Hong Kong
China
| 1 | ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION |
| 1.1 | Opening of the session – Welcome from Host , Secretariats |
| 1.2 | Adoption of the agenda |
| 1.3 | Working arrangements, objectives of the session |
| 2 | ORGANIZATIONAL / ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS |
| 2.1 | Reports from the JCOMM Secretariat (WMO / IOC) |
| 2.2 | Report from the Observations Programme Area |
| 2.3 | Report from the SOT Chairperson |
| 2.4 | Report from JCOMMOPS |
| 3 | NATIONAL REPORTS |
| 4 | VISIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND NEW TECHNOLOGY (WORKSHOP |
| 5 | VISIT TO HONG KONG OBSERVATORY |
| 6 | RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS BY THE TASK TEAMS |
| 6.1 | Task Team on ASAP, including QC monitoring report (TT-ASAP) |
| 6.10 | Plenary Discussion on Recommendations from Task Teams |
| 6.2 | Task Team on High-Resolution Marine Meteorology (TT-HRMM) |
| 6.3 | Task Team on Recruitment, Promotion, and Training (TT-RPT) |
| 6.4 | Task Team on Call Sign Masking and Encoding (TT-Masking) |
| 6.5 | Task Team on Unique ID Observation ID Scheme (ad-hoc TT-UID VOS Obs) |
| 6.6 | Task Team on VOS Metadata (TT-VOS Metadata) |
| 6.7 | Task Team on SOOP Metadata (TT-SOOP Metadata) |
| 6.8 | Task Team on Instrument Standards and SatComm Systems (TT-ISSC) |
| 6.9 | Task Team on Key Performance Indicators (ad-hoc TT-KPI) |
| 7 | REPORTS BY ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS |
| 7.1 | Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP) |
| 7.2 | Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) Project |
| 7.3 | International Quality-controlled Ocean Database (IQuOD) |
| 7.4 | Ferrybox |
| 7.5 | Global Ocean Surface Underway Data (GOSUD) |
| 7.6 | Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) |
| 7.7 | Relationship of SOT Panels to other Projects (e.g. Argo, Gliders, TPOS) |
| 8 | ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE VOS PANEL (VOSP-11) |
| 8.1 | VOS Panel activity reports (including implementation status) |
| 8.2 | Data / metadata issues |
| 8.2.1 | Monitoring report from RSMC and RTMC for VOSClim data |
| 8.2.2 | Global Collecting Centres (GCCs) report on the VOS |
| 8.2.3 | VOSClim Data Assembly Centre (DAC) report |
| 8.3 | VOS developments and issues |
| 8.3.1 | Electronic logbooks |
| 8.3.2 | VOS automation |
| 8.3.3 | VOS website (including certificates and other resources) |
| 8.4 | Review and approve VOSP terms of reference |
| 9 | FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE SOOP IMPLEMENTATION PANEL (SOOPIP-14) |
| 9.1 | SOOP Panel activity reports (including implementation status) |
| 9.1.1 | Report by the SOOPIP Chairperson |
| 9.1.2 | SOT Technical Coordinator report on SOOP support activities |
| 9.1.3 | XBT Science Team report on 2018 meeting (including line evaluation) |
| 9.1.4 | XBT Data Flow and Transmission |
| 9.1.5 | Continuous Plankton Recorders (CPR) |
| 9.2 | Development and plans for the SOOP and interaction with other networks |
| 9.2.1 | International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP), including SOCONET |
| 9.2.2 | Coordination of thermosalinograph observations |
| 9.2.3 | Importance of XBT data in climate models |
| 9.3 | Review and approve SOOPIP terms of reference |
| 10 | CROSS PANEL ITEMS |
| 10.1 | Metadata issues |
| 10.1.1 | SOT WIGOS transition: status, plans, and training discussion |
| 10.1.2 | SOT identifier scheme |
| 10.1.3 | Requirements for climate services |
| 10.1.4 | Minimum metadata for third party vessels |
| 10.2 | ICOADS Report |
| 10.3 | Migration to BUFR: implementation status and challenges |
| 10.4 | JCOMM to JCOM |
| 10.5 | Environmental and EEZ Concerns |
| 10.5.1 | Report from EEZ Workshop |
| 10.5.2 | WMO / IOC Report on environmental issues |
| 10.5.3 | Plenary discussion of challenges, concerns, next steps |
| 11 | PENDING ACTION ITEMS FROM FORMER SESSIONS |
| 12 | SHIP RECRUITMENT, ENGAGEMENT, OBSERVATIONS |
| 12.1 | Presentations by shipping companies, associations, operators |
| 12.1.1 | World Ocean Council |
| 12.1.2 | Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA) |
| 12.1.3 | Polar ship operators /The Polar Collective |
| 12.1.4 | Research ship operators (IRSO) |
| 12.1.5 | Report on discussions with Maersk HQ |
| 12.2 | Plenary discussion, including third party recruitment, future of observations from partner perspective, etc. |
| 13 | ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS |
| 13.1 | SOT Governance |
| 13.1.1 | Guiding principles |
| 13.1.2 | Terms of reference |
| 13.1.3 | Implementation plan |
| 13.2 | Financial issues |
| 13.3 | Status of Task Teams |
| 13.3.1 | Continuation of current teams |
| 13.3.2 | Development of new teams |
| 13.4 | Websites (SOT, JCOMM, JCOMMOPS, …) |
| 14 | OCEANOBS19: MESSAGE FROM SOT AND RELATED WHITE PAPERS |
| 15 | REVIEW OF SOT-10 ACTION ITEMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS |
| 16 | NEXT SESSION OF THE SOT |
| 17 | CLOSURE OF THE SESSION |