13-17 October 2007, at Jena University, Germany

Agenda and presentations of the Land Cover Implementation Team Meeting

Wednesday, October 15, Old Castle, Dornburg

SESSION 1: Opening and objectives

Opening and introduction
Opening remarks from FSU Jena
Drivers/function of GOFC-GOLD activities
LC-IT activities and meeting objectives
Schmullius
Witte
Janetos / Brady
Woodcock / Schmullius

Break

SESSION 2: Supporting international activities and assessments

IGOL/GEO activities on global forest/land
GEO Overview and GOFC-GOLD activities
ESA activiites: GlobCover/Climate change
FAO FRA 2010 remote sensing survey
UNFCCC REDD activities
ECV standards for land cover/biomass
GMES global land monitoring
Brady

Arino
Gerrand
DeFries
Wulder
Volden

Lunch

SESSION 3: New global datasets and activities

GlobCover
JRC activities
Global forest monitoring: MODIS/Landsat
Global validation/best available dataset
Defourny
Achard/Mayaux
Hansen
Woodcock/Herold

Break

SESSION 4: Ongoing regional activities and projects

Regional network activities
EEA plans and activities
GMES Land Monitoring Core Service
Boreal Activities
Summary of GOFC-GOLD Workshop on Boreal forest monitoring
Krankina
Erhard
Kuntz
Schmullius
Wulder

Break

SESSION 5: Supporting national activities and closing

World Resources Insitute activities
Involvement with national programs
Global mapping project - ISCGM
Minnemeyer
Loveland
Fukushima

Workshop dinner at Dornburg Castle