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EARSC Board is glad to welcome two new Members in our Association: INNOVA Consorzio per l’Informatica e la Telematica (IT) and Institut de Geomática (SP)

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On EARSC behalf, we are certain that new members will contribute actively to the aims of EARSC enthusiastically involved in coordinating and strengthening the Earth-observation chain and promoting the European Earth observation industry in programmes such as GMES and GEOSS.

EARSC Membership is nowadays increasing which encourage us in the Board of Directors to continue to do our best to fulfill the tasks that you as members could expect of the association. On EARSC behalf, Welcome!

INNOVA Consorzio per l’Informatica e la Telematica
INNOVA has highly specialized know-how in Synthetic Aperture Radar technology, Infomobility systems, High Performance Computing, GRID and Geographical Information Systems. We are currently involved in several European projects that utilize satellite data such as COSMO-SkyMed, R.O.S.A., InterRisk and PRIMI. We firmly believe we can be a very strong partner in any of the above fields.
More information about the new INNOVA

Institut de Geomàtica
The IG was founded in 1997 as a public consortium, with own legal entity, composed of the Generalitat de Catalunya (local government of Catalonia) and the UPC.
Its mission is the development of geomatics through applied research and education in support of society, institutional and industry needs both at national and international levels. The IG is currently structured in two research departments and one educational area. The two research departments are focussed in Remote Sensing and in Geodesy and Navigation, respectively. Its members have a two decade experience in Earth Observation data/image processing/applications as well as in sensor data fusion.

The activities of the Remote Sensing unit are mainly in the area of SAR: image processing, Interferometric and differential SAR applications (DInSAR). Its aim is the development of tools for analysis and computation for land subsidence using DInSAR techniques and the subsequent generation of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs).

The second sector of activity is the thematic application of digital photogrammetry to areas as the water quality, forest and precision farming. Last activity area are the airborne SAR and LIDAR technologies. This unit also developes terrestrial active remote sensing activities as LIDAR in combination with ground-based SAR.

The areas deployed at the Geodesy and Navigation department are mainly sensor orientation by hybridation of INS and GNSS technologies applied to Photogrammetry and Earth Observation imaginery/data capture systems.

Educational area provides the knowledge transfer and trining based on the in-house knowledge in Earth Observation fields as LIDAR, SAR, information systems and LBSs.
Nowadays, the education area of the IG is carrying out (with UPC) the elaboration of the first Master in Geomatics in Catalonia in the scope of the European Higher Education Space. This formation programme is a challenge that involves other European universities, research centres and industrial and institutional stakeholders in various fields of Geomatics and remote sensing.
The IG is offering a modular executive training program in airborne photogrammetry and remote sensing as well as other activities as organization of workshops and conference to disseminate knowledge and innovation in remote sensing and in Geodesy&Navigation technologies/topics

More information about the Institut de Geomatica

EARSC Membership
EARSC membership represents the entire spectrum of the Earth Observation industry including all sector chain: providers, stakeholders and users. For our members, the annual membership dues are a cost-effective way to stay informed, promote their company, political and institutional representation, networking opportunities with industry players and help support the future of Earth Observation. Industry together could transform activities into meaningful action on behalf of our sector.
EARSC membership is composed by full members and observer members:
CORPORATE Any commercial European company or partnership offering and undertaking consulting and contracting services or supplying equipment in the field of remote sensing which is based in a European Country which contributes to the European Space Agency or which is a member of the European Community shall be eligible for membership.
OBSERVERS Companies from countries associated to European programs but not eligible for full membership. Any active representative organization, institution or association party in the field of Earth observation and not engaged in commercial or profit-making activities such as Public/Governmental Bodies, International Organisation, International Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Private Non Profit Organisation/Foundation, Network/Association/Aggregation of Intermediaries(profit or non profit), Business Association, Universities, other?) with interest in Earth Observation.

More information on membership at EARSC

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The workshop organised by EARSC, in collaboration with the EC-GMES Bureau and ESA and held on March 19 in Brussels, was successful in that it lived up to the main objective identifying the positioning of the different players and their respective functions and raising the question to stakeholders “Is GMES an opportunity for the service industry?”

One of the workshop’s main strengths, warmly acknowledged by speakers and attendees alike, proved to be its relevance to the representatives from the EO industry community and institutions who were all there to discuss the future opportunities for the Service Industry whether through the Core or the Downstream services.

