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| 1 | Opening and Welcome |
| 2 | Scientific and Technical Workshop |
| 3 | Opening of the Session |
| 3.1 | Adoption of the Agenda |
| 3.2 | Working arrangements |
| 4 | Reports by the Chairperson, Vice Chairpersons, and the Executive Board |
| 5 | Report by the Technical Coordinator |
| 6 | Report by the Task Teams |
| 6.1 | Task Team on Data Management (TT-DM) |
| 6.2 | Task Team on Instrument Best Practices and Drifter Technology Development (TT-IBPD) |
| 6.3 | Task Team on Moored Buoys (TT-MB) |
| 6.4 | Task Team on Capacity-Building (TT-CB) |
| 7 | Reports by the Action Groups |
| 7.1 | Surface Marine programme of the Network of European Meteorological Services, EUMETNET (E-SURFMAR) |
| 7.2 | Global Drifter Programme (GDP) |
| 7.3 | International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) |
| 7.4 | International Buoy Programme for the Indian Ocean (IBPIO) |
| 7.5 | WCRP-SCAR International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB) |
| 7.6 | International South Atlantic Buoy Programme (ISABP) |
| 7.7 | DBCP-PICES North Pacific Data Buoy Advisory Panel (NPDBAP) |
| 7.8 | OCEAN Sustained Interdisciplinary Timeseries Environment observation System (OceanSITES) |
| 7.9 | Tropical Moored Buoys Implementation Panel (TIP) |
| 7.10 | International Tsunameter Partnership (ITP) |
| 8 | Pilot Projects |
| 8.1 | Drifter Iridium Pilot Project |
| 8.2 | Pilot Project for the evaluation of Argos-3 technology |
| 8.3 | Pilot Project on Wave Measurement from Drifters (PP-WMD) |
| 8.4 | DBCP/ETWS Pilot Project on Wave measurement Evaluation and Test from moored buoys (PP-WET) |
| 8.5 | DBCP/GHRSST Pilot Project for High Resolution SST (PP-HRSST) |
| 8.6 | Ocean carbon and alkalinity measurements |
| 8.7 | Proposal for a Sea Level Atmospheric Pressure Pilot Project |
| 9 | Issues for the Panel |
| 9.1 | Information Exchange |
| 9.2 | Deployment opportunities and strategies |
| 9.3 | GTS delays |
| 9.4 | Vandalism |
| 9.5 | Metadata |
| 9.6 | Technological developments in support of user requirements |
| 9.7 | Other issues to be discussed, as proposed by the Task Teams |
| 10 | Information Reports |
| 10.1 | Argo |
| 10.2 | Buoy data management centres |
| 10.3 | Argos operations and developments |
| 10.4 | Iridium operations and developments |
| 10.5 | Additional reports, as required |
| 11 | Organizational Issues |
| 11.1 | Recruitment of the new Technical Coordinator |
| 11.2 | JCOMM activities, including JCOMMOPS |
| 11.3 | Report on decisions of WMO and IOC governing bodies |
| 11.4 | User requirements |
| 11.5 | WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems (WIGOS) |
| 11.6 | Financial reports |
| 12 | Report and Recommendations from the Executive Session |
| 12.1 | DBCP implementation strategy |
| 12.2 | DBCP Operating Principles |
| 12.3 | Review of action items from the previous DBCP Session |
| 12.4 | Workplans and priority for the Panel and the Technical Coordinator |
| 13 | National Reports |
| 14 | Election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson |
| 15 | Adoption of the Session Report |
| 16 | Dates and Place for the Next Session |
| 17 | Closure of the Session |