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	Past Earth Observation 11

The Earth Observation Working Group was held on November 3-4, 2004 with the 30 participants from 12 courtiers and 2 International Organizations. The working group had 12 presentations and discussed the future cooperation as follows:

Ref	Country	Name	Title	Department	Affiliation	Presentation Title
1	Mongolia	Mr. Khudulmur Sodov	Director	NRSC	The Ministry for Nature and Environment, Mongolia	The VSAT network in NRSC of Mongolia
2	Myanmar	Mr. Myint Swe	Deputy Director	Forest Dept.	Ministry of Forestry, Myanmar	Application of GIS and Remote Sensing for Conservation and Management of Forests in Myanmar
3	Malaysia	Dato' Prof.Nik Nasruddin Mahmood	Director	MACRES	Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia	Earth Observation Applications forIntegrated NaturalDisaster Management
4	China	Mr. Keran Wang	Chief Expert	Office of Earth and Environmental Science and Technology	Secretariat of AP-MCSTA	Concept and International Collaboration on China's Environmental and Disaster Monitoring Satellite System
5	Sri Lanka	Mr. Nihal Wijesekera	Superintendent of Surveys	Survey Department of Sri Lanka	Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Sri Lanaka	Use of Digital Elevation Models for The Infrastructure Development in Sri Lanka with The Assistance of Space Technology
6	Vietnam	Dr. Doan Minh Chung	Diretor	STAC	Vietnamese Academy of Science & Technology	Recent Developments on Space Technology & Remote Sensing Applications in Vietnam
7	Australia	Dr. A. Alexander Held	Head		CSIRO Office of Space Science and Applications (COSSA)	Near Real-Time Use of Earth Observation Data for Emergency Management
8	Japan	Mr. Masatoshi Kamei	Staff	Application and Service Dept.	RESTEC	The Establishment of ALOS Space Data Utilization Council
9	Japan	Dr. Lal Samarakoon	Senior Scientist	EORC	JAXA	JAXA Activities on Capacity Building through Asian Institute of Technology
10	The Philippines	Mr. Bobby A. Crisostomo	Alternate Chair and Technical Secretariat	Information Management Department	National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, The Philippines	Space Technology Activities in the Philippines: A Situationer
11	Laos	Mr. Sitha Phouyavong	Acting Director General of Cabinet	Cabinet of STEA	Science Technology and Environment Agency, Laos	Space Technology and Application in Lao PDR
12	Australia	Dr.Ramesh Govind	Director	Space Geodesy and Geomagnetism	Geoscience Australia	Space Geodesy and Earth Monitoring

As the result of discussions, the working group reported the following summary:

*Concept Paper
*WG SUMMARY

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