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Past Earth Observation 10

The Earth Observation Working Group was held on January 15, 2004 with the 27 participants from 17 courtiers and 2 International Organizations. The working group had 15 presentations and discussed the future cooperation as follows:

Ref Country Name Title Department, etc. Affiliation Presentation Title
Asian
Region		 1 Bangladesh Mr. Abdul Halim Howlader Chairman Bangladesh Space Reserch and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)
2 Indonesia Mr. Bambang Setiawan Tejasukmana Deputy Chairman for Remote Sensing National Instituite of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) Remote Sensing Application In Indonesia Challenge and Reality
3 Japan Mr. Takaaki Kurasaki Director Office of Research and International on Space Activities, Research and Development Breau Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT)
4 Japan Mr. Kazuo Akiyama Assistant Director Office of
Earth and Environmental Science and Technology		 Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT)
5* Japan Mr. Fumio Otsuki Director Earth Observation Research and Application Center (EORC) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA)		 Earth Observation W.G Report
6 Japan Mr. Kazuhito Kevin Shinoda Manger, for Int'l Economic Cooperation Chief Executive (CEO) Office Mitsubishi Corp.
7 Japan Mr. Makoto Ono Senior Research Scientist Application and Service Dept. RESTEC An Idea on Data Sharing through Japanese Satellite
8 Japan Mr. Kazuhiro Hiraga Assistant Manager Planning Section, Planning and Finance Dept. RESTEC
9 Korea Dr. Yong-Seung Kim Head Satellite Data Information Dept. Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) Satellite data applications for natural disaster monitoring: Current practice at KRSC
10 Laos Mr. Khamphone Amphayphone Deputy Director of S&T Division. National Geographic Department Prime Minister's Office, Laos Information of use of earth observation in Laos
11 Laos Mr. Sitha Phouyavong Director General of Cabinet Cabinet of STEA Science Technology and Environment Agency (STEA) Application of Remote Sensing and GIS on Environment monitoring in Laos
12 Malaysia Mr. DMohan Kumar Sammathuria Meteorological Officer Satelllite Unit Malaysian Meteorological
Service		 Estimation of Hourly Rainfall from Satellite IR Data
13 Mongolia Mr. Khudulmur Sodov Director The National Remote Sensing Center(NRSC) The Ministry for Nature and Environment, Mongolia
14 Myanmar Mr. Myint Swe Deputy Director Forest Department Ministry of
Forestry, Myanmar		 Forest Resource Management of Myanmar Using
GIS and Remote Sensing
Asian
Region		 15 Nepal Mr. Sahas Man Shrestha Cartography Officer Department of Forest Research and Survey His Majesty's Government
of Nepal		 Forest Resource Monitoring Using Remotely Sensed
Data in Nepal
16 Nepal Mr. Pramod S S Pradhan Director South Asian I
nstitute of Technology
(SAIT)		 Capacity
17 Pakistan Mr.Ayub Muhammad Manager Space Science & Atomospheric Research (SS&AR) Division Pakistan Space
& Upper
Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)		 Atmospheric and Natural Hazard Monitoring
18 Philippines Mr. Bobby A. Crisostomo Chief, Database Management Division Information Management Department National Mapping
and Resource Information
Authority (NAMRIA)
19 Singapore Mr. Leong Keong Kwoh Director Center for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) National
University of Singapore
20 Sri Lanka Mr. Wisumperuma Arachchige Kumarasiri Wisumperuma Senior
Deputy Surveyor General		 Survey Dept. of Sri Lanka Ministry of
Lands of
Sri Lanka		 Topographical
Mapping for
the Nothern
and Eastern Provinces in
Sri Lanka
21 Thailand Dr. Suvit Vibulsresth Director Geo-Informatics
and Space Technology Development
Agency (GISTDA)
22 Brunei Darussalam Ms.Mas Suriaia Hamid Surveyor Department Ministry of Development Ministry of
Lands of Sri Lanka
Pacific Region 23 Australia Dr. Andrew J. Parfitt Chief Executive Officer Cooperative Research Centre
for
Satellite Systems (CRCSS)
Other Countries 24 Germany Dr. Thomas Weissenberg Senior Researcher International Cooperation German Aerospace Center(DLR) The Gewrman
Earth
Observation
Programme
International Organization 25 AIT Prof. Ryuzo Yokoyama Visiting Professor Space Technology Applications & Research Program Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
26 AIT Dr. Lal Samarakoon Senior Scientist EORC Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA)		 Introduction to
Digital Asia Project
27 ICIMOD Mr. Basanta
Raj Shrestha 		Division
Head		 Mountain, Environment and Natural Resources' Information System (MENRIS) International
Centre for
Intergrated
Mountain
Development
( ICIMOD)		 Space Science Technology
in Mountain Environment - An Experience from the Hindu
-kush Himalayan
(HKH) Region-

*:Co-Chairpersons 

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

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