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The GMES Governance workshop organised by the EARSC and EUROSPACE Associations in cooperation with the GMES Bureau and the European Economic and Social Committee, EESC held on May 11 in Brussels, was successful in that it lived up to the main objective exposing possible governance models and making a first evaluation of their impact on the industry.


GMES needs to evolve into full operational maturity. This requires a sustainable programme including long-term funding commitment; a suitable governance structure and a specific legislative and regulatory framework.The type of governance which will be adopted might have a strong impact on the structuring and future of the industry.

PROGRAMME
THE IMPACT OF GMES GOVERNANCE MODELS ON INDUSTRY (09H45 – 17H30)
09h00 – 09h45: Registration
09h45: Opening by P. Kamoun (Eurospace WG on GMES)

|09h50: Welcome by L. LOBO, EESC

10h00: Presentation workshop by S. Olovsson (EARSC) and O. Lemaitre (Eurospace)
10h15 – 11h30: SESSION 1: Governance models and Industrial Views

|10h15 – 10h30 : Views from EARSC by A. JADOT

|10h30 – 10h45: Views from EUROSPACE by J-J. TORTORA

|10h45 – 11h00: Perspective from GMES Bureau by A. KARAMALI

|11h00 – 11h15: Perspective from ESA by J. ASCHBACHER

|11h15 – 11h30: Perspective from EUMETSAT by P. COUNET

11h30 – 12h00: COFFEE BREAK
12h00 – 12h30: SESSION 2: Industry Views

12h00 – 12h15: GMES Organisational and System Integration Scenarios, by Z. STOTT, Assimila

12h15 – 12h30: Actual report on economy on downstream services, by C. JOLLY, OECD

12h30-13h30: Round Table on Ocean-Atmosphere-Climate
Impact of GMES Governance on Space & Services Industry
Participants: A. Pi-Figueroa (Starlab), V. Ruiz (INSA), D. Esterhazy-TAS, P. Stephens-DMCii
Moderator: C. Jacob (Eumetnet)

13h30 – 14h30: LUNCH BREAK
14h30 – 16h00: SESSION 3: Industry Views

14h30 – 14h45: Impact of GMES Governance models on the future of Industry, by G. DEANNE, Boss4GMES
14h45 – 15h00: GMES Governance – Legal Considerations, by I. BAUMANN, BHO legal

15h00-16h00:_Round Table on Land – Emergency – Security
Impact of GMES Governance on Space & Services Industry
Participants: F. Jaskolla (Infoterra), A. di Federico (Telespazio), E. Perez (Astrium), L. Kucera (Gisat), M. Bello-Mora (Deimos), C. Hoffman (Geoville-Group)
Moderator: C. Pradhan (EARSC Director)

16h00-16h30:COFFEE BREAK

16h30-17h30:_FINAL ROUND TABLE
The impact of GMES governance models on Industry
Participants: J. Chenet (TAS), J. Conway (Spot Infoterra Group), P. Norris-Logica, P. Volk (GAF), M. Gross-Eurosense Bulgary, C. Gomez (GMV)
Moderator: P. Kamoun (Eurospace WG on GMES)

Workshop Material
EARSC Statement on GMES Governance
Eurospace views on GMES Governance
Round table questions
Programme 11May2009
List Participants GMES Governance 11May2009

Stakeholder´s active involvement will help to discuss, with small and large industries as well as European and national institutions and users, the perspectives within GMES for the downstream services sector.

…supporting action developing the EO service industry capabilities…

In 2006, ESA undertook a study with EARSC under the banner of eoVox with a view to identifying key actions that were required in order to help foster the growth and development of the EO VA industry in Europe and Canada. Since that activity a boiling synergy has induced an EARSC evolution and restructuring of our industry and of its representation, therefore eoVox2 initiative is expected to be another breakthrough to improve even further the representation of European Earth Observation Industry in a variety of contexts. In the very near future EARSC will update you on the specific actions it is taking to coordinate the eoVox2 efforts. As we move forward with these plans, we will do in a dialog form, and united by a commitment to working in partnership with industry and stakeholders. More information on eoVox will be prepared in a dedicated website.

GMES needs to evolve into full operational maturity. This requires a sustainable programme including long-term funding commitment; a suitable governance structure and a specific legislative and regulatory framework.The type of governance which will be adopted might have a strong impact on the structuring and future of the industry.