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GMES has been hailed since 1998 and the Baveno Declaration as one of the flagships of Europe not only as a giant step forward in the monitoring of the environment but also as a key political framework and a possible boost to Europe in terms of scientific and technology advances as well as in terms of employment along the lines of the Lisbon Agenda.
Ten years later this initiative is becoming concrete with the study of the overall GMES architecture, the analysis of needs in terms of information access, the set up of the sentinels space segment, the finalisation of the INSPIRE directive and the initiation of the Fast Track Services.
The so-called upstream GMES service sector is engaged in a serious preparation for producing the core service elements and for implementing operational services, without having a clear view of their role in the delivery phase. The situation is also confused concerning the downstream service sector. In particular the road ahead for SMEs is not clear and the dialogue with the GMES decision makers is somewhat limited.
The question legitimately raised by Industry is thus: Is GMES an opportunity for the service industry?
The EARSC Workshop organised around these topics with participations from small and large industries as well as from European and national institutions and users will be an occasion to shed light on these issues and to draw with all parties involved a possible roadmap to make GMES an opportunity for the service industry. Among others, the workshop will face issues related to applications industry access to information about GMES data and service availability and schedule, and ongoing and future support to application development and deployment by the public sector and large corporations. The service industry sector is indeed a key for the success of the GMES Programme as a whole not only inside Europe itself but also to allow the benefits of the European GMES to be shared worldwide.

PROGRAMME
MORNING
08h15 – 09h15: Registration
09h15 – 09h30: Welcome Paul KAMOUN, Chairman EARSC
High level introduction on GMES: Potential impact on the Commission’s growth and jobs strategy. Heinz ZOUREK, Director General EU-DG-ENT

|09h30 – 09h50: Position speech from EU: Overall presentation of GMES: state-of-play of Commission’s actions. Valère MOUTARLIER, EU-GMES BUREAU

09h50 – 10h10: Opportunities, potential services in GMES at large. Han WENSINK, Vice-Chairman EARSC
10h10-10h30: Economic Models and Expected Socio-Economic Benefits. Michael OBERSTEINER, INT. INSTITUT APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, IIASA
10h30 – 10h50: Coffee Break
10h50-11h10 Lessons from the GSE for future GMES Services by Stephen COULSON, ESA
11h10 – 12h15: Core Services (CS): Opportunities and Threats
-Land – GEOLAND: Alexander KAPTEIN, INFOTERRA + Rob BECK, NEO
-Marine – MERSEA: Fabienne JACQ, CLS + Charlotte O´KELLY, TECHWORKS
-Emergency – PREVIEW: Gil DENIS, INFOTERRA + Nuno ALMEIDA, CRITICAL SOFTWARE
-Atmosphere – GEMS: Nöel PARMENTIER, BELGIUM INSTITUTE SPACE AERONOMIE + Hein ZELLE, ARGOSS
-Security – LIMES: Marco MANCA, TELESPAZIO + Emilio SIMEONE, FLYBY
12h15- 13h15 ROUND TABLE AND DISCUSSION: Are the GMES Core Services opening opportunities for the service industry? (1st PART)
Moderator: Colin HICKS, EURISY
Rapporteur: Stigbjorn OLOVSSON, EARSC Director
Introduction Remarks: Alain PODAIRE, GMES BUREAU
PARTICIPANTS: Phil CURTIS (VEGA), Marcello MARANESI (TELESPAZIO), Pat NORRIS (LOGICA), Miguel BELLÓ (DEIMOS), Rainer HORN (SpaceTec Capital Partners AG)
13h15 – 14h15: Buffet Lunch
AFTERNOON
14h15 – 14h40 Cross-cutting issues
-Data access: Erik WILLÈN, METRIA
-Security of information, data management. Role of the different actors: Fulvio SANSONE, ORACLE
14h40 – 15h00 Downstream Services: Opportunities and Treats: Christian HOFFMANN, GEOVILLE
15h00-15h45 Expectations in Downstream Services from federation of Users
-Land: GMES FTS/CLC2006 a blueprint for fair procurement, Chris STEENMANS, EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
-Marine: Effective linking of the Marine Core Services to end-user applications, Ralph RAYNER, ASSOCIATION MARINE SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES
-Emergency: Findings on Eurisy WK on Local and Regional Risk Management, Nicolas DOSSELAERE, EUROSENSE and MEDAD, best practice case for downstream services on emergency by Bernard ALLENBACH , SERTIT
15h45-16h45 ROUND TABLE AND DISCUSSION: Are the GMES downstream services opportunities for the service industry? (2nd PART)
Moderator: Colin HICKS, EURISY
Rapporteur: Marcello RICOTTILLI, EARSC Director
Introduction Remarks: Alain PODAIRE, GMES BUREAU
PARTICIPANTS: Ren CAPES (NPA), Paul DE FRAIPONT (SERTIT), Jaume FONS-ESTEVE (GNU), Serge GALANT (TECHNOFI), Rupert HAYDN (GAF), John STYLES (ASSIMILA), Steve COULSON (ESA)
16h45 –17h00 Wrap-Up and Recommendations for the way ahead

FINAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS MARCH 19TH 2008
FINAL PROGRAMME MARCH 19TH 2008
RECOMMENDATIONS MARCH 19TH 2008

Stakeholder´s active involvement was helpful 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.

EARSC Board is glad to welcome FLYBY s.r.l. as new Member in our Association

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On EARSC behalf, we are certain that FLYBY will contribute actively to the aims of EARSC enthusiastically involved in coordinating and strengthening the Earth-observation chain and promoting the European Earth observation industry in programmes such as GMES and GEOSS.

EARSC Membership is nowadays increasing which encourage us in the Board of Directors to continue to do our best to fulfill the tasks that you as members could expect of the association. On EARSC behalf, Welcome!

FLYBY

Flyby was funded in 2001 with the main aim of assimilating the results obtained within the remote sensing scientific community, improve their theoretical models and transform them into applications for the public and into commercial products. Optical EO satellite data has been a valuable source since the beginning and allowed for the delivery of several products based on following information:

- on ground solar Energy for photovoltaic plants – on ground UV radiation intensity – on ground cloud index – sea water transparency and temperature – sea concentration of various substances – detection and classification of sea oil spills – sea floor bathymetry – forest fires detection

Flyby collaborates with important public bodies and private companies, both involved either at the level of users in European funded project or as partners in commercial projects.

More information about the new member at FLYBY

EARSC Membership

EARSC membership represents the entire spectrum of the Earth Observation industry including all sector chain: providers, stakeholders and users. For our members, the annual membership dues are a cost-effective way to stay informed, promote their company, political and institutional representation, networking opportunities with industry players and help support the future of Earth Observation. Industry together could transform activities into meaningful action on behalf of our sector.

EARSC membership is composed by

CORPORATE MEMBERS: Any commercial European company or partnership offering and undertaking consulting and contracting services or supplying equipment in the field of remote sensing which is based in a European Country which contributes to the European Space Agency or which is a member of the European Community shall be eligible for membership.

OBSERVER MEMBERS: Companies from countries associated to European programs but not eligible for full membership. Any active representative organization, institution or association party in the field of Earth observation and not engaged in commercial or profit-making activities such as Public/Governmental Bodies, International Organisation, International Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Private Non Profit Organisation/Foundation, Network/Association/Aggregation of Intermediaries(profit or non profit), Business Association, Universities, other?) with interest in Earth Observation.

More information on membership

EARSC EVENT 2008: March 19th 2008 – Brussels, Belgium

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In collaboration with EC-GMES Bureau and ESA

GMES has been hailed since 1998 and the Baveno Declaration as one of the flagships of Europe not only as a giant step forward in the monitoring of the environment but also as a key political framework and a possible boost to Europe in terms of scientific and technology advances as well as in terms of employment along the lines of the Lisbon Agenda.

Ten years later this initiative is becoming concrete with the study of the overall GMES architecture, the analysis of needs in terms of information access, the set up of the sentinels space segment, the finalisation of the INSPIRE directive and the initiation of the Fast Track Services.

The so-called upstream public service sector seems to be engaged in a serious preparation to operate operational services. The situation is much more confused concerning the downstream services sector. In particular the road ahead for SMEs is not clear and the dialogue with the GMES decision makers is quite limited.

The question legitimately raised by Industry is thus:
Is GMES an opportunity for the service industry?

The EARSC Workshop organised around these topics with participations from small and large industries as well as from European and national institutions and users will be an occasion to shed light on these issues and to draw with all parties involved a possible roadmap to make GMES an opportunity for the service industry. Among others, the workshop will face issues related to applications industry access to information about GMES data and service availability and schedule, and ongoing and future support to application development and deployment by the public sector and large corporations. The service industry sector is indeed a key for the success of the GMES Programme as a whole not only inside Europe itself but also to allow the benefits of the European GMES to be shared worldwide.

Draft programme will be prepared by January. If interested please send an email to secretariat@earsc.org to keep you informed about the event .

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EARSC Board is glad to welcome new Members in our Association.

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On EARSC behalf, we are certain that new Members will contribute actively to the aims of EARSC enthusiastically involved in coordinating and strengthening the Earth-observation chain and promoting the European Earth observation industry in programmes such as GMES and GEOSS.

EARSC Membership is nowadays increasing which encourage us in the Board of Directors to continue to do our best to fulfill the tasks that you as members could expect of the association. On EARSC behalf, Welcome!

More information about the new members at:

June BoD:

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EARSC Membership

EARSC membership represents the entire spectrum of the Earth Observation industry including all sector chain: providers, stakeholders and users. For our members, the annual membership dues are a cost-effective way to stay informed, promote their company, political and institutional representation, networking opportunities with industry players and help support the future of Earth Observation. Industry together could transform activities into meaningful action on behalf of our sector.

EARSC membership is composed by full members [1] and observer members [2]

1 Any commercial European company or partnership offering and undertaking consulting and contracting services or supplying equipment in the field of remote sensing which is based in a European Country which contributes to the European Space Agency or which is a member of the European Community shall be eligible for membership.

2 Companies from countries associated to European programs but not eligible for full membership. Any active representative organization, institution or association party in the field of Earth observation and not engaged in commercial or profit-making activities such as Public/Governmental Bodies, International Organisation, International Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Private Non Profit Organisation/Foundation, Network/Association/Aggregation of Intermediaries(profit or non profit), Business Association, Universities, other?) with interest in Earth Observation.

More information on membership

“In-situ monitoring and Earth observation in the framework of GMES and GEOSS” 31 May 2007, Brussels, BE

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Synergy between all kind of observations – being from active or passive, wireless or wired, fixed or mobile, remote or in situ sensors – is primordial to support a better understanding of the complex interactions between human activities and environmental pressures and impacts.
This was the recurrent issue highlighted by a hundred of participants to the workshop jointly organised by the Information Society and Media Directorate-General (DG INFSO) of the European Commission and the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC).
This workshop held in Brussels – with no seat left – on 31 May 2007 was the 3rd in a series to gather stakeholders in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Environmental Risk Management. These experts, coming from industry, research centers, universities, space agencies and European organisations reported about ongoing activities and identified opportunities, issues and requirements for a smarter monitoring of our environment in relation to the goal of developing a Single Information Space for the Environment in Europe (SISE) and contributing to international initiatives like GMES and GEO.
On the ICT side, it was stressed that we are in the middle of a wireless revolution which enables new applications of sensors and sensor networks. Important achievements in miniaturization of sensors (e.g. RFID) open the perspective for a massive deployment a small, cheap connected detectors.
Several European research projects are innovating in the field of network control strategies and data propagation. Others are developing adaptable and scalable system architectures to optimise the management of networks of heterogeneous sensors with easy plug-in / plug-out, self-healing and reconfigurable functionalities. Such developments points towards the same goal of smarter monitoring, with the possibility to lower the cost of monitoring and improve the quality and adequacy of data depending on the process which is monitored. In addition, new platforms like Unmanned Airborne Vehicles (UAV) are currently investigated for disaster management applications that could offer complementary spatial or temporal resolutions to existing fixed, sea, air and space platforms.
Overall, the participants recognised that above trends would lead to more data flows and stressed on the need for new developments in the fields of multiple source data fusion and standardisation. From an operational point of view, main identified challenges include robustness and stability of the emerging technologies for easy take-up and upgrade of legacy systems, accuracy and uncertainty propagation along the information cycle, as well as non-technical issues like the sustainability of monitoring networks over time and the human factor itself, perceived as a very limiting factor in the definition and deployment of a monitoring and alerting system.
Workshop report and PDF versions of the presentations made by the participants are available at:
For additional information, please contact:
DG INFSO – unit “ICT for Sustainable Growtth” : INFSO-ICTforSG@ec.europa.eu

