Announcement of GSICS Annual and Executive Panel Meeting 2026

Heikki Pohjola

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Oct 6, 2025, 10:13:18 AMOct 6

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Dear all,

We are pleased to announce that the GSICS Annual and Executive Panel Meeting 2026 will be co-organised by the National Research Council Canada, EUMETSAT and WMO in Ottawa, Canada, from 23 to 27 March 2026.

We encouraged all in-person participants to register by 15 November 2025 to have enough time for a VISA application. This is very important especially if you are a passport holder of China or India. Please see below a list of common GSICS participant nationalities and their VISA requirements.

Information and Registration can be found on https://gsicsweb.eumetsat.int/meeting/2025/09/gsics-annual-and-executive-panel-meeting-23-27-march-2026-ottawa/

Country	Visa / No visa	ETA / no ETA	Biometrics
USA	No visa required	no ETA required
EU	No visa required	ETA required
Japan	No visa required	ETA required
Korea	No visa required	ETA required
China	Visa required		need to give biometrics
India	Visa required		need to give biometrics

More information:

Visit Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada.html
Find out if you need a visa to travel to Canada: https://ircc.canada.ca/english/visit/visas.asp
Apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA): https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/eta.html

The Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) is an international collaborative effort initiated in 2005 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) to monitor, improve and harmonize the quality of observations from operational weather and environmental satellites of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS).

With kind regards,

Heikki Pohjola

Heikki Pohjola

Scientific Officer¦ Space Programme Section

World Meteorological Organization ¦ 7bis, avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland

Office: +41 22 730 85 64

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Heikki Pohjola

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Dear all,

This is a kind reminder to register for GSICS Annual and Executive Panel Meeting 2026 by 15 November 2025. Please note that timely registration is a mandatory step to ensure NRCC support for your visa application. Please see the details below in the original message.

With kind regards,

Heikki Pohjola

Heikki Pohjola

Scientific Officer¦ Space Programme Section

World Meteorological Organization ¦ 7bis, avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland

Office: +41 22 730 85 64

Website: www.wmo.int ¦ Follow us on: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X

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From: Heikki Pohjola
Sent: Monday, 6 October 2025 16:13
To: 'gsic...@googlegroups.com' <gsic...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Announcement of GSICS Annual and Executive Panel Meeting 2026

*** Please read carefully – early registration needed for visa information submission ***

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce that the GSICS Annual and Executive Panel Meeting 2026 will be co-organised by the National Research Council Canada, EUMETSAT and WMO in Ottawa, Canada, from 23 to 27 March 2026.

We encouraged all in-person participants to register by 15 November 2025 to have enough time for a VISA application. This is very important especially if you are a passport holder of China or India. Please see below a list of common GSICS participant nationalities and their VISA requirements.

Information and Registration can be found on https://gsicsweb.eumetsat.int/meeting/2025/09/gsics-annual-and-executive-panel-meeting-23-27-march-2026-ottawa/

Country	Visa / No visa	ETA / no ETA	Biometrics
USA	No visa required	no ETA required

EU, UK

Heikki Pohjola

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Nov 20, 2025, 12:26:47 PMNov 20

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Dear all,

This is a kind reminder to register for GSICS Annual and Executive Panel Meeting 2026. Please note that timely registration is a mandatory step to ensure NRCC support for your visa application. Please see the details below in the original message. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

With kind regards,

Heikki Pohjola

From: Heikki Pohjola

Xiuqing.Hu

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Nov 22, 2025, 9:33:29 PMNov 22

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Thank Heikki,

CMA will have five persons (Xiuqing HU, Chengli QI, Shengli Wu, Yang Guo, Junwei Wang) delegation who plan to attend the GSICS annual meeting. we have already registrated on the website and are waiting for the invitation letters for the business application and visiting VISA application. Based on my colleagues' experience in the last year, the Canada VISA can not be approved by the embassy. We are afraid that the same situation will happen for us. I also contacted with the embassy's officer Majid who attended the close session of Changchun GSICS meetiong in March. Please help us to contact the Embassy for explaining our travel necessity.

Thank you for several reminder.

Scott

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Dr. Xiuqing Hu
Chief Scientist of FY-3 satellite ground segment & Instrument CAL/VAL Team leader

National Satellite Meteorological Center （NSMC）

China Meteorological Adminitration （CMA）
No.46 South Avenue Zhongguancun,Haidian District
Beijing, China 100081
Tel: 0086-10-68407463 Cell: 13661397179
Email: hu...@cma.gov.cn or cha...@163.com

URL:
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiuqing_Hu

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