The document discusses the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEO) and its mission over the past 12 years and plans for the next decade. The key points are: 1) GEO's vision is to provide coordinated, comprehensive, and sustained Earth observation information and services to inform decisions that benefit humankind. 2) In its first 10 years (2005-2015), GEO grew to include 105 member countries and 115 participating organizations. 3) Looking ahead to the next decade (2016-2025), GEO aims to be more data-centric and user-centric, closing the gap between data providers and users.

1. INSIGHT FOR A
CHANGING WORLD
GEO-XIV PLENARY
BARBARA RYAN
DIRECTOR, GEO SECRETARIAT

2. 12 YEARS
IN
12 MINUTES

3. GEO’S 1ST 10 YEARS
2005-2015

4. WHY GEO & YOU?

5. A SHARED VISION
TO REALIZE A FUTURE WHERE
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND,
ARE INFORMED BY
COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINED EARTH
OBSERVATION INFORMATION AND SERVICES.

6. A SHARED VISION
TO REALIZE A FUTURE WHERE
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND,
ARE INFORMED BY
COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINED EARTH
OBSERVATION INFORMATION AND SERVICES.

7. COORDINATED GLOBALLY, REGIONALLY,
NATIONALLY & LOCALLY
COMPREHENSIVE ACROSS DOMAINS,
NETWORKS, & PLATFORMS
SUSTAINED OVER TIME

8. GEO’S 2ND DECADE
2016-2025

9. GEO IN NUMBERS

10. 105 MEMBER
COUNTRIES

11. 115 PARTICIPATING
ORGANIZATIONS

12. SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS IN SITU OBSERVATIONS

13. A SHARED VISION
TO REALIZE A FUTURE WHERE
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND,
ARE INFORMED BY
COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINED EARTH
OBSERVATION INFORMATION AND SERVICES.

14. A SHARED VISION
TO REALIZE A FUTURE WHERE
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND,
ARE INFORMED BY
COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINED EARTH
OBSERVATION INFORMATION AND SERVICES.

15. DATA-CENTRIC
USER-CENTRIC

16. CLOSING THE GAP
BETWEEN USERS & PROVIDERS

20. A CHANGING LANDSCAPE

21. GEO DELEGATION
DIVERSITY

22. * 6 COUNTRIES WITH STATISTICAL AGENCY MEMBERS
GEO DELEGATION
DIVERSITY

23. COUNTRIES WITH OPEN EARTH OBSERVATIONS DATA POLICIES
OR OPEN DATA PORTALS INCLUDING EARTH OBSERVATIONS

24. MILLIONS OF LANDSAT SCENE
DOWNLOADS
Before open data policy:
53scenes / day
After open data policy:
5,700scenes / day

25. MILLIONS OF LANDSAT SCENE
DOWNLOADS
ANNUAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT
USA....................$1.7 billion
International.....$400 million
Global total.......$2.1 billion

27. OPEN DATA FOR THE
BENEFIT OF HUMANKIND

28. www.earthobservations.org/geoweek2017
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