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17 - 18 MARCH, 2011, SHERATON HOTEL, SOFIA, BULGARI A

FIRST DAY – THE 17TH OF MARCH

09:30 – 12:30 Poster Session set-up

10.00 – 11.30 Meeting of the Steering Committee and Moderators

12:00 – 13:30 Registration (beverages and sandwich lunch)

Workshop opening

Moderators: Mr. Rosen Jeliazkov - Secretary General, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Tomislav Donchev – Minister without portfolio for European Union funds

Welcome speech by Mr. Boyko Borissov – Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

Welcome address by Mr. Antonio Tajani - Vice-president of the European Commission, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship (tbc)

13:30 – 14:00

Welcome speech by Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva – European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response (tbc)

FIRST Plenary Session

Moderator: Mrs. Petja Vassileva - Director of “Coordination of EU affairs" Directorate, Council of Ministers of Bulgaria

Mr. Paul Weissenberg – Deputy Director-General, DG ENTR, European Commission

GMES in the EC policy and synergies for a better use of Earth Observation Capacities

Mr. Josef Aschbacher – Head of GMES Space office, European Space Agency (ESA)

GMES – Space brought down to the benefit of Europe’s citizens

14:00 – 15:00

Mr. Stephan Lechner – Director, Institute for Protection and Security of the Citizens, Joint Research Centre and Mr. Roussi Ivanov – Director, European coordination and international cooperation Directorate, Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications, Bulgaria

Strengthening EO-GMES Operational capacity, prevention strategy, risk and security management, quality assessment and regional networks

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

Poster Session official opening

SECOND Plenary Session

The added value of GMES services/current projects: Crisis Management

Moderators: Mrs. Soleil Beaulieu - Monitoring and Information Centre, Civil Protection Unit, DG ECHO, European Commission

Mrs. Delilah Al Khudhairy – Institute for Protection and Security of the Citizens, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (tbc)

15:30 – 16:45

Mr. Stefko Burdjiev – Bulgarian Civil Protection Users’ point of view

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Mr. Peter Billing – Deputy Head of Unit 3 Civil Protection Disaster response, DG ECHO, European Commission (tbc)

European Flood Alert System (EFAS), Joint Research Centre (JRC), (tbc)

European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), Joint Research Centre (JRC) (tbc)

Discussion – 15 min

16:45 – 17:00 Coffee break

THIRD Plenary Session (Restricted session - for EU members only)

The added value of GMES services/current projects: Security Management and Border surveillance

Moderator: Mr. Roussi Ivanov – Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications, Bulgaria

Mr. Rui Meneses - GMES Bureau, DG ENTR, European Commission

GMES and Security, state of play

Mrs. Delilah Al Khudhairy – Institute for Protection and Security of the Citizens, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (tbc)

Integrated Intelligence Situation Awareness

FRONTEX (tbc)

Mrs. Alessandra Zampieri – Head of Unit, Institute for Protection and Security of the Citizens, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Maritime Surveillance R&D in Support of GMES Operations

17:00 – 18:30

Discussion – 30 min

19:30 Reception by Mr. Boyko Borissov – Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

Archeological Museum, Sofia

SECOND DAY – THE 18TH OF MARCH

FOURTH Plenary Session

The added value of GMES services/current projects: Land cover monitoring, with focus on in-situ component

Moderator: Mrs. Josiane Masson - GMES Bureau, DG ENTR, European Commission

Mr. Tim Haigh – Head of group SES1 – GMES, European Environmental Agency (EEA) (tbc)

GISC – in-situ added value

9:00 – 11:00

Mrs. Josiane Masson - GMES Bureau, DG ENTR, European Commission

Urban Atlas

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Contribution of member states, Representative from Czech republic - Mr. Ondřej Mirovský; GMES coordinator, Czech space office

Contribution of member states, Representative from Poland – Mr. Marek Banaszkiewicz, Space Research Centre

Regional Crisis Management Centers: their role in GMES

Contribution of member states, Representative from Slovenia

Contribution of member states, Representative from Romania (tbc)

Contribution of member states, Representative from Bulgaria (tbc)

Mrs. Roya Ayazi – General Secretary, NEREUS network (tbc) Example of regional network – NEREUS

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

CLOSING Plenary Session: Tour de Table – EO-GMES op erational services

Moderator: Mr. Stephan Lechner –Institute for protection and Security of Citizens, Joint Research Center (JRC)

Mrs. Christine Berg – Head of Unit GMES Bureau, DG ENTR, European Commission

GMES Future timetable and milestones: Presentation of next Call-2011 (tbd)

Joint presentation from JRC IPSC – Bulgaria - Czech Republic – Poland – Romania – Slovenia

Regional network for integrated risk and security management

Bulgarian representative – Bulgarian Information Office on Earth observation and Global monitoring for environment and security (BIOG) (tbc)

User oriented Operational services, based on jointly data & services quality

11:30 – 12:45

Discussion - Sofia Conclusions II

12:45 – 13:00 Workshop Closure

Mr. Rosen Jeliazkov - Secretary General, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria

Note: The Bulgarian Information Office for EO-GMES has taken the r esponsibility for permanent coordination and transfer of information. Contact person: Mrs. Ina Genchev a – office@gmes-bg.org , www.gmes-bg.org