MONDAY July 23, 2007
OPENING CEREMONY (9:30 – 10:45 AM) Room 117
09:30 – 09:35	Welcome to IGARSS 07 Dr. Ignasi Corbella, General Chairman
09:35 – 09:45	Welcome from the “Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya” Dr. Gregori Vazquez
09:45 – 09:50	Welcome to Catalunya Mr. Ramon Moreno, Director general of Research
09:50 – 10:00	Welcome from the IEEE-GRS society Dr. Leung Tsang, President
10:00 – 10:15	IEEE Vision for the Future: Increasing Global Outreach, Societal Benefits, and Contributions to Earth Observation Dr. Lewis Terman, President-Elect of IEEE
10:15 – 10:45	IEEE Major awards and recognitions: 2007 IEEE Fellows Recognition 2007 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award 2007 IEEE GRS-S Distinguished Achievement Award 2007 IEEE GRS-S Outstanding Service Award 2007 IEEE GRS-S Education Award 2007 IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications Dr. Rich Cox, IEEE Division IX Director Dr. Werner Wiesbeck, IEEE-GRSS Awards Chair
10:45 – 11:00	Break
PLENARY SESSION (11:00 – 12:45 AM) Room 117
11:00 – 11:25	Operational Observations of Weather and Climate with Meteosat and Metop Dr. Johannes Schmetz. Head of Meteorological Division, EUMETSAT
11:25 – 11:50	Challenges and prospects for the European Earth Observation Landscape Dr. Stefano Bruzzi, Head of Coordination Service. Directorate of Earth Observation of ESA
11:50 – 12:15	Challenges of Observing Climate Change from Space Dr Graeme Stephens, Colorado State University
12:15 – 12:40	Global Earth Observation System of Systems: Progress and Plans Dr. Doug Muchoney, GEOSS
12:40 – 12:45	IEEE Committee on Earth Observation and GEOSS Report Dr. Jay Pearlman, Chair of ICEO