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)
- Space for Sustainable Development, Pierre-Philippe Mathieu (ESA-ESRIN, Italy)
- New ways of interacting with remote sensing images: an AI perspective, Devis Tuia (UWageningen, NL)
- XiaoXiang Zhu (DLR,Germany)
- AI development cycle: an EO perspective, Alessandro Marin (CGI, Italy)
- AI Enabled Imagery-based Intelligence: Evolving Opportunities and Business models, 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)
- On-board Deep-Learning for semantic imaging data reduction, Bruno Wéry (Deltatec, Belgium)
- Improving flood monitoring in urban areas using satellite Earth Observation and social media data, Marco Chini (LIST, Luxembourg)
- How GALILEO and AI may help in disaster prevention, Peter Platzer (Spire, Germany)
- Use of Copernicus data in framework of the new Common Agricultural Policy CAP, Philippe Loudjani (Joint Research Center, Italy)
- Sentinels time series exploitation to support a more sustainable agriculture and biodiversity, 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)
- Michel Ackerman (eBRC, Luxembourg)
- Nathalie Stephenne (SPW, Belgium)
- Pierre-Philippe Mathieu (ESA-ESRIN, Italy)
- Francesco Barbato (DG Grow)
3:00 Coffee break and networking
3:30 Session 4 – Tools to support AI implementation and funding potential
Moderator: Michel Stassart (SKYWIN, Belgium)
- COPERNICUS Global Land: Data Access, Needs, and Perspectives for AI in COPERNICUS, Michael Cherlet (DG JRC Copernicus)
- EORegions, a tool to support AI Implementation, Philippe Ledent (Spacebel, Belgium)
- Potential Funding Opportunities from EC that will soon come up related to AI for EO Funding Sources within EC, Francesco Barbato (DG Grow)
- Stephane Debois & Julie De Bergeyck (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)
