Workshop Outline
15:00 – 15:35 Keynotes
Chair: Grazia M. Fiore, Head of Programmes, Eurisy
Online polls N°1 and N°2 to get to know the audience and enquire about their knowledge of Earth observations
Space for Cities: How can EO contribute enhancing quality of life in urban areas ?
Dominique Tilmans, President, Eurisy
Q&A
Space supporting the Sustainable Development Goals
Simonetta di Pippo, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Q&A
The Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
Argyro Kavvada, Program Lead, Sustainable Development Goals, NASA and Executive Director, GEO EO4SDG Initiative
Q&A
15:35 – 16:15 Use of EO data at the city level to monitor the SDGs
Chair: Orestis Speyer. Research Fellow, National Observatory of Athens
Online polls N°3 and N°4 to assess the interests of the audience about EO applications in cities
Warsaw: Using EO data to monitor SDG 11
Anna Markowska, Polish Institute of Geodesy and Cartography
Q&A
Thessaloniki: Urban Resilience Observatory for the Evaluation of SDGs
Stella Psarropoulou, Municipality of Thessaloniki
Q&A
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:10 Providing the bassline: Hands-on presentations on the use of platforms and tools to access EO data for sustainable cities
Chair: Marc Paganini, Technical Officer, Directorate of Earth Observation (EO) Programmes, European Space Agency (ESA)
The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service and its applications in cities
Hans Dufourmont, Project Manager, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service, European Environment Agency (EEA)
Q&A
The Global Human Settlement Layer – open and free data and tools for assessing the human presence on the planet
Thomas Kemper, Scientific/Technical Officer and Project Lead, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Q&A
Online polls N°5 and N°6 on the platforms presented (Were you aware about them? Do they respond to local needs?)
17:10 – 17:50 Panel discussion and Q&A from the audience: How to maximise the use of EO to sustain sustainable development locally?
Panelists:
Argyro Kavvada, Program Lead, Sustainable Development Goals, NASA and Executive Director, GEO EO4SDG Initiative
Anna Markowska, Polish Institute of Geodesy and Cartography
Stella Psarropoulou, Municipality of Thessaloniki
Andreas Jäger, Sustainable Resources, Climate and Resilience, ICLEI European Secretariat
Thomas Kemper, Scientific/Technical Officer and Project Lead, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Questions to be addressed:
- How relevant are the services presented for cities? Do they respond to their needs? What targets should the Toolkit set?
- How can the data and tools presented be fully exploited?
- How can we engage local decision-makers in knowledge sharing and data exploitation?
- Are cities ready to exploit the Data Revolution?
- How can we foster better communication between cities and the scientific community?
- Until which extent should the EC push for the uptake of Copernicus services through policies and tenders?