APRSAF-28

The 28th session of Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-28) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, from 15–18 November, co-organized by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). At the Satellite Applications for Societal Benefit Working Group (SAWG) session, Sentinel Asia reported its recent activities, and various challenges were discussed by experts from space agencies as well as disaster management organizations, universities, and other agencies related to Sentinel Asia. Some Sentinel Asia members including Yamaguchi University, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and JAXA presented their projects supporting Sentinel Asia’s activities.

Group photo of SAWG 2022

Plenary session

At the plenary session, Mr. Tatiya Chuentragun, Deputy Executive Director, GISTDA, who also serves as co-chair of the Sentinel Asia Steering Committee, gave a summary report of the Sentinel Asia session.

Presentation title：Sentinel Asia Report
Presenter：Mr. Tatiya Chuentragun
Co-Chair of Sentinel Asia Steering Committee

The agenda of the Sentinel Asia session

Presentation materials

Presentation title：Sentinel Asia Report
Presenter：Mr. TAKEI Goro, Deputy Executive Secertariat of Sentinel Asia, JAXA,Japan

Presentation title：Sentinel Asia -Trend of Emergency Observation Request-
Presenter：Dr. IKEDA Makoto, ADRC, Japan

Presentation title：Practical utilization of Value-added products (VAPs) for JICA operations
Presenter：Ms. GOHO Aya, Disaster Risk Reduction Group, Global Environment Department, JICA, Japan

Presentation title：Rapid disaster response using Synthetic Aperture Radar
Presenter：Dr. Lin Way, EOS, Singapore

Presentation title：The DHARMA Project:
Philippine Space Agency(PhilSA)’s contribution on the use of Earth Observation(EO) data for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management(DRRM) in the Philippines
Presenter：Mr. Roel M. de la Cruz
Supervising Science Research Specialist
Space Data Mobilization and Applications Division (SDMAD)
Space Information Infrastructure Bureau (SIIB)PhilSA

Presentation title：Space+ & Applications for Disaster Risk Reduction in Action by Space Agency
Presenter：Mr. Tatiya Chuentragun, Deputy Executive Director, GISTDA,Thailand

Presentation title：Earth Observation data for climate resilience and strengthening disaster risk management
Presenter：Dr. Giriraj Amamath, Research Group Leader of Water Risk to Development and Resilience, IWMI, Sri Lanka

Presentation title：Satellite Report for Disaster and Crisis Management
(DC Report) using EWS for the Asia-Pacific region
Presenter：Dr. IKEDA Makoto, ADRC, Japan

Presentation title：Development of Mirror Target Calibration for Multiple Optical Satellite Data
Presenter：Prof. NAGAI Masahiko,Center for Research and Application of Satellite Remote Sensing (YUCARS) Yamaguchi University, Japan