PROGRAMME 2019
Programme
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8:30 Welcome coffee
9:00 Introduction of the day
9:15 Session 1 – Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence: State of the art
Moderator: Pietro Ceccato (Spacebel, Belgium)
- AI and Space for Sustainable Development, Pierre-Philippe Mathieu (ESA-ESRIN, Italy)
- New ways of interacting with remote sensing images: an AI perspective, Devis Tuia (UWageningen, NL)
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Earth Observation, XiaoXiang Zhu (DLR,Germany)
- AI development cycle: an EO perspective, Alessandro Marin (CGI, Italy)
- AI Enabled Imagery-based Intelligence: Evolving Opportunities and Business models, Aman Pannu (Frost & Sullivan, India)
10:45 Coffee break and networking
11:15 Session 2 – Earth Observation and Artificial Intelligence: Examples and applications
Moderator: Lucien Hoffmann (LIST, Luxembourg)
- Cutting-edge AI and machine-learning tools to automate EO applications, Benoît Deper (Aerospacelab, Belgium)
- On-board Deep-Learning for semantic imaging data reduction, Bruno Wéry (Deltatec, Belgium)
- Improving flood monitoring in urban areas using satellite Earth Observation and social media data, Marco Chini (LIST, Luxembourg)
- How GALILEO and AI may help in disaster prevention, Peter Platzer (Spire, Luxembourg)
- Use of Copernicus data in framework of the new Common Agricultural Policy CAP, Philippe Loudjani (Joint Research Center, Italy)
- Sentinels time series exploitation to support a more sustainable agriculture and biodiversity, Pierre Defourny (UCLouvain, Belgium)
- Application of AI on Geo-Imagery, What are the specificities?, Benjamin Hourte (EarthLab, Luxembourg)
12:45 Lunch Break and networking
1:45 Session 3 – Round Table: Needs & challenges to implement AI into EO
Moderator: Pierre Defourny (UCLouvain, Belgium)
- Frédéric Peters (Réseau AI wallon, Belgium)
- Benoît Macq (Deep Learning Academy, Belgium)
- Michel Ackerman (eBRC, Luxembourg)
- Nathalie Stephenne (SPW, Belgium)
- Pierre-Philippe Mathieu (ESA-ESRIN, Italy)
- Francesco Barbato (DG Grow)
3:00 Coffee break and networking
3:30 Session 4 – Tools to support AI implementation and funding potential
Moderator: Michel Stassart (SKYWIN, Belgium)
- COPERNICUS Global Land: Data Access, Needs, and Perspectives for AI in COPERNICUS, Michael Cherlet (DG JRC Copernicus)
- LSA Data Center: the Luxembourg entry point for Sentinel data, Giovanni Corato (adwaisEO, Luxembourg)
- EORegions, a tool to support AI Implementation, Philippe Ledent (Spacebel, Belgium)
- Potential Funding Opportunities from EC that will soon come up related to AI for EO Funding Sources within EC, Francesco Barbato (DG Grow)
- Tools and opportunities in AI to innovate in Wallonia, Julie de Bergeyck (DigitalWallonia4.ai, Belgium) & Stephane Debois (Infopole Cluster TIC, Belgium)
4:45 Synthesis of the day and closing words
- Eric Hallot (ISSeP, Belgium)
- Benjamin Beaumont (ISSeP, Belgium)
- Lucien Hoffmann (LIST, Luxembourg)
