Opening and Plenary Session

Location: CNCC Plenary Hall A (4F)

Opening Session

Chair by WU Ji, General Co-Chair
08:30
Welcome from China National Space Administration
XU Dazhe, Administrator of CNSA
08:40
Welcome from Chinese Academy of Sciences
XIANGLI Bin, Vice President of CAS
08:50
Welcome from IEEE
Howard Michel, IEEE Former President
09:30
Welcome from IEEE GRS Society
Kamal Sarabandi, President
09:40
Major Awards and Recognitions
Chair by Mr. Kamal Sarabandi, Werner Wiesbeck, Master of Ceremony
2016 IEEE Fellow Recognition
2016 IEEE GRSS Education Award
2016 IEEE GRSS Outstanding Service Award
2016 IEEE GRSS Distinguished Achievement Award
10:20
Break

Plenary Session

Chair by JIN Yaqiu, General Co-Chair
10:40
Plans to implement the National Space Infrastructure Construction of China — Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
TONG Xudong, Director of Earth Observation System and Data Center, China National Space Administration
10:55
The ESA and MOST-NRSCC Dragon cooperation, 12 years of advances in understanding our Living Planet
Yves-Louis DESNOS, Head of the R&D Section in the Earth Observation Directorate of ESA at ESRIN
11:10
From Science to Societal Benefits: NASA’s Earth Observation and Research Programs
Michael H. Freilich, Director of NASA’s Earth Science Division
11:25
The WMO view on global change in particular with space observation data
Zhang Wenjian, Director of the Observing and Information Systems Department and Director of WMO Space Programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Symposium Introduction

11:40
IGARSS 2016 Technical Program
SHI Jiancheng, Technical Program Chair
11:50
Closing Remarks
WU Ji, JIN Yaqiu, General Co-Chairs
12:00
Lunch