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The 14th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-14)

Agenda of the 14th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum
(APRSAF-14)

Earth Observation WG
Day-1 (November 21, 2007) 09:30 - 17:00
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Takashi Moriyama: Fellow, Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA
Dr. V. Jayaraman: Director, Earth Observation Systems, ISRO/HQ
 

Time Title Presenter
09:30-09:35 Opening Address Dr. Takashi Moriyama
Fellow
Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA Japan
09:35-09:40 Opening Address Dr. V. Jayaraman
Director
Earth Observation Systems, ISRO/HQ
India
09:40-09:45 Adaptation of Agenda
General Introduction and Guidance of EOWG		 Dr. Takashi Moriyama
Fellow
Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA
Japan
09:45-14:20 Country Reports
10:00-10:15 Country report of Austraralia Dr.Adam Lewis
Group Leader
Geoscience Australia
and
Dr.David Edward Morton
Head
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation(CSIRO),
Australia
10:15-10:30 NEW DEVELOPMENTS in NRSC, MONGOLIA Ms. Battsesteg Tserenkhuu
Deputy Director
National Remote Sensing Center,
Mongolia
10:30-10:55 Use of Satellite Imageries in Disaster Management Mr. Naveen Mangel Joshi
Senior Divisional Engineer
Deparment of Water Induced Disaster Prevention
and
Dr. Turtha Bahadur Pradhananga
Deputy Director General
Survey Department of Nepal Ministry of Land Reform and Management,
Nepal
10:55-11:10 Activities of Survey Department Mr. Karunaratne Nimal Dharmakeerthi Kohona Walawwe
Senior Depity Suveryor General
Miniatory of Land and Land Develoment,
Sri Lanka
11:10-11:40 Coffee Break
11:40-11:55 Space Technology Applications in the Philippine Disaster Management System Mr. Ronald Ignacio Flores
Civil Defense Exective Officer
National Disater Coordinating Council,
Philippines
11:55-12:10 EO in Thiland Dr. Surachai Ratanasermpong
Deputy Director
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA),
Thailand
12:10-12:20 Status of Remote Sensing Development in Malaysia Mr.SAMSUDDIN OMAR
Research Officer
Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (MACRES),
Malaysia
12:20-12:40 Disater Monitoring Using KOMPSAT-1 Mr. Jeong-Heon SONG,
Researcher
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI),
Korea
12:40-12:50 The Space Technology and Applications in Lao PDR Ms. Virany SENGTIANTHR
Deputy Head, Environment Data Center
Water Resources and Environment Administration-WREA
Lao PDR
12:50-13:10 Indian Earth Obsevation Programme Dr. V. Jayaraman
Director,
Earth Observation Systems, ISRO/HQ,
India
13:10-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:20 Report from Mekong River Commission Dr. Diem Le Van
Programme Coordinator,
Mekong River Commission
14:20-15:30 Special Session 1 <Sentinel Asia>
14:20-14:50 Sentinel Asia
- Summary Report on STEP-1& Way forward to STEP-2 -		 Mr. Kazuya Kaku
Advisor to the Director
Disaster Management Support Systems Office, SAPC, JAXA
Japan
14:50-15:15 Working Group Report (Wildfire) Prof. Masami Fukuda
Professor
International Arctic Research Center, UAF
U.S.A
15:15-15:30 Working Group Report (Flood) Dr. Manzul K.Hazarika
Associate Director
Geoinformatics Center, AIT
Thailand
15:30-15:50 Coffee Break
15:50-16:10 Discussions
16:10-16:40 Special Session 2 <Environment Monitoring and eSA>
16:10-16:20 Environment Sentinel Asia Mr. Naoto Matsuura
Planning Manager
Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) , JAXA
Japan
16:20-16:30 Application for Environment Monitoring Dr. Wataru Takeuchi
Assistant Professor
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
Japan
16:30-16:45 Discussions
16:45-17:00 Special Session 3 <Satellite Data Application>
16:45-17:00 ALOS Data Utilization in Asia-Pacific Region Kyoichi Ito
Deputy General Manager
Applications & Services Department, RESTEC
Japan
17:00-17:15 Wrap Up


