Program

The workshop will be held in English from Monday, Sep 16th to Friday, Sep 20th, 2019. The preliminary schedule considers four slots per day with two coffee breaks of 30 min each one and a lunch break of two hours. A technical visit to AGGO is planned for Friday's afternoon. The planned sessions are:

Opening session

• Welcome
• Workshop objectives
• Geodesy of reference in Latin America: status, challenges, expected learnings from the workshop (SIRGAS executive committee + gravity community)

GGRF definition and organization

• United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM): Mission, vision, structure, current projects.
• The UN Resolution on the GGRF: objectives, implications and new opportunities to improve geodetic infrastructure.
• IAG vision on the implementation of the GGRF resolution
• UN-GGIM Regional Committee for the Americas (UN-GGIM Americas): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, how to homogenize the participation of all Latin American countries, how can UN-GGIM Americas contribute to improve the geodetic infrastructure in Latin America.
• UN-GGIM Americas and SIRGAS: which role should play SIRGAS in UN-GGIM Americas, how can SIRGAS improve its participation in and support to UN-GGIM Americas.
• UN-GGIM Subcommittee on Geodesy: Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of Latin America, how to improve the participation of Latin America, how can Latin America contribute to and profit from the UN Subcommittee on Geodesy.
• The GGRF roadmap
• GGRF Governance
• Infrastructure for the GGRF

Global cooperation framework

• International Science Council (ISC):  Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of Latin America, how to improve the participation of Latin America, how can Latin America contribute to and profit from ISC.
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of Latin America, how to improve the participation of Latin America, how can Latin America contribute to and profit from IUGG.
• International Association of Geodesy (IAG): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of Latin America, how to improve the participation of Latin America, how can Latin America contribute to and profit from IAG.
• International Federation of Surveyors (FIG): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of Latin America, how to improve the participation of Latin America, how can Latin America contribute to and profit from FIG.
• International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, contribution to monitor and mitigate seismic hazards.
• International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (UN-ICG): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of Latin America, how to improve the participation of Latin America, how can Latin America contribute to and profit from UN-ICG.

Regional cooperation framework

• IAG sub-commissions in Latin America: SIRGAS and gravity field modelling: how to improve/homogenize the participation of all Latin-American countries in IAG initiatives at regional and global level.
• The IASPEI Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission and the infrastructure existing in Latin America for seismological studies (IASPEI-LACSC): structure, current projects, existing seismic infrastructure in Latin America, how to improve/homogenize the participation of all Latin American countries, how can Latin American countries contribute to and profit from IASPEI.
• Pan-American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of the Latin American countries, how to homogenize the participation of all Latin American countries in the PAIGH duties, how can the Latin American countries contribute to and profit from PAIGH.
• 2016-2020 joint action plan to expedite the development of the spatial data infrastructure of the Americas: joint initiative of PAIGH, SIRGAS, UN-GGIM Americas and Geosur.
• Geosur: Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of the Latin American countries, how to homogenize the participation of all Latin American countries in the Geosur duties, how can the Latin American countries contribute to and profit from Geosur.

Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

• GEO: Mission, vision, structure, current projects
• Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), existing Earth Observation Systems
• UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
• AmeriGEOSS: Mission, vision, structure, current projects, how to improve or promote a homogenous participation of all Latin American countries, possible contributions from the Latin American geodetic initiatives like SIRGAS.

Global geodetic reference systems and frames

• International Celestial Reference System and Frame (ICRS/ICRF): Status, challenges, weaknesses, how can Latin America contribute to the ICRF.
• International Terrestrial Reference System and Frame (ITRS/ITRF): Status, challenges, weaknesses, how can Latin America contribute to the ITRF.
• International Gravity Reference System and Frame (IGRS/IGRF): Status, challenges, weaknesses, how can Latin America contribute to the IGRF.
• International Height Reference System and Frame (IHRS/IHRF): Status, challenges, weaknesses, how can Latin America contribute to the IHRF.
• Satellite-based gravity field modelling.
• High-resolution gravity field modelling.
• EGM2020 (Earth Gravitational Model 2020): Status, challenges, weaknesses, improvements with respect to EGM2008, how can Latin America contribute to improve the quality of the EGM series.

IAG Services

• International GNSS Service (IGS): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, global GNSS network, contribution of IGS to the ITRF and the GGRF, how can Latin America contribute to improve the IGS infrastructure and products.
• International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, global SLR network, contribution of ILRS to the ITRF and the GGRF, how can Latin America contribute to improve the ILRS infrastructure and products.
• International VLBI Service (IVS): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, global VLBI network, contribution of IVS to the ITRF and the GGRF, how can Latin America contribute to improve the IVS infrastructure and products.
• International DORIS Service (IDS): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, global DORIS network, contribution of IDS to the ITRF and the GGRF, how can Latin America contribute to improve the IDS infrastructure and products.
• International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems’ Service (IERS): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, how can Latin America contribute to improve the IERS products, contribution of IERS to GGRF.
• International Gravity Field Service (IGFS): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, how can Latin America contribute to improve the IFGS products, contribution of IGFS to GGRF.
• International Gravimetric Bureau (BGI): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, how can Latin America contribute to improve the BGI products, services offered by BGI (to Latin America).
• International Centre for Global Earth Models (ICGEM): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, how can Latin America contribute to improve the ICGEM products, services offered by ICGEM (to Latin America).
• International Service for the Geoid (ISG): Mission, vision, structure, current projects, how can Latin America contribute to improve the ISG products, services offered by ISG (to Latin America).

Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS)

• GGOS: Mission, vision, structure, current projects, participation of Latin America, how to improve the participation of Latin America, how can Latin America contribute to and profit from GGOS.
• GGOS Bureau of Networks and Observations, Fundamental geodetic infrastructure.
• GGOS Bureau of Standards and Products, Geodetic products standardisation.
• Essential geodetic variables

Argentine-German Geodetic Observatory (AGGO)

• Geodetic infrastructure in Argentina
• 50 years of Argentine-German cooperation in Geodesy
• Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) experiences in installing, managing and maintaining fundamental geodetic observatories.
• Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) international cooperation to provide geodetic reference data and products.
• Geodetic infrastructure installed in AGGO.
• German efforts and challenges to install and maintain AGGO operational.
• Argentine efforts and challenges to install and maintain AGGO operational.
• Learnings and recommendations from the Argentine-German cooperation to install fundamental geodetic observatories.

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