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ɸ-lab Investing in Industrial Innovation Event

24-25 February, 2022 | Virtual event

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Agenda

Please find below the draft agenda of the workshop. Time-slots are indicated in Central European Time (CET)


Thursday, 24 February
08:30-10:00Session 1: Institutional Support
Aim: To discuss institutional support for European commercial EO and present the institutional point of view
Chair: Amanda Regan (ESA)
08:30-08:40
Welcome & Opening
Simonetta Cheli (ESA)
08:40-08:50
Event Overview
Giuseppe Borghi (ESA)
08:50-09:00
Φ-lab and InCubed
Amanda Regan (ESA)
09:00-09:10
ESA Space Solutions
David Coppola (ESA)
09:10-09:20ESA BICs
Joana Kamenova (ESA)
09:20-09:30
Commercialisation Gateway
Donatella Ponziani (ESA)
09:30-09:40
Copernicus
Anna Burzykowska (ESA)
09:40-09:50
DG-DEFIS & CASSINI
Martina Sinderlaar (DG-DEFIS)
09:50-10:05
Euroconsult EO Market Presentation
Pacôme Revillon (Euroconsult) 
10:05-10:30
Coffee Break 
10:30-12:50Session 2: Industrial Viewpoint
Aim: To showcase InCubed commercial developments and discuss the industrial point of view
Chair: Piera Di Vito (ESA), Ville Meskus (ESA)  & Ericka Martin (ESA)
10:30-10:35
Session Introduction
Piera Di Vito (ESA)
10:35-10:45
AI4EO Solution Factory
Marlon Nuske (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence)
10:45-10:55
Cargo Port Analysis using GNSS and EO
Paul Kiernan (Skytek Ltd.)
10:55-11:05FloodSENS: Using ML to reconstruct flooded area under clouds in optical satellite
Guy Schumann (RSS-Hydro)
11:05-11:15IcySea: polar navigation made easy
Paul Cochrane (Drift + Noise Polar Services)
11:15-11:25CoastEO: lower cost in-situ validated EO water quality service
Steve Coughlan (TechWorks Marine)
11:25-11:50Networking Break
11:50-12:00OroraFire
Thomas Grübler (OroraTech)
12:00-12:10Satforcert for Forest Certifaction
J. Alejandro Poveda Lopez (Treemetrics)
12:10-12:20
EO-WIDGET – Satellite Product Platform Services for individualized Agricultural Area Monitoring Systems
David Kolitzus (GeoVille Information Systems and Data Processing)
12:20-12:30
EO DDL Payload Data Transmitter
Victor Sanchez (Sener Aeroespacial)
12:30-12:40
Automated satellite-based system for pipeline monitoring
Hanna Hilsenbek (SuperVision Earth)
12:40-12:50
MiRAGE (Mission Replanning through Autonomous Goal Generation)
Paolo Madonia (AIKO)
12:50-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-15:05Session 3: Delegation Viewpoint
Aim: To discuss national level EO commercial EO ambitions and objectives and to discuss the delegation point of view
Chair: Amanda Regan (ESA)
14:00-14:05
Session Introduction
Amanda Regan (ESA)
14:05-14:15
Delegation Viewpoint: Ireland
Conor Sheehan
14:15-14:25
Delegation Viewpoint: Finland
Markus Ranne
14:25-14:35
Delegation Viewpoint: Portugal
Hugo Costa
14:35-14:45Delegation Viewpoint: Czech Republic
Ondrej Svab
14:45-14:55
Delegation Viewpoint: Italy
Luca Fasano (ASI)
14:55-15:05
Round table (Q&A)
Amanda Regan (ESA)
15:05-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-17:10Session 4: Innovation Viewpoint
Aim: To present innovation activities and enablers from the ɸ-Lab Explore to support commercial EO: "Earth Observation - The day after tomorrow"
Chair: Alice Barthe (ESA) & Bertrand Le Saux (ESA)
15:30-15:40
Phi Lab Explore Office
Bertrand Le Saux (ESA)
15:40-15:55
TBD
Cormac Purcell (Trillium Technologies)
15:55-16:10
KappaOne services and the future of SAR data
Kaupo Voormansik (KappaZeta)
16:10-16:25
Machine learning in EO - a tool to, or replacement for remote sensing?
Grega Milcinski (Sinergise)
16:25-16:40
On-board data processing for Earth Observation
Michał Zachara (KP labs)
16:40-16:55
EO data meets new tech for end-to-end supply chain due diligence
Niels Wielaard (Satelligence)
16:55-17:10
Why going toward geodata-centric Machine Learning?
Maria Brovelli (Politecnico di Milano)
17:10-17:15
End of Day 1 Wrap up
Amanda Regan (ESA)
17:00-18:00VIRTUAL COCKTAIL & NETWORKING 

