5th June- Tuesday
09:30-10:00 GEO-CRADLE today and tomorrow
Haris Kontoes, Project Coordinator, Research Director, National Observatory of Athens (NOA)
10:00-11:00 Round table: the importance of national coordination mechanisms for sustained GEO-related activities
Evangelos Gerasopoulos, National Observatory of Athens (NOA) –10 years of Greek GEO office operation – Lessons learned, best practices and suggestions for replication by other countries in the region
Panelists:
Yaron Ogen, Tel Aviv University
Aziz Koru, TUBITAK UZAY
Hesham El-Askary, Egyptian Center For Environment & Development For The Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE)
Hend Ben Hadji, Tunisian Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche des Télécommunication (CERT) – Promoting GEOSS and Copernicus in NAMEBA: the GEO-CRADLE project
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Roundtable: From pilot projects to operational services
Moderator: Lefteris Mamais, Technical and Quality Assurance Manager, National Observatory of Athens (NOA)
Panelists:
Prodromos Zanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) – DEAR-Clima: Adaptation to climate change Pilot
Nikos Tsakiridis, Interbalkan Environment Center (I-BEC) – The IFS-WEM Pilot
Marianthi Stefouli, European Geologival Survey (EGS) – Access to raw materials Pilot
Stelios Kazadzis, World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) – Sense Pilot
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:30 Towards sustainable Earth Observation activities in the region
Moderator: Geoff Sawyer, Secretary General, European Association for Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)
Panelists:
Dora Ayfantopoulou,GEOAPIKONISIS – Projects and geoinformatics
Gabriel Mavrellis, Geospatial Enabling Technologies (GET) – New technology trends
Machi Symeonidou, DRAXIS – Solutions to keep you one step ahead…
Georgia Kalousi, TerraSpatium – Services at a regional level through the SME Eugenius Network
14:30-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-15:15 GEO-CRADLE in the medium to long term
EuroGEOSS, GEO Community Activities and Initiatives – Open Discussion led by Haris Kontoes