Digital Society

9h00 Welcome adresses

Arlene Foster MLA, Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment will open the conference.
Colin Hicks, Eurisy, President
Robert Hill, Northern Ireland Space Office, Director

9h30 Introduction: How SMEs and local governments can benefit from satellite services in a digital society

SMEs and innovation in the digital sector – Ullrich Schröder – European Economic and Social Committee
The digital sector as a driver of growth and jobs in Northern Ireland – Michael Johnston, Innovation adviser, Invest NI
Panorama of operational satellite services – Alan Brunstrom, Head of the Applications Business Office, TIA-ESA

10h20 – Coffee break

10h40 Satellite services in practice: success stories and lessons learnt

During three parallel sessions, representatives of SMEs who created innovative digital products and services using satellite applications, and publi authorities who use them, will share their hands-on experience and successful business cases.

Parallel session 1: E-learning, education, media and transmedia

Chair: Tom Mason, Director, Armagh Planetarium, UK

Cerberus gaming platform: E-learning and crowdsourcing to produce operational maps – Hans van ‘t Woud, CEO, BlackShore, Netherlands

MediAVentures:live high-definition broadcasts of surgery for teaching purposes, thanks to satellite communications – Arne Van Renterghem, MediAVentures, Belgium

Georacing: an innovative 2D and 3D visualisation service for outdoor sporting event broadcasts – Olivier Emery, CEO, Trimaran, France

City of Helsinki: E-learning in primary schools thanks to location-based games– Video

Parallel session 2: Tourism, Arts&culture, leisure

Chair: Alan Wells, Emeritus professor, Space Research Center, University of Leiceter, UK

Fluid Forms: relying on satellite imagery to manufacture personalised artwork – Hannes Walter, CEO, Fluid forms, Austria Cassius punching bag video

Go Explore NI: A fun and informative GPS and video tours of Northern Ireland using augmented reality – John Bustard, Awakin, UK Activity Breaks UK cluster Group Video

Microcinema: films and cultural events reaching small cinemas everywhere by using satellite communication Silvana Molino, Microcinema, Italy

Alario Foundation: satellite technologies at the service of archaeology and education – Video

Parallel session 3: Smart cities

Chair: Nick Thomas, Business Modeling lead, Satellite Application Catapult, UK

Agency9: Dynamic urban planning thanks to imagery, geographical information, and 3D modeling – Håkan Engman, CEO, Agency9 AB, Sweden

Bremen: promoting biking for a smarter city thanks to a geolocated guide – Tessa Heyde, Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen, Germany and Nora Manthey, BikeCityGuide, UK

London: airTEXT, a public health advice programme – Paul Clift, Chair of the airTEXT consortium, London, United Kingdom

Islington: managing the urban infrastructure and the public space more efficiently – Video

12h10 – Lunch

13h10 Round table: support and financing mechanisms for SMEs and local governments

On the basis of opportunities for SMEs to replicate success stories identified in the parallel sessions, the conference moderator organises a friendly debate between users and representatives of funding and support bodies

Enterprise Europe Network – Andrew Millar, EEN coordinator
Enterprise Ireland – Barry Fennel, Programme Manager, Enterprise Ireland
ESA ARTES application programmes – Alan Brunstrom, Head of the Applications Business Office, TIA-ESA
ESA Business Incubation Center – Aude de Clercq, Technology Transfer Officer, TTP-ESA
Copernicus Masters and the European Navigation Competition (ESNC) – Lara Schaflinger, Project manager, Anwendungzentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen
Invest NI – Michael Polson, Client manager, Invest NI
Irish BICs – Business and Innovation Centres – Michael Maddock, Chairman, Irish BICs
Satellite Applications Catapult – Nick Thomas, Business Modelling Lead, Catapult

14h40 – Elevator pitches

Public and private organisations who exhibit their products and services in the demo corner have three minutes to introduce themselves and what they offer.

View Digital – Una Murphy
History Space – Helen Jackson, University of Ulster
Space synapse – Anna Hill
Space Research Centre, Alan Wells, University of Leicester

15h15 – Conclusions and recommendations

15h20 – Coffee break

15h20 Match-making session

Participants will have the opportunity to find and meet like-minded or different-minded individuals to exchange with, thanks to the be2match brokerage tool provided by Enterprise Europe Network.