Day one: From Policy to Practice: Keynotes on the Future of GEO Education
14:30 – 15:00 Registrations and welcome coffee
15:00 – 15:30 Policy Keynote Introduction
15:00 – 15:15 Kai-Uwe Schrogl, ESA Special Adviser for Political Affairs; past President International Institute of Space Law
15:15 – 15:30 Loukas Katikas, NTUA
15h30- 15h45 Zaklin Butinar, Interim Secretary General of Eurisy
15:45 - 17h30 WP Presentation
15:45 – 17:30 GEO-Academy Vision and Methodology
17:30 - 18:30 Competition Winner
17:30 – 17:40 Presentation of the Competition
17:40 – 17:55 Competition Winner Presentation
17:55 – 18:30 Competition Participants presentation
Day Two From Practice to Impact: GEO-Academy Teaching, Reflection and Innovation
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome and Coffee
9:30 - 10:30 Panel 1
Building Tomorrow’s Educators: Emerging Competence Needs in GEO-Education
This panel explores the future competencies required to teach using geospatial technologies, including digital, green, and spatial skills, within the broader framework of education for sustainable development with a focus on syllabus of GEO-Academy trainings.
Moderator: Loukas Katikas
9:30 – 9:40 Dr. Evans, Head of Geography, Co-Creator, Bloxham Sustainability Challenge
9:40 – 9:50 Katie Hall, Head of Education for Esri UK
9:50 – 10:00 Olympia Befa, ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI
10:00 – 10:10
1O:10 – 10:30 Q&A
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Panel 2
Transforming Teaching Practices: From GEO-Academy Training to Classroom Impact
This panel focuses on the practical application of GEO-Academy training in teaching practices, the development of educational materials, and the integration of Earth observation and geospatial technologies into school curricula.
Moderator: Shana Sonntag
11:00 – 11:10 Alexandros Pantazis, Project Manager and Researcher at ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI
11:10 – 11:20 Paula Lomascolo, Institute for Space Studies
11:20 – 11:30 Alkyoni Baglatzi, SPOTIN
11:30 – 11:40 Evgenia Agapi Vavouraki, ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI
11:40 – 12:00 Q&A
12:30– 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - Teachers Best Practice Session
Best practices and lessons learned from GEO-Academy Teachers
14:00 – 14:20 Philippe Longchamps: Mapping Noise Pollution with GEO-Academy and GEOBSERVE
14:20 – 14:50 Hélio Domingues: Fire Preventation/ Awareness and Nature Preservation
14:50 – 15:10 Zhiva Gospodinova: Robotics and Basic Programming for Students
15:10 – 15:30 Ana Rola: Mitigation Urban Heat Islands – A pratical GEO-Academy Co-creation experience
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:20 Julia Haidacher: Forest Health in Austria
16:20 – 16:40 Thomas Flatscher: GEOdesign
16:40 – 17:00 Charalambos Charalambous:
17:00 – 17:20 Eva Axheden: Geobserve material in outdoor education
17:20 – 17:40 Suzanka Murteva:
17:40 – 18:00 Olympia Befa:
18:00 – 18:20 Kyriaki Evripidou:
18:20 – 18:40 Evgenia Agapi: