1. The Arctic Observing Summit is SAON’s oureach event
The theme for AOS 2018 was The Business Case for a Comprehensive Pan-Arctic Observing System
AOS 2020 will be held with ASSW in Akureyri, Iceland. The theme will be Observing For Action

2. Subthemes
Subtheme I: Design, optimisation and implementation. Roadmap. Optimizing and synchronization of observing system components (ocean, climate, etc.). [Hajo Eicken and Roberta Pirazzini, Alice Bradley]
Co-design and co-management of observing systems for action. The role of Community Based Monitoring [Eva Kruemmel]
Possible questions:
i. Which efforts are underway to catalog/document the existing Arctic observing system?
ii. What are the criteria for optimization of the Arctic observing system?
iii. Where are there opportunities for integration across observing system components?
iv. What are the avenues towards and barriers against implementation of a more optimized system
Subtheme II: Observing in support of adaption, and mitigation [Maribeth Murray]
Observing to track, manage and monitor mitigation.
What types of infrastructures are needed to address existing and future needs and what is the role of public-private partnerships in developing such infrastructure?
Observing to inform, plan and act on current, emerging and future issues (i.e., hazard prediction, management, response)
Observing in support of security (food), sustainability and resilience

3. Subthemes
Subtheme III: Arctic observing in support of global actions/relevance (mitigation for example) [Jan Rene Larsen and Thorsteinn Gunnarsson]
Participants: Representatives from MOSAIC (findings will not be ready), T-MOSAIC, GEO, WMO, European Commission, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS).
Questions to participants:
Which efforts are under way of being prepared within Arctic observing with global relevance and importance?
How to bring Arctic observing to action at global level?
What are the obstacles – what could or should be done to remove / resolve these.
Who is the target: Arctic Council, UN?
How to involve the non-Arctic countries. Do they have a pressing need for this?
How to connect arctic observing with for instance the Paris agreement. Are there any model countries?
Subtheme IV: Data group. Interoperability. Federated search [Peter Pulsifer]
Subtheme V: Indigenous issues