PROGRAMME

Preliminary programme

8:30       Welcome coffee

9:00       Introduction of the day

9:15       Session 1 – Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence: State of the art
               Moderator: Pietro Ceccato (Spacebel, Belgium)

• Pierre-Philippe Mathieu (ESA, Italie)

• Devis Tuia (UWageningen, NL)
• Vincent François (MILA, Canada) (TBC)
• XiaoXiang Zhu (DLR,Germany)
• Arun Kumar Sampathkumar (Frost & Sullivan, India)

10:45     Coffee break and networking

11:15     Session 2 – Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence: Examples and applications
               Moderator: Lucien Hoffmann (LIST, Luxembourg)

• Benoît Deper (Aerospacelab, Belgium)
• Christian Dutilleux (Deltatec, Belgium)

• Marco Chini (LIST, Luxembourg)
• Peter Platzer (Spire, Germany)
• Philippe Loudjani (Joint Research Center, Italy)
• Pierre Defourny (UCLouvain, Belgium)
• Benjamin Hourte (EarthLab, Luxembourg)

12:45     Lunch Break and networking

1:45    Session 3 – Round Table – Needs & challenges to implement AI into EO
            Moderator: Pierre Defourny (UCLouvain, Belgium)

• Christophe Montoisy (Réseau AI wallon, Belgium)
• Benoît Macq (Deep Learning Academy, Belgium) (TBC)
• Michel Ackerman (eBRC, Luxembourg)
• Jean-Claude Jasselette (SPW, Belgium) (TBC)
• Pierre-Philippe Mathieu (ESA, Italie) (TBC)
• Francesco Barbato (DG Growth)

3:00    Coffee break and networking

3:30    Session 4 – Tools to support AI implementation and funding potential
            Moderator: Michel Stassart (SKYWIN, Belgium)

• Michael Cherlet (DG JRC Copernicus)
• Philippe Ledent (Spacebel, Belgium)

• Francesco Barbato (DG Growth)
• Stephane Debois (Cluster TIC Infopôle, Belgium)

4:45   Synthesis of the day and closing words

• Eric Hallot (ISSeP, Belgium)
• Benjamin Beaumont (ISSeP, Belgium)
• Lucien Hoffmann (LIST, Luxembourg)

5:00    Closing drink