We are glad to announce the high-level event on GMES Governance (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security). It will take place in Brussels on Monday, 11th May 2009 with the title THE IMPACT OF GMES GOVERNANCE MODELS ON INDUSTRY and it is organised by the EARSC and EUROSPACE Associations in cooperation with the GMES Bureau and the European Economic and Social Committee, EESC.

GMES needs to evolve into full operational maturity. This requires a sustainable programme including long-term funding commitment; a suitable governance structure and a specific legislative and regulatory framework.The type of governance which will be adopted might have a strong impact on the structuring and future of the industry.

Recent challenges are to find new legislative and governance environment, new funding opportunities and to ensure appropriate business model, governance structure and longer-term financial sustainability as well as fostering downstream sector investments and pan-European level services.

This workshop will be an opportunity for all interested parties to expose possible governance models and to make a first evaluation of their impact on the industry. The presence and experience of all stakeholders is thus desirable to cover in the best way these issues in the workshop discussion. With this event Industry aims to accord recommendations of its vision on GMES Governance models.

PROGRAMME
THE IMPACT OF GMES GOVERNANCE MODELS ON INDUSTRY
MORNING
09h00 – 09h45: Registration
09h55: Opening by P. Kamoun (Eurospace WG on GMES)
10h00: Welcome by V. Moutarlier (EU – GMES Bureau)
Presentation workshop by N. Faller (EARSC) and O. Lemaitre (Eurospace)
10h15 – 11h30: SESSION 1: Governance models and Industrial Views
10h15 – 10h30 : Views from EARSC, A. Jadot
10h30 – 10h45: Views from Eurospace, J-J. Tortora
10h45 – 11h00: Perspective from EU, GMES Bureau, V. Moutarlier
11h00 – 11h15: Perspective from ESA , J. Aschbacher
11h15 – 11h30: Perspective from EUMETSAT, P. Counet
11h30 – 12h00: COFEE BREAK
12h00 – 12h30: SESSION 2: Industry Views
12h00 – 12h15: GMES Organisational and System Integration Scenarios, Z. Stott (Assimila)
12h15 – 12h30: Actual report on economy on downstream services, C. Jolly (OECD)
12h30-13h30: Round Table on Ocean-Atmosphere-Climate
Impact of GMES Governance on Space & Services Industry
Participants: C. O’Kelly (TechWorks), A. Pi-Figueroa (Starlab), A. Monsaingeon (CLS), C-A. Reix (TAS), P. Stephens (DMCii)
Moderator: C. Jacob (Eumetnet)

|13h30 – 14h30: LUNCH BREAK|

AFTERNOON
14h30 – 16h00: SESSION 3: Industry Views
14h30 – 14h45: Impact of GMES Governance models on the future of Industry, G. Deane (BOSS4GMES)
14h45 – 15h00: GMES Governance – Legal Considerations, I. Baumann (BHO-Legal)
15h00-16h00:Round Table on Land – Emergency – Security
Impact of GMES Governance on Space & Services Industry
Participants: A. Kaptein (Infoterra), F. Mastracci (Telespazio), J. Dauphin( Astrium), L. Kucera (Gisat), W. Biefermann (RapidEye) tbc, M. Bello-Mora (Deimos), C. Hoffman (Geoville-Group)
Moderator: C. Pradham (EARSC Director)
16h00-16h30:COFEE BREAK
16h30-17h30:FINAL ROUND TABLE: “The impact of GMES governance models on Industry”
Participants: J. Chenet (TAS), A. Bories (OHB), M. Tondriaux (Spot Infoterra Group), P. Norris (Logica), P. Volk (GAF), M. Gross (Eurosense Hungary)
Moderator: P. Kamoun (Eurospace WG on GMES)

REGISTRATION: MAY 11th 2009, EESC – Building VM2, rue Van Maerlant 2 – 1040, Brussels
Please note the number of seats is limited, therefore we highly recommend that you register as soon as possible. If interested send us your contact details to rosy.plet@eurospace.org
-Company/Organization:
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-Email:
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Venue
EESC Building: Please go to the entrance hall of building VM2 (rue Van Maerlant,2 – 1040 Brussels) Room:VM3 (second floor)
How to get to European Commission Access Commission.pdf

Logistics
When entering the building, visitors will have to mention the name of the EARSC event you are attending. You will be given a small card (called “laisser-passer”), which will allow you to access the second floor. The EESC will create the “laisser-passer” in accordance with the event (title, date, room, timing). On the second floor, the badges (and documentation) will be distributed to the attendees, outside the meeting room.

