Satellite-based Services for Disaster Risk Management in Belgium

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Brussels, Belgium

INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES (Rue Vautier 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium)

Local time (CET)

Please note: some speakers and precice timings within panels are still to be confirmed. A finalised agenda will be published nearer the event.

09.30 – 10.00 Registrations and welcome coffee

10:00 – 11.00 Introduction

Moderated by EUSPA

10:00 – 10:15 Frank Monteny, Director General Research and Space at Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Opening remarks

10:15 – 10:30 Christoph Kautz, Director for Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, European Commission, DG DEFIS

10:30 – 10:45 Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director, European Union Agency for the Space Programme EUSPA

10:45 – 11:00 Dominique Tilmans, Eurisy President

11:00 – 12.15 Keynote Presentations

11:00 – 11:15 Helmut Spitzl, EU Agency for the Space Programme EUSPA

11:15 – 11:30 Peter Buist, GRC Manager, GNSS for risk management, EUSPA

11:30 – 11:45 Georgios Synnefakis, EU Agency for the Space Programme, EUSPA, GOVSATCOM and Secure communication programme

11:45 – 12:15 Q&A

12:15-13:15 Lunch Break

13:15- 14:45 Panel Presentations

Space assets supporting the Disaster Risk Management Cycle 

What can space data contribute to prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery?
Moderated by TBA 

13:30 – 13:40 José Torres, Software Developer, TELESPAZIO BE

13:40 – 13:50 Jurgen Everaerts, Project manager of Terrascope, VITO

13:50 – 14:00 Romy Schlögel, Earth Observation Deputy Manager, SpaceBel

14:00 – 14:10 Mohammad Iranmanesh, Project Manager, ConstellR

14:10 – 14:20Nicolas Clerbaux, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

14:20 – 14:30 Jean Emmanuel Roty, System Engineer, AerospaceLab

14:30 – 14:45 Q&A

14:45-15:00 Coffee Break

15:00- 16:30 Panel Presentations

Current challenges and opportunities related to the uptake of satellite data

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

15:00 -15:15 Annalisa Donati, Secretary General, Eurisy

15:15 -15:30 Michiel Scheerlinck, Crisis center of Belgium, BE-ALERT

15:30 -15:45 Benjamin Palmaerts, ISSEP

15:45 -16:00 Serge Habraken, Professor, University of Liege

16:00 – 16:30 Q&A

Wrap up and Conclusive remarks

by Annalisa Donati, Secretary General, Eurisy

The recordings will be made availible here shortly following the event: