APRSAF

	The 15th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-15)

Agenda of the 15th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum
(APRSAF-15)

Hanoi & Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, Dec 9-12, 2008

Earth Observation WG

Day-1, 2 (December 9-10, 2008)

Co-Chairs:
Prof. Tran Manh Tuan, Chairman, Scientific Council of Space Technology Institute (STI), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
Dr. Takashi Moriyama: Fellow, Earth Observation Research Center(EORC), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Day 1: Tuesday, 9 December 2008


Time	Agenda Items	Presenter
Opening of the session
10:00-10:05	Remarks by the Co-Chairs	Prof. Tran Manh Tuan Chairman Space Technology Institute (STI) ,VAST Vietnam
10:05-10:10	Remarks by the Co-Chairs	Dr. Takashi Moriyama Fellow Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA Japan
10:10-10:15	Adoption of the Agenda	Co-chairs
10:15-10:30	Self Introduction	(ALL)
10:30-10:45	Review of the last EOWG at Bangalore	Dr. Takashi Moriyama Fellow Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA Japan
10:45-11:00	Focal Point of EOWG	Co-chairs
11:00-11:30	Keynote speech by VAST	Dr. Lai Anh Khoi Head of Remote Sensing Application Department Space Technology Institute (STI) ,VAST Vietnam
General exchange of views on Earth environment issues
11:30-12:20	G8 declaration on GEOSS acceleration and Environment change & global warming disasters	Dr. Takashi Moriyama Fellow Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA Japan
12:20-12:40	Capacity building for practical usage of earth observation	Dr. Lal Samarakoon Director Geoinformatics Center Asian Institute of Technology
12:30	Lunch break

13:35-13:55	Indian EOS: Striving for Sustainable Development	Dr. D Gowrisankar Scientist International cooperation Indian Space Research Organisation India
13:55-14:15	ENVIRONMENT MONITORING BY REMOTELY SENSED DATA	Mrs. BATTSETSEG TSERENKHUU Deputy Director National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment Monitoring Mongolia
14:15-14:30	Nepal Country Report	Mr. Raja Ram Chhatkuli Director General Survey Department of Nepal Ministry of Land Reform and Management Nepal
14:30-14:50	NAMRIA and Its Role in Space Technology Applications	Mr. Randolf Sevidal Vicente Assistant Director National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) Philippines
15:05-15:30	EARTH OBSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN INDONESIA	Ms. Ratih Dewanti Dimyati Director National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) Indonesia
15:30-15:50	Environment Change Detection Independence Environmental Monitoring	Ms. Virany SENGTIANTHR Director, Remote Sensing Center-RSC Water Resources and Environment Research Institute-WERI Lao PDR
15:50-16:00	Country Report Sri Lanka	Mr. NIHAL GUNAWARDANA Senior Deputy Surveyor General Survey Department Sri Lanka
16:00-16:20	Environmental Earth Observation and Data Delivery Systems in Australia	Dr. Andre Alexander Held Team Leader The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation(CSIRO) Australia

Day 2: Wednesday, 10 December 2008


Time	Agenda Items	Presenter
Opening of the session
09:30-09:40	Report of the Day 1 discussion	Co-chairs
09:40-09:50	Revision of the agenda	Co-chairs
09:50-10:00	Self introduction for new participants	ALL
SAFE (Space Applications for Environment)
10:00-10:20	SAFE General Introduction	Mr.Tsugito Nagano Administrator Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA Japan
10:20-11:05	Ongoing Prototypes(Forest management)	Mr. Dinh Ngoc Dat Space Technology Institute (STI), VAST Vietnam and Dr. Wataru Takeuchi Assistant Professor Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo Japan
11:05-11:50	Ongoing Prototypes(Water Resources management)	Mr Nguyen Dai Khanh, Dr. Dang Ngoc Tinh, Mr. Nguyen Vinh Thu, Mrs. PHAM QUYNH ANH National Hydro - Meteorological Service of Vietnam (NHMS),MONRE Vietnam and Prof.Toshio KOIKE, Dr. Lei Wang Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo Japan
11:50-12:30	Next prototyping candidates	(ALL)
12:30	Lunch break
Country Report (Contd.)
13:30-13:50	EOS Activities in Thailand : 2008	Dr. Thongchai Charuppat Director Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) Thailand
13:50-14:10	Singapore Country Report	Dr. Kwoh Leong Keong Director Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) Singapore
Special Session
14:10-14:30	A preliminary results of using ALOS PALSAR emergency observation for study of November 2008 floods in Red river delta	Assistant Proffessor Nguyen Dinh Duong Head Institute of Geography,VAST Vietnam
14:30-14:50	Near Real-Time IP based disaster imaging data Information system using small satellite constellation	Mr.Hiroshi Kikuchi Executive Staff Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS) JAPAN
Concluding Session
14:50-15:10	Overall discussions and way forward	(ALL)
15:10-15:30	Adoption of the conclusions and recommendations of the EOWG	(ALL)
15:30-16:00	Wrap-up	(ALL)

