Space for Cities: Earth Observation for sustainable development

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Online event

Workshop Outline

15:00 – 15:35   Keynotes

Chair: Grazia M. Fiore, Head of Programmes, Eurisy

Online polls N°1 and N°2 to get to know the audience and enquire about their knowledge of Earth observations

Space for Cities: How can EO contribute enhancing quality of life in urban areas ?

Dominique Tilmans, President, Eurisy

Q&A

Space supporting the Sustainable Development Goals

Simonetta di Pippo, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Q&A

The Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements

Argyro Kavvada, Program Lead, Sustainable Development Goals, NASA and Executive Director, GEO EO4SDG Initiative

Q&A

15:35 – 16:15   Use of EO data at the city level to monitor the SDGs

Chair: Orestis Speyer. Research Fellow, National Observatory of Athens

Online polls N°3 and N°4 to assess the interests of the audience about EO applications in cities

Warsaw: Using EO data to monitor SDG 11

Anna Markowska, Polish Institute of Geodesy and Cartography

Q&A

Thessaloniki: Urban Resilience Observatory for the Evaluation of SDGs

Stella Psarropoulou, Municipality of Thessaloniki

Q&A

16:15 – 16:30 Break

16:30 – 17:10   Providing the bassline: Hands-on presentations on the use of platforms and tools to access EO data for sustainable cities

Chair: Marc Paganini, Technical Officer, Directorate of Earth Observation (EO) Programmes, European Space Agency (ESA)

The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service and its applications in cities

Hans Dufourmont, Project Manager, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service, European Environment Agency (EEA)

Q&A

The Global Human Settlement Layer – open and free data and tools for assessing the human presence on the planet

Thomas Kemper, Scientific/Technical Officer and Project Lead, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Q&A

Online polls N°5 and N°6 on the platforms presented (Were you aware about them? Do they respond to local needs?)

17:10 – 17:50 Panel discussion and Q&A from the audience: How to maximise the use of EO to sustain sustainable development locally?

Panelists:

Argyro Kavvada, Program Lead, Sustainable Development Goals, NASA and Executive Director, GEO EO4SDG Initiative

Anna Markowska, Polish Institute of Geodesy and Cartography

Stella Psarropoulou, Municipality of Thessaloniki

Andreas Jäger, Sustainable Resources, Climate and Resilience, ICLEI European Secretariat

Thomas Kemper, Scientific/Technical Officer and Project Lead, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Questions to be addressed:

Online polls N°7 and N°8 to get feedback from the audience on the contents of the workshop and their interest to contribute to the Toolkit

17:50 – 18:00 Conclusions and wrap up