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EVENT TIMELINE
Conference Agenda

9:00 – 9:30

Registration

9:30  – 9:55 

Policies driving innovation 

Opening Remarks – Keynote Speech

Several initiatives, at the EU and international level, are benefitting from the developments of technology. The Better Regulation framework aims at simplifying EU laws and ensuring that EU policy making is evidence-driven and fit for future. The Strategic Foresight seeks to identify areas where technological developments, research, and policy are most likely to drive societal, economic, and environmental change. In so doing, it aims to ensure that EU priorities and policies are future-proof and strategic. A good understanding of the objectives of these strategies is essential for the industry to foresee the needs, translate these into specific solutions, and better support the policy cycle for forecasting, foresight, policy design, assessment, and evaluation.

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Guillaume de la Brosse
Head of Unit Innovation, Start-ups and Economics

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Emmanuel Pajot
Emmanuel Pajot
Secretary General

EARSC

9:55 – 10:00

Setting the scene – green deal dialogue

As the EU aspires to lead climate mitigation in the face of global warming, it is critical that action be informed by reliable and accurate data and services powered by that data. The Green Deal is an ambitious plan which will require an abundance of resources, including viable data. The EARSC Green Deal Working Group gathers input from the EARSC members on how the downstream EO sector can support the European Green Deal and the problems faced by humanity and the planet. The Working Group is currently working on three key priorities: carbon removals, methane monitoring,  and forest management.

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Agnieszka Lukaszczyk
Chair of the EARSC Green Deal WG

Planet

10:00 – 10:45

achieving carbon removals targets 

With the EU rules on certifying carbon removals, the Commission aims at developing rules to monitor, report and verify the authenticity of these removals. This policy is a step towards integrating carbon removals into climate policies. Earth Observation (EO) is providing operational solutions which are used for carbon reduction and carbon practices. Integrating the EO capabilities in this policy area will contribute to the efficiency of the carbon removal challenges and its applied methodologies.

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Fabio Volpe
Fabio Volpe
Moderator & Chair of the EARSC carbon farming monitoring working group

e-geos

 

 

Andreas Steinhorst
Andreas Steinhorst
Secretary General

European Accreditation

 

 

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Simon Kay
Deputy Head of Unit Low Carbon Solutions

DG Climate Action, European Commission

Patrick Pagani
Patrick Pagani
Senior Policy Advisor responsible for policy coordination, Fit for 55, Agriculture technology and data

Copa – Cogeca

Patrick Worms
Patrick Worms
President

International Union of Agroforestry

10:45  – 11:30

Collaborative Approaches to Methane Monitoring

With the Fit for 55 package, the EU proposed an ambitious plan to reach the climate goal of reducing emissions and making Europe climate neutral by 2050. In this context, the EU Methane’s strategy and the Proposal aiming at reducing methane emissions in the energy sector represent an important step forward. Earth Observation information, such as data coming from the European flagship programme Copernicus will be a key dataset for a strong Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) framework. The evolution of the technology is promising to progress in the monitoring of methane emissions.

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Lucy Kennedy
Moderator & Co-Chair of the EARSC Methane monitoring working group

Spottitt

Morgagni
Alessandro Morgagni
Supervision & coordination of energy policies and relations with standardization bodies

INRETE Distribution Energy – Hera Group

Scheuer
Axel Scheuer
Head of Energy & Climate Policy

IOGP

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Maximilian Beck
Senior Policy Advisor

UNIPER

LUIGI COLUCCIO
Luigi Coluccio
Energy Project Development Manager

INRETE Distribution Energy – Hera Group

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Tania Meixús Fernández
OGMP2.0 Senior Advisor

UNEP

11:30  – 12:00

Coffee Break & Networking

Sponsored by: European Space Imaging 

12:00 – 12:45

Implementing the New EU Forest Monitoring Framework

The European Union plays a leading role in global efforts related to the restoration and expansion of forests as part of its obligations under the Paris Agreement. Within the Green Deal, the European Forest Strategy and other ambitious EU policy initiatives and strategies are geared towards significantly improving the quantity and quality of Europe’s forests by 2030. Forest measurements derived from EO data, by employing Artificial Intelligence, and big data analysis techniques, and by taking advantage of cloud computing, bring objectivity and transparency to the measurements and allow monitoring of key forest performance indicators. This is particularly relevant for the new EU Framework for Forest Monitoring and Strategic Plans.

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Irene Benito
Moderator & Chair of EARSC forest management working group

Planet

 

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Basanta Gautam
Manager REDD+ Technical Innovation

Verra

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Hélène Koch
Policy Advisor

Confederation of European Private Forest Owners

 

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Inge Jonckheere
Teamleader Satellite Land Monitoring Systems

FAO

 

 

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Joanna Nowakowska
System Performance Director

Forest Stewardship Council

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Simon Kay
Deputy Head of Unit Low Carbon Solutions

DG Climate Action, European Commission

12:45 – 13:00

Unlocking the Full Potential of EO in Green Deal 

Keynote Speech – Wrapping up the 1st part of the day

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Giuseppe Ottavianelli
Head of the Earth Observation Applications Section

ESA

 

 

13:00 – 14:00

Lunching together & Networking

Sponsored by: GREAT & PROTECT 

14:00  – 14:15

Strengthening International Partnerships

Keynote Speech

The Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are both ambitious agendas designed to address the environmental and social challenges faced by our planet. Both agendas share a common objective of achieving sustainable development.  The Green Deal aims to transform the EU’s economy into a sustainable and climate-neutral one, while the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a blueprint for achieving sustainable development globally. By implementing the Green Deal, the EU can contribute to achieving these SDGs. The European Commission remains committed to The 2030 Agenda and the SDGs are an intrinsic part of the EU political guidelines and lie at the heart of the policymaking on internal and external action across all sectors.

