Catalonia AI4EO Day: Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation

2023-02-02 08:00:00

Next 21st February 2023, the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) will organise the workshop ‘Catalonia AI4EO Day’ on Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to Earth Observation (EO) and Remote Sensing (RS). The aim of the meeting is to gather all the actors in the domain to develop activities in the field of AI applied to these areas.

The workshop is open to anyone willing to attend and be part of this initiative. The ‘Catalonia AI4EO Day’ is an initiative boosted by the Generalitat de Catalunya in the framework of the NewSpace Strategy of Catalonia with the collaboration of the Artificial Intelligence Research Alliance of Catalonia (AIRA) and the Digital Catalonia Alliance (DCA-NewSpace).

During the event, all the details of the initiative will be presented and the attendants will enjoy a series of talks from experts alongside speakers from different companies and research groups or institutions from Catalonia, and a roundtable focusing on the “Future of AI4EO in Catalonia”. People will also enjoy networking time where they will be able to interact with each other, and exchange ideas and contact information.

Some key points will be discussed, such as:

Connecting academia and industry
How to approach funding
Emphasising the need to do research on AI topics related to EO

Date: 21 February 2023
Time: 9:00 – 17:30 h
Location: Residència d'Investigadors del CSIC. C/ Egipcíaques 1-3, 08001, Barcelona.

The workshop is free, and registration is required. Register now here!

Programme

8:45 – 9:00 – Registration
9:00 – 9:10 – Institutional welcome (Lluís Juncà, general director of Innovation, Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, of the Government of Catalonia).

9:10 – 10:00 – Introduction Initiatives

NewSpace (Josep Colomé, Director of the Catalan Space Office, IEEC)
AI4EO and Use Cases (Carlos López-Martínez Professor and researcher, IEEC-UPC)
AI Ecosystem (Josep Lluís Arcos, Researcher, CSIC IIIA)

10:00 – 10:30 – Presentation: The rise of AI for EO

Phi-Lab, European Space Agency (ESA)
[Remote connection]

Pierre-Philippe Mathieu (ESA)
Rochelle Schneider Dos Santos (ESA)
Casper Fibaek (ESA)

10:30 – 11:00 – Presentation

Gustau Camps-Valls (Professor and researcher, University of Valencia, UV)

11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 – Session Business and Research Sector AI4EO

GMV (Gerard Margarit, Director of Business Development for Analysis and Geospatial Services)
UPC (Mercè Vall-Llossera Ferran, Professor and Researcher, IEEC-UPC)
EarthPulse (Juan B. Pedro, CTO)
Open Cosmos (Ieremia Crisan i Cordoba, Mission Concept Engineer)

13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch

14:30 – 15:30 – Session Business and Research Sector AI4EO

CVC (Meritxell Bassolas, AI Innovation Promoter)
Satellogic (David Raskovan, Director of Strategic Business Development)
Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya—Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia, ICGC—(Oscar Mora, Earth Observation Area – radar products and services)

15:30 – 16:30 – Round Table: "The future of AI4EO in Catalonia"

Gustau Camps-Valls (Professor and researcher, UV)
Francisco Doblas (Head of the Department of Earth Sciences, BSC)
Jordi Corbera (Earth Observation Area Manager, ICGC)
Gerard Margarit (GMV, Director of Business Development for Geospatial Analysis and Services)
Laura Moreno (CEO, EarthPulse)
Carlos López-Martínez (Moderator, Professor and researcher, IEEC-UPC).

16:30 – 16:40 – Closure / Tancament Jornada

16:40 – 17:30 – Networking