GEO Global Forum 2025 “The Earth talks”

The activities at the EU Booth cover 43 presentations, nine round table discussions, 96 e-posters and 39 videos. It is a unique opportunity to discover concrete EO-based solutions and services delivered by EU-funded projects and initiatives. You can also discover more about the European Space Programme and the EuroGEO Secretariat.

MONDAY 5 MAY

10:35 --> 11:00​ Presentations sessions

• The SCO initiative: Earth Observation for Climate Action (Frédéric Bretar, CNES)
• HARMONIA: Introducing a Digital Urban Planning Decision Support Tool, towards More Resilient and Safer European Cities (Christos Kontopoulos, Geosystems Hellas)
• Understanding Coastal Vulnerability Through Geological and Hydrogeological Data in European Coastal Areas (Eleftheria Poyiadji, HSGME)
• PCP WISE: Pre-Commercial Procurement of Water Innovation from Space for European Climate Resilience (Melissa Campagno, G.A.C. Group)

• EO supporting Hydrology and Water Management (Vincent Gabaglio, EUMETSAT)

   

13:00 --> 14:00 Round table discussion “Earth Observation for Water Resilience and Land Sustainability in Vulnerable Regions”
 

• Vincent Gabaglio (EUMETSAT) - moderator
• Cristnia Tarantino (CNR-IIA)
• Cesar Garcia and Gabriel Daldegan (GEO-LDN Flagship Initiative/ GIZ)
   

15:40 --> 16h​ presentation session 

• Sargassum Information Hub (Audrey Hasson, GEO Blue Planet EU Office, hosted by Mercator Ocean Intl)
• IMDOS - Integrated Marine Debris Observing System (Daphne Lecellier, GEO Blue Planet EU Office, hosted by Mercator Ocean Intl)
• Arctic Passion Builds Arctic GEOSS (Mikko Strahlendorff    Finnish Meteorological Institute)
• Thematic and Local Twins of the Ocean (Bente Lilja Bye,    BLB)

17:00 à 18:30 EU reception at the booth (on invitation only)​

Throughout the day, meet our experts from the Copernicus Programme and the EuroGEO Secretariat.

TUESDAY 6 MAY

10:40 --> 11:00​ presentation session 

• SENSORBITE - Intuitive Platform Using LLM for Accessing EO Data for Agriculture (Marcin Spiralski, SENSORBITE P.S.A.)
• TRANSITION - EO-Informed Agent-Based Models for Digital Twin Applications and Data-Driven policy Designation (Stelios Kotsopoulos, Neuralio AI)

13:00 --> 13:30 Round table discussion “Agriculture”

• Vincent Saleh (Serco) - moderator

13:30 --> 14:00 Round table “Challenges in Engaging Earth Observation Communities: Technology and Skills Development”

The round table discusses GEANT on bringing the European perspective on research connectivity infrastructure and its role in facilitating access to EO data and services. ASREN, highlighting challenges and opportunities across Africa in ensuring access to EO data through regional research and education networks (RRENs). 

On picking up on the data access gaps, Space4GEO Alliance will focus on capacity-building and skills development challenges and how coordinated actions like Space4GEO Alliance is addressing them. Finally, the Body of Knowledge, presenting how tools like the EO BoK contribute to bridging the skills gap and supporting the community with resources for training and workforce development.

Panellists:

• Monica Miguel-Lago (EARSC) - moderator
• Daniela Brauner (GÉANT)
• Yousef Torman (ASREN)
• Milva Carbonaro (GISIG)
• Martyna Stelmaszczuk-Górska (University Jena)

15:40 --> 16h​ Presentation session 

• New Frontiers for Distributed Environmental Monitoring Based on an Ecosystem of Plant Seed-Like Soft Robots - I-Seed (Barbara Mazzolai, Italian Institute of Technology)
• Global Scale Land Productivity Trends at 30 m Based on Gross Primary Productivity Maps (Davide Consoli, OpenGeoHub Foundation)
• GUARDEN - Pl@ntNet platform: An Image-Based AI for Plant Species Identification (Mathias Chouet and Jean-Marc SADAILLAN, CIRAD)
• GUARDEN - GeoPl@ntNet Demo: Mapping Habitats and Biodiversity (Rémi Palard and Jean-Marc Sadaillan, CIRAD)

Throughout the day, meet our experts from the Copernicus Programme and the EuroGEO Secretariat.

