WORKSHOP - CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH (TEAMS PLATFORM)

DATE

4th November 2021 14:00 CET

Satellite-based applications in the disaster and climate domain: hands-on the e-shape project

Summary

The aim of the workshop is to promote the e-shape pilots, bringing together potential end user groups in Spain and get involvement from relevant members of these groups, involving potential developers in the EO field to support the co-design approach of your pilots.

Spain is a country that attracts many tourists due to its weather and long coastline. The impacts of climate change may create economic opportunities as well, for instance, in the Mediterranean region the touristic season is foreseen to lengthen, increasing the flows of the tourists. Tourism stakeholders need information on future seasonal climatic conditions during different seasons that make possible for them to adapt to the forthcoming changes in the length and quality of climate-dependent tourism seasons.

Climate change is projected to increase the likelihood and severity of a wide range of extreme weather events, many of which particularly affect urban areas.

A good water quality is the base of a healthy ecosystem with rich biodiversity. Aquatic ecosystems also provide essential services for drinking water, irrigation, recreation, aquaculture, and fisheries. A good example is what is currently going on in the Manga del Mar Menor, a pollution situation that is affecting all the stakeholders involved in the area, from the ones related to tourism, specially the coastal one and its related activities, to farmers and aquafarmers.

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Draft Programme for the workshop

The draft programme set out below involves a workshop which would last for 2.30 hours. We believe that this amount of time would be required to fully deal with the three pilots and to provide sufficient time for focused parallel small group discussions regarding each of these pilots

Agenda

14:00 Welcomes – Geograma President & EARSC representative
14:15 Project presentation No 1 - Criterion - Short range and seasonal weather forecasts for Unesco Cultural Heritage Monuments
14:25 Q&A
14:30 Project presentation No 2 - Algae bloom monitoring via satellites, for reporting, management, and early warning
14:40 Q&A
14:45 Project presentation No 3 - Rheticus Aquaculture: Satellite monitoring service for smart Aquaculture
14:55 Q&A
15:00 Project presentation No 4 - Dive - Simple Water Visibility Information for Dive Planning
15:10 Q&A
15:15 Four breakout groups, one for each pilot
16:10 Report back & general discussion
16:25 Closure

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Who is it aim for?

The target audiences in Spain for the four mentioned domains are those people responsible for tourism management, coastal territory management and urban planning. They all are decision makers who could make use of the information available of the four pilots’ services.

There is no other national association that comprises all these groups and Geograma is deeply involved in the Spanish ecosystem related with Urban Planners as they work with local and regional administrations from all over Spain. The required network to involve potential end users from both chosen domains is already in place.

Geograma is the leading GIS company in Spain. We offer GIS development services, Geoinformation projects, cartography and surveying services, GIS consultancy, cloud services and supply of geotools and geodata.