Program

In-Service ICT Training for Environmental Professionals (ISEPEI)

Geospatial Technologies and Remote Sensing for Monitoring SDGs

4-8 July 2016, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Venue: CEU, Nador ut.9, Auditorium

Monday, July 4th

Introduction (Plenary Session) 

8:30 – 9:00

Registration(Nador 9, Outside Auditorium)

9:00 – 9:30

CEU Summer University Orientation(Nador 9, Auditorium)

9:30 – 10:30

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Logistical Information

Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

10:30 – 11:00

Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA, Austria) -  2030 Agenda in achieving SDGs: An introduction

11:00 – 11:20

Coffee Break

Improved Data-Driven Decision-Making to achieve SDGs

11:20 – 11:50

Viktor Lagutov (CEU, Hungary) –Role of universities in data-driven decision making and achieving SDGs

11:50 – 12:20

Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA, Austria) - An introduction to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs with a focus on the Space Applications Programme and UN-SPIDER

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

ICT Solutions: An Introduction (Data needs)

13:40 – 15:10

Douglas Cripe (Group of Earth Observation, Switzerland) - GEO in support of SDG monitoring frameworks

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:30

Ed Parsons (Google, UK) - Here come the machines: applying machine learning to global datasets

18:00 – 19:30

Welcome Reception(October 6)

Tuesday, July 5th

Technological Solutions: Data, GIS, RS (Plenary Session)

9:00-10:30

Geographic Information Systems

Martin Engels (ESRI, Switzerland) - GIS basics

• Introduction GIS;
• Introduction ArcGIS Platform;

• Esri and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 12:20

Geographic Information Systems(cont.)

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 15:10

Remote Sensing

Alan Belward (DG JRC, Italy) - Basic introduction to Remote Sensing

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

Alan Belward (DG JRC, Italy) - Overview of the latest programs as they impact monitoring of multilateral environmental agreements

Geospatial Technologies Track

Wednesday, July 6th

Esri ArcGIS Practical Session(Blue Computer Lab)

9:00 – 17:00

ESRI Workshop Martin Engels (ESRI, Switzerland)

• Getting started with GIS
• Using GIS to solve problems
• WebGIS
• Telling stories with GIS maps
• Maps for office for ArcGIS
• SDG related exercises
• Getting started with ArcGIS Pro

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

Thursday, July 7th

Global Human Settlement Layers (GHSL)(Auditorium)

9:00 – 10:30

Christina Corban (DG JRC, Italy) - Providing spatial evidence for monitoring progress towards the SDGs

• Presentation of the GHSL and derived products (of interest to both GIS/RS tracks)
• GHSL: information support for SDGs (of interest to both GIS/RS tracks)
• Overview of the GHSL concept: The symbolic Machine Learning

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 12:20

Open-Source GIS Practical Session (Blue Lab)

Zoltán Vekerdy (ITC, Netherlands / SIU, Hungary) - Open solutions for SDG monitoring - synergic use of Earth observation and other spatial data

István Waltner (SIU, Hungary)

János Grosz (SIU, Hungary)

• QGIS Basics
• Computer work on QGIS
• Demo on data sources
• Case studies

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 15:10

Open solutions for SDG monitoring (Blue Lab) (cont.)

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

Open solutions for SDG monitoring (Blue Lab) (cont.)

19:00

Danube Boat Trip

Remote Sensing Track

Wednesday, July 6th

Remote Sensing (Green Computer Lab)

9:00 – 17:00

Practical session on Remote Sensing

Alan Belward (DG JRC, Italy)

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

Thursday, July 7th

Global Human Settlement Layers (GHSL)(Auditorium)

9:00 – 10:30

Christina Corban (DG JRC, Italy) - Providing spatial evidence for monitoring progress towards the SDGs

• Presentation of the GHSL and derived products (of interest to both GIS/RS tracks)
• GHSL: information support for SDGs (of interest to both GIS/RS tracks)
• · Overview of the GHSL concept: The symbolic Machine Learning

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 12:20

GHSL Practical Session (Green Lab)

Christina Corban (DG JRC, Italy)

• Built-up extraction with the SML
• · Calculation of a set of indicators for the SDGs

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 15:10

GHSL Practical Session (Green Lab) (cont.)

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

UNOOSA Remote Sensing Practical Session (Green Lab)

Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA, Austria) - Earth observation benefits for Sustainable Development: Water and hazard-related applications  

19:00

Danube Boat Trip

Friday, July 8th

Practical ICTs application and Future Plans (Auditorium)

Case Studies by participants and discussion

9:00 – 10:00

Anupam Anand (GEF, USA) - Use of earth observation for evaluation of Global Environment Facility (GEF) support to protected area system

10:00 – 10:30

Azamat Karypov (DWRLI, Kyrgyz Republic) - National water resources management project

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:20

Elizaveta Khazieva (CEU, Hungary) - Potential application of satellite technologies in agricultural monitoring

11:20 – 12:00

Emily Nilson (WRI, USA) - Measuring and monitoring global sustainability

Discussion on prospects of geospatial technologies application

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

The Way Forward

14:00 – 15:00

Zoltán Vekerdy (ITC, Netherlands / SIU, Hungary) - Capacity building through research in the use of Earth observation - the TIGER Capacity Building Facility in Africa.

15:00 – 16:00

Zsuzsanna Gabor (CEU Academic Research and Cooperation Office, Hungary) - European funding for research and cooperation.

Course wrap-up session and closing ceremony(Japanese garden)

16:00 – 17:00

Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA, Austria)

Viktor Lagutov (CEU, Hungary)