Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
8:30-9:00: registration and coffee
9:00: Welcome address to ISSI and format of the Forum – Mike Rast
9:30-12:45: Knowledge application
Observations & Models: Predictions, interventions and policy: the contributions of EO to quantify and monitor change and inform models and predictions, actions and policy
9:30-9:50: Social-ecological processes and Science-policy – Maria J. Santos
9:50-10:10: Earth Observation Programs – Ghassem Asrar
10:10-10:30: Ecosystems – Dave Schimel
10:30-10:50: Temporal dynamics – Kyla Dahlin
10:50-11:10: Break
11:10-11:30: EO for restoration – Lidong Mo
11:30-11:50: Carbon accounting – Chris Philipson
11:50-12:10: Mapping African charcoal – Adrian Ghilardi
12:10-12:45: Forum Discussion
Lunch
14:00- 17:30: Which knowledge we have and need
Potential of forests: incorporating the potential of forests to respond to change, based on their (phylo)genetic and functional diversity
14:00-14:20: Genes from space – Meredith Schuman
14:20-14:40: Forest Genetic Resources – Niels Mueller
14:40-15:00: Genes to ecosystems – Ray Rishav
15:00-15:20: Break
15:20-15:40: Arid land forests – Henri Rueff
15:40-16:00: Biomass – Yinon Ban-Or
16:00-16:20: Carbon – Miguel Mahecha
16:20-16:40: Water – Lan Wang-Erlandsson
16:40-17:15: Forum Discussion
17:15-17:30: Working topics for Thursday
Thursday, 23rd October 2025
9:00: Welcome and topic assignment
9:30-12:45: Knowledge application
Observations & Models: Predictions, interventions and policy: the contributions of EO to quantify and monitor change and inform models and predictions, actions and policy
10:50-11:10: Break
12:10-12:45: Forum Discussion
Lunch
14:00-17:30: Which knowledge we have and need
Potential of forests: incorporating the potential of forests to respond to change, based on their (phylo)genetic and functional diversity
15:00-15:20: Break
16:40-17:15: Forum Discussion
17:15-17:30: Outputs and next steps
Friday, 24th October 2025
9:00: Welcome and next steps
9:30-10:30: Knowledge application
Observations & Models: Predictions, interventions and policy: the contributions of EO to quantify and monitor change and inform models and predictions, actions and policy
10:30-11:00: Break
11:00-12:00: Which knowledge we have and need
Potential of forests: incorporating the potential of forests to respond to change, based on their (phylo)genetic and functional diversity
Last update: October 20, 2025