Communication Satellite Application WG

Day-1, 2 (December 9-10, 2008)

Co-Chairs:
Mr Hiroki Kohhata: Senior Engineer, Satellite Applications and Promotion Center, JAXA
Mr. Nguyen Minh Dan: Director of the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Information and Communication

Day 1 (December 9, 2008) 10:00-16:00


Time	Agenda Items		Presenter
10:00	1	Opening of the session Remarks by the Co-Chairs
	2.	Adoption of the agenda APRSAF/CSA-WG/2008/1
	3.	General introduction and guidance of CSAWG Self introduction Report of previous APRSAF-14 CSAWG
	4.	Presentations of communications satellite systems and applications
	4-a	VINASAT-1 PROGRAM Discussion	Mr. Nguyen Khac Hoan (Vietnam)
11:00	Coffee/tea break
11:15	4-b	Outline of "KIZUNA(WINDS)" Discussion	Mr. Toshio Higuchi (Japan)
	4-c	Communications Satellite Market Discussion	Mr. Yoshinori Maeda (Japan)
12:30	Lunch break
13:30	5	Activity reports in the field of tele-education, tele-medicine and disaster management
	5-a	WINDS Application Experiment Plan	Mr. Yoshiaki Suzuki (Japan)
	5-b	WINDS (Kizuna)-based collaborative e-learning project in Thailand, Malaysia and Japan	Dr. Keisuke Kameyama (Japan)
	5-c	Development of Broadband Set Top Box using Wideband Internetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS) Discussion	Dr. Koji Wakamori (Japan)
15:00	Coffee/tea break
15:15-16:00	5-d	Field Survey On Wenchuan Earthquake	Dr. Kenpei Kojika (Japan)
	5-e	SATELLITE COMMUNICATION - NARROWING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE TO RAISE THE INTELLIGENT OF THE NATION AND THEIR ECONOMY Discussion	Prof. Utoro Sastrokusumo (Indonesia)

Day 2 (December 10, 2008) 9:30-16:00

Time

Agenda Items

Presenter

09:30

5-f

Thailand's Communication Satellites, Current Status and Guideline for Space Affairs Development

Mr. Kobchai Charoenvimolkul (Thailand)

5-g

ICT Sector Profile

Mr. Batsuren Amgalanbat (Mongolia)

5-h

Satellite Communication Applications in India
Discussion

Dr. D Gowrisankar (India)

10:30

Coffee/tea break

10:50

GNSS systems and applications in Asia Pacific Region

6-a

GNSS and Regional System in Asia Pacific Region

QZSS in Asia and Oceania Region

Discussion

Mr. Satoshi Kogure (Japan)

6-b

India's Satellite Navigation Programme

Discussion

Dr. D Gowrisankar (India)

6-c

Country report for GNSS activities

Korea GNSS Activities

Discussion

Dr. Gi-wook Nam (Korea)

6-d

GNSS Applications

Service Status of QZSS

Mr. Shigeru Matsuoka (Japan)

12:30

Lunch break

13:30

6-e

GNSS Research Activities in ENRI

General Discussion

Dr. Ken Ito (Japan)

14:30

Coffee/tea break

14:50-16:00

Closing Session

Space Education and Awareness WG

Day-1,2 (December 9-10, 2008)

Co-Chairs:
Dr. Takashi Kubota: Professor, Department of Spacecraft Engineering, JAXA/ISAS
Dr. Doan Minh Chung: Vice Director Space Technology Institute (STI), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)

