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ESA Space for Arctic Programme (Digital Edition)

Clarion the Edge Hotel, Tromsø, Norway

All times are in local time 

09.00 – 09.15 Welcome address by Christian Hauglie-Hanssen, Director General, NOSA

09.15 – 09.25 Welcome message from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries (video)

09.25 – 09.30 Welcome message from Josef Aschbacher, Director General, ESA (video)

09.30 – 09.45 Setting the scene by Pascal Legai, Head of The ESA Crisis Response Office and Senior Security Adviser to the Director General, ESA

09.45 – 10.00 Keynote speech by Sara Olsvig, International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) (remote)

Flash talks

 

VAKE

 

C-Core: Maritime Surveillance for Civil Security

Moderated by Annalisa Donati, Secretary General, Eurisy

Presentation: Michelle Hermes, Policy Officer, EARSC, on the Sentinels Benefits Studies (SeBS)

Panel Session:

Ole Morten Olsen, Director of Enterprise Development and Innovation, NOSA

Benoit Mathieu, Managing Director, OHB Sweden

Maja-Stina Ekstedt, EVP Sustainability & Public Relations, K-SAT

Beatrice Iren Fløystad, Leader, Saami Association of Norway (NSR)

Dr. Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder and Managing Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI)

Mads Qvist Frederiksen, Executive director, Arctic Economic Council (AEC)

Moderated by Isabelle Duvaux-Bechon, Senior Advisor – Civil Security from Space/Rapid and Resilient Crisis Response, ESA

Presentation: Chrisopher Topping, Acting Head of Civil Security from Space Programme Office & Rapid & Resilient Crisis Response Accelerator Lead, ESA on the Civil Security from Space Programme

Panel Session:

Yannick Arnaud, Project Manager, EU SatCen

Flavio Sbardellati, Governmental and Downstream R&I Manager, EUSPA

Barbara V. Scarnato, Principal Consultant & Earth Observations Lead, DNV

Rosario Ruiloba, Director of Business Development, Unseenlabs

Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law, University of British Columbia

Flash talks

 

TiePoint

 

Space for Shores

 

Moderated by Rune Floberghagen Head of Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, ESA

Panel Session:

Camilla Brekke, Director, Norwegian Polar Institute

Daniel Robert Leeb, Executive Mission Director / CEO, Iceland Space Agency

Tina H.P. Schoolmeester, Head of Programme, Polar and Climate, GRID-Arendal

Roar Skålin, Director General, Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Bojan Bojkov, Head of the Remote Sensing and Products Division in the Department of Technical Support and Science, EUMETSAT

Teresa Cunha, Senior Project Officer, Safety, Security and Surveillance Department, EMSA

Closing Day 1

by Pascal Legai, Head of The ESA Crisis Response Office and Senior Security Adviser to the Director General, ESA

09.00 – 09.25 Keynote by Johanna Davidsson, Polar Explorer

09.25 – 09.45 Rapporteurs Conclusions from Day 1

Flash Talks

 

Framsenteret

 

Thales Alenia Space

 

Enveo

 

10.15 – 10.45 Presentation by Luca del Monte, Head of the Commercialisation Department, ESA

Moderated by Bruno Reynaud de Sousa, Professor of International Law, University of Minho

Presentation by Laurant Jaffart, Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications (D/CSC), ESA

Panel Session:

Rolf Skatteboe, President and CEO, K-SAT

Morten Høglund, Senior Arctic Official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, Arctic Council

Aleksandra Bukała, Director of the Department of Strategy and International Cooperation, Polish Space Agency

Thomas Hoerber, Professor, Head of the EU*Asia Institute, ESSCA School of Management

Concluding remarks

by Pascal Legai, Head of The ESA Crisis Response Office and Senior Security Adviser to the Director General, ESA

On behalf of the the organisation team, we would like to sincerely thank all the speakers and attendees for their contributions to the Space for Arctic workshop. We hope all participants have found the discussions engaging and enlightening, and we look forward to working with you again in the future. We would also like to express our gratitude to K-SAT for allowing workshop guests the opportunity to learn more about local, opration space capabilities at their facilities in Tromsø.

The ESA Space for Arctic workshop was organised by ESA, Eurisy, the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA), and Norwegian Polar Institute, and took place on the 2-3 July 2024 at the Clarion The Edge Hotel in Tromsø, Norway.

Should you have any questions about the the workshop, please contact eurisy@eurisy.eu

A full report will be published shortly.