Description :
The GreenDeal represents an important overarching policy element of the European Commission for which EO-based solutions will provide ample support. There are already many important Directives within the GreenDeal such as the Circular Economy Action Plan, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the EU Offshore Renewable energy strategy or the Farm to Fork Strategy, while others are in preparation as the new EU forest Strategy or the ZeroPollution action plan.
This Agora will bring together ESA, EC and industry key representatives to discuss the opportunity that Space represents and the related expectations to capture future innovation needs

Moderator Dr. Giuseppe Ottavianelli

Introduction by Toni Tolker-Nielsen, Head of Earth Observation Projects at ESA EOP, and coordinator of the ESA Accelerators.

Panelists:

1.Hugo Zunkher. Policy officer at European Commission DG-DEFIS unit C.3. Earth Observation.

2.Juho Penttilä. Head of Carbon Services, Product Manager. AFRY X Smart Forestry.

3.Prof. Dr. Ilse Aben: co-Principal Investigator of TROPOMI, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research.

4.Leon VAN DE POL. Policy officer at European Commission in DG AGRI unit B.2 Environmental Sustainability.

5. Dipl.-Ing. Gebhard Banko. Team leader Remote Sensing at the Austrian Environmental Agency (UBA).

6.Dr Philippe Ciais. Research director at Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, France.

7.Bruno Smets. R&D Project Manager Natural Capital Accounting, VITO.