Day 1 (December 9, 2008) 10:00-16:00

Time	Title		Presenter
10:00-12:30	1. Opening of the session		Remarks by the Co-Chairs
	2. Adoption of the agenda APRSAF/SEA-WG/2008/1 and Corr.1
	3. General exchange of views	"Activities of Victorian Space Science Education Center"	N. Mathers (Australia)
		"Space Awareness Activities in Bangladesh"	F. R. Sarker (Bangladesh)
		"Space Education activities in Indonesia (Indonesia)"	Rosaliza R (Indonesia)
		"Report of JAXA Space Education Center on Its Activities in 2007-8"	E. Hirohama (Japan)
		"Space education initiatives in the Philippines"	Angelli Cortez (Philippines)
		"Korea's space education and awareness"	Jeongwon Lee (Republic of Korea)
		"Astronomy & Space Education Programs Launched by Arthure C. Clarke Institute Sri Lanka in 2008"	Indika Medagangoda (Sri Lanka)
		"Space education activities in Thailand"	Thanomsri Rangsikanbhum and Sawat Tantiphanwadi (Thailand)
		"Space education and awareness activities in Vietnam 2008" (See also APRSAF/SEA-WG/2008/3.Add.1,2 and 3)	Doan M. Chung (Vietnam)
	4. Joint educational activities for primary and secondary school students
	4-a. Water rocket event	Briefing by the Secretariat of the Working Group (See APRSAF/SEA-W/2008/4)
		Preparations for APRSAF-15 Water Rocket Event	Nguyen Thanh Long (Vietnam)
		Results of APRSAF International Water Rocket Education Workshop and presentation of the Water Rocket Wiki site (See APRSAF/SEA-W/2008/5)	T. Chiku (Japan) and N. Mathers (Australia)
		Discussion - Water rocket leaflets in languages - Sponsorship - Media attention - APRSAF Water Rocket Event in 2009 (See APRSAF/SEA-W/2008/9 and 10))	A. Cortes (Philippines)
12:30-13:30	Lunch break
13:30-16:00	4. Joint educational activities for primary and secondary school students (continued)
	4-b. Poster contest	Briefing by the Secretariat of the Working Group (See APRSAF/SEA-W/2008/6)
		Preparations for the APRSAF Poster Contest	Phung Duc Thuong (Vietnam) / E. Ando (Japan)
		Discussion - APRSAF Poster Contest in 2009: Theme - Possible development of a calendar for 2009 (See APRSAF/SEA-W/2008/7)
	4-c. Space education forum and seminar	Discussion
	4-d. Educational activities in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy	Reports by SEA WG members	F. R. Sarker (Bangladesh)
			E. Hirohama (Japan)
			I. Medagangoda (Sri Lanka)
	4-e. Other activities	Discussion
	5. Joint educational initiatives for university and graduate students and young professionals
		Status of the organization of a CanSat training seminar for trainers	T. Chiku (Japan)
		Reports on CanSat activities	N. Mathers (Australia)
		Internationally embedded GNSS educational activities by ISMB and Politecnico di Torino.	G. Povero (Italy)
		Discussion
	6. Collaborations among space scientists and engineers and educators
		Examples of collaborations "Frogs in Orbit" program "Science of Flight" teaching guides	N. Mather (Australia) E. Hirohama/T. Chiku (Japan)
		Surveys on the situation of school teachers in promoting space activities and the integration of space-related subjects into the school curricula (See APRSAF/SEA-WG/2008/11)
		Discussion

Day 2 (December 10, 2008) 9:30-16:00

Time	Title		Presenter
Morning	7. New and innovative funding sources to support space education activities
		Exchange of experiences and information on identifying sponsors for education activities
		Discussion
	8. Other matters
		Membership of the Working Group (See APRMembership of the Working Group (See APRSAF/SEA-WG/2008/8)
	4-b. Poster contest
		Report by the Secretariat on the results of the votes Review and approval of the results
	Observations and recommendations
		eview of the draft and discussion Adoption of the conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group (See APRSAF/SEA-WG/2008/12)

List of participants (APRSAF/SEA-WG/2008/13)

Space Environment Utilization WG

Day 2 (December 10, 2008) 9:30-16:00

Chairs:
Mr. Tetsuo Tanaka: Director, Space Environment Utilization Center, JAXA
Dr. Pham Anh Tuan: Vice Director, Space Technology Institute (STI)


Time	Title	Presenter
09:30-09:35	Opening remarks from JAXA	JAXA: Mr. Tetsuo Tanaka
09:35-09:40	Opening remarks from VAST	VAST: Dr. Pham Anh Tuan
09:40-09:50	Review of the last SEU WG at APRSAF-14	JAXA: Mr. Tetsuo Tanaka
09:50-10:10	ISS/JEM Utilization Program in JAXA	JAXA: Mr. Tetsuo Tanaka
10:10-10:30	Activity report from Vietnam (VAST, STI)	VAST, STI: Dr. Pham Anh Tuan
10:30-10:50	Photo Session before Coffee Break	All Participants
10:50-11:10	The International Cooperation about the space environment utilization in ESA	ESA: Mr. JEAN-CHARLES BIGOT
11:10-11:30	Activity report from Vietnam (VAST, IBT)	VAST, IBT: Dr. Dang Diem Hong
11:30-11:50	Activity report from Indonesia	LAPAN: Dr. Thomas Djamaluddin
11:50-12:10	Activity report from Thailand	NSTDA: Dr. Sawat Tantiphanwadi
12:10-12:30	Activity report from Korea	KARI: Dr. Youn Kyu Kim
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-13:45	Activity report from India	ISRO: Dr.D. Gowrisankar
13:45-14:00	Status of space commercial utilization in Japan	JAMSS: Dr. Yashio Kashiyama
14:00-14:30	a. Future plan toward space experiments following the current feasibility studies of the ISS/JEM utilization	JAXA: Dr. Muneo Takaoki
14:30-14:50	Coffee Break
14:50-15:10	b. Asian students' parabolic flight contest	JAXA: Dr. Muneo Takaoki
15:10-16:00	Review of the draft recommendations, Action items

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