[Esip-disasters] Update on plans for a disaster summit on earth observation data, systems and the Americas

[GREEN, DAVID S. (HQ-DK000)]

All, at the recent ESIP meeting in January I described intent to host a disaster risk reduction and response summit this fall to look at earth observation data, products, systems and relevance specific to the Americas in Buens Aires week of Sept 3-8.  Attached is a "draft" outline to keep you in the loop. We are still pulling together the logistics, agendas, audience and format.  We expect senior managers and decision makers, practitioners, and related stakeholders relevant to the Americas (North and South, Latin including Caribbean....)  I would like a recommendation on how we might include representation from ESIP in the dialogues and in the exercise, planning or potentially sponsorship of activities NASA cannot support.  I am also looking at various individual groups meeting on the side and perhaps ESIP would have a suggestion where they might best engage regionally. There is a suggestion to have a private sector group and I know ESRI is interested as well as IBM, MS..... we are looking for other sector stakeholders.

We will likely be at the Intercontinental Hotel Buenos Aires, with potential side events. But meeting will include plenary to hear of contributing stakeholder groups (not individuals per se) up front, but then poster and breakout opportunities for different groups to work to advance issues and work plans. We will convene again around a table-top disaster scenario exercise that we will plan, sponsor and organize.  Outcomes include integrated workplans and partnerships.  Your interests in the regionalization and partnerships will be critical.  We don't have the bandwidth to hear from each of you so I am asking if Karen and Dave  or Tom... or some subset of ESIP disaster group could collect input and let us know who might be a designated POC.  We will provide more details such as the agenda plans and hope to have a website up shortly.

David S. Green, PhD
Program Manager, Disasters

National Aeronautics and Space Administration/NASA-HQ
Science Mission Directorate/Earth Science Division/Applied Sciences Program
300 E Street SW, Mail Code 3V75, Washington DC 20546-0001

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