1. Slide: 1 27 th CEOS Plenary |Montréal | 5 - 6 November 2013 Agenda item: 26 Kerry Ann Sawyer, CEOS Executive Officer Continuation of CEOS Ad hoc Groups/Teams

2. 27 th CEOS Plenary Montréal, Canada 5-6 November, 2013 2 Current Ad Hoc Working Groups. 1.Ad Hoc Space Data Coordination Group (SDCG) for the Global Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI) 2.Ad Hoc Working Group on GEOGLAM 3.CEOS Carbon Task Force 4.Ad Hoc Working Group on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Current Ad Hoc Entities (or “teams”) 5.Disaster Study Group 6.Supersites Coordination Team (SCT) – but this technically under the Disaster SBA Team 7.Land Surface Imaging Study Group 8.CEOS GEO Post-2015 Team Ad Hoc Working Groups and “Teams” Pre-Plenary

3. 27 th CEOS Plenary Montréal, Canada 5-6 November, 2013 3 In the event that the permanent mechanisms…are judged to be insufficient for CEOS to undertake a particular activity, the capability exists for the Plenary to create Ad Hoc Teams. The Plenary assigns short-term objectives to each Ad Hoc Team and defines the team lifetime when the team is created. The primary reporting path for an Ad Hoc Team is either to the CEOS Chair or to the SIT Chair, as designated by the Plenary according to the purpose and function of the Ad Hoc Team. Annually, the Plenary reviews all Ad Hoc Teams for continuation, termination, or transition to a permanent mechanism. New Guidance from CSS

4. 27 th CEOS Plenary Montréal, Canada 5-6 November, 2013 4 1.Ad Hoc Space Data Coordination Group (SDCG) for the Global Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI) –Created 2011 –CONTINUATION and leave as named (grandfathered) –Reports to CEOS Chair –SDCG Exec: Ake Rosenqvist (NSC), Frank Martin Seifert (ESA), Eugene Fosnight (USGS), Stephen Ward and George Dyke (Dept Envt, Aus) 2.Ad Hoc Working Group on GEOGLAM –Created 2011 –CONTINUATION and leave as named (grandfathered) –Reports to CEOS Chair –Leads: George Dyke (CSIRO) and Brian Killough (NASA) 3.CEOS Carbon Task Force –Created 2008 –CEOS Carbon Strategy Report still in development –CONTINUATION and leave as named (grandfathered) ?????? –Reports to CEOS Chair –Leads: Masakatsu Nakajima (JAXA) and Diane Wickland (NASA) ???? Continuation, Transition, or Cessation

5. 27 th CEOS Plenary Montréal, Canada 5-6 November, 2013 5 4.Ad Hoc Working Group on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) –Created 2011 –TRANSITION: Activities to be subsumed by the newly created WGDisasters –Reported to CEOS Chair –Leads: Ivan Petiteville (ESA) and Christine Giguére (CSA) 5.Disaster Study Group –Created 2013 –TRANSITION: Activities to be subsumed by the newly created WGDisasters –Reported to SIT Chair –Lead: Steven Hosford (CNES) 6.Supersites Coordination Team (SCT) – but this technically under the Disaster SBA Team –Created 2012 –TRANSITION: Activities to be subsumed by the newly created WGDisasters –Reported to CEOS Chair –Lead: Jörn Hoffman (DLR) Continuation, Transition, or Cessation

6. 27 th CEOS Plenary Montréal, Canada 5-6 November, 2013 6 7.Land Surface Imaging Study Group –Created 2013 –CONTINUATION and leave as named (grandfathered) –Reports to SIT Chair –Lead: Julio D’Alge (INPE) 8.CEOS GEO Post-2015 Team –Created 2012 –CESSATION –Reported to the CEOS Chair –Many thanks to Brent Smith (NOAA), who ably led this Ad Hoc team for the past 18 months. Continuation, Transition, or Cessation

7. 27 th CEOS Plenary Montréal, Canada 5-6 November, 2013 7 “The Group Wedding” SDCG for GFOI GEOGLAM CTF LSSG

8. 27 th CEOS Plenary Montréal, Canada 5-6 November, 2013 8 Any Requests for new Ad Hoc Teams?