SY006
Progress in Assessing Societal Benefits of Earth Observations Including Applications to Sustainable Development Goals I

Monday, 7 December 2020: 05:30-06:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Francoise Pearlman, FourBridges, Port Angeles, WA, United States
Conveners:  Hesham Mohamed El-Askary, Chapman Univ, Orange, CA, United States, Monica Grasso, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Carl D Shapiro, USGS, Reston, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Francoise Pearlman, FourBridges, Port Angeles, WA, United States
Chairs:  Francoise Pearlman, J&FE, Seattle, WA, United States and Hesham Mohamed El-Askary, Chapman Univ, Orange, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Carl D Shapiro, USGS, Reston, VA, United States
05:30
Introductory Remarks
05:34
SY006-01
Case Studies of Landsat Users in Machine Learning and AI: Mapping the Benefits of EO Data in a Data Ecosystem (765685)
Edmund Molder and Crista Straub, USGS, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States
05:38
SY006-02
Valuing Environmental Risk Information: Evidence from Flood Insurance Rate Map Revisions (Invited) (667760)
Laura Bakkensen, University of Arizona, School of Government and Public Policy, Tucson, AZ, United States and Lala Ma, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States
05:42
SY006-03
Earth Observations Enable Cost-Effective Conservation of Eastern North Pacific Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) (721955)
Andrew Steinkruger1, Richard Bernknopf2 and Yusuke Kuwayama1, (1)Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States, (2)University of New Mexico, Los Altos, CA, United States
05:46
SY006-04
Earth Observation Technology Applied to SDG 15.8 in West Africa: Multi-data Stream Analysis and Validation Approaches (729611)
Ufuoma Ovienmhada1, Danielle Wood2, Fohla Mouftaou3, Felicien Djigbo Badou4, Belfrid Djihouessi5, David Lagomasino6, Temilola Fatoyinbo7, Eric Ashcroft8, Seamus Lombardo9 and Mulan Jiang1, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Media Arts and Sciences; Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Green Keeper Africa, Cotonou, Benin, (4)Benin National Institute of Water, Cotonou, Benin, (5)OmiDelta, Cotonou, Benin, (6)University of Maryland, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (7)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (8)Blue Raster LLC, Arlington, VA, United States, (9)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States
05:50
SY006-05
The socio-economic benefits of Earth Observation: measurement methods and challenges ahead (692341)
Valentina Morretta, iXblue, Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), Milan, Italy and Massimo Florio, Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), Milan, Italy
05:54
SY006-06
Uncovering the Value in Earth Observations (690294)
Geoff Sawyer1, Lefteris Mamais2 and Dimitri Papadakis2, (1)European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC), Brussels, Belgium, (2)EARSC, Brussels, Belgium
05:58
SY006-07
Economic and societal benefits of Earth observations: Repository design, development, and testing (Invited) (771428)
Crista Straub, USGS, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States, Karl K Benedict, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Pierre David Glynn, USGS, Reston, VA, UNITED STATES, Yusuke Kuwayama, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States, Daniel Bednar, Canadian Space Agency, Montreal, Canada, Edmund Molder, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Carl D Shapiro, USGS, Reston, VA, United States, Joseph Conran, NOAA, Silver Spring, United States, Kartik Sheth, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, United States, Alan Charles Smart, ACIL Allen Consulting, Sydney NSW , NSW, Australia and GEOValue Societal Benefits Repository Team
06:02
Q&A
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