User Consultation Platform: Agriculture and Forestry

Description

The agriculture community represents one of the early adopters of space. The use of GNSS-powered machinery and the usage of satellite imagery have indeed clearly affirmed its role in making farming more efficient and sustainable for several years. However, climate changes, regulatory impacts and technological innovation are key factors making users’ needs and requirements more and more demanding.

Forestry plays a critical role for our health and wellbeing, in sustaining our planet, addressing climate change, and ensuring environmental sustainability. The integration of space technologies has revolutionized our understanding and management of forests. This session will emphasize the invaluable contributions of EU space technologies in effectively managing forests, mitigating climate change, and promoting sustainable practices.

This session will deep dive into how the EU Space Programme can contribute to fulfilling the increasing needs of agriculture users, as well as those directly involved in forest ownership and management.

Agenda

Agriculture session

10:00 – 10:10: Session Agenda presentation: Stefan Schneider, EUSPA

10:10 – 10:20: EU Space Programme Components current state and future services for users: Javier de Blas, EUSPA

10:20 – 10:35: Horizon Europe EGNSS Mission and Service related R&D activities and Contribution to Ionospheric Prediction Service: Javier Ostolaza, EUSPA

10:35 – 11:05: Copernicus for Agriculture

CLMS for Agriculture: Usue Donezar, EEA
C3S/CAMS for Agriculture: Cristina Ananasso, ECMWF

11:05 – 11:20: Developing requirements from automation to autonomy: Georg Larscheid, Claas

11.20 – 11.35: GALIRUMI R&D project – EGNSS based robots for organic farming: Esther López, Acorde - GALIRUMI H2020

11:35 – 11:50: The EU SPACE opportunity for small and medium size farmers: Maurizio Laterza, Planetek

11:50 – 12:10: EU SPACE role within Carbon farming: Tamme Van Der Wal, Aerovision

12:10 – 12:25: SPACE4GREEN R&D project - EU Space and block chain for traceability and sustainability: Juan Pablo García, Integrasys

12:25 – 13:00: Debates on priority areas, Users requirements discussions & validation: Stefan Schneider, EUSPA

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch break

Forestry Session

14:00 – 14:10: Session Agenda presentation: Stefan Schneider, EUSPA

14:10 – 14:40: Setting the scene

EU Space Programme Components current state and future services for users: Stefan Schneider, EUSPA
CLMS contribution to forestry: Usue Donezar, EEA
C3S/CAMS contribution to forestry: Samuel Almond / Stijn Vermoote, ECMWF

14:40 – 15:10: New EU Forest Strategy for 2030

Monitoring Framework for Resilient European Forests: Adrian Tistan, European Commission - DG ENV
Promoting sustainable forestry by satellite monitoring: Dr. Sanna Härkönen, BitComp

15:10 – 15:40: EUDR (Deforestation-free products regulation)