5 March 2018
19:00 – 20:00 Hands-on lesson on the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Ludvig Forslund, European Environment Agency, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
20:00 – 20:30 Introduction to the Terrascope Platform
Jurgen Everaerts, VITO Remote Sensing
20:30 – 21:00 A practical introduction to the Image Processing Chain
Jo Van Valckenborg, Information Flanders
Please register to the lesson at this LINK
6 March 2018
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:45 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Dirk Frimout, Former Astronaut, European Space Agency
Dominique Tilmans, President, Eurisy
09:45 – 10:25 KEYNOTES
Moderator: Jean-Christophe Schyns, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Karl Filip Coenegrachts, Chief Strategy Officer, City of Ghent
The importance of citizens’ engagement to foster innovation in cities
Jacques Nijskens, General Manager, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Support and funding opportunities to develop and use satellite-based services in Belgium
Mario Hernandez, Special Consultant, United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization
Safeguarding Heritage to build Sustainable Cities and Communities: How satellites can help
Q&A
10:25 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:10 EARTH OBSERVATION FOR CITIES: THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK
Moderator: Toby Clark, Eurisy
Hans Dufourmont, Project Manager, and Ludvig Forslund, GIS Consultant, European Environment Agency, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service and its potential to enhance quality of life in cities
Annekatrien Debien, Copernicus Support Office
Introduction to the Copernicus Programme
11:10 – 11:35 EARTH OBSERVATION FOR CITIES: THE FLEMISH PERSPECTIVE
Moderator: Bart Rosseau, Data and Information / Business Management, City of Ghent
Jo Van Valckenborg, R&D Manager, Information Flanders
The Image Processing Chain for Flanders
Steven Krekels, Unit Manager, Remote Sensing Department, VITO Remote Sensing
Sustainable.Digital.Smart.Cities … and Space
Q&A
11:35 – 11:50 Break
11:50 – 12:50 USER SESSION – RESILIENT CITIES
This session aims at presenting the experience of city actors, which use Earth observation data to improve cities’ efficiency and resilience to climate change.
Moderator: Toby Clark, Eurisy
Lars Nørgård Holmegaard, Lemvig Water and Wastewater, Municipality of Lemvig, Denmark
Using satellite imagery to optimise maintenance work of water and wastewater pipelines
Annemarij Kooistra, Program Director, Department of Engineering, City of Amsterdam, and Patrick Stoppelman, Director Client Relations, SkyGeo, The Netherlands
Earth Observation data for bridge asset management
Dirk Voets, Account Manager, Imagem, The Netherlands
Usage of satellite imagery to enhance resilience in the cities of Almere and Nijmegen
Q&A
12:50 – 13:50 Lunch break
13:50 – 14:05 THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP ON SMART CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
14:05 – 14:25 ELEVATOR PITCHES: SATELLITE-BASED SERVICES FOR HEALTHY CITIES
Nicolas Beaugendre, General Manager, KERMAP, France
Kermap: an innovative way to monitor green areas in our cities
Jurgen Everaerts, Business Development, VITO Remote Sensing, Belgium
BUMBA project: Belgian Urban NO2 Monitoring Based on APEX remote sensing
Ides Bauwens, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Nazka Mapps, Belgium
Aircheckr: Air quality at your fingertips
14:25 – 15:05 USER SESSION – CLEAN CITIES
This session aims at presenting the experience of city actors, which use Earth observation data to improve cities’ environment and sustainability.
Moderator: Grazia M. Fiore, Eurisy
Nicolas Lebert, Intelligent Networks Project Manager, HESPUL, France
Satellite data to monitor solar energy production in cities
Jeroen Mercy, Environmental Department, City of Ghent, and Jo Van Valckenborg, R&D Manager, Information Flanders, Belgium
Uses of the solar potential map for Flanders in Ghent
Q&A
15:05 – 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 – 15:30 ESA BUSINESS APPLICATIONS: HOW TO IMPROVE CITIES WITH THE COMBINED RESOURCES OF SPACE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Nicolas Helssen, ESA Business Applications Ambassador Platform for Belgium
15:30 – 15:50 ELEVATOR PITCHES: SATELLITE-BASED SERVICES FOR EFFICIENT CITIES
Frank De Boeck, Sales Director Western Europe, Eurosense, Belgium
Light pollution, from monitoring to smart terrain actions in European cities
Damien Closson, Project Manager, Earth Observation, GIM nv, Belgium
EO enriched 3D geodata for smart management of the urban environment
Bart De Lathouwer, Director Innovation Program and General Manager OGC Europe, Open Geospatial Consortium
NextGEOSS project: EO data as a service
15:50 – 16:45 INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION: IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO USE EARTH OBSERVATION DATA TO INCREASE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CITIES
Federica Bordelot, Policy Advisor, Eurocities
Nathalie Dumarey, Smart City manager, Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities
Djida Bounazef-Vanmarsenille, Doctor in Business Management, Smart City Institute HEC Liège
Ingrid Reynaert, Business Group Leader Smart Cities, Agoria
This session aims at actively involving the audience in the discussion on possible uses of Earth Observation data, and in particular of the Copernicus datasets, to respond to cities’ priorities and needs.
Participants will be able to make questions to the confirmed users of Earth observation data and will evaluate the possibility of transferring the experiences to their cities. They will be also able to enquire experts from BELSPO, the European Commission and the Copernicus Support Office on how to access and use data based on Earth Observation.
City authorities and other city actors will exchange ideas on how they would like to use Earth Observation data in their city, and will evaluate with the experts the feasibility of their ideas.
16:45 – 17:00 FINAL REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Dominique Tilmans, President, Eurisy
Daniël Termont, Mayor, City of Ghent
17:00 – 18:00 Networking