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Conference Agenda

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Date: Monday, 10/Feb/2025
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Registration and Sandwich lunch
1:30pm - 2:00pm	Welcome Location: Big Hall
2:00pm - 3:30pm	OPENING SESSION at director level Location: Big Hall 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) Deputy Director for Earth Science (video recording) Julie Robinson National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Deputy Director-General Joanna Drake European Commission, DG RTD (research & Innvation) Director for Biodiversity Humberto Delgado-Rosa European Commission DG ENV (Environment) 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 Executive Secretary, introduced by Jillian Campbell, Head of Monitoring, Review and Reporting Astrid Schomaker Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat Secretary General Musonda Mumba Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat 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 Executive Secretary Vidar Helgesen United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Director Yana Gevorgyan Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
4:00pm - 5:15pm	Earth Observations for Biodiversity Actions: Advancing Biodiversity Policy monitoring and verification Location: Big Hall Supporting the Processes underpinning Biodiversity Policy Monitoring and Reporting in Europe Grégoire Dubois EC JRC
5:15pm - 6:30pm	From Data to Biodiveristy insight: Using EO to Address Biodiversity Knowledge and Observation Gaps Location: Big Hall Introduction Pleanry 2 Stefanie Lumnitz ESA, Italy How will we know if we are bending the curve of biodiversity? Andy Gonzalez GEO BON, McGill University Implementation of Earth Observations for Biodiversity Monitoring in Europe Petteri Vihervaara BIODIVERSA+, SYKE - Finnish Environment Institute, Finland
6:30pm - 8:00pm	Ice breaker and Welcome drink Location: Big Tent

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