The final Agenda of the workshop is available in pdf here.

Lisbon Naval Base (Alfeite, Almada)

All times are in local time (CEST)

10.00 – 10.15 Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, Chief of the Navy and National Maritime Authority

10.15 – 10.25 Dominique Tilmans, President Eurisy

10.25 – 10.35 Ricardo Conde, President of the Portuguese Space Agency

10.35 – 10.50 Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director, EUSPA, Space assets for disaster management

10.50 – 11.00 Ana Paiva, Secretary of State for Science

Moderated by Marie Menard, Senior Communications Officer, EUSPA

11.30 – 11.45 Marie Menard, Senior Communications Officer, EUSPA, CASSINI Programme and funding opportunities

11.45 – 12.00 André Moreira Gonçalves, Communications consultant, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), How can satellite data support disaster risk management? The potential behind the Copernicus Emergency Management Service

12.00 – 12.25Georgios Andreas Synnefakis, EUSPA, GOVSATCOM for disaster management

12:25 – 13:00 Q&A

Space assets supporting the Disaster Risk Management Cycle 

What can space data contribute to prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery?
Moderated by Carolina Sa, Portuguese Space Agency

14:00 – 14:10 António Araújo, Country Business Manager and Section Head of the Remote Sensing Division, GMV, GMV contribution to the national capacity in earth observation for disaster management

14:10 – 14:20 João Bentes, Institutional Affairs Manager, GeoSAT, Earth Observation for Disaster Management

14:20 – 14:30 Ricardo Cabral, Co-Founder, Spotlite, Spotlite: Harnessing Satellite Data for Improved Asset Management

14:30 – 14:40 Miguel Correia, Managing Partner, EYECON, From Data to Safety: Mapping Landslide Risks with SOILRISK

14:40 – 14:50 Pedro Ribeiro, Technical Manager in Earth Observation Services, DEIMOS, Disaster resilience in coastal regions: EO-based solutions and on-board data processing

14:50 – 15:00 João Neves, Aerospace Manager, Thales Edisoft Portugal, S.A., Earth  Observation and Geospatial Information in the support to the maritime environment

15:00 – 15:30 Q&A

Applications and Uses of Satellite-based Solution for Disaster Risk Management

Users best practices and lessons learned stemming from the use of satellite applications in their daily operations

Moderated by Annalisa Donati, Eurisy

16:00 – 16:10 Annalisa Donati, Secretary General, Eurisy, User Needs Assessment for Enhanced Disaster Risk Reduction

16:10 – 16:20 Peter Kirov, Head of Department 2 – Safety, Security, and Surveillance, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), EMSA: EU’s eyes on the sea

16:20 – 16:30 Rúben Santiago, Hyrdographic Institute, Satellite-Derived Bathymetry for Disaster Risk Management

16:30 – 16:40 Mário Caetano, Coordinator Researcher and Deputy Director-General of Direção-Geral do Território (DGT), How the national Land cover monitoring system (SMOS) can help in disaster management?

16:40 – 16:50 John Rodrigues, INOV, SMART-CONNECT, Sistema Ciclope, Remote monitoring and decision support from INOV

16:50 – 17:00 Brigadeiro-General José Duarte da Costa, President of ANEPC

Wrap up and Conclusive remarks

by Annalisa Donati, Secretary General, Eurisy

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