Description:
As a world leader in Earth observation, Europe is bound to use this pole position to help address the climate crisis and ensure that the value of observing Earth from space benefits society, the economy, the commercial world and more. With ESA’s Ministerial Council taking place in November, this session not only allows the audience to hear about the Earth observation proposals being tabled, but also allows for a broad exchange to help the Executive fine-tune their plans for the future

Session Organiser:
Michel Verbauwhede (ESA)

Panel:
Simonetta Cheli (ESA), Maurice Borgeaud (ESA), Pierluigi Silvestrin (ESA), Michel Verbauwhede (ESA), Nicolaus Hanowski (ESA), Toni Tolker-Nielsen (ESA)

Programme:

-09:00 Welcome Address:
Simonetta Cheli (Director of Earth Observation Programmes, ESA)

A Time for Action and Vision: The User Point of View
Moderator: Michel Verbauwhede, ESA

-09:15 Sonia Seneviratne (Professor, ETH Zurich)

-09:25 Patricia de Rosnay (Principal Scientist, ECMWF)

-09:35 Beth Greenaway (Head of Earth Observation and Climate, UKSA)

-09:45 Jacqueline McGlade (Professor of Natural Prosperity, Sustainable Development and Knowledge Systems, UCL)

-09:55 Paolo Ruti (Chief Scientist, EUMETSAT)

-10:05 Bruno Christophe (Head of Instrumentation and Aerospace Equipment, ONERA)

-10:15 Christian Hoffmann (Founder & Managing Director, GeoVille)

-10:25 Pierre Lionnet (Director of Research, ASD Eurospace)

-10:40 Break

-11:00 EO proposal at CM22: Simonetta Cheli (Director of Earth Observation Programmes, ESA)

-11:45 Code Red for Humanity: Chris Rapley (Professor of Climate Science, UCL)

-11:55 Q&A

-12:45 End of CM22 Plenary Session