Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 10/Feb/2025
12:00pm
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1:30pm
Registration and Sandwich lunch
1:30pm
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2:00pm
Welcome
Location: Big Hall
2:00pm
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3:30pm
OPENING SESSION at director level
Location: Big Hall
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Big Tent
4:00pm
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5:15pm
Earth Observations for Biodiversity Actions: Advancing Biodiversity Policy monitoring and verification
Location: Big Hall
5:15pm
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6:30pm
From Data to Biodiveristy insight: Using EO to Address Biodiversity Knowledge and Observation Gaps
Location: Big Hall
6:30pm
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8:00pm
Ice breaker and Welcome drink
Location: Big Tent
Date: Tuesday, 11/Feb/2025
8:30am
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8:45am
Welcome Coffee
Location: Big Tent
8:45am
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9:45am
The future of biodiversity monitoring: New Earth Observation missions and Initiatives from Space Agencies
Location: Big Hall
9:45am
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10:00am
Break
10:00am
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11:30am
Ecosystem Extent
Location: Big Hall
Chair: Sandra Luque, INRAE
Chair: Bruno Smets, VITO
Ecosystem Traits and their use in biodiversity applications
Location: Magellan meeting room
Chair: Micol Rossini, University of Milano Bicocca
Chair: Gregory Duveiller, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
DEMO - BON in a Box
Location: James Cook meeting room
DEMO - OBIS
Location: B15 room A
 
11:30am
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12:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Big Tent
12:00pm
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1:30pm
EO conceptual approaches to improve biodiversity monitoring
Location: Big Hall
Chair: Jean-Baptiste FERET, INRAE
Chair: Lucie Viciano, Canadian Space Agency
Ecosystem Function and Functional Diversity
Location: Magellan meeting room
Chair: Javier Pacheco Labrador, Spanish National Research Council
Chair: Roshanak Darvishzadeh, University of Twente, Faculty ITC
DEMO - GEO Global Ecosystem Atlas
Location: James Cook meeting room
DEMO - OpenEO
Location: B15 room A
 
1:30pm
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3:00pm
LUNCH
Location: Canteen
3:00pm
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4:30pm
WS: EBVs for the GBF
Location: Big Hall
WS: GBiOS
Location: Magellan meeting room
WS: Ecosystem Accounting
Location: James Cook meeting room
WS: Farmland biodiversity
Location: B15 room A
WS: Indigenous and local community
Location: B15 room C
4:30pm
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5:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Big Tent
5:00pm
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6:30pm
WS: EBVs for the GBF - continued
Location: Big Hall
WS: GBiOS - continued
Location: Magellan meeting room
WS: Ecosystem Accounting - continued
Location: James Cook meeting room
WS: Farmland biodiversity - continued
Location: B15 room A
WS: Indigenous and local community - continued
Location: B15 room C
6:30pm
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8:00pm
POSTER SESSION I
Location: Big Tent
Date: Wednesday, 12/Feb/2025
8:30am
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8:45am
Welcome Coffee
Location: Big Tent
8:45am
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9:45am
Space for Nature: How EO can empower NGOs and Civil Society in conservation
Location: Big Hall
9:45am
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10:00am
Break
10:00am
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11:30am
Ecosystem Conservation
Location: Big Hall
Chair: David Coomes, University of Cambridge
Chair: Kyla Marie Dahlin, Michigan State University
Marine Ecosystems
Location: Magellan meeting room
Chair: Emanuele Organelli, CNR ISMAR
Chair: Marie-Helene Rio, European Space Agency
DEMO - BIOSCAPE
Location: James Cook meeting room
DEMO - ARIES for SEEA
Location: B15 room A
 
