1. The User and the GEOSS Architecture XVI “Regional Decisions for Climate Change” OGC Plenary – Boulder, Colorado USA September

2. Welcome and Opening Tim Killeen, NCAR Director

3. Workshop Overview and Objectives George Percivall OGC

4. Regional Decisions for Climate Change
Workshop Focus: increasing the use of climate change predictions in regional decisions through GEOSS
Ongoing series of IEEE/ISPRS/OGC -sponsored regional meetings around the globe in support of GEOSS

5. GEOSS
A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Earth Observing Systems
GEOSS is a global distributed system, including satellite observation systems, Global in situ networks and systems, And local and regional in situ networks.
GEOSS will deliver the benefits of EO to both data & information providers and consumers world wide.
Address the need for timely, quality, long-term, global information as a basis for sound decision making.

11. Societal Benefit Area Scenario Videos for Summit
Wildland Fires in Africa
Ecosystems & Biodiversity in Africa
Ecosystems & Biodiversity in Polar Regions
Response to Oil Spill
Response to Volcano
Response to Hurricane
Regional Decisions for Climate Change

12. Workshop Series Organizers
Workshop Committee
David Arctur, OGC II
Peter Backlund NCAR/UCAR
Ron Birk, Northrop Grumman
Ben Domenico, Unidata/ UCAR
Al Gasiewski, IEEE/ Univ. of Colorado
Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, CIRES
Workshop Series Organizers
George Percivall, OGC
Jay Pearlman IEEE
Ian Dowman, ISPRS

13. Regional Decisions for Climate Change

14. Workshop Capture Break-out group reports Survey Video recordings
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