14:00 - 14:30
Opening

Chair: Yubao QIU

14:00-14:15
Amos T. Kabo-Bah, Co-Chair to GEO Programme Board
Gensuo JIA, Chair of the GEO Climate Change Working Group
JianCheng SHI, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

14:15-14:25
GEO Cold Regions Initiative Work Programme for Post 2025
Yubao QIU, Massimo Menenti , PoC to Co-Lead Group

14:25-14:30
Questions

14:30 - 15:30
Theme 1: Earth Observations and Intelligence of Information Service for Cold Regions

Chair: Massimo Menenti

14:30-14:40
Modeling and observation of snow over Tibetan Plateau
JianCheng SHI, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

14:40-14:50
Global SnowPack and IceLines – two operational Cryosphere products provided by DLR based on remote sensing data(online)
Andreas J. Dietz, Aerospace Center (DLR), German

14:50-15:00
Monitoring snow mass in mountain regions based on radar remote sensing(online)
Hans Lievens , Ghent University, Belgium

15:00-15:10
Challenges of Japanese Polar Data Sciences(online)
Hiroyuki Enomoto, National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Japan

15:10-15:20
Current status and future prospect of glacier inventory in High Mountain Asia
Shiyin LIU, Yunnan University

15:20-15:30
Daily snow fraction and snow water equivalent dataset over China
LingMei JIANG, Beijing Normal University, China

15:30 - 15:40
Break and Group Photo
15:40 - 16:00
Questions and Discussion for Theme 1

Chair: Massimo Menenti

16:00 - 16:50
Theme 2: System and Requirement for Cold Regions Operations

Chair: JianCheng SHI

16:00-16:10
An earth observation system to monitor energy and water fluxes in the Tibetan Plateau
Massimo Menenti, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

16:10-16:20
The Arena for the Gap Analysis of Existing Arctic Science Co-Operations (AASCO) White Paper: Summary of the AASCO event on February 4–5, 2025 in Monaco & next steps(online)
Hanna K. Lappalainen, University of Helsinki, Finland

16:20-16:30
Data center and energy in cold regions
DUAN Fengjun, The Canon Institute for Global Studies, Japan

16:30-16:40
Snow Avalanche Monitoring in the High Mountain Asia
LI Lanhai, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Chinese Academy

16:40-16:50
A Threefold Approach for Acceleration of SDGs in Himalayan (online)
Pradhan Prajal, University of Groningen, Netherlands

16:50 - 17:10
Questions and Discussion for Theme 2

Chair: JianCheng SHI

17:10 - 17:40
Conclusion for the Next Step

Chair: Yubao QIU

Wrap-up and Next
Yubao Qiu, Massimo Menenti, JianCheng Shi