AGENDA
Day 1-30 June 2025
08:30 – 9:00 Registrations and welcome coffee
Workshop – Spatial Data – (Use Cases – Public & Private Sector)
09:00 – 09:05 Introduction by Xjenza Malta
09:05 – 09:15 Opening speech by Hon. Keith Azzopardi Tanti, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation
09:15 – 09:30 Keynote speech by Domique Tilmans, President of EURISY
09:30 – 09:45 – Requirements Gathering Exercise – The Use of Satellite data in the Maltese Public Sector (Dr Michael Quinton, Xjenza Malta)
09:45 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:30 Local Use Cases - Satellite data use in the Public Sector
- Empowering Farmers: CAP Support From Space– Johan Zammit Smart Studios, Emanuel Azzopardi, Agriculture and Rural Payments Agency
- Leveraging Satellite Technology for Intelligent Land Cover Mapping – Dr. Elaine Sciberras, Executive II (Geomatics), Planning Authority Malta
10:30 – 11:00 Local Companies – How to process satellite data
- AI4EO: harnessing AI techniques and models to enhance remote sensing data – Gianluca Valentino, Semablu
- Unifying Big Data Workflows for Earth Observation Using Apache Wayang – Alexander Alten, Scalytics
11:00 –11:10 Q&A
11:10 – 11:30 – Presentation by Mr Francisco Vilhena da Cunha, CEO of GeoSat
11:10 – 11:30 – How VHR EO Data Can Empower Public and Private Sector Initiatives in Malta– Francesco Vilhena da Cunha CEO, GeoSat (Portugal & Spain)
11:30 – 11:45 Q&A
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch and end of Day 1
Day 2 - 1 July 2025
08:30 – 9:00 Registration & Welcome coffee
Opening
09:00 – 09:15 Welcoming words (EURISY and Xjenza Malta)
09:15 – 09:30 EO Sectors perspectives and opportunities (to be confirmed)
Satellite data solutions for society and new developments
09:30 - 10:30 Use Cases – Big Data applications
- Big Data Applications with VHR EO: From Local to Global Use Cases -Francisco Vilhena da Cunha, CEO of GeoSat
- Supporting application builders in Earth sciences – Pedro Pereira Gonçalves, Terradue, Italy
- Earth Observation in service of Nature Protection and Sustainable Development – Dr Ivan Tekic, Oikon, Croatia
- Big Data Meets Ocean Health: AI-Driven Estimation of Ocean Carbonate Chemistry from Earth Observation – Professor Charles Galdies, University of Malta
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Panel discussion with space agencies on the use of Big Satellite Data
- Dr. Graham Turnock, Eurisy
- Dr. Michael Quinton, Xjenza Malta
- Coco Antonissen, Netherlands Space Office
- Michal Brichta, Slovak Space Office