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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 10/Feb/2025
12:00pm - 1:30pmRegistration and Sandwich lunch
1:30pm - 2:00pmWelcome
Location: Big Hall
2:00pm - 3:30pmOPENING SESSION at director level
Location: Big Hall
 
ID: 581 / 1.01: 1

Head of the Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, on behalf of Simonetta Cheli, ESA Director of Earth Observation Programme.

Rune Floberghagen

European Space Agency (ESA)

talk



ID: 583 / 1.01: 2

Deputy Director for Earth Science (video recording)

Julie Robinson

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

video



ID: 584 / 1.01: 3

Deputy Director-General

Joanna Drake

European Commission, DG RTD (research & Innvation)

talk



ID: 585 / 1.01: 4

Director for Biodiversity

Humberto Delgado-Rosa

European Commission DG ENV (Environment)

talk



ID: 582 / 1.01: 5

European Commission DG JRC (Joint Research Centre)

Ivan Kulis Kulis

Head of Unit for “Biodiversity Conservation and Observations”, presenting on behalf of Bernard Magenhann, Acting Director-General

talk



ID: 586 / 1.01: 6

Executive Secretary, introduced by Jillian Campbell, Head of Monitoring, Review and Reporting

Astrid Schomaker

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat

(video recording)



ID: 587 / 1.01: 7

Secretary General

Musonda Mumba

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat

talk



ID: 588 / 1.01: 8

Executive Secretary, introduced by Aidin Niamir, Head of IPBES Data and Knowledge Technical Support Unit

Anne Larigauderie

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Secretariat

(video recording)



ID: 589 / 1.01: 9

Executive Secretary

Vidar Helgesen

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

(video recording)



ID: 590 / 1.01: 10

Director

Yana Gevorgyan

Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat

talk

 
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
Location: Big Tent
4:00pm - 5:15pmEarth Observations for Biodiversity Actions: Advancing Biodiversity Policy monitoring and verification
Location: Big Hall
 
ID: 591 / 1.02: 1

Supporting the Processes underpinning Biodiversity Policy Monitoring and Reporting in Europe

Grégoire Dubois

EC JRC

talk

 
5:15pm - 6:30pmFrom Data to Biodiveristy insight: Using EO to Address Biodiversity Knowledge and Observation Gaps
Location: Big Hall
 
ID: 592 / 1.03: 1

Introduction Pleanry 2

Stefanie Lumnitz

ESA, Italy

intro



ID: 593 / 1.03: 2

How will we know if we are bending the curve of biodiversity?

Andy Gonzalez

GEO BON, McGill University

talk



ID: 594 / 1.03: 3

Implementation of Earth Observations for Biodiversity Monitoring in Europe

Petteri Vihervaara

BIODIVERSA+, SYKE - Finnish Environment Institute, Finland

talk

 
6:30pm - 8:00pmIce breaker and Welcome drink
Location: Big Tent

 
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