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Session 1 - Smart Cities
Dr. Elaine Sciberras is a Maltese specialist in Geomatics, currently serving as an Executive within the Geomatics Unit at the Planning Authority of Malta. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in GIS and Remote Sensing from the University of Cambridge and has over 20 years of experience in geospatial analysis, satellite monitoring, and environmental applications. Elaine led national and EU-level projects involving LiDAR, drone-derived data, and AI-based object detection. She represents Malta in the Copernicus Committee and User Forum and is the national contact for the European Environment Agency’s Eionet Land Systems Group. Her work also supports spatial policy development and the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive. Elaine has contributed to several scientific publications and contributes as an expert reviewer for Horizon Europe. Through her technical expertise and collaborative approach, she contributes effectively to the use of spatial data in support of spatial planning in Malta.
Ana Oliveira is CTO at +ATLANTIC CoLAB and an expert in Earth Observation (EO) applications, focusing on machine learning solutions for climate risk mapping and impact assessment. She holds a PhD from the MIT Portugal Programme, where she studied urban heat island effects in Mediterranean coastal cities using EO and climate data. She is the technical lead in several international projects, including ESA initiatives (CAREHeat, MiTHO, CLIM4cities, AIR4health, XHEAT), Copernicus Climate Change Service, Destination Earth (DestinE Urban Heat-Health Forecasting, and Evaluation and Quality Control Concept), and Horizon Europe projects (ObseSea4Clim, WindTwin, TerraDT).