmospheric Composition Subgroup Report
Aura Validation Data Center, WGISS Invited Presentation
Panel discussions: CEOS Working Groups - Joint support of the AC Constellation"