The Future of CEOS-ARD

Webinar Speaker:

Matt Steventon

Affiliation:

Symbios Space

  • 26 March 2026
  • 9:00 PM UTC
  • Sponsored by IEEE GRSS
  • TC Webinar - GSEO

About the Webinar

The CEOS-ARD Oversight Group is tasked with maintaining a high-level strategy for CEOS-ARD development. In 2025, the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) undertook a community engagement campaign to connect with satellite data producers and users – particularly those outside of CEOS – to understand exactly how CEOS-ARD needs to evolve. The overarching questions posed to the community were:

  • Where are the opportunities to make CEOS-ARD better?

  • How can we make CEOS-ARD more effective and impactful?

The CEOS-ARD team compiled its findings into a consultation paper and was subsequently tasked by the 2025 CEOS Plenary to produce an updated CEOS-ARD Strategy for 2026.

This presentation will overview the feedback received and outline how CEOS is responding with the new CEOS-ARD Strategy.

 

About the Speaker

Matt Steventon (Symbios Space) has worked with the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites since 2012, in multiple roles on CEOS Chair and SIT Chair teams, the Working Group on Calibration and Validation and many others. He currently serves as the secretariat of the CEOS Land Surface Imaging Virtual Constellation (LSI-VC) and the CEOS Analysis Ready Data Oversight Group. He has worked on CEOS-ARD since its inception in 2016, including the growing portfolio of CEOS-ARD Product Family Specifications, the CEOS-ARD Strategy, and the exploration of ARD standards with OGC and ISO.

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