Day 1: Monday February 2, 2009

Time
09:00 - 09:15	Introductions and welcomes
09:15 – 10:00	Overview of IGWCO a) Overview of the Science Committee (Rick Lawford) b) IGWCO at the CHy Meeting (Wolfgang Grabs) c) Revisions to the Targets and water Elements of the GEO Plan (Douglas Cripe)
10:00 - 10:40	Reports of progress of individual work elements: a) WA-06-02 a  Water resources management forecasting (Rick Lawford for John Schaake) b) WA-06-02 b Drought Impacts (Rick Lawford) c) WA-06-02 c Mountains and Water Resources (Douglas Cripe, Wolfgang Grabs) d) WA-06-02 d Drought Monitoring (Douglas Cripe)
10:40 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:00	Reports on Capacity Building a) WA-06-07 a.  Americas (Rick Lawford, David Toll) b) WA-06-07 b.  Africa (Toshio Koike, Einer Herland, David Toll) c) WA-06-07 c . Asia (AWCI) (Toshio Koike) d) Discussion
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
13:00 - 15:00	Reports on Integrated Data Sets a) WA-08-01 a Soil Moisture (Peter van Ovelen) b) WA-08-01 b Runoff (Wolfgang Grabs) c) WA-08-01 c Groundwater (Jay Famiglietti) d) WA-08-01 d Precipitation (GsMAP - Ms. Misako Kachi – JAXA) e) WA-08-01 e CEOP (Toshio Koike) f) WA-08-01 f Water for the World (Tom Weiner) g) WA-08-01 g Water Quality (Steve Greb) h) Discussion
15:00 - 15:30	Break
15:30 - 16:00	AWCI Overview (Toshio Koike)
16:00 - 18:00	Sponsoring Agencies a) CEOS (Osamu Ochiai) b) JAXA (Osamu Ochiai) c) NASA (David Toll) d) ESA (Einer Herland) e) WMO (Wolfgang Grabs) f) WCRP/GEWEX (Peter  van Ovelen) g) GTN-H (Wolfgang Grabs) h) GCOS and TOPC (Jay Famiglietti) i) CUASHI (Venkat Lakshmi) k) WaterNet (Will Pozzi) l) RIHN (Akiyo Yatagai) m) Discussion

Day 2: Tuseday February 3, 2009

Time
08:30 - 10:30	Projects and Linkages - IGP 565 (Norman Miller) - Global Water System Project  (Balazs Fekete) - Capacity Building in Asia (Chu Ishida) - Country Reports: Philippines, Indonesia, Viet Nam
10:30 - 10:45	Introduction to the Breakout Discussions
10:45 – 12:15	(The morning break will be taken as part of the breakout group discussions) Breakout Groups to address questions related to: - Recommendations on interactions with GEO - IGWCO links with GEO Committees - Links with other themes - Development of links with users - Identification of projects and partners that contribute to the GEO-Water Tasks and activities. - Identification of experts and strategies for engaging them in IGWCO and the Water Cycle Communities of Practice. - Milestones of IGWCO development in short (1 year) and medium (2-3 years) - perspective
12:15 - 13:15	Lunch
13:15 - 14:00	Reports from the Breakout Groups and Discussion
14:00 - 15:00	Reports from a) GEO Committees and the role of GEO Water Tasks in these activities - GEO ADC Committees (Mike Tanner) - GEO Committees (Douglas Cripe) - Discussion
15:00 - 15:30	Break
15:30 - 16:30	Communities of Practice in SBAs and the Water Cycle a) Water Cycle Community of Practice (Rick Lawford) b) Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security: Collaborations, Partnerships, and and Capacity Building (Prasad S Thenkabail) c) Other IGWCO Opportunities (Rick Lawford) d) Discussion about ways to advance the Water Cycle Community of Practice
16:30 - 17:15	Discussion about how IGWCO will integrate with GEO
17:15 - 17:30	General discussion/Roundtable
17:30 - 17:45	Workshop Summary

* Participants list

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