The conference is opened to everyone interested in the field, both in terms of evolution of services for Copernicus, as well as development of applications and using the Eos data.
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We are pleased to invite you to the annual joint event under the Polish presidency of the Visegrad Group: V4 Conference 2021 "Earth Observations for citizens and the planet. V4 perspective on R&I contributions to the Copernicus programme"!
The event is organised by: Polish Science Contact Agency of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PolSCA) together with Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research (CZELO), National Research, Development and Innovation Office Hungary (NRDIO) and Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development (SLORD).
The conference is opened to everyone interested in the field, both in terms of evolution of services for Copernicus, as well as development of applications and using the Eos data.
On 29 June a webinar "Earth Observations for citizens and the planet" took place as an annual V4 Conference organised by the Polish Science Contact Agency of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PolSCA) together with Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research (CZELO), National Research, Development and Innovation Office Hungary (NRDIO) and Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development (SLORD).
You are invited to read a brief summary (to be completed), watch the video recording of the event and thus learn more about its content. Furthermore, all speakers’ presentations are available for you under the “Downloads” section.
13.30 - 13.40
Welcome speech by Roman SŁOWIŃSKI, Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
13.40 - 14.00
Keynote speech by Matthias PETSCHKE, Director – Space, DG DEFIS, European Commission
14.15 - 15.15
Session no.1: the success stories from the Visegrad 4 countries
Moderator: Tomasz POPRAWKA, Polish Science Contact Agency PolSCA
Karel Charvat - Wirelessinfo, Czech Republic
János Szőke - Admatis Ltd., Hungary
Edyta Woźniak - Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Matúš Bakoň - insar.sk, Slovak Republic
15.15 - 15.30
Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.30
Session no. 2: roundtable discussion with key European EO actors and stakeholders on the current status and future challenges regarding the Copernicus
Moderator: Michal BRICHTA, SARIO
Simonetta CHELI - European Space Agency (ESA)
Mark DOWELL - Joint Research Center (JRC)
Laurent LEYLEKIAN - Association of European Space Research Establishments (ESRE)
Hans BRACQUENÉ - SME4SPACE
16.30 - 16.45
Closing speech by Philippe TULKENS, Head of Unit – Climate & Planetary Boundaries, DG RTD, European Commission
Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Director, Space, DG DEFIS, European Commission
Head of Unit – Climate & Planetary Boundaries, Healthy Planet, DG RTD, European Commission
Head of Slovak Space Office at SARIO
Wirelessinfo, Czech Republic
Chief technical officer (CTO) at Admatis Ltd., Hungary
Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Founder-CEO of insar.sk, Slovak Republic
Head of Strategy, Programme and Coordination Office, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes, ESA
Project Leader for Scientific and Technical Support to the Copernicus Programme, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Lead at the ESRE Strategic Executive Committee, Association of European Space Research Establishments (ESRE)
Chairman of SME4SPACE and CEO of VRI - Vlaamse RuimtevaartIndustrie (Flemish Space Industry)
The conference is opened to everyone interested in the field, both in terms of evolution of services for Copernicus, as well as development of applications and using the Eos data. Only registered participants will be provided with all connection details prior to the event. The registration deadline is 27 June 2021.
We are looking forward to meeting you online !
In this section all event-related documents can be found.
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Polish Science Contact Agency ‘PolSCA’ of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Jadwiga Olech-Kostka