Agenda
24 February 2023
8.30 – 09.00 Welcome Coffee and Registration
09.00 – 09.05 Welcome Remarks
Mr Silvio Scerri, CEO Malta Council Science and Technology MCST
09.05 – 09.20 Introductory Speech
Hon. Keith Azzopardi Tanti, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation
09.20 – 09:35 Use and Exploitation of Earth Observation Data
Annalisa Donati, Secretary General – EURISY
09.30 – 09.50 Linking Space Technologies with User Needs
Reinhard Blasi, European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)
09.50 – 10.05 Showcasing the benefits of Earth Observation
Francesca Piatto, Project Officer – EARSC
10.05 – 10.20 The MCST Space Research Fund (SRF) and the Space Thematic Programme for 2023
Michael Quinton, R&I Unit, MCST
10.20 – 10.30 Questions & Answers
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee Break
10.45 – 11.30 e-shape Pilots Showcase (session 1)
- DIVE – Diver Information on Visibility in Europe, Peter Walker, Remote Sensing Scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Seasonal preparedness – Modeling and Satellite applications for weather and dust forecasts at touristic sites in the Mediterranean, Stavros Solomos, Ph.D Associate Researcher, Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens
- Monitoring Fishing Activities, Aida Campos, Senior Researcher, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera | IPMA · Marine Resource Department
11.30 – 12.00 Questions & Answers
12.00 – 12.30 e-shape Pilots Showcase (session 2)
- Urban resilience to extreme weather – climate service, Maja Zuvela-Aloise, Senior expert in Urban modelling, GeoSphere Austria and Dr. Saskia Buchholz, Researcher, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
- Global Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (virtual presentation), Ville Kasurinen, Ph.D Data Analyst, Integrated Carbon Observation System ICOS