Directions
-From Airport: Brussels Airport Zaventem
-Transfer by Bus: There is a cheap (approx 3 Euros) shuttle bus (Line 12) from the airport to the City, get off at Schuman. See for further information.
-Transfer by Taxi: A taxi from the Airport takes about 10-20 minutes and costs 20-25 Euros.
-Transfer by Train: Take the shuttle from the airport to the Centre of Brussels to Central Station (Gare Centrale). The trains leave in intervals of approx. 15 minutes. Then follow the instructions from the Train Station, via the Metro to Schuman.
-From Train Station: Central Station (Gare Centrale) via Metro to Schuman: take the underground (Metro) in the direction of Stockel or Herrmann-Debroux; 5 stops on, leave the metro at Maalbeeck.

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Holiday Inn Brussels Schuman. Email
Sofitel Brussels Europe. Email

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Fees
There are no registration fees for this workshop

Stakeholder´s active involvement will help to discuss, with small and large industries as well as European and national institutions and users, the perspectives within GMES for the downstream services sector.

The organization should be most grateful if you would draw the attention of your colleagues and other interested parties to this workshop.

We look forward to welcoming you at the event.
Yours sincerely,
Event Organisers

May 2009, Brussels

GMES needs to evolve into full operational maturity. This requires a sustainable programme including long-term funding commitment; a suitable governance structure and a specific legislative and regulatory framework.

The type of governance which will be adopted might have a strong impact on the structuring and future of the value-added industry. This workshop will be an opportunity for all interested parties to expose possible governance models and to make a first evaluation of their impact on the industry. The presence and experience of all our members is thus desirable to cover in the best way these issues in the workshop discussions

Mid May 2009, Brussels
More information will be posted at EARSC website in the coming months

Moving Forward to Strengthen the Geoinformation Services Business

- The opening for the first time of an EARSC office in Brussels to serve our Members. The association is evolving at the forefront of lobbying activities with European Institutions. Brussels is a central hub for stakeholders and our new office will place us directly on their doorstep, enabling us to develop our services together with their ever-evolving needs.

EARSC Office Avenue Boileau 16, Bruxelles

EARSC Secretariat

Moving Forward to Strengthen the Geoinformation Services Business

Perspective on the achievements and undertakings during 2008.


EARSC STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP

Looking toward the future we are upgrading the organizational and working practices to support and respond to the increased expectations of our membership, in particular:

- the recruitment of our Secretary General and the opening a Brussels office enabling the Association to develop our services together with our members’ ever-evolving needs. This opening of this new office is in line with European Industry’s ambition to closely work with the governing bodies of GMES and in particular to be associated closely with the work of the Bureau in charge of it. It will help strengthen relations developed with stakeholders particularly with DG Enterprise.

We have managed to carry forward the industry vision in several stakeholders meetings and events, namely “political lobbying to European Institutions” carrying the industry message and helping focus stakeholders on issues vitally important to the EO service industry issues, for example:

- meeting with Commissioner Günter Verheugen to discuss the status and evolution of GMES (with topics such as budget situation, governance, unfair competition, SME´s and FP funding, stakeholders or the participation of EARSC in program preparation activities)

- providing inputs to create synergies between our Earth Observation developments and developments in other sectors such as Navigation and Telecommunications at the ESA Integrated Applications Program

- showing the ESA-Service Support Environment as an opportunity for Earth Observation Industry

- supporting the Value Added Service Element at DOSTAG Meeting

- presenting EO service industry vision of how the industry is evolving their business and challenges they face at the Committee of the Regions

- participating at GMES Forum in Lille addressing industry requirements for the GMES-KOPERNIKUS Pre-Operational services, the governance and funding scheme.

EARSC OPERATIONS

Organizing the successful EARSC Workshop focusing on the Opportunities provided by GMES for the service industry. Thanks to the large, diverse and knowledgeable attendance a thorough survey of risks and opportunities for the development of the service industry has been conducted leading to a set of recommendations relayed to the EU to help in the preparation of their future call for proposals. Such recommendations relate to the four key areas which are Data Policy, Governance, Budget and Operations. Within the framework of the excellent collaboration between EARSC and European institutions regular exchanges and information days have been highlighted to be fostered during 2009.

