1. Update from the GEO Secretariat Rob Koopman 15 th Architecture and Data Committee Meeting Campos de Jordaõ, Brazil 28-FEB - 03-MAR-2011

2. News/Planning 2012-2015 Work Plan Status/Schedule: Members and PO have submitted ±30 proposals (input window ended 17- FEB-2011) Version 0 in preparation: release on 26 March Work Plan symposium in Geneva from 4 to 6 May, contributes to… … Version 1 release in June After an official review round, Version 2 is submitted for adoption at Plenary (Nov) 2011 Executive Committee Meetings 22+23 March, 15+16 July, November 2011 Plenary in Turkey Date to be set by Executive Committee. Present working assumption is 16- 18 Nov slide 2

3. News/Planning (2) 2011 Preview: Work Plan 2012-2015 Implementation of the Data Core Monitoring and Evaluation of Architecture and Data Management From Forest Carbon Tracking demo to Global Forest Observation Initiative Beyond 2015 (ExCom initiates definition process) slide 3

4. Staff Changes João Soares (seconded by INPE) has joined the Secretariat on 01-JAN-2011 –Agriculture –Capacity Building Jinlong Fan will return to CMA on 01-MAR-2011 –Agriculture –User Interface Koki Iwao will return to AIST on 01-APR-2011 –Weather –Architecture slide 4

5. Other The Quality Assurance for Earth Observation (QA4EO) Workshop on Providing Quality Information in Harmonised Earth Observation Data by 2015 will be held from 18 – 20 October 2011 at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) near Oxford, UK slide 5

6. Actions from ADC 14 (Ankara) 15 th Architecture and Data Committee Meeting Campos de Jordaõ, Brazil 28-FEB - 03-MAR-2011

7. ADC Actions Action 1: SIF to hold telecon with URR and update ADC on progress Action 2: Ivan Deloatch and Doug Nebert to work with URR team to expand requirements Action 3: ADC to provide early review of Monitoring and Evaluation Draft plan Action 4: GCI-CT to identify next steps for QA4EO Questionnaire implementation From Architecture and Data Management Strategy paragraph: “Action 1”: ADC to prioritise and focus on tasks that deal with data and SBAs “Action 2”: Tangible benefits need to be demonstrated slide 7

8. Beijing Summit and GEO VII Plenary “Observe, Share, Inform” Rob Koopman 15 th Architecture and Data Committee Meeting Campos de Jordaõ, Brazil 28-FEB - 03-MAR-2011

9. Beijing Summit and GEO-VII Adoption of the Beijing Summit DeclarationBeijing Summit Declaration Acceptance of the Data Sharing Action PlanData Sharing Action Plan Review of the Mid-Term Evaluation ReportMid-Term Evaluation Report Support for Global Forest Observation Initiative and GEOBON Set priorities: –expanding data sets that can be accessed through GEOSS, –attracting more users, –building the capacity of individuals and institutions to access and apply Earth observations, –linking GEO’s technical capabilities with the great global issues of our time –preparing for the post-2015 operation of GEOSS. Intense preparation: Executive Committee, the Data Sharing Task Force, the Evaluation Team, the 2010 Ministerial Task Force, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, the China Meteorological Administration, the exhibitors, etc. slide 9