EFG-SGH2017
Expert Focus Group for Space and Global Health Meeting at COPUOS February 2 - 3, 2017:
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Scientific and Technical Subcommittee 54th session Vienna, 30 January - 10 February 2017 Item 5 of the provisional agenda Space technology for socioeconomic development |
Who We Are |
Export Focus Group of Space and Global Health, chaired by Canada (Pascal Michel, Chief Science Officer of the Public Health Agency in Canada) and Antoine Geissbuhler
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Our History |
Expert Focus Group of Space and Global Health is based on UNSPACE III Recommandation 6, Action Team 6 (AT6), Action Team 6 Follow-Up Initiative (AT6FUI) and finally the Expert Focus Group of Space and Global Health, chaired by Canada (Pascal Michel) and Antoine Geissbuhler
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Agenda
Days: February 2-3, 2017
Meeting room: C0713
Session 1 - Thursday February 2nd, 2017 - Time: 10:00 to 13:00
Session 2 – Thursday February 2nd, 2017 - Time: 15:00 to 17:00
Session 3- Friday February 3rd, 2016 - Time: 10:30 to 13:00
- Welcome and introduction of participants
- Designation of a rapporteur to COPUOS-STSC
- Review and adoption of the agenda
- Marlien Herselman (CSIR Meraka Institute, South Africa): Living Labs Methodology
- Overview of the 1st (2015) and 2nd (2016) meetings of the Expert group and progress
- Highlights of the High Level Forum: “Space as a Driver for Socioeconomic Sustainable Development” organized by the Office for Outer Space Affairs and co-sponsored by the Government of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, UAE 24 November 2016 ( P. Michel)
- Space and Global health – perspectives from the World Health Organisation (R. Krishnamurthy)
- Update on ESA activities in support of the UN sustainable global goals and WHO leadership priorities (Jason Hatton)
- Highlights of the 10th ESPI Autumn Conference "Space for sustainable development" (S. Ferretti)
- Applications of space technologies to global health: a scoping review (A. Geissbuhler et al.)
- Roundtable remarks
Session 2 – Thursday February 2nd, 2017 - Time: 15:00 to 17:00
- Welcome and summary of session 1
- Remote sensing to support Zika intervention in the USA – James Polk
- Presentations by the Community of Practice on Space and Global Health (series of presentations, through remote access) – Engelbert Niehaus [Edgar Quinteros & Roberto Mejia (National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health of El Salvador): The current state and issues faced by Living Lab in El Salvador (LLinES)]
- Looking ahead 2017-18 for events in scope with the Space and Global Health expert focus group (roundtable)
- Roundtable remarks and closing of the day
Session 3- Friday February 3rd, 2016 - Time: 10:30 to 13:00
- Welcome, summary and business arising from Session 1 and 2
- Discussions related to the preparation of UN-COPUOS+50 thematic priority “Space cooperation for Global health” and the linkage of this priority to the work of the Expert Focus Group on Global Health
- Proposed Workshop in Geneva in 2017 – scope, objectives and logistical considerations
- Validation of the schedule of work and designation of leads for components
- Other businesses
- Report highlights / drafting of outcomes to STSC
- Roundtable remarks and closing of the day