Satellite-based Services for Disaster Risk Management in Spain

The final agenda of the workshop is available HERE.

Venue World Trade Center (Barcelona, Spain)

All times are in local time (CET)

09:45 – 09:50 Graham Turnock, Secretary General, Eurisy​

09:50 – 09:55 Juan Carlos Cortés, Director of the Spanish Space Agency 

09:55 – 10:00 Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director, European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) 

10:00 – 10:05 Ignasi Ribas, Director, Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) 

10:05 – 10:10 Maria Galindo Garcia-Delgado,Secretary for Digital Policy, Government of Catalonia 

Galileo Search and Rescue Return Link Service briefing : Aitor Alvarez Rodriguez, GSC Manager, EUSPA

Search and Rescue demonstration’s explanation: Bernat Valverde Saubi, Controller and Acting Chief CCS Barcelona SASEMAR

 

12:00 – 12:05 Galileo: Aitor Alvarez Rodriguez, GSC Manager, EUSPA 

12:05 – 12:15 Copernicus Emergency Management Service: Marie Menard, Senior Communication Officer, EUSPA

12:15 – 12:25 GOVSATCOM, IRIS2 and EU SST: Christina Giannopapa, Head of the Office of the Executive Director, EUSPA

12:25 – 12:35 CASSINI Funding opportunities: Marie Menard, Senior Communication Officer, EUSPA

12:35 – 12:45 Q&A

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

13:30 – 13:40 Mercedes Reche, Manager at Pildo

13:40 – 13:50 Diego López Gracia, Sales Manager Iberia at HISPASAT. Topic: Communication satellites for the improvement of Search and Rescue Service.

13:50 – 14:00 Virginia Díaz de la Cruz, Senior Expert GIS at Telespazio Ibérica

14:00 – 14:10 Laura Moreno, CEO at EarthPulse. Topic: Leveraging satellite data processing for emergency management: different use cases.

14:10 – 14:20 Franck Ranera, Senior Manager for Solution Government Europe at ICEYE

14:20 – 14:30 Josep Colomé, Director of the Area for the Promotion of the Space Sector of Catalonia, Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), Pol Guixé, Head of Innovation in the Space Communications area at the i2CAT Foundation. Topic: The role of the NewSpace Strategy of Catalonia for Disaster Risk Management: Space infrastructure and use cases.

14:30 – 14:40 Q&A

EWSS briefing: Aitor Alvarez Rodriguez, GSC Manager, EUSPA

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

15:40 – 15:50 Fernando Belda, Senior Adviser to the President of AEMET, Spanish Meteorological Agency. Topic: Remote Sensing Technology to improve the Early Warning Systems: Case studies.

15:50 – 16:00 Elena González, Head of Service, Sub-Directorate for Monitoring, Alert, and Geophysical Studies, National Geographic Institute (IGN). Topic: Monitoring volcanic ground deformation in La Palma

16:00 – 16:10 Jordi Corbera, Head of the Earth Observation Area at the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya. Topic: From prevision to recovery: Foresland wildfires risk management.

16:10 – 16:20 Cristina Vicente, Head of Operations of the Deputy Directorate-General for Coordination and Emergency Management, General Directorate of Civil Protection, Department of Interior and Public Safety, Government of Catalonia

16:20 – 16:30 Dèlia Serra, Sub-Inspector, Head of the Technical and Communications Area of the Rural Agents Corps of the Government of Catalonia. Topic:Satellite-Based Assessment of Burned Areas in Wildfires

16:30 – 16:40 Marta Miralles, Deputy Inspector of the Catalan Fire and Rescue Service, Department of Interior and Public Safety, Government of Catalonia

16:40 – 16:50 Q&A

16:50 – 17:00 Wrap up and Conclusive remarks