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Tomasz Husak
Adviser Digital Agenda and Data Technologies

DG INTPA, European Commission

14:15  – 15:00 

Assessing Progress Towards Sustainable Development

The Sustainable Development Agenda provides a framework for assessing progress towards sustainable development. By providing accurate, reliable, and timely data, earth observation combined with statistics can support evidence-based policy making to ensure that strategies are tailored to users’ needs and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is monitored promoting transparency and accountability.

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Betty Charalampopoulou
Moderator & EARSC Director

Geosystems-Hellas S.A.

 

 

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Giuseppe Ottavianelli
Head of the Earth Observation Applications Section

ESA

 

 

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Kevin McCormack
Senior Statistician

Irish Central Statistics Office & Co-chair UN IAEG-SDG WGGI

Mark Dowell
Mark Dowell
Lead European Commission Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation

DG JRC, European Commission

 

 

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Phoebe Koundouri
Chair SDSN Global Climate Hub & co-chair

SDSN Europe

 

 

15:00 – 15:45

From Vision to Action – Partnerships Addressing Environmental & Social Challenges

There are many environmental and social challenges faced by our planet, from climate change and deforestation to poverty and inequality. Addressing these challenges will require collaboration and partnerships across sectors and stakeholders towards common goals creating a shared vision for innovative technologies such as Earth Observation to achieve sustainable development.

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Markus
Markus Probeck
Moderator & EARSC Director

GAF

 

 

Benjamin Koetz (ESA)
Benjamin Koetz
Head of Long-term Action Section, Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes

ESA

Carlos Kan
Carlos Kan
National Innovation Director

National Authority for Government Innovation (AIG), Panama

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Cecilia Donati
Policy Officer Digital for Development

DG INTPA, European Commission

 

 

Giovanni Serritella
Giovanni Serritella
Programme Manager Environment and Climate Change

Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines

Meshack Kinyua Ndiritu,
Meshack Kinyua Ndiritu
Space Applications Training Officer

African Union Commission

 

 

15:45  – 16:00 

Coffee Break & Networking

Sponsored by: European Space Imaging 

16:00  – 16:45 

Supporting the Skills for the Twin Transition

The European Year of Skills is the perfect tool to encourage public and private, national and European initiatives that put skills centre-stage. Achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal will require relevant skills and competencies to contribute to sustainable growth with high value, innovative and knowledge-based businesses and adapt to challenging technological evolutions. A skilled workforce has the potential to ensure successful transitions, supporting policies and competitiveness of the European industry. Boosting people’s skills is of paramount importance to respond to the green and digital transitions.

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Marc Tondriaux
Moderator, Chairman EARSC

Terranis

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Leandros Foteinias
Group Recruitment Manager

HE Space Operations

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Maria Vittoria D'Inzeo
Policy Officer

DG DEFIS, European Commission

Lucy van der Tas
Lucy van der Tas
Head of Talent Acquisition

ESA

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Sónia de Melo Xavier
Policy Officer

DG EMPL, European Commission

16:45  – 17:00 

Aligning Earth Observation with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals

Keynote Speech – Wrapping up the 2nd part of the day

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Ingrid Vanden Berghe
National Geographic Institute, Belgium

General Administrator of the National Geographic Institute in Belgium & Chair UN GGIM

17:00 – 17:30

EOcafe – How Digital Technologies Support the Green Transition

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Dusan Chrenek
Dusan Chrenek
Principal Adviser Digital for the Green Transition

DG CLIMA,  European Commission

Geoff Sawyer
Geoff Sawyer
Strategic Advisor

EARSC

17:30 Closing of EXPANDEO 2023 – Day 1 

18:00 – 21:00 

EARSC AWARDS Ceremony

This year’s awards are sponsored by EarthDaily Agro.

9:00 – 9:30 

Registration & Welcome Coffee 

9:30 – 10:30 

AGM (only for EARSC Members)

10:30 – 11:00 

 Coffee break / Networking

Sponsored by: AIRBUS

11:00 – 11:15

Empowering the Climate Agenda with the Digital Transition

Keynote Speech – Opening Remarks of Day 2

Watch the recordings here. 