Friday, 25 February
8:45-9:00Keynote; Innovate and Invest – ESA’s ScaleUp Programme
Geraldine Naja (ESA Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement)
9:00-10:55Session 5: Customer Viewpoint
Aim: To present different customer segments which can benefit from EO and discuss the commercial customer viewpoint
Chair: Giuseppe Borghi (ESA), Ville Meskus (ESA) & Piera Di Vito (ESA)
09:00-09:05The EO Customers View
Giuseppe Borghi (ESA)
09:05-09:20Xarvio® Digital Farming Solutions: How BASF leverages satellite data to optimize crop production
Manuel Nolte (BASF Digital Farming)
09:20-09:35Accelerating Vehicle Autonomy & Safety with AM
Mandali Khalesi (Woven Planet)
09:35-09:50RepRisk – a pioneer in ESG data science and quantitative solutions
Anne de Chastonay (RepRisk)
09:50-10:05
Bringing Nature-Based Solutions & SDGs into the Financial Market
Yves Carnazzola (Axess Impact); Michele Patierno (Axess Impact)
10:05-10:20
Satellite Imagery for Electricity Grid Infrastructure
Eva Schramm
10:20-10:35
Satellite Imagery for Railway Infrastructure Management
Terry Wykle (Infrabel)
10:35-10:55Round table (Q&A)
Donatella Ponziani (ESA)
10:55-11:10
Coffee Break
11:10-12:55Session 6: Industrial Viewpoint - part 2
Aim: To showcase Incubed commercial developments and discuss the industrial point of view
Chair: Ville Meskus (ESA), Piera Di Vito (ESA) & Ericka Martin (ESA)
11:10-11:15
Session Introduction: The EO Industry view II
Ville Meskus (ESA)
11:15-11:25
MANTIS mission: 12U Cubesat for Earth Observation
Lior Matzkin (Open Cosmos)
11:25-11:35
InfoSequia-4CAST: quantifying risks of crop and water supply failures
Gijs Simons (FutureWater)
11:35-11:45Deep Property
Gianni Cristian Ianelli (Ticinum Aerospace)
11:45-11:55
SaferPLACES - An AI-based digital twin platform for flood risk intelligence in urban areas
Stefano Bagli (GECOsistema)
11:55-12:05
Polarimetric Radio Occultation for Global Rain EStimation (PROGRES)
Hadrien Chautard (Spire Global Luxembourg)
12:05-12:15
Cube4All
Peter Baumann (Rasdaman)
12:15-13:00
Lunch break
13:00-15:00
Session 7: Investors Viewpoint
Aim: To present the winners of the InCubed Video Pitch Competition (chosen by the Investors) and to discuss the investor point of view
Chair: Michele Castorina (ESA), Luca del Monte
13:00-13:05
Session Introduction: InCubed Video Pitches
Amanda Regan (ESA)
13:05-13:15
EIB 
Jaroslav Tóth (European Investment Bank)
13:15-13:25
EBAN (Angel)
Candice Johnson
13:25-13:35
What do Space VCs Look for in a Start-up
Josephine Millward (Seraphim Capital)
13:35-13:45
VC eraly stage, acceler.
Giulio Montoli (Lventure Group)
13:45-13:55
Venture Capital and the Space Economy
Raffaele Mauro (Primo Space)
13:55:14:05
SpaceFounders – European NewSpace Start-ups Accelerator
Lucie Campagnolo (Spacefounders)
14:05-14:20
InCubed Video Pitches Awards
Amanda Regan
14:20-15:00Main Messages and Actions - Bringing the workshop together
Amanda Regan with Session Captains

End of Event