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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

17:00 - 19:00

Arrival & Registration

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

0800 - 0845:	Registration & Coffee
0845 - 0905:	Opening and Welcome Roland Pail: Introductory comments (presentation) Hans-Peter Plag: Introductory comments (comments)
0905 - 1040:	Plenary session 1: Status, Requirements, and Challenges. Co-Chairs: Roland Pail and Hans-Peter Plag
0905 - 0930:	Douglas Cripe: GEO Tasks and satellite gravity missions (abstract, presentation)
0930 - 0955:	Jay Famiglietti: The global water cycle: where are the main challenges? (abstract, presentation)
0955 - 1025:	Matthew Rodell: Operational applications and future satellite gravity missions (abstract, presentation)
1025 - 1050:	Reiner Rummel: Earth science and future satellite gravity missions (abstract, presentation)
1050 - 1115:	Coffee Break
1115 - 1140:	National/regional activities related to future satellite gravity missions (For a list of all written reports, see here ...): Isabelle Panet: Future satellite gravity missions (France) (report, presentation) Richard Biancale and George Balmino: MICROMEGA: a CNES project in Phase 0 (abstract, presentation) Jürgen Müller, Nico Sneeuw, and Frank Flechtner: Future Satellite Gravity Missions - Activities in Germany (html, presentation) Federica Migliaccio: Activities in Italy (doc) Cheinway Hwang, B. F. Chao: Activities in Taiwan (doc, presentation)

1140 - 1200:	Introduction to Breakout Sessions
1140 - 1200:	Roland Pail: The initial roadmap (presentation) Hans-Peter Plag: Draft declaration and charges to the Breakout Sessions (presentation)
1200 - 1300:	Breakout Sessions: B1: Mission requirements; Co-Chairs: Bert Vermeersen, Victor Zlotnicki; session description; detailed session program. B2: Mission design; Co-Chairs: Juergen Mueller, Stefano Cesare, Nico Sneeuw; session description; detailed session program B3: Data processing, modelling and interpretation; Co-Chairs: Frank Flechtner, Srinivas Bettadpur; session description; detailed session program.
1300 - 1340:	Lunch
1340 - 1540:	Continuation of Breakout Sessions:

1540 - 1600:	Coffee Break
1600 - 1630:	Plenary session 2a: Reports from the Breakout Sessions. Chair: Isabelle Panet, Jay Famiglietti
1600 - 1610:	Radboud Koop: Report from Breakout session B1 (presentation)
1610 - 1620:	Nico Sneeuw: Report from Breakout session B2
1620 - 1630:	nn: Report from Breakout session B3
1630 - 1800:	Plenary session 2b: The Space Agencies: Programs and Boundary Conditions. Chair: C.K. Shum, Reiner Rummel
1630 - 1645:	Steven Hosford: Can we achieve GRACE data continuity? France’s contribution (abstract, presentation)
1645 - 1700:	Yun-Kau Lau et al.: A Satellite Laser Interferometry Gravity Mission Study (abstract, presentation)
1700 - 1715:	J. Ping et al.: Gravity field missions: Status and studies for future missions (abstract, presentation)
1715 - 1735:	Michael Watkins: NASA's plans (abstract)
1735 - 1755:	Roger Haagmans: ESA's plans (abstract, presentation)
1755 - 1800:	All: Any further comments
1900 - 2100:	No-Host Dinner

Thursday, October 1, 2009

0830 - 0900:	Coffee
0900 - 1040:	Breakout Sessions: B4: Integration of mission design, data processing and candidate technology; Co-Chairs: Miguel Aguirre, Peter Bender; detailed session program. B5: Future products and services; Co-Chairs: Isabelle Panet, C.K. Shum; session description; detailed session program. B6: Roadmap and Declaration; Co-Chairs: Hans-Peter Plag, Roland Pail; session description; detailed session program.
1040 - 1100:	Coffee Break
1100 - 1240:	Continuation of Breakout Sessions

1240 - 1400:	Lunch
1400 - 1540:	Plenary Session 3: Reports from the Breakout Sessions. Co-Chairs: Juergen Mueller, Richard Biancale
1400 - 1415:	Miguel Aguirre: Report from Breakout session 4 (presentation)
1415 - 1430:	Isabelle Panet: Report from Breakout session 5
1430 - 1445:	Hans-Peter Plag: Report from Breakout session 6 (presentation)
1445 - 1540:	Splitter Group Discussions and Edits of Roadmap pages

1540 - 1600:	Coffee Break
1600 - 1800:	Plenary Session 4: Roadmap and Declaration. Co-Chairs: Stephano Cesare, Pete Bender
1600 - 1640:	Pieter Visser: Gravity field missions: status & studies for future missions (abstract, presentation)
1640 - 1700:	Hans-Peter Plag: The draft roadmap and declaration (presentation
1700 - 1730:	Discussion of the roadmap and declaration
1730 - 1800:	Further splinter group edits
1900 - 2100:	Workshop Dinner

Friday, October 2, 2009

0830 - 0900:	Coffee
0900 - 1040:	Plenary Session 5: Steps towards the implementation: The long-term perspective. Co-Chairs: Pieter Visser, Matt Rodell
0900 - 0925:	Nico Sneeuw and Jakob Flury: The plan for technological developments (presentations)
0925 - 0950:	Hans-Peter Plag: Developing the science and applications (presentation)
0950 - 1040:	Panel discussion: The why and how of satellite gravity missions. Panellists: Douglas Cripe, GEO Secretariat; Matthew Rodell, GSFC, USA; Roger Haagmans, ESA; Radboud Koop, The Netherlands

1040 - 1100:	Coffee Break
1100 - 1215:	Plenary Session 6: Steps towards the implementation: the short-term plans. Co-Chairs: Miguel Aguirre, Yun-Kau Lau
1100 - 1115:	Douglas Cripe: GEO's view on the draft roadmap (presentation)
1115 - 1145:	All: Discussion of organisational setup for the future: user and industrial communities
1145 - 1215:	All: Discussion of specific actions

1215 - 1315:	Lunch
1315 - 1500:	Plenary Session 7: Final discussion of roadmap and declaration. Co-Chairs: Roger Haagmans
1315 - 1400:	Plenary discussion of roadmap and declaration
1400 - 14:15	Summary statement from the Chairs
1415 - 1500:	Discussion of the roadmap in splinter groups

Rooms: All plenary session will take place in room BE01. Breakout session will be in rooms AE01, A111, and A306.