On 12 June, a General Meeting of GEO Mountains will be held at the University of Geneva. We warmly invite all members of the network and any other interested parties to join us! Online participation will also be possible.
The meeting will provide an opportunity to hear updates from the network and to exchange ideas without the strict time constraints imposed by an entirely virtual format. Participants travelling to Geneva may wish to remain in the city and attend two key GEO events later in the week, namely the GEO Symposium 2023 and the Open Data & Open Knowledge workshop.
Agenda
Inputs from the GEO Mountains Secretariat
13h30-13h35. Welcome & Introductions – Carolina Adler (MRI) & Elisa Palazzi (University of Torino)
13h35-14h05. GEO Mountains Introduction & Updates – James Thornton (MRI)
14h05-14h15. Discussion / Q&A – All
Invited presentations
14h15-14h30. Dr. Roger Sayre (USGS) – The GEO Global Ecosystems Atlas: Mountains Content
14h30-14h45. Dr. Davnah Urbach / Dr. Mark Snethlage (Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment) – Meaningful subnational reporting on the SDGs: the case of mountain biodiversity protection
14h45-15h00. Ms. Jessica Delves / Dr. Stefan Schneiderbauer (Eurac Research / GLOMOS) – Identifying Essential Socioeconomic Variables Across Global Mountains
15h00-15h30. Group photo & Coffee break
15h30-15h45. Dr. Robert Chen (CIESIN) – Mountain applications of the latest human population and settlement datasets and tools (TBC)
15h45-16h00. Dr. Wolfgang Schöner (University of Graz) – An update on the Joint Body on Mountain Snow Cover
16h00 - 16h15. Discussion / Q&A – All
Looking ahead
16h15-17h15. Scanning the horizon for potentially high impact joint projects & Discussion (All)
17h15-17h45. Outlook on GEO Mountains as a GEO WP Activity (Carolina Adler & Elisa Palazzi) and refining GEO Mountains' Governance Structure (Carolina Adler & All)
17h45-18h00. Get (more) involved, summary, and conclusions (Carolina Adler, Elisa Palazzi, James Thornton)
Please register for the meeting here. Dealine for physical attendees is due, but registration for online participation are open until Friday 9 June.
A documentary film maker - Julie Menthonnex - may film parts of the meeting in the background. Participants and speakers will be given the opportunity to opt out, if they choose.
The meeting will be followed by an apéro, kindly offered by one of our hosts at the University of Geneva, Prof. J. Balsiger.
Cover image by Philipp Potocnik.
