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OGC and GEO announce joint session on GEOSS in Asia: The Next 10 years November 13, 2014 - Join the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and invited speakers at a special joint session scheduled for December 1st, 1100-1800 (JST), in Tokyo, Japan. The session is intended to provide an overview and discussion on the state of the Group on Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS) and the role of OGC and other standards to enable greater interoperability in the context of Asia, with a particular focus on GEO plans for the next ten years. Co-located with OGC’s December technical and planning committee meetings (OGC-TC/PC), speakers will present on a variety of topics including: Introduction to the Group on Earth Observation GEO/GEOSS and the Role of the Infrastructure Implementation Board (IIB) and the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) OGC’s role in GEO - Results from the Architectural Implementation Pilot The Vision and Architecture for...

March 2015 is the goal for implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA) which was adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) held in Kobe, Hyogo in 2005. Taking this opportunity, the Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2015 (ACDR2015) will be held on 15 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan, on the occasion of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), 14-18 March 2015. The ACDR2015 will be held as a public forum of the WCDRR in order to confirm achievements of HFA, to clarify the core actions on improving capacity for disaster risk reduction in post-HFA, and to provide an opportunity to discuss our future activities. Sentinel Asia Step3 introduction leaflet and its Case studies were distributed at ACDR2015 in the TKP Garden City Sendai-Kotodai.