EARSC Board is glad to welcome Oracle Belgium in our Association

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On EARSC behalf, we are certain that new Members will contribute actively to the aims of EARSC enthusiastically involved in coordinating and strengthening the Earth-observation chain and promoting the European Earth observation industry in programmes such as GMES and GEOSS.
EARSC Membership is nowadays increasing which encourage us in the Board of Directors to continue to do our best to fulfill the tasks that you as members could expect of the association. On EARSC behalf, Welcome!
More information about the new member at:
EARSC membership represents the entire spectrum of the Earth Observation industry including all sector chain: providers, stakeholders and users. For our members, the annual membership dues are a cost-effective way to stay informed, promote their company, political and institutional representation, networking opportunities with industry players and help support the future of Earth Observation. Industry together could transform activities into meaningful action on behalf of our sector.
EARSC membership is composed by full members and observer members
Full Corporate Members
Any commercial European company or partnership offering and undertaking consulting and contracting services or supplying equipment in the field of remote sensing which is based in a European Country which contributes to the European Space Agency or which is a member of the European Community shall be eligible for membership.
Observer Members
Companies from countries associated to European programs but not eligible for full membership. Any active representative organization, institution or association party in the field of Earth observation and not engaged in commercial or profit-making activities such as Public/Governmental Bodies, International Organisation, International Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Private Non Profit Organisation/Foundation, Network/Association/Aggregation of Intermediaries(profit or non profit), Business Association, Universities, other?) with interest in Earth Observation.
More information on membership at EARSC

As reported in the previous EOMag, ESA has contracted Vega to execute an update to the Analysis of the State and Health of the EO Service Industry. This will assess how the industry has evolved since 2003 and what are the dominant issues presently facing the industry.

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The information collected will be analysed to identify priority issues to be addressed by ESA EO Exploitation Programmes. This is essential to ensure that ESA activities continue to effectively support the European and Canadian EO service providers by addressing the dominant opportunities, threats and other concerns facing the industry.
Basic company information, together with details of the product and service portfolio for each company will also be used by EARSC to populate the EO-PAGES website. This is an EARSC promotional activity intended to foster improved communication between the EO service industry and customer organisations in other industrial and market sectors.
The information collection phase has now started. A web based set of questions together with a Microsoft Excel based financial spreadsheet will be made available from 23 April.
All European and Canadian EO service providers identified by the study team will receive an email notification of their username and password that will enable them to access the EO Survey Website:
If you have not received an email by 27 April and you wish to participate in the survey, or if you have any other questions regarding the survey, contact the following email address:
Alternatively, contact Gordon Campbell from ESA at the following address:
Active participation by the EO service industry is a critical component in ensuring that the survey can meet the objectives of furnishing a sufficiently comprehensive and accurate snapshot of the current industry status and health. Without this, there is a risk that ESA EO exploitation programmes do not respond adequately to the EO Service Industry agenda.
To foster the maximum level of participation possible, a major effort has been conducted by the study team to ensure that the level of effort required to complete the question set is minimised. For example, in many cases responses have been pre-compiled with information from the previous survey so that companies need only enter new information where updates are necessary. Initial testing of the question pages indicates that the total time for completion is less than 1.5 hours. In addition, the questions can be completed over several sessions if necessary in order to maximise the flexibility and ease of completion.
(Source ESA-EOMD)

Earth Observation is at a turning point world wide. The awareness of the risks inherent to an uncontrolled development of human activities has led to environmental protocols and to the setup of new partnership, such as Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), to develop synergies between available capabilities internationally or the European GMES initiative (Global Monitoring of Environment and Security).

