Technical Committee and Business Meeting Programme

Date & Time	Event	Venue	Access
Ad hoc meeting room: Meeting Room 11, Menzies Building (adjacent to CMS Conference admin office) is available for ad hoc meetings, discussions and press interviews. Please enquire about availability from the conference admin office or registrations desk.
Sunday 12 July 08:30 – 16:30	IEEE GRSS AdCom meeting	The Cullinan, a Southern Sun Hotel 1 Cullinan Street Cape Town Waterfront 8001 Tel: 27 021 415 4000 Meeting Rooms: Protea 1 & 2	AdCom members
Monday 13 July 12:45 – 14:00	Session Chairs Briefing and Luncheon. Mike Inggs, Roger King, Co-Chairs, Technical Programme Committee	Smuts Residence Dining Hall	Session Chairs, Technical Chairs and assigned student monitors, Jon Ward
Monday 13 July 14:20 – 17:30	Earth & Environment Taylor & Francis/ Routledge. Convener, Lizzy Seal, Managing Editor	Menzies Building, Level 7 Seminar Room	Invited participation, business meeting
Monday 13 July 18:00 – 19:30	Minority and African students forum Conveners: Chuck Luther and Linda Hayden	Menzies Building, Level 3, Meeting Room 11.	All sponsored students from African and USA minority student activities
Monday 13 July 18:30 - 21:00	GRSS Editors Forum Dinner and Discussion. Convenor: Christopher Ruf	UCT Club, Upper Campus	GRSS Editors, sub-editors and aspirant editors
Tuesday 14 July 17:00 – 19:00	FARS - Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing Chair: Shannon Brown	Menzies Building, Level 7, Seminar Room	Members of FARS Committee and interested delegates.
Tuesday 14 July 12:45 – 14:15	Young Professionals GOLD Luncheon	Smuts Residence Dining Hall	Ticketed or by invitation.
Tuesday 14 July 14:20 – 17:00	GEO/GEOSS follow on discussion; Further African collaboration on GEOSS activities. Convenor: Bob Scholes, Jay Pearlman, Alex Fortescue	Menzies Building, Level 6, JB Martin Board Room	GEO representatives and interested delegates. GEO secretariat, SAC, DST, CSIR, Meraka.
Wed. 15 July 12:45 – 14:15	IEEE GRSS Technical Chairs and Chapters Lunch	Smuts Residence Dining Hall	Ticketed or by invitation. Technical Committee Chairs and Chapter Chairs
Wed. 15 July 17:00 – 19:00	African Association for Remote Sensing of the Environment Council Meeting. Convener: Tsehaie Woldai	Menzies Building, Level 7, Seminar Room	AARSE Council members and associates.
Thur. 16 July 14:00 – 16:00	Trace gas and air pollution monitoring from space – discussion on cooperation between SSEC, Univ. of Wisconsin, EPA and South Africa. Convenors: Alan Huang & Harold Annegarn	Menzies Building, Level 7, Seminar Room	All interested parties: SSEC, UW; SAWS, Eskom, Sasol, CRG Wits, UNW, UW, DST.