23rd Session of the Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System Executive Panel (GSICS-EP-23)
*** Meeting registration ***
Deadline for registration: 31 May 2023. (updated on 19 May 2023)
Logistics
Venue: 3F Hall, Japan Meteorological Agency, 3-6-9 Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo 105-8431, Japan
Information Note for the meeting: download info package (updated on 28 April 2023)
VISA application: Applicants requiring a visa support need to submit a visa support application form (sample) and a scanned copy of a national passport (the inside pages with photo and dates of validity) to the WMO Secretariat at cliu@wmo.int and no later than 10 April 2023.
Document templates: (presentation, abstract)
Agenda:
| GSICS Executive Panel 23 - AGENDA (22 June 2023) | Presented by | ||||
| LT | UTC | Day 1, 29 June 2023 | |||
| 8:30 | 23:30 | 
 | Registration starts | 0:30 | 
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| 9:00 | 0:00 | Opening of the Meeting and Annual Report 2023 | 0:05 | EP Chair M. Goldberg | |
| 9:05 | 0:05 | 2 | Introduction of participants and approval of agenda | 
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| 9:05 | 0:05 | 2.1 | Introduction of participants | 0:15 | All | 
| 9:20 | 0:20 | 2.2 | Approval of agenda | 0:05 | EP Chair / WMO | 
| 9:25 | 0:25 | 2.3 | Logistics Information | 0:10 | JMA | 
| 9:35 | 0:35 | 4 | Updates to GSICS Membership | 
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| 9:35 | 0:35 | 4.1 | Updates to GSICS EP membership Bojan Bojkov EUMETSAT, Jack Xiong NASA, NOAA Vacant | 0:10 | EP Chair / WMO | 
| 9:45 | 0:45 | 4.2 | Nominations of chair and vice chair for GSICS EP Bojan Bojkov EUMETSAT as Chair. | 0:15 | EP Chair / WMO | 
| 10:00 | 1:00 | 4.3 | Nominations of GRWG & GDWG Chairs Mounir Lekouara (EUMETSAT), Paola Castracane (ESA). MW Subgroup complexity. | 0:10 | EP Chair | 
| 10:10 | 1:10 | Review of Open Actions / Recommendations / Decisions (to be discussed) | 0:15 | 
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| 10:25 | 1:25 | 
 | Coffee break | 0:20 | 
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| 10:45 | 1:45 | 5 | GSICS related activities in Japan | 
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| 10:45 | 1:45 | JMA | 0:15 | Kazutaka Yamada | |
| 11:00 | 2:00 | JAXA | 0:15 | Misako Kachi | |
| 11:15 | 2:15 | NICT | 0:15 | NICT | |
| 12:00 | 3:00 | Report from the Data Management Working Group (GDWG) & Work Plan | 0:30 | GDWG Chair | |
| 12:30 | 3:30 | 
 | Lunch (No-host) | 1:30 | 
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| 14:00 | 4:00 | 7 
 | Report from the GSICS Coordination Centre & Working Groups – Urgent Issues and Progress of Actions | 
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| 14:00 | 5:00 | Report from the Coordination Centre | 0:15 | GCC Director | |
| 14:15 | 5:15 | Report from the Research Working Group (all Subgroups) | 0:50 | GRWG Chair 
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| 15:05 | 6:05 | 7.3 | Discussion | 0:15 | 
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| 15:20 | 6:20 | 
 | Coffee break | 0:20 | 
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| 15:40 | 6:40 | Pre-Flight Calibration Workshop | 0:30 | EP Chair | |
| 16:10 | 7:10 | 8 | Updates from GSICS EP Members and Observers (only major relevant changes on GSICS activities, 10 mins each) | 
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| 16:10 | 7:10 | KMA | 0:10 | Dohyeong Kim (online) | |
| 16:20 | 7:20 | ROSHYDROMET | 0:10 | Alexey Rublev (online) | |
| 16:30 | 7:30 | ESA, & Two Slides on CEOS WGCV | 0:20 | Philippe Goryl (online) | |
| 17:00 | 8:00 | 8.5 | ROSCOSMOS | 0:10 | N/A | 
| 17:10 | 8:10 | 
 | Day-1 End | 
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| 18:00 
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 | Dinner (No-host) Depart JMA HQs 18:30-20:30 | 
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| LT | UTC | Day 2, 30 June 2023 | |||
| 9:00 | 0:00 | GSICS support to GHG missions | 0:20 | Bojan Bojkov, EUMETSAT | |
| 9:20 | 0:20 | 10 | Support to ISCCP | 0:20 | Virtual NOAA A. Heidinger/L. Flynn | 
| 9:40 | 0:40 | 8 
 | Updates from GSICS EP Members and Observers (only major relevant changes on GSICS activities, 10 mins – Five Slides) | 
 
 
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| 9:40 | 0:40 | CMA | 0:10 | Peng Zhang | |
| 9:50 | 0:50 | EUMETSAT | 0:10 | Bojan Bojkov | |
| 10:00 | 1:00 | IMD | 0:10 | Kamaljit Ray | |
| 10:10 | 1:10 | NASA | 0:10 | Jack Xiong | |
| 10:20 | 1:20 | 
 | Coffee Break | 0:10 | 
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| 10:30 | 1:30 | 8.10 | NIST | 0:10 | N/A | 
| 10:40 | 1:40 | NOAA | 0:10 | Satya Kalluri | |
| 10:50 | 1:50 | ISRO | 0:10 | Rashmi Sharma | |
| 11:00 | 2:00 | SITP/CAS | 0:10 | Lei Ding | |
| 11:10 | 2:10 | WMO | 0:10 | Heikki Pohjola | |
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 | 8.15 | USGS | 
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| 11:20 | 2:20 | 
 | Coffee Break | 0:20 | 
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| 11:40 | 2:40 | Annual GSICS report on the State of the Observing System | 0:30 | GRWG Chair | |
| 12:10 | 3:10 | Planning Future GSICS Annual Meeting and User Workshop | 0:20 | GCC | |
| 12:30 | 3:30 | 13 | Review of CGMS HLPP | 0:20 | WMO | 
| 12:50 | 3:50 | 14 | New Actions/Recommendations and decisions from this meeting | 0:20 | EP Chair, All WMO Secretariat | 
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 | 15 | Any Other Business | 
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| 13:10 | 4:10 | 16 | Closing | 
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General Background Documents/ Information:
- GSICS-EP Meeting Reports
- Final Report of the 22nd GSICS Executive Panel (online, 10-11 May 2022)
- Final Report of the 21th GSICS Executive Panel (Online, 19-20 May 2020)
- Final Report of the 20th GSICS Executive Panel (Sochi, Russian Federation, 16-17 May 2019)
- Terms of Reference
- Other Documents/Links