EARSC working groups on External Relations and New Strategies are considered key structural elements within the association. The working groups met several times during the year planning specific deliverables for the WG tasks; providing key messages representing the EO service industry to ESA, EC and other stakeholders, focusing on business models taking into account users and the markets addressed or briefing of opportunities addressing service development in the different EO domains.

Please note that the above mentioned accomplishments would not be possible without the active participation from some members at EARSC meetings. For this reason, we would like to ask for the continued support of our members´ involvement in EARSC. The efforts of Board of Directors, officers and WG members are all geared to our main aim – to strength the European EO service industry.

EARSC will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2009. Preparations for next year event, focused on governance, are already underway to commemorate this special occasion.

COMMUNICATIONS

We were also very pleased to see that more people are wanting to get involved to help reach our goals for 2009. Our website will become our key communication platform, planning to have a restricted area for members (“members zone”) using this new tool to interact with the board and other members so that members have an opportunity to provide input on possible issues that would affect our industry community. We ask that you continue to monitor developments through the Association’s website www.earsc.org as well as “eomag” our newsletter widely distributed to stakeholders

«an overview of market development and emerging applications»

Satellite observations have provided us with effective ways of monitoring our planet, helping us improve the exploitation and management of Earth’s resources.

Google Earth and other similar tools have demonstrated that Earth observation — EO — is not a specialist area but something that can add value to many aspects of our lives, both at work and at home. This brochure aims to illustrate that and to reveal new opportunities for business, industry and government to add value to their operations.

“EO information is perceived to be of significant benefit to many sectors of society”

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Energy and Natural Resources
Infrastruture and Communications
Services
Mapping, civil protection and global security…
….

eoVox Booklet: Business in Earth Observation Business in Earth Observation eoVOX080508

Moving Forward to Strengthen the Geoinformation Services Business

- The opening for the first time of an EARSC office in Brussels to serve our Members. The association is evolving at the forefront of lobbying activities with European Institutions. Brussels is a central hub for stakeholders and our new office will place us directly on their doorstep, enabling us to develop our services together with their ever-evolving needs.

EARSC Office Avenue Boileau 16, Bruxelles

EARSC Secretariat

Moving Forward to Strengthen the Geoinformation Services Business

EARSC´s MISSION is to foster the development of the European geo-information service industry.


Our VISION is a sustainable market for geo-information services, using remote sensing data, which is openly accessible. To achieve this we will focus on:
-Customer awareness and acceptance of Earth observation and remote sensing
-Improving Market access

WHAT IS EARSC

-Non-profit making organisation created in 1989
-Association of corporate and observer members_the collective voice of the Earth Observation Industry_
-Focus is on promoting the use of earth observation_increasing the profile of its members_
-Fosters dialogue between EARSC members, decision makers and user
-Provides technical expertise and policy guidance
-Promotes EO industry within European bodies

EARSC SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

-To promote the interests of, and co-operation between, European geo-information service companies
-To make users aware of the benefits of remote sensing techniques and the products and services available form its members
-To provide its members with information on the development of the geo-information market
-To ensure that its members’ view are represented at national and international fora and initiatives in the field
-To give advice and assistance on geo-information issues to funding and executing agencies

MEMBERSHIP

-Representing the European companies of the remote sensing value added sector, as well as data distribution and comprehensive end-to-end chain
-More than 80 members, with SME’s as well as large member companies
-Member companies are spread over Europe

EARSC, fostering the development of the European geo-information service industry

CONTACT
European Association of Remote Sensing Companies
16 Avenue BOILEAU 1040 Bruxelles
BELGIUM
www.earsc.org

EARSC has been undertaking various activities in the past months that are geared towards the realization of its objectives as an evolving association.

- Political lobbying to European Institutions carrying the industry message and helping focus stakeholders on issues vitally important to the EO service industry issues (Meeting with Commissioner Günter Verheugen, presentation at the Committee of the Regions, presence at EU- French presidency Lille Forum)

- Looking toward the future upgrading the organisational and working practices to support and respond to the increased expectations of our membership, in particular searching for and hiring a Secretary General and Implementing New Services.

- While EARSC has accomplished these steps to be the industry association for European geo-information service providers, new challenges await us and much more remains to be done.

We thank you for your support and interest and look forward to continuing to be your enthusiastic lobby association with European stakeholders.

EARSC Secretariat