Joint CoR-ESA-Eurisy Workshop
Space as an enabler for sustainable energy management – local and regional perspectives
6 June 2018, 16:00 – 18:30 p.m.
Committee of the Regions, Belliard Str. 99-101, Room JDE 53, Brussels, Belgium
Programme Outline
Moderators: Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Chief Strategy Officer, European Space Agency – ESA; Toby Clark, Secretary General, Eurisy
15:30 – 16:00 Registration
16:00 – 16:10 Welcome and Introduction
Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Chief Strategy Officer, European Space Agency – ESA
Dominique Tilmans, President, Eurisy
16:10 – 16:20 Keynote: Energy outlook for the future and synergies with the space sector
Daiva Matonienė, Rapporteur on electricity market and renewable energy, Committee of the Regions – CoR
16:20 – 16:30 Overview of space applications for the energy sector
Davide Coppola, Downstream Business Applications Department, European Space Agency – ESA
16:30 – 16:40 Using space assets to secure energy systems
16:40 – 16:55 Best practice: The threats of space weather to energy systems – How can space assets support energy operators
Kåre Rudsar, Security and Contingency planning, Statnett, Norway
16:55 – 17:10 Best practice: The Image Processing Chain and the Solar Potential Map for Flanders: Combining space and IT capabilities to foster the use of solar energy in Ghent
Jo Van Valckenborg, R&D Manager, Information Flanders
Joyca Leplae, Environmental Department, City of Ghent, Belgium
17:10 – 18:20 Round table: challenges and opportunities to create synergies between the space and energy sectors
Moderator: Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Chief Strategy Officer, European Space Agency – ESA
Introduction: Nathalie Kerstens, PhD, Eindhoven University of Technology
Panellists:
Jens Zvirgzdgrauds, Energy and Space Policy Officer, EU Committee of the Regions – CoR
Andres Steijaert, Cloud Activity Leader, GÉANT, The pan-European research and education network that interconnects Europe’s National Research and Education Networks – NRENs
Toby Clark, Secretary General, Eurisy
Q&A on the best practices presented, on technologies, enabling policy framework, partnerships, synergies and next steps
18:20 – 18:30 Conclusions & Outlook
Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Chief Strategy Officer, European Space Agency – ESA
