Program

Monday, 22 July

8:30 – 9:00

Registration(Nador 15 bldg, ground floor, reception desk)

9:00 – 9:30

CEU Summer University Orientation(Nador 15, room 103)

9:40 – 10:30

Introductions, Welcome from Course Directors (Nador 15 / 103)

Viktor Lagutov (CEU, Hungary) and Lorant Czaran (UNFPA)

10:50 – 11:30

Laszlo Pinter (CEU /IISD) – Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Making data and information count

11:30 – 12:20

Lorant Czaran (UNFPA) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDG Indicators - how geospatial and space technologies support monitoring and reporting

13:40 – 15:10

Viktor Lagutov (CEU) – Need for Improved Data-Driven Decision-Making in SDGs monitoring

Robert Nagy (Planet) – Satellite imagery for monitoring purposes

15:30 – 17:00

András Szöllősi-Nagy (Sustainable Water Futures Programme) – Water Management: Real-time Forecasting Models

Tuesday, 23 July

9:00 – 10:30

Anupam Anand (WorldBank/GEF) - Leveraging geospatial science for monitoring and evaluating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

10:50 – 12:20

Marcello Rezende (FAO) - Collect Earth and Earth Map: FAO tools in support of SDG monitoring

13:40 – 15:10

Alan Belward (JRC) - Introduction to Remote Sensing 

15:30 – 17:00

Alan Belward (JRC) - Introduction to Remote Sensing (cont.)

Wednesday, 24 July                             

9:00 – 10:30

Wendy Jacobs (MAXAR) - Using Very High Resolution satellite imagery, data, and online services for Census and SDG-related applications

10:50 – 12:20

Alan Belward (JRC) – Remote sensing applications in SDGs

13:40 – 15:10

Alan Belward (JRC) – Remote sensing applications in SDGs (cont.)

15:30 – 17:00

Alan Belward (JRC) – Global surface water dynamics – towards near real-time monitoring of SDG 6.6.1 using Landsat and Sentinel data

Thursday, 25 July

9:00 – 10:30

Dominique Berod (WMO) – Operational hydrology at UN WMO and satellite data  

10:50 – 12:20

A. Sezin Tokar (USAID) – End-to-End Hydrometeorological Early Warning USAID/OFDA activities on Hydrometeorological DRR

13:40 – 15:10

Douglas Cripe (GEO) – Earth Observations for monitoring SDGs

Carmelle Terborgh (Esri) – Geospatial Solutions for SDG Monitoring: Esri perspective

15:30 – 17:00

Craig von Hagen (IMMAP) – Working in Remote Settings, Challenges and Solutions

Friday, 26 July

9:00 – 10:30

Zoltan Vekerdy (ITC) – Integration of RS and GIS tools for monitoring SDGs

10:50 – 12:30

Case studies worldwide (participants’ presentations)

13:40 – 15:00

Case studies worldwide (participants’ presentations) (cont.)

15:00 – 16:10

Lorant Czaran (UNFPA) –The Georeferenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) Project

16:30 – 17:00

Course Wrap-Up