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Joint MedRIN and SCERIN Virtual Capacity Building Workshop

Agenda, Presenter Info, and Presentation Abstracts

Pre-Recorded Research Highlights

The Final Report for this workshop is available here

June 15, 2021 - Day 1 (Recording)

Agenda Lead & Introductions: Jana Albrechtova (SCERIN)

Time

(EST)     (EET)

Presenter Topic
7:30

14:30

Registration and Equipment Tests; PR Talks Viewing (On-Your-Own Play Talks 1-6)

Q&A on the Chat at 11:30 EST

8:00

15:00

Opening:

Logistics (Clay Oboth, START)

Workshop Goals and Agenda (Jana Albrechtova, SCERIN)

8:15

15:15

Nikolaos Papaioannou, Rector, Aristotle University

Welcome Address

Ioannis Gitas, Aristotle University

The Role of Lab of Forest Management and Remote Sensing

George Zalidis, Aristotle University

The Role of Aristotle University in the Region

8:40

15:40

Garik Gutman, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC

NASA LCLUC Update

9:00

16:00

Krishna Vadrevu, NASA/MSFC

GOFC-GOLD and the Regional Networks

9:20

16:20

MedRIN Coordinators: Ioannis Gitas, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Vincent Ambrosia

MedRIN Status, Goals

9:35

16:35 SCERIN Coordinators: Jana Albrechtova, Petya Campbell, Lucie Kupkova

SCERIN Status, Goals

9:50

16:50

Q&A for Plenary Talks from the Chat (Lead: Lucie Kupkova)

10:00

17:00

Break (10 minutes)

Group Photo Day 1

10:10

17:10

Luca Montanarella, Joint Research Center, EU

Healthy Soils

10:30

17:30

Agnieszka Lukaszczyk, Planet

Space Technology to the Power of Hundreds

10:50

17:50 Q&A for Invited Talks

11:00

18:00

Joint issues/activities for MedRIN & SCERIN (Leads: Vince Ambrosia, MedRIN; Petya Campbell, SCERIN)

Questions for Live Participant Survey – Survey and Outcomes on Day 3 (Leads: Vincent Ambrosia and Kyriacos Themistocleous)

11:20

18:20

Discussion of M&S Joint Activities

Q&A from the Chat (Leads: Vincent Ambrosia & Petya Campbell)

11:40

18:40

Discussion of PR talks

Q&A from the Chat (Leads: Lucie Kupkova and Petya Campbell)

12:15

19:15 Ioannis Gitas, Vincent Ambrosia, Jana Albrechtova, Lucie Kupkova, Petya Campbell, Garik Gutman, Jon Padgham

Objectives for Day 2

Closing of Day 1

12:30

19:30 Adjourn

June 16, 2021 - Day 2 (Recording)

Agenda Lead & Introductions: Ioannis Gitas (MedRIN)

Time

(EST)     (EET)

Presenter Topic

7:30

14:30

Registration and Equipment Tests (Optional)

8:00

15:00

PR Talks Viewing (On-Your-Own Play Talks 7-13)

Q&A on the Chat at 11:20 EST

8:30

15:30

Jeff Masek, GSFC/NASA

Current status of the Landsat program

Young LCLUC Investigators: Projects in partnership with GOFC-GOLD RINs (10 min each)

8:50

15:50

Sergii Skakun and Natalia Kussul

SCERIN: Agricultural Productivity and Yield
9:00

16:00

Aaron Sparks, Imen Bouhamed, Stefanos Papaiordanidis, Chariton Kalaitzidis and Ioannis Gitas

MedRIN: New Research Fire Demo

9:10

16:10

Discussion: Expert and Young Investigator Talks

Q&A from the Chat (Lead: Petya Campbell)

9:25

16:25

Introduction of First-Time Participants (New Members Present 1-2 min Flash Talks, MedRIN and SCERIN; Leads: Ioannis Gitas and Clay Oboth)

9:40

16:40

Break (10 minutes)

Group Photo Day 2

MedRIN RS Hot-Topics by Country

9:50 16:50 Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Christiana Papoutsa, Andreas Christofe, Silas Michaelides, Christodoulos Mettas, Rodanthi Mammouri, Argyro Nisantzi, Eleni Loulli, Maria Prodromou, Evagoras Evagorou, Kyriacos Neocleous, George Melillos, Andreas Anayiotos, Evangelos Akylas, Nicholas Kyriakides, Chris Danezis, Thomaida Polydorou