Elisabeth HAMDOUCH- DG DEFIS - EC
Elisabeth Hamdouch
Deputy Head of Unit for Copernicus

DG DEFIS, European Commission

11:00 – 12:30 

 Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem – Get ready for EO Data Revolution

Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem is a new initiative of the European Commission and ESA that provides a revolution in the access and use of EO data in government, research, and industry. It will foremost provide a free-of-charge, immediately available, fully up-to-date repository of Sentinel satellite imagery, as well as access to the Copernicus Contributing Missions. During the workshop, the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem team will present the basic concepts of the system, the data and services capabilities, both free and commercial services (on CREODIAS), describe how some specific use-cases can be addressed using the system, as well as the federation opportunities, targeting European public, research, and commercial sectors. 

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Jan Musial
Moderator & Senior Data Scientist

CloudFerro

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Andras Zlinszky
Community Evangelist

Sinergise

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Dennis Clarijs
Program Manager Remote Sensing Services

VITO

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Jurry de la Mar
Account Director

T-Systems

12:30 – 13:30

Lunching together / Networking

Sponsored by: GREAT & PROTECT 

13:30 – 15:00 

 Green Deal Data Space – business value for the private sector

With the launch of the Common European Data Spaces, the European Data Strategyaims to create a Single Market for data, where data can flow within the EU and across sectors for the benefit of the citizens and our planet. GREAT project aims at establishing the Green Deal Data Space (GDDS) and will use the opportunity of EXPANDEO to meet with the EO companies to discuss what data spaces mean for the private sector. How will the data spaces impact the private sector? How can the companies become a part of the ecosystem? And what is their vision of the Green Deal Data Space?

Learn more about the GREAT Project.

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Dr. Christian Briese
Christian Briese
Moderator & Managing Director

EODC

Betty
Betty Charalampopoulou
CEO/ EARSC Director

Moderator / Geosystems Hellas S.A.

Johan Bodenkamp
Johan Bodenkamp
EU Programme & Policy Officer

DG Connect, European Commission

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Markus Probeck
Chief Business Development & Sales Officer

GAF

Peter Baumann
Peter Baumann
CEO

Rasdaman GmbH

Patryk Jaskula
Patryk Jaskula
Geospatial Solutions Sales Manager

Airbus

 15:00 – 15:15

 Coffee break / Networking

Sponsored by: AIRBUS

15:30 – 16:15 

Green Deal implementation on Local Level

The implementation of European policies and global treaties, such as the Green Deal, Paris Agreement or Sendai Framework must start at a very local level. And as about 70% of the European population lives in cities, that is where climate adaptation has to sprout. European cities set up their own plans and goals to implement climate adaptation measures. With the invited municipalities and public sector representatives, HARMONIA will explore the cities’ needs and the challenges they are facing in achieving their goals.

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Remco Timmermans
Remco Timmermans
Moderator

SpaceSide

Joachim MAES-min
Joachim Maes
Policy analyst, DG REGIO

European Commission

Antoine Simon
Antoine SIMON
Head of the Climate-Environment-Energy Unit

Municipality of Ixelles, Belgium

Silvia Rossi
Silvia Rossi
Architect and Project Manager

Municipality of Milan, Italy

Valentina Schippers-Opejko
Valentina Schippers-Opejko
Coordinator Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement and Chair Eurocities Public Procurement

City of Haarlem, The Netherlands

Sami Sahala
Sami Sahala
ITS Chief Advisor

City of Helsinki

 16:15 – 17:30

Scouting for the Design of New EO-based Climate Services Tailored to the Needs of European Public Authorities

 

This session is designed at supporting and enriching the activities of the European PROTECT project. It will start with a brief overview of the PROTECT project and a presentation of the most pressing needs for climate services identified so far within the PROTECT community of public authorities in five domains: marine and coastal environment: Agriculture, forestry and other land uses, Energy and utilities, Sustainable urban communities, and Civil security and protection.

The rest and the main part of the session will be dedicated to identifying state-of-the-art technologies and ongoing developments of EO providers, especially SMEs, who could help develop new and tailored climate services that address the needs of the PROTECT community as expressed notably by local authorities. To, this end, EO climate services companies from the EARSC network will be invited to pitch their company and present both their existing services and those under-development (not commercialised yet). By taking part in this pitching session, EO companies will be referenced in the PROTECT online catalogue of EO climate services providers. Having an insight into where the public demand needs lie, EO companies will also be strategically positioned to participate in the forthcoming PCP call (HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-5), fully funded by the European Commission and expected to be launched in early 2024 with funding of up to EUR 19 million.

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Philippe Lattes, Space Expert in GAC
Philippe Lattes
Moderator & Space Expert

GAC

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Christos Kontopoulos
CTO

GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS S.A.

Danijela Ristic-Durrant
Danijela Ristic-Durrant
R&D Project Manager

OHB Digital Services

Andrea Montinieri
Andrea Montinieri
Business Dev and Marketing Specialist

Latitudo40

MarcPattinson
Marc Pattinson
Director

GAC

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Marc Tondriaux
Chairman EARSC

Terranis

Peter Baumann
Peter Baumann
CEO

Rasdaman GmbH

17:30 – 17:40

Héctor Guerrero
Héctor Guerrero
Director of the Aerospace Technical Office

Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain

17:40 – 17:45

Emmanuel Pajot
Emmanuel Pajot
Secretary General

EARSC

You can download the compact agenda here.