1. © GEO Secretariat Welcome Note on Behalf of GEO S&T Stakeholders Workshop Bonn, Germany 28 August 2012 Barbara J. Ryan Director, GEO Secretariat

2. U.S. Department of State Washington DC31 31 July 2003 GEO, the Group on Earth Observations Earth Observation Summit

3. Created in 2005, to develop a coordinated and sustained Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) to enhance decision making in different Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs) GEO today: 89 Members 64 Participating Organizations

4. A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Observing Systems

5. Improve and Coordinate Observation Systems Advance Broad Open Data Policies/Practices Foster Increased Use of EO Data and Information Build Capacity GEO Objectives

6. Global Earth Observation System of Systems an integrating public infrastructure, interconnecting a diverse and growing array of Earth observing instruments and information systems for monitoring and forecasting changes in the global environment supports policymakers, resource managers, science researchers and other experts to support informed decision making for society 10-year implementation plan 2015: Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Observing Systems

7. GEO 2012-2015 Work Plan Strategic Target Driven-Structure 1.INFRASTRUCTURE (Architecture and Data Management) 2.INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT (Capacity Building, Science and Technology, User Engagement) 3.INFORMATION FOR SOCIETAL BENEFITS (All SBA Tasks, plus new transverse tasks on Oceans, Global Land Cover, Global Forest Observation, Impact Assessment of Human Activities)

8. 1. Awareness of biodiversity 2. Value of BD integrated 3. Incentives for BD 4. Sustainability 5. Habitat loss 6. Marine resources7. Agriculture, forest and aquaculture 8. Pollution9. Alien species 10. Coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems11. Protected areas 12. Threatened species 13. Genetic diversity 14. EcosystemServices15. Climate changeresilience 16. Access and Benefit Sharing17. National BD Strategies & Action Plans 18. Indigenous knowledge 19. Knowledgesharing20. Resources Biodiversity Water Climate Ecosystem Agriculture Health Ocean Land Cover Forest Impacts Societal BenefitAreas/Targets* Cross-cutting Areas Aichi Biodiversity Targets Strategic Goal AStrategic Goal BStrategic Goal CStrategic Goal DStrategic Goal E CBD Targets and GEO SBA Map

9. 1. Awareness of biodiversity 2. Value of BD integrated 3. Incentives for BD 4. Sustainability 5. Habitat loss 6. Marine resources7. Agriculture, forest and aquaculture 8. Pollution9. Alien species 10. Coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems11. Protected areas 12. Threatened species 13. Genetic diversity 14. EcosystemServices15. Climate changeresilience 16. Access and Benefit Sharing17. National BD Strategies & Action Plans 18. Indigenous knowledge 19. Knowledgesharing20. Resources Biodiversity Water Climate Ecosystem Agriculture Health Ocean Land Cover Forest Impacts Societal BenefitAreas/Targets* Cross-cutting Areas Aichi Biodiversity Targets Strategic Goal AStrategic Goal BStrategic Goal CStrategic Goal DStrategic Goal E CBD Targets and GEO SBA Map

10. Great Advances in Global and Regional Weather Forecasts

11. GEO is a Multi-faceted organization – Plenary (Members and Participating Organizations), ExCom, Boards, Work Plan Contributors, and the Secretariat – Providers and Users may be the same Delivering the Strategic Targets – aligning our activities to ensure delivery IGOS-P Transition – –S&T involvement –CoP involvement –In situ observations Broad Open Data Policies/Practices Challenges (and opportunities)

12. http://www.earthobservations.org bryan@geosec.org