Programme

Day 1 – 14 February 2023

9.30 – 10.00 Welcome Coffee 

10.00 – 11.00 Opening session

• Coco Antonissen, Opening, EURISY Council member, Advisor Satellite Applications NSO
• Annalisa Donati, Secretary General, Eurisy, Bridging the gap between space and society
• Maria-Gabriella Sarah, Strategy and Coordination Department Officer, European Space Agency ESA, Space4SDGs

11.00 – 12.30 Session 1: Biodiversity 

• Joris Timmermans, Lifewatch ERIC – VLIC, Biodiversity from Space
• Peter Heslenfeld and Roos Haasnoot, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, NL Nature monitoring Policy, Use of space data for monitoring nature and biodiversity
• Tamme van der Wal, Aerovision, Future information needs for land, agriculture and food  

12.30 – 13.30 Light Lunch 

13.30 – 15.00 Session 2: Water 

• Tina Silovic, Copernicus Marine Services, Mercator Ocean International, Advancing marine monitoring and protection with Copernicus Marine Services
• Felix Leinemann, Head of Unit, Blue economy sectors, acquaculture and maritime spatial panning, European Comission DG MARE, An Overview on th elatest EU Maritime Policy
• Monique Berendsen, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management, NL Water Policy, Water management and climate adaptation in the Netherlands the Delta Programme
• Hans van Leeuwen, SAT-WATER Programme Leader, STOWA, Water management from space in the Netherlands, the SAT-WATER Programme

 15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break

15.30 – 17.00 Session 3: Funding opportunities and Matchmaking Biodiversity and Water 

• Emmanuel Pajot, Secretary General, EARSC, EO market trends and future perspectives
• Gianluigi Baldesi, Senior Manager Commercialisation Department, European Space Agency ESA, Overview of the ESA commercialisation opportunities
• Davide Coppola, Institutional Projects for Downstream Business Applications at European Space Agency (ESA), Business Applications BASS open calls for opportunities
• Coco Antonissen, EURISY Council member, Advisor Satellite Applications NSO, National funding opportunities 

17.00 -18.00 Matchmaking network drinks