Kickstart your CLMS General Assembly experience with engaging presentations and networking opportunities.
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08:30 |
Registration |
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09:00 |
Welcome Words Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS |
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09:10 |
Welcome session Elisa Rivera Mendoza, General Director of Planning, Coordination and Knowledge Transfer Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities of Spain Karl Hamilton, Head of Digital Department, EEA Ivan Kulis, Head of Unit Nature Conservation and Observation, DG JRC |
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09:30 |
Setting the scene for the CLMS: what happened since last time? Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS Usue Donezar, Project Lead for CLMS, EEA Andreas Brink, Project Lead for CLMS, JRC |
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10:15 |
From climate drivers to land impacts: A Copernicus StoryMap |
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10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 |
Poster pitches |
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11:45 |
CLMS User Session Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Director of Research, Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH) Cheikh Mbow, General Director of CENTRE DE SUIVI ECOLOGIQUE Thioro Codou Niang, Communications specialist, CENTRE DE SUIVI ECOLOGIQUE Ndeye Fatou Sane, researcher at Centre De Suivi Écologique, Dakar, Senegal |
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12:30 |
Spanish CLMS User Session Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, AEE Elia Quiróds Rosado, Associate Professor, Universidad de Extremadura Isabel Gonzalez, Representative of Agresta S. Coop Juan Jose Fernandez Ortiz, Técnico de Incendios Forestales, INFOCAM |
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13:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 |
Keynote speaker Daniel Tsegai, Programme Officer at the Global Policy, Advocacy and Regional Cooperation Unit, UNCCD |
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15:00 |
Poster Pitch |
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15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00 |
Barcelona Convention Christos Ioakeimidis, Programme Management Officer - QSR, UNEP/MAP |
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16:30 |
CLC35 Celebration Ana de Sousa, CLMS Expert, EEA Daniel Raven-Ellison, CEO and Founder of Slow Ways |
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17:00 |
Marketplace Your chance to meet and engage with a wide range of CLMS experts |
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18:00 |
Reception/networking dinner with posters |
Day two of the General Assembly dives deeper with expert panels, interactive sessions, and insights into global and regional applications.
Stay tuned for further updates as we continue to finalise the agenda!
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08:30 |
Registration |
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09:00 |
Welcome words Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS |
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09:10 |
Panel discussion by Copernicus Entrusted Entities: Tackling climate challenges across the Copernicus services Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Director of Research, Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH) (moderator) Laurence Rouil, Director of CAMS, ECMWF Peter Stroebl, Principal Scientist, JRC |
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09:55 |
Breakout session 1: The role of Copernicus Services in tackling climate-driven risks in coastal areas Massimiliano Rossi, CLMS Expert, EEA Corinne Derval, Head of the Portfolio & Stakeholder Engagement team, Mercator Ocean |
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09:55 |
Breakout session 2: The Role of Copernicus Services in the Emergency Cycle as contributors to alert systems Guido Fioravanti, Statistician at Drought Team of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service, JRC Simone Balbo, CLMS Expert, JRC |
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09:55 |
Breakout session 3: User needs and uptake Michel Massart, CLMS Expert, JRC Joanna Balasis-Levinsen, CLMS Expert, EEA |
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09:55 |
Breakout session 4: The future of Copernicus in a changing climate Laurence Rouil, Director of CAMS, ECMWF Nadine Gobron, CLMS Expert, JRC |
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11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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12:00 |
Outro Presentations - next steps towards Copernicus 3.0. Feedback from audience Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS Karl Hamilton, Head of Digital Department, EEA Ivan Kulis, Head of Unit Nature Conservation and Observation, DG JRC Usue Donezar, Project Lead for CLMS, EEA Andreas Brink, Project Lead for CLMS, JRC |
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12:50 |
Closing CLMS GA Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
Land Degradation, Wetlands and Coastal Ecosystems, Connecting Mediterranean and Global Perspectives
The objective is to explore how Earth Observation, Copernicus services and ESA initiatives support wetland protection, coastal resilience and land restoration across the Mediterranean and beyond.
The session brings together scientists, policymakers and environmental practitioners to discuss:
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14:00 |
Session I — Wetlands and Ecosystem Monitoring CLMS Water Extent Monitoring, Marco Clerici / Andrea Lupi, European Commission, Italy Global Evapo-Transpiration product supporting countries from global reporting to basin water management, Livia Peiser, FAO |
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15:15 |
Session II — Coastal Ecosystems and Mediterranean Challenges ESA Research Projects on Coastal EcosystemsPEOPLE-EA and WEED projects, Marc Paganini, ESA, Italy Coastal Blue Carbon, Virginie Lafon, I-Sea, France Ulyssses, Daniela Iasillo, Planetek, Italy |
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16:00 |
Session III - Round Table / Mediterranean Coastal Environmental Cooperation / Barcelona Convention Discussion Topics• Coastal vulnerability and land degradation • Climate adaptation in Mediterranean coastal regions • Ecosystem restoration, Good Environmental Status (GES) and Blue carbon • Integration of Copernicus and ESA services into governance frameworks Introduction talk: Barcelona Convention’s IMAP, Martina Baucic, University of Split, Croatia Round table • Eng. Salwa Adel-Fattah, SPA-MWRI, Egypt • Rajaa Ait Ali, PAC/RAC, SEMPA project, Morocco • Paolo De Fioravante, ISPRA, Italy • Isabel Flores Montoya, MITECO, Spain |
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18:00 |
Reception / networking dinner and social event |
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09:00 |
Session IV — Global Perspectives Beyond the Mediterranean Copernicus Chile Center, Jaime Ortega, Univ. Chile, Chile Connecting Land and Sea, Earth Observation for Ecosystem Resilience Across Coastal, Marine, Terrestrial Systems in Africa, Vivianne Meta, LocateIt, Kenya West African Coastal Dynamics and Environmental Monitoring, Cheikh Mbow, CSE, Senegal Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction in Central America, Grace Gonzalez, Cop. Center, Panama |
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11:00 |
Session V – Discussion and Closing Remarks Towards an Integrated EO Community for Wetlands, Coastal Ecosystems and Land Restoration |
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12:30 |
Lunch and farewell |