1. Wrap-up
Final Remarks
Garik Gutman,
NASA Headquarters
Manager, LCLUC

2. Ongoing Solicitations
ROSES-2016
LCLUC in Southeast Asia (20 proposals encouraged)
LCLUC in the Caucasus (7 proposals encouraged)
Step 2 Jun 1, 2017
ROSES-2017
MuSLI (due date Jun 8; ~40 proposals expected)

3. Programmatic Future
Keep social science component as an integral part of the LCLUC proposals except for MUSLI
Proceed with multi-source land imaging efforts
Support SARI and NEFI through solicitations and meetings
Balance the program thematically and geographically
Promote our products internally and externally (FB page, webinars)

4. Near Future LCLUC-Related Meetings
SARI events
LCLUC Agriculture workshop: 2-4 May, New Delhi, India
LCLUC-Atmosphere workshop: Jul, Chiang Mai, Thailand
GOFC-GOLD events
SCERIN workshop: Jun, Pecs, Hungary
Biomass workshop: 4-8 Sep, Frascati, Italy
Caucasus network kick-off: Sep, Tbilisi, Georgia
Networks Summit: Sep, Tbilisi, Georgia
LCLUC in Drylands
Workshop: 2-5 Jun, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Desertification/Degradation Conference: 6-10 Nov, Sde Boqer, Israel (due date for abstracts May 15)

5. In the spirit of Open Science ESA funds with the support of Elsevier the open access for up to 24 papers accepted within this Sentinel-2 special issue. Submissions are due by September 30th, Please see the below link for details on the call: 

6. the LCLUC Project Office support and our sponsors
Thank you,
Enjoy
Washington in Bloom
Thanks again to
the LCLUC Project Office support and our sponsors