Communication Satellite Application WG
Day-1 (November 21, 2007) 09:30 - 17:00
Co-Chairs:
Mr. A. Bhaskaranarayana: Scientific Secretary, Satellite Communications Programme Office, ISRO/HQ
Dr. Takashi Kubota: Associate Professor, Department of Spacecraft Engineering, JAXA/ISAS
 

Time Title Presenter
09:30-09:50 Opening of the Session
Remarks by the Co-chairperson
Adoption of the Agenda
Dr. A. Bhaskaranarahyana (ISRO)
Mr. Toru Fukuda (JAXA)
09:50-10:00 Report of APRSAF-13 CSAWG Mr. Toshio Higuchi
JAXA
10:00-10:20 Tele-education - Experience and Expertise Mr. Kalyankumar Bandopadhyay
ISRO
10:20-10:50 SOI / SOI Asia Activities Dr. Masaya Nakayama
WIDE / The University of Tokyo
10:50-11:10 Satellite Based Tele-education -VTU's Experience Prof. G. L. Shekar
Visvesvaray Technological University,
India
11:10-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:00 ISRO's experience in Telemedicine with special reference to mobile Telemedicine system Mr. L.S. Satyamurthy
ANTRIX / ISRO
12:00-12:20 Current Status of Sentinel Asia Dr. Kenpei Kojika
ADRC
12:20-12:40 WINDS project and Sentinel Asia Mr. Toshio. Higuchi
JAXA
12:40-13:00 Quasi Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) Project Mr. Toshio. Higuchi
JAXA
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:20 Country Report and View for Distance Education, Telemedicine and Disaster Management System Prof. Utoro Sastrokusumo
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
14:20-14:40 THAICOM and iPSTAR Communication Satellites of Thailand Ms. Patima Arphasilp
MICT/ Thailand
14:40-15:00 Country Report and Views for the distance education/Telemedicine and disaster management system Mr. Le Xuan Huy
VAST/Vietnam
15:00-15:20 Country Report The infrastructure and policy of Mongolia e-learning
and distance learning
 Mr. Batsuren Amgalanbat
ICTA / Mongolia
15:20-15:40 Coffee Break
15:40-16:40 Brain storming on application areas benefiting member countries  
16:40-17:00 Wrap up for the summary report and recommendations to the Plenary  



Space Education and Awareness WG
Day-1, 2 (November 21-22, 2007)
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Takashi Kubota: Associate Professor, Department of Spacecraft Engineering, JAXA/ISAS
Mr. S. Satish: Director, Publications and Public Relations Unit, ISRO/HQ