WEDNESDAY 7 MAY

10:20 --> 10:45​ presentation session 

• Towards Monitoring Near Real-Time Changes of In-Situ Data (Andreas Matheus, Secure Dimensions)
• Bringing a Decentralised Approach to Trust in GEO Data from Data Spaces (Joan Maso and Andreas Matheus, CREAF)
• Digital Twins for a Connected Europe: Strengthening Cross-Border Cooperation (Patrick Knöfel, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy)
• Big Geo Data Standards: Status, Progress, and European Contribution (Peter Baumann, Constructor University | rasdaman GmbH)
• EO4EU Platform: Discover the Practical Benefits and Functionalities Tailored to Help You Achieve Your Ambitious Environmental Goals (Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, University of Athens)

13:00 --> 14:00 Round table discussion “Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem – the user perspective”

• Guido Lemoine (JRC) - moderator
• Tom Hengl (OpenGeoHub foundation)
• Nastasja Scholz (Luftbild Umwelt Planung GmbH)
• Amay Atencia (GMV)
   

15:40 --> 16h​ presentation session 

• DestinE Platform - Unlocking EO and Digital Twin Capabilities (Alexis Longuet, Serco)
• Standard-Based Solutions for the Common Green Deal Data Space. The perspective from AD4GD (Ivette Serral, CREAF)
• Enhancing User Experience in Cloud Platforms: Insights from the EuroGEO 2024 Co-Design Workshop (Margherita Di Leo, JRC)
• Copernicus Land Service: Global Biophysical Variables for Environment Monitoring (Michel Massart, European Commission)
• ECMWF’s Data Centre and Common Cloud Infrastructure: Where Weather and Copernicus Data is Born and Made Available to Users throughout the World. (Stijn Vemoote, ECMWF)

Throughout the day, meet our experts from the Copernicus Programme and the EuroGEO Secretariat.

THURSDAY 8 MAY

09:45 --> 10:15 Round table “Bridging Research and Market: Industry Engagement in EuroGEO”

• Francesca Piatto (EARSC) - moderator

10:15 --> 10:45 Round table discussion “Dialogues on co-designed user uptake through national and transboundary collaboration in Europe”

• Cristina Ananasso (ECMWF) - moderator

11:00 --> 11:30​ presentation session 

• Harnessing AI and Earth Observation for Climate Resilience and Urban Sustainability (Gaetano Volpe, Latitudo 40)
• World Bank Use Cases of Human Planet Data (Michele Melchiorri, JRC / World Bank)
• Revealing the Role of Earth Observation in Urban Planning towards Climate Change Mitigation (Orestis Speyer, National Observatory of Athens)
• Urban Geo-Climate Footprint: a New Approach to Clustering and Classifying Cities (Saverio Romeo, ISPRA / EuroGeoSurveys)

13:00 --> 13:30 Round table discussion “Urban”

• Michele Melchiorri (JRC) - moderator
• Francesco Lavigna (ISPRA / EuroGeoSurveys)
• Adelaide Dura (JRC)
   

13:30 --> 14:00 Round Table “Leveraging EO and Climate Data to Drive Climate Action and Carbon Markets”

The event will start with three pitch-presentations from the three speakers to briefly introduce their projects and initiatives, linking them along a value chain from observations of Essential Climate Variables – ECVs (iClimateAction), to their exploitation based on co-creation with users to deliver climate services (I-CISK) and enhance carbon markets. After these presentations the audience will be directly involved in a joint discussion.

• Ludivine Bosméan, WMO​
• Stefano Bagli, GECOsistema ​
• Monica Miguel-Lago, EARSC

15:40 --> 16h​ presentation session 

• Enhancing SDG Monitoring: EO Pipelines and User Uptake Strategies (Francesca Piatto, EARSC)
• The GEO-CRADLE Enabling Mechanism in the Support of Informed Decision Making. Leveraging EuroGEO and COPERNICUS for Coordinating Capacity Building and Demonstrating the Value of EO at Global Scale (Haris Kontoes and Alexia Tsouni, National Observatory of Athens/BEYOND)
• Environmental Exposure Assessment Research Infrastructure - Preparatory Phase Project - EIRENE-PPP (Jana Klanova, CNR - Institute of Atmospheric Pollution research)
• Machine Learning Approach and Satellite Data for Mapping Daily Concentration of PM: Preliminary Results of APEMAIA Project (Marica De Lucia, CNR - Institute of Atmospheric Pollution)
• SYLVA: Observing Life in the Air (Mikhail Sofiev, Finnish Meteorological Institute)

Throughout the day, meet our experts from the Copernicus Programme and the EuroGEO Secretariat.