User uptake

A talk with the winners of the Spatial Data for Biodiversity Hackathon

After the announcement of the winners of the Spatial Data for Biodiversity Hackathon, Eurisy interviewed two participants of the winning teams, who shared with us their motivations to join the challenge and their impressions about the event.

Eurisy Members’ Corner: Focus on the Netherlands Space Office

Not everyone is yet aware of the added value that satellite data can have to better prepare societies to the effects of climate change. The Netherlands Space Office supports companies willing to develop solutions that respond to the emerging needs of public bodies. In this webinar, four companies benefitting from the NSO innovation programme presented products using satellite data to prevent and manage congestions on the electricity grid, to monitor the health of urban trees, to better prepare to floods, and to support agroforestry.

e-shape solutions: Earth Observation for biodiversity and water management

The presentations of the e-shape Workshop in Malta are now online

Eurisy Members’ Corner: Focus on the German Aerospace Center

The World Settlement Footprint provides five products that monitor the changing dynamics of urban areas. Such products help policy makers to take informed decisions to make cities more sustainable and resilient to future changes.

Eurisy Members’ Corner: New focus on the Slovak Space Office

As the newest associate member of the European Space Agency, the Slovak Space Office intends to leverage on international opportunities to boost the development and use of space-based services locally.

Eurisy Members’ Corner: Focus on the Malta Council for Science and Technology

Focusing on concrete needs and empowering local administrations are the foundational elements of the strategy of the Malta Council for Science and Technology to develop a competitive space sector.

Eurisy Members’ Corner: Focus on the French National Centre for Space Studies

Space applications can transform the maritime domains, by providing data and information that will foster a sustainable blue economy, and help protecting the ocean and preserving its resources. CNES wants to be at the forefront of the creation of a global “Sea & Space” strategy that federates public and private stakeholders to put science at the service of society.

Eurisy Members’ Corner: Focus on the Belgian Science Policy Office

Foster the development of innovative applications, bridge the gap between research and real-world needs, and establish international cooperation. This is the formula of the STEREO programme of BELSPO to support research in Earth observation.

Eurisy Members’ Corner: Focus on the Slovak Space Office

Open doors to foreign partners, connect European and global partners to local companies and look for the hidden potential of the national economy. This is the approach of the Slovak Space Office to enhance the development of the space downstream sector.