Day one: From Policy to Practice: Keynotes on the Future of GEO Education
14:30 – 15:00 Registrations and welcome coffee
15:00 – 15:45 Policy Keynote Introduction
Kai-Uwe Schrogl, ESA Special Adviser for Political Affairs; past President International Institute of Space Law
Jean-Claude Worms, Executive Director of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
Zaklin Butinar, Interim Secretary General of Eurisy
Loukas Katikas, Laboratory Teaching Staff, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
16:00 - 17h30 GEO-Academy in Practice
17:30 - 18:30 Storymap Competition Presentation
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 Clara Cruz Niggebrugge, ESA
10:10 – 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
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 18:10 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: The Flying Forest Hero: Integrating Earth Observation and STEM for Forest Fire Prevention
17:00 – 17:20 Eva Axheden: Geobserve material in outdoor education
17:20 – 17:40 Suzanka Murteva: Hosting a GEO-Academy Teacher Training in Rural Bulgaria: Introducing GEOBSERVE and Geospatial Technologies
17:40 – 18:00 Olympia Befa: Amazing Learning through ArcGIS
18:00 – 18:20 Kyriaki Evripidou: Reclaiming the sky! Turn off the lights and you will see the stars!
18:20 – 18:40 Agapi Vavouraki: Using digital tools for enhancing students’ green and spatial skills in primary school