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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11759.
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APPENDIX D
Workshop Agenda

Contributions of Remote Sensing for Decisions About Human Welfare The National Academies

500 5th Street, N.W., Room 201, Washington, D.C. January 30-31, 2006

Monday, January 30

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Ruth DeFries, Chair, Committee on Earth System Science for Decisions About Human Welfare: Contributions of Remote Sensing

PLENARY SESSION

SESSION 1:

Applications of Land Remote Sensing for Human Welfare Decision Support: Opportunities and Challenges

8:45

Opportunities and Challenges in Using Remote Sensing to Support Human Health Applications—A Broad Perspective

David Rogers, Oxford University

9:15

Applying Remote Sensing to Infectious Disease from the Scientific and Technical Perspective

Terry Yates, University of New Mexico

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11759.
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9:45

Applying Remote Sensing to a Public Health Example: The User Perspective

Rita Colwell, University of Maryland

10:15

Break

10:30

Opportunities and Challenges in Using Remote Sensing to Support Food Security Applications—A Broad Perspective

Chris Johannsen, Purdue University

11:00

Famine Early Warning System: Use of Remote Sensing to Monitor Food Security

James Verdin, U.S. Geological Survey

11:30

Famine Early Warning System: The User Perspective

Richard Choularton, FEWS NET

12:00 noon

Lunch

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1:00 p.m.

SESSION 2:

Opportunities and Challenges in Using Land Remote Sensing

 

Session 2a: Opportunities and Challenges in Land Remote Sensing for Human Health Applications (Room 201)

Moderator: Rita Colwell

 

Session 2b: Opportunities and Challenges in Land Remote Sensing for Food Security (Room 202)

Moderator: Joel Michaelsen

3:30

Break

3:45

Reports from Breakout Sessions and Wrap Up

4:30

Adjourn

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11759.
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Tuesday, January 31

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 a.m.

SESSION 3:

Data Availability and Integration in Land Remote Sensing

 

Session 3a: Data Availability and Integration in Land Remote Sensing for Human Health and Welfare (Room 201)

Moderator: Ruth DeFries

 

Session 3b: Data Availability and Integration in Land Remote Sensing for Food Security (Room 202)

Moderator: Roberta Balstad

11:00

Break

11:15

Reports from Breakout Sessions and Wrap Up

12:00 noon

Lunch

PLENARY SESSION

1:00 p.m.

SESSION 4:

Implementing the Use of Land Remote Sensing for Human Welfare: Next Steps

1:15

The applicability of the workshop discussion in the areas of food security and human health to other human welfare issues:

 

  • NASA Decadal Survey Applications: Tony Janetos, The Heinz Center

  • Poverty Alleviation: Marc Levy, CIESIN

2:15

Next Steps

3:45

Closing Remarks: Ruth DeFries, Chair

4:30

Adjourn

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11759.
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Land remote sensing: the use of space-based satellite technologies to obtain information on environmental variables such as land-use and land-covering combination with other types of data can provide information on changes in the Earth's surface and atmosphere that are critical for forecasting and responding to human welfare issues, such as disease outbreaks, food shortages, and floods.

This book summarizes a workshop on the potential contributions of remotely sensed data to land-use and land-cover change and ways to use physical, biological, temporal, and social characteristics of particular locations to support decisions about human welfare. The discussions focused on human health and food security, two aspects of human welfare in which remotely-sensed environmental conditions play a key role. Examples illustrating the possibilities for applying remote sensing for societal benefit are included throughout the report. As a result of the workshop, three themes were identified that, if fostered, could help realize the potential for the application of land remote sensing to decisions about human welfare: (1) integration of spatial data on environmental conditions derived from remote sensing with socioeconomic data; (2) communication between remote sensing scientists and decision makers to determine effective use of land remote sensing data for human welfare issues; and (3) acquisition and access to long-term environmental data and development of capacity to interpret these data.

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