Opening and Plenary

IGARSS 2010 Opening Session and Plenary
Monday, July 26, 09:00 - 12:30, Tapa Ballroom, Tapa Tower

Opening Session
09:00	Welcome to IGARSS 2010
	Dr. Karen M. St. Germain, General Co-Chair Dr. Paul C. Smits, General Co-Chair

09:15	Welcome from the IEEE GRS Society
	Dr. Alberto Moreira, President

09:30	Welcome from IEEE
	Dr. John Vig, 2009 IEEE President

09:45	Major Awards and Recognitions
	Prof. Werner Wiesbeck, GRS-S Awards Chair
	2010 IEEE Fellows
	2010 IEEE GRS-S Distinguished Achievement Award
	2010 IEEE GRS-S Outstanding Service Award
	2010 IEEE GRS-S Education Award
	2010 GRS Member in the IEEE Heritage Circle

10:05	Break

Plenary Session
10:30	KEYNOTE - Science and Technology in Support of Democracy: Citizen Participation
	Introduction by Session Moderator – Dr. Shelby Tilford
	Aneesh Chopra (Chief Technology Officer and Assistant to the President) and Shere Abbott (Associate Director for Environment) from US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

11:15	AGENCIES PANEL - The Past and Future of Global Observing
	Session Moderator – Dr. Shelby Tilford
	NASA – Dr. Michael Freilich (Director, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate)
	JAXA – Dr. Masanobu Shimada (Space Applications Mission Directorate)
	ESA - Dr. Yves-Louis Desnos (Head of R&D Section & Senior Advisor Science, Applications and Future Technologies Department)

Symposium Introduction
12:15	IGARSS 2010 Technical Program
	Dr. David Kunkee, Technical Program Co-Chair
	Dr. Paolo Gamba, Technical Program Co-Chair

12:30	Break