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GMES has already gathered substantial momentum through the actions of the European Union and European Space Agencies and through the wide ranging participation of European industry. Indeed European Remote Sensing companies have all the competence and experience needed for a successful GMES. This encompasses in-situ, airborne and spaceborne sensor deployment, ground infrastructures and data processing, value added data production and interpretation, extending to aid for Environment and Security decision-making.
GMES is a complex undertaking and the process of developing applications for new end users, many of whom may be decision makers or policy makers in the public and private sectors, requires research and/or the integration of multiple sources of data and information. Equally important are the conditions under which data and/or applications are made available to users, requiring that issues such as the timeliness, continuity, and stability of data; reliability of access; viability of data formats and processing; intellectual property rights; and operational cost-effectiveness be addressed satisfactorily. All of these elements come into account for most data access and use techniques, in particular in-situ and remote sensing.
It is by now well recognised that the proper monitoring of our planet will require the joint use of in-situ and remote sensing techniques. While those approaches are operationally very different, they need to be considered together in any serious plan to monitor a site, a region, a country or the Earth as a whole. Unfortunately this synergy is not yet realised, in part because of the different technologies involved and skills required to operate them, in part because of the resilience of traditional working practices, in part also because of arguments linked to training, to the need to implement new tools and models, and to many other aspects.
The objectives of the symposium are:
* first: to bring together experts from the two sides to increase mutual knowledge of their communities
* second: to quickly reassess the importance of in-situ and remote sensing techniques in Global Earth Monitoring
* third: to explore the mechanisms of synergy between in-situ and RS and to evaluate its impact.
* fourth: to foster the development of the synergy at European level.
The presented workshop will be an opportunity to draw on the experience gained through the industry and other stakeholders as European Union and European Space Agencies
Target Audience: Industry, Research centres and Space Agencies, European Union Agencies involved in GMES and GEO representatives.
Format: Round panels for discussion
Venue: May 31st – Brussels, 2007
CCAB, Centre Borschette
Rue Froissart, 36 – 1040
(metro: Schuman / Maelbeek)
Organization:
-European Commission Information Society Directorate General (DG INFSO)
-EARSC, The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies.
For more information please consult EARSC website in the coming weeks
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TENTATIVE AGENDA
Welcome (09h00-09h30)
G. Weets (DG INFSO), P. Kamoun (EARSC)
Discussion 1: Sensors network architecture: (09h30-10h30)

Moderator: J. Pereira (EU-DG-INFSO)
Current trends in sensor networks, J. Pereira (DG-INFSO)
Sensor networks interoperability, R. Denzer (SANY)
Open architecture for smart and in-situ sensor networks, D. Tacyniak, S. Jirka (OSIRIS)
Self-organized wireless sensor networks, P. Capodieci (WINSOC)
Data base integration of multiple sensors, W. Van de Weghe (ORACLE)
Coffee Break
Discussion 2: Pilot implementations: (10h45-12h30)
Moderator: K. Fabbri (EU-DG-INFSO)
Sensors for forest fire detection: C.C. Tassini (EU-FIRE)
Sensor networks for tsunami monitoring: J. Wächter (DEWS)
High Altitude Platforms for environmental monitoring and risk management: N. Lewycky (OSIRIS)

Multi-parametric approach to water quality: L. Sanfilippo (WARMER)
Visual sensor integration: P. Chrobocinski (DYVINE)
Lunch Break
Discussion 3: Integration of in-situ and EO sensors: (14h00-15h00)
Moderator: P. Kamoun (EARSC)
Combining EO and in-situ: T. Hamre (INTERRISK)
Sensor Fusion Services: Z.A. Sabeur (SANY)
Cooperating EO sensors: (INDRA, GIM)
Round Table 1: Integration of in-situ and EO sensors: (15h00-16h00)
Moderator: P. Kamoun (EARSC)
Mapping of in-situ communities: C. Steenmans (EEA, EIONET)
Meteorology and air pollution: U. Gartner (Eumetnet)
Integration in mapping: P. Pitteurs (TELEATLAS)
GMES fast track applications: W. Steinborn (GMES Bureau)
Coffee Break
Round table 2: Infrastructure and Policies: (16h15-17h00)
Moderator: M. Monteiro (EU-DG-INFSO)
INSPIRE: H. De Groof, (DG-ENV)
UNSDI: S. D’Elia, (ESA)
UNOSAT: A. Rétière (UN)
Final Round table: ”Technology and Systems Roadmap: what’s next” (17h00-17h30)
Moderator: M. Schoupe (DG-INFSO)
Participants: DG-INFSO, DG-ENT, EUMETSAT, GEO, EEA , EURISY