FIRE, the industry-led Forum for Innovation and Research in European Earth Observation, has the ambition to become the bridge between Earth Observation (EO) services and data and users across applications for different industries. Cutting through a variety of six market sectors: agriculture, (wind) energy, infrastructure, marine, raw materials, and urban development, FIRE gathers different user communities to consult and establish a high-level roadmap. This will guide research & development, delivery and uptake of EO services in Europe.
The 1st FIRE Forum was held on 16 June 2021 alongside EXPANDEO, an annual conference organised by the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies. The FIRE Forum gathered a critical mass of non-space actors together with EO players in order to discuss the potential benefits EO could bring to their sectors and which future EO capabilities are needed to address sectorial challenges. Read more about the FIRE Forum 2021 here.
Welcome by Emmanuel Pajot, Secretary General of EARSC.
Keynote speech by Martina Sindelar, Policy Officer at Unit B.2 Space Research, Innovation and Start-ups, DG DEFIS, European Commission.
This session will introduce for the first time the 7 Evangelists selected under the EO Evangelist programme, which is one of the key aspects of the FIRE project. Acting as “influencers” of EO uptake in their sector, the Evangelists will help new communities discover the possibilities of space-based solutions in addressing their business needs as well as broader socio-economic and environmental challenges.
Following each cluster of FIRE’s parallel sessions, a plenary will present the major outcomes of the discussions to a cross sectoral audience and open the floor for questions. This is your chance to discover challenges and solutions for each sector, have your voice heard and contribute to the formulation of innovation priorities for EO.
Anna Maria D’Onghia
International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic
Principal administrator
Max Schulman
Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners – MTK
Advisor, cereals oilseeds
Vik Vandecaveye
CNH Industrial
Michael Brüdgam
ENERCON
Head of Environmental Analytics
Ioanna Karagali
Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) – previously at DTU Wind Energy
Remote Sensing Scientist
Gil LIZCANO
Vortex
R&D Director
Alexander Vandenberghe
Wind Europe
Research & Innovation advisor
Following each cluster of FIRE’s parallel sessions, a plenary will present the major outcomes of the discussions to a cross sectoral audience and open the floor for questions. This is your chance to discover challenges and solutions for each sector, have your voice heard and contribute to the formulation of innovation priorities for EO.
Fiammetta Diani, Head of Market Development Department at European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) delivered the closing speech of FIRE, leveraging her expertise, idea or vision to inspire the targeted user communities to adopt EO solutions in their sectors.