11:30am
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12:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Big Tent
12:00pm
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1:30pm
Freshwater and Inland Wetland Ecosystems
Location: Big Hall
Chair: Paolo Villa, National Research Council (CNR)
Chair: Heidi van Deventer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Coastal Ecosystems
Location: Magellan meeting room
Chair: Victor Martinez Vicente, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Chair: Marie-Helene Rio, European Space Agency
DEMO - GBIF
Location: James Cook meeting room
DEMO - UN Biodivesity Lab
Location: B15 room A
DEMO - Landscape Connectivity Modelling
Location: B15 room C
1:30pm
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3:00pm
LUNCH
Location: Canteen
3:00pm
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4:30pm
WS: Biodiversity monitoring operationalisation
Location: Big Hall
WS: Ecosystem Conservation
Location: Magellan meeting room
WS: Grasslands and Savannahs biodiversity
Location: James Cook meeting room
WS: Marine biodiversity
Location: B15 room A
WS: Wetland biodiversity
Location: B15 room C
4:30pm
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5:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Big Tent
5:00pm
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6:30pm
WS: Biodiversity monitoring operationalisation - continued
Location: Big Hall
WS: Ecosystem Conservation - continued
Location: Magellan meeting room
WS: Grasslands and Savannahs biodiversity - continued
Location: James Cook meeting room
WS: Marine biodiversity - continued
Location: B15 room A
WS: Wetland biodiversity - continued
Location: B15 room C
6:30pm
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7:00pm
Break
7:00pm
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10:00pm
Conference Dinner
Location: Canteen
Date: Thursday, 13/Feb/2025
8:30am
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8:45am
Welcome Coffee
Location: Big Tent
8:45am
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9:45am
From Space to Sustainability: EO's Role in a nature-positive economy
Location: Big Hall
9:45am
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10:00am
Break
10:00am
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11:30am
Habitats Suitability , Connectivity and Species Distribution
Location: Big Hall
Chair: Pedro J Leitão, University of Leipzig
Chair: Maria J. Santos, University of Zurich
Ecosystem Condition and Restoration
Location: Magellan meeting room
Chair: Duccio Rocchini, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
Chair: Jana Mullerova, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti n.L.
DEMO - Global Terrestrial Laser Scanning Database
Location: James Cook meeting room
DEMO - Open tools for conservation and restoration impact evaluation
Location: B15 room A
 
11:30am
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12:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Big Tent
12:00pm
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1:30pm
Ecosystem Vulnerability, Integrity and Resilience
Location: Big Hall
Chair: Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, University of Zurich
Chair: Fabian D. Schneider, Aarhus University
Biodiversity-Related Risks and Nature Markets
Location: Magellan meeting room
Chair: Julien Radoux, Université catholique de Louvain
Chair: Nicholas Coops, UBC FOrestry
DEMO: Biodiversity data cubes
Location: James Cook meeting room
DEMO: TerEcoData
Location: B15 room A
DEMO - Forecasting Landscape Dynamics
Location: B15 room C
1:30pm
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3:00pm
LUNCH
Location: Canteen
3:00pm
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4:30pm
WS: Integration in-situ and SRS Integration
Location: Big Hall
WS: Copernicus for biodiversity
Location: Magellan meeting room
WS: Space Agencies support to Biodiversity Conservation (CEOS)
Location: James Cook meeting room
WS: Ecosystem restoration
Location: B15 room A
WS: Nature Finance
Location: B15 room C
4:30pm
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5:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Big Tent
5:00pm
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6:30pm
WS: Integration in in-situ and SRS Integration - continued
Location: Big Hall
WS: Copernicus for biodiversity - continued
Location: Magellan meeting room
WS: Space Agencies support to Biodiversity Conservation (CEOS) - continued
Location: James Cook meeting room
WS: Ecosystem restoration - continued
Location: B15 room A
WS: Nature Finance - continued
Location: B15 room C
6:30pm
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8:00pm
POSTER SESSION II
Location: Big Tent
Date: Friday, 14/Feb/2025
8:45am
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10:15am
Session Summaries
Location: Big Hall
10:15am
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10:45am
Coffee Break
Location: Big Tent
10:45am
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12:15pm
Workshop Summaries
Location: Big Hall
12:15pm
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1:15pm
Conference wrap-up discussion
Location: Big Hall
1:15pm
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1:30pm
Conference Closure
Location: Big Hall
1:30pm
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2:30pm
ESA hosted buffet sandwich lunch

 
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