Description:
This session focuses on ESA’s core Earth Observation research and development programme, FutureEO. Paving the way for future activities, FutureEO harnesses novel ideas to develop pioneering satellites. In turn, allowing scientific excellence to flourish, which is critical to addressing environmental challenges of tomorrow and instrumental to boosting societal and economic resilience. The audience can hear about the way this key programme retains Europe as a world-leader in all aspects of observing Earth from space and, importantly, what’s next.

Session Organiser: Vanessa Keuck (ESA)

Programme:

-14:00 FutureEO Trailer
Introduction and Welcome:
Simonetta Cheli (ESA)

-14:15-15:15 Selected highlights and achievements
Moderator: Michel Verbauwhede (ESA)

The Earth Explorers – World-class science missions:

Christine Gommenginger (NOC)

The Scout mission “HydroGNSS” :
Peter Garner (SSTL)

Megatrend Urbanisation - Unique Insights through Monitoring from Space: Thomas Esch (DLR)

-15:15-17:00 FutureEO at CM22
Moderator: Michel Verbauwhede (ESA)

A science perspective:
Johnny Johanenssen (ISR Chair)

An Earth perspective – the down-stream industry:
Emmanuel Pajot (EARSC)

A perspective from Member States:
Juliette Lambin (PB-EO Chair)

ESA’s proposal for FutureEO-1 Segment 2 at the CM22 (overview):
Vanessa Keuck (ESA)

Key highlights for CM22:

Earth Explorer 10: Harmony’s science case and observation concept
Paco Lopez-Dekker (Harmony MAG Chair)

Gravimetry: What is next? - An international agency constellation NGGM/MAGIC:
Roland Pail (Technical University of Munich)

Climate system components and their interactions - Towards Earth system science for human livelihoods:
Christiane Schmullius (University of Jena,Earth Observation)

-Q&A/Discussion