Day1: November 21, 2007 9:30-17:00

Time Title Speaker
09:30-11:00 1. Opening of the session
Remarks by the Co-Chairs  
2. Adoption of the agenda
APRSAF/SEA-WG/2007/1  
3. General exchange of views
Space Education and Awareness Activities in India S. Satish (India)
"Space Education and Awareness Activities in Vietnam" Doan M. Chung (Vietnam)
Celebration of World Space Week-2007 at Enayetpur, Bangladesh F.R. Sarker (Bangladesh)
Report of JAXA Space Education Center on Its Activities in 2006-7 E. Hirohama (Japan)
Space Science Educational Program and CanSat Development at Arthur C. Clarke Institute in Sri Lanka Indika Medagangoda (Sri Lanka)
Space Education and Awareness Activities in Thailand Tanita Suepa (Thailand)
(See also APRSAF/SEA-WG/2007/3 and Add.1)
11:00 Coffee/tea break
11:20 4.Joint educational activities for primary and secondary school students
4-a. Water rocket event
Briefing by the Secretariat: APRSAF/SEA-WG/2007/4  
Preparations for APRSAF Water Rocket Event B. R. Guruprasad (India)
Possible international seminar for teachers and instructors on water rockets for educational purposes and multilingual leaflet with basic information on water rockets (APRSAF/SEA-WG/2007/5)  
Discussion  
4-b. Poster contest
Briefing by the Secretariat: APRSAF/SEA-WG/2007/6  
Preparations for the APRSAF Poster Contest B. R. Guruprasad (India)
Theme for 2009  
Discussion  
4-c. Space education forum and seminar
Discussion  
4-d. Other activities
Possible educational activities in astronomy in preparations for the International Year of Astronomy in 2009  
Possible educational activities in the area of environmental protection
Discussion  
13:00 Lunch Break
14:00 5. Joint educational initiatives for university and graduate students and young professionals
Report on the International CanSat Workshop (23-24 February 2007, Tokyo) T. Chiku (Japan)
Report(s) on the use of "CanSat Kit" and CanSat activities Sawat Tantiphanwadi (Thailand)
Ahmad Azreena (Malaysia)
Discussion  
Proposal on CanSat training seminar for trainers
(APRSAF/SEA-WG/2007/7)		  
15:00 Coffee/tea break
15:20-17:00 5. Joint educational initiatives for university and graduate students and young professionals (continued)
· Collaborations with CSSTE-AP in basic space science and technology V. K. Dadhwal (India)
Discussion  
6. Collaborations among space scientists and engineers and educators
Implementation of the recommendations of the Space Science Education Workshop in March 2006  
Population of Space and Awarenesss Activities in Developing Countries F.R. Sarker (Bangladesh)
'The Sun' (movie), Thailand science Week and magazine on space issue Sawat Tantiphanwadi (Thailand)
Possible report on the integration of space-related subjects into the education curricula  
Discussion  
7. Other matters
Report on IAA project on space terminologies in multiple languages T.Kubota (Japan) on behalf of Y. Matogawa
Name of the Working Group  
Discussion  

Day 2: November 22, 2007 15:00 - 16:20
Time Title Speaker
15:45-17:00 3. General exchange of views
"Space Education Activities in Indonesia" (See also APRSAF/SEA-WG/2007/3/Add.2) Mawardi Nur (Indonesia)
4-b. Poster contest
Report by the Secretariat of the Working Group on the results of the selection of winners  
Review and approval of the results  
 
 
Observations and recommendations of the Working Group
Review of the draft report and discussion  
Adoption of the conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group
 
Space Environment Utilization WG
Day-1 (November 21, 2007) 09:30 - 17:00
Chairs:
Mr. Tetsuo Tanaka: Director, Space Environment Utilization Center, JAXA
Ms. D. R. Suma: AssociateDirector, Launch Vehicles Programme Office, ISRO
 
Time Agenda Item(s) Presenter
09:30-09:40 1. Opening Remarks Mr. Tetsuo Tanaka (JAXA)
Ms. D. R. Suma (ISRO)
2.  Status report on activities following the APRSAF-13 recommendation and action items
3. Activity reports of space environment utilization
4. New proposals to strengthen the international cooperation of space environment utilization
09:40-10:10 Review APRSAF-13 recommendation and action items and Brief overview of cooperation activities after APRSAF-13 Mr. Tetsuo Tanaka (JAXA)
Dr. Muneo Takaoki (JAXA)
10:10-10:30 Activity report from Indonesia Dr. Thomas Djamaluddin (LAPAN)
10:30-10:50 Activity report from Vietnam Dr. Pham Anh Tuan (VAST)
Dr. Le Van Chieu (HUS)
10:50-11:20
Coffee Break
11:20-11:40 Activity report from Thailand Dr. Sawat Tantiphanwadi (NSTDA)
11:40-12:00 Activity report from Malaysia Ms. Azreena Ahmad (ANGKASA)
12:00-12:20 Activity report from Korea Mr. Kim, Ki Seok (MOST)
12:20-12:50 Activity report from India Dr. S .C. Sharma (ISRO)
Mr. A. K. Sinha (ISRO)
12:50-13:00
[SPEAKERS TO BE ADDED UPON REQUEST]
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:00 5. Discussions on future plans, recommendations from SEU WG, and action items
JEM utilization feasibility study
Students parabolic flight experiment
SRE project
15:00-15:20
Coffee Break
15:20-17:00

Discussion

  
Review of the draft Ms. Sayaka Umemura (JAXA)
Action items  
6. Conclusion
 
 
 

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