Cyprus

Dr. Ali Wheida

Egypt

Brice Mora

France

Ioannis Gitas (Prof.), Dimitris Stavrakoudi (PhD), Thomas Katagis (PhD), Hara Minakou (Msc), Alexandra Stefanidou (PhD), Niko Georgopoulos (Msc), Stefanos Papaiordanidis (MsC)

Greece

Arnon Karnieli (Prof.), Manuel Salvoldi (PhD)

Israel

Eyal Ben Dor

Israel

Unable to Attend

Italy

Stefanos Papaiordanidis (on behalf of Philip Frost, Riyad Najada, Dana Al-Khoudari, Omar Bakar)

Jordan

Unable to Attend

Malta

Levent Genc

Turkey

SCERIN RS Hot-Topics by Country
10:30 17:30 Gordana Jakovljevic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Unable to Attend

Bulgaria

Jana Albrechtova, Lucie Kupková, Zuzana Lhotáková, František Zemek, Olga Brovkina, Miroslav Pikl,  Petr Lukeš

Czech Republic

Levente  Ronczyk

Hungary

Stanislaw Lewinski

Poland

Anisoara Irimescu, George Boldeanu, Claudiu Angearu, Catalina Munteanu, Tudor Stancioiu, Mihai Daniel Nita

Romania

Miro Govedarica

Serbia

Andrej Halabuk, Katarína Merganičová, Roman Sitko, Martin Mokroš

Slovakia

Sergii Skakun, Natalia Kussul

Ukraine

11:10

18:10

Break (10 minutes)
11:20

18:20

Discussion: Country Hot Topics Q&A from the Chat & Audience (Leads: Vincent Ambrosia and Petya Campbell)

PR talks Q&A (Lucie Kupkova and Ioannis Gitas)

12:20

19:20

Jana Albrechtova, Garik Gutman, Petya Campbell, Lucie Kupkova

Objectives for Day 3

Closing of Day 2

12:30

19:30

Adjourn

June 17, 2021 - Day 3 (Recording)

Agenda Lead & Introductions: Jon Padgham (START)

Time

(EST)     (EET)

Presenter Topic
7:30

14:30

Registration and Equipment Tests (Optional)

8:00

15:00

PR Talks Viewing (On-Your-Own) 

Q&A on the Chat, Moderators: Lucie Kukpova, Petya Campbell, Ioannis Gitas and Vincent Ambrosia

8:30

15:30 Jesus San Miguel, Joint Research Center, EU

Fire in the context of climate change

8:50

15:50

Parallel working sessions of SCERIN and MedRIN (Breakout Sessions and Summaries/Reports)

SCERIN

Considerations for the collaborative paper on main trends and driving forces of agricultural land use / land cover changes in Central and East Europe (Greg Taff, WRI, Washington, DC)

Discussion of future SCERIN activities, working groups, collaborations, meeting location

Joint SCERIN and MedRIN meeting in 2023 - Varna, Bulgaria

UNFU Presentation

(Ukraine and Bulgaria; Lead: Petya Campbell)

MedRIN

Discussion of future activities, working groups, collaborations, meetings and locations (Lead: Vincent Ambrosia) 

10:00

17:00 Break (10 minutes)

10:10

17:10

MedRIN Reporting (Tasks and Follow-Up Activities), Future Venues

10:30

17:30 SCERIN Reporting (Tasks and Follow-Up Activities), Future Venues

11:00

18:00 Discussion: M&S Reporting Q&A (Leads: Vincent Ambrosia and Petya Campbell)

11:30

18:30

Live Participant Survey (Lead: Kyriacos Themistocleous)

Report of Outcomes

12:00

19:00 Ioannis Gitas, Vincent Ambrosia, Jana Albrechtova, Lucie Kupkova, Petya Campbell, Garik Gutman, Jon Padgham

Closing of the day and workshop

Group Photo Day 3

12:30

19:30 Adjourn
Meeting start date
06/15/2021
Meeting end date
06/17/2021

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