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Conference agenda

Introductory Part
9:30*

Welcome by Loredana Capone, Representative of Apulia region in the Committee of the Regions (TBC) and Roya Ayazi, NEREUS Secretary-General;

 

Welcome by Roya Ayazi, NEREUS Secretary-General

 

Short introduction by Casto Lopez Benitez, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport Maritime Safety, European Commission

10:20

Short Introduction on the project’s objectives and key findings by Dr. Ioannis Dontas, IMPRESSIVE coordinator

10:40

Virtual presentation of the platform by the developers (visual storytelling)

IMPRESSIVE PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Daniela Iasillo, Planetek Italia, IMPRESSIVE Technical Manager

OIL SPILL MONITORING & ALERTS & WASTE WATER DISCHARGES SATELLITE SERVICES
Dr. Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Research Director, National Observatory of Athens

DOWNSCALED HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS AND OIL POLLUTION FORECAST Enrique Alvarez Fanjul, Jefe de Área de Medio Físico, Puertos del Estado

IN-SITU REAL-TIME DATA COLLECTION IN IMPRESSIVE USING AN AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VEHICLE AND AERIAL DRONE
Dr. Jorge Cabrera, Researcher, Computer Science Department, ULPGC • Dr. Javier Martín, Remote Sensing Expert, ELITTORAL

PILOT LA LUZ (GRAN CANARIA)
Maria Vidal Rigo, ELITTORAL, Pilot team coordinator • Prof. dr. Antonio Ramos, Institute ECOAQUA, ULPGC

11:15

Coffee break

Views by different user groups about the use of the IMPRESSIVE product and their expectations

Roya Ayazi, NEREUS Secretary-General (moderator)

11:30

Round table with LRAs: maritime challenges in coastal and outermost regions and new services for a better policy making, and identifying the user in the different ports organized

Rui M A Caldeira, ARDITI – Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation • Dr Luca Crose, AIPo – The Interregional Agency for the Po River  Lucas Bosser, The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) Paolo Menegazzo, Venice Port Authority • Corneel Bogaert, EURISY • Emmanuel Pajot, EARSC Secretary General

12:00

Q&A

12:30

Lunch break

Views by Industry and different user groups about the use of the IMPRESSIVE product and their expectations
13:30

Round table with the industry (SMEs, companies)

Sergio Samarelli, Planetek (moderator)

Phil Monbet, Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique • Thibaut Voirand, Telespazio France • Amandine Declerck, SUEZ Rivages Pro Tech • Matteo Mattioli, Engineering companies (SAIPEM) Fabio Bertella, Optisoft (Italy) • Giuseppe Siciliano, PTS CLAS (Italy)

14:00

Round table with other maritime projects/stakeholders

Margarita Chrysaki, NEREUS Communication & Project officer (moderator)

Audrey Hasson, Mercator Ocean (GEO Blue Planet) • Laurence Crosnier, Mercator Ocean Teresa CunhaEuropean Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) Stefano Ferretti, European Space Agency (ESA)

14:30

Q&A

14:50

Closing session: Outlook to the future by Margarita Chrysaki, NEREUS Communication & Project officer and Dr Ioannis Dontas, IMPRESSIVE coordinator

15:00

End

*In Brussels time (CEST)

Sustainable port management through
Copernicus: the space-based IMPRESSIVE platform

The conference has the overall objective to promote and present the IMPRESSIVE solution, an innovative platform with cutting-edge technology which could contribute to the sustainability of the ports in Europe.