Addressing regional needs in North Africa by enhancing Earth Observation uptake and relevant business performances

We cordially invite you to participate in the Regional Workshop of the GEO-CRADLE Horizon2020 project (www.geocradle.eu – Coordinating and integRating state-of-the-art Earth Observation Activities in the regions of North Africa, Middle East, and Balkans and Developing Links with GEO related initiatives towards GEOSS). The event is jointly organized by the Project Coordinator National Observatory of Athens (NOA) and theProject Partner Research and Studies Telecommunications Centre (CERT). It will take place on:

December 7^th, 2017

at the Hôtel El Mouradi Gammarth,

Les côtes de Carthage, La Marsa, Tunis, BP 597-2070, Carthage, Tunisia

This regional workshop will focus on identifying the potential local challenges and needs that can be addressed with the Earth Observation (EO), enabling more informed decision-making, while seeking solutions to enhance growth and innovation in the geo-information sector. Aiming to support knowledge sharing, capacity building, and an enhanced cooperation between academia and industry, the event will also provide participants with a unique cross-sector networking opportunity. In addition, panel discussions will be complemented with information on available EU funding in the EO sector. We are looking forward to welcoming you to this event and we are certain that your presence and input will greatly enrich our discussions.

For your registration please click here.

Yours sincerely,

  Dr. Haris Kontoes                                         Dr Hend Ben Hadji

GEO-CRADLE Project Coordinator, NOA               GEO-CRADLE Project Partner CERT

AGENDA (click to download)

Time	Topic	Speaker
08:00-08:45	Registration
08:45-09:00	Opening of the B2B exhibition
09:00-09:30	Welcome notes	Dr. Haris Kontoes, GEO-CRADLE Project Coordinator, NOA Mr. Naoufel Ben Said, CEO CERT
Session 1: GEO-CRADLE contribution to the region Chairperson: Dr. Haris Kontoes
09:30-09:45	GEO-CRADLE project in the context of regional needs	Dr. Haris Kontoes GEO-CRADLE Project Coordinator, NOA
09:45-10:00	GEO-CRADLE in support to SDGs implementation in the areas of Adaptation to Climate Change, Improved Food Security & Water Extremes Management, Access to Raw Materials and Access to Energy	Ms. Alexia Tsouni GEO-CRADLE Project Coordination Team, NOA
10:00-10:15	GEO-CRADLE in support of capacity building, stakeholder engagement, data sharing, and the Copernicus and GEO opportunities for Tunisia and the region	Ms. Alexia Tsouni GEO-CRADLE Project Coordination Team, NOA
10:15-10:30	Q&A – Discussion
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
Session 2: Earth Observation Technologies and Remote Sensing Applications for Natural Resources Management and Agriculture Monitoring Chairperson: Dr. Hend Ben Hadji
11:00-11:15	Products and services from European Space Imaging and use cases of Very High-Resolution satellite imagery in support of crop management		Mr. Arnaud Durand European Space Imaging
11:15-11:30	The insights economy and its use cases using Planet satellite constellations		Ms. Athiye Jawad Planet Labs Corporation
11:30-11:45	PCI Geomatics for environmental monitoring applications – A look at data pre-processing and analysis		Mr. Stewart Wyseman PCI Geomatics
11:45-12:00	Geospatial solutions to develop the performance of the agricultural sector		Mr. Chaher Hamzaoui NGI Maghreb
12:00-12:15	The central role of GIS and image analysis systems for exploiting the Earth Observation data		Mr. Magdy Gaafar Graphtech, Esri Tunisian Official Distributor
12:15-12:30	Earth Observation for agricultural monitoring and food security. Tunisian case studies		Dr. Feiza Khebour, Ph.D. ISA / Chott-Mariem
12:30-12:45	Geospatial data and tools for natural resources management in the drylands of Tunisia		Mr. Mongi Ben Zaied, MSc. Institute of Arid Regions (IRA)
12:45-13:00	Q&A – Discussion
13:00-14:15	Lunch Break
Session 3: Climate Change Chairperson: Dr. Abdel Aziz Kallal
14:15-14:30	Observe past climate variability, project future climate change		Mr. Haythem Belghrissi National Institute of Meteorology (INM)
14:30-14:45	Exploitation of Earth Observation data for monitoring the implementation of climate agreements and initiatives: OSS Experience		Mr. Nabil Ben Khatra Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
14:45-15:00	EO’s contribution to the climate change risk and vulnerability assessment of the agriculture sector		Mr. Amimeur Matouk Bureau National d’Etude pour le Développement Rural (BNEDER), Algeria
15:00-15:15	Q&A – Discussion
15:15-15:45	Coffee Break
Session 4: Digital Earth of Cartography and Mapping applications Chairperson: Mr. Hatem Guesmi
15:45-16:00	Digital soil cartography and mapping using satellite images		Dr. Zouheir Berrabah National Mapping and Remote Sensing Center (CNCT)
16:00-16:15	Urban Disaster Resilience through Risk Assessment and Sustainable Planning (UDR-RASP)		Sonia Ayed Municipality of Monastir
16:15-16:30	Application of remote sensing to deepen the hydrological study of a watershed (Medjerda basin case)		Ms. Lamia Khmiri Regional Remote Sensing Center of North African States (CRTEAN)
16:30-16:45	Q&A – Discussion
Closing
16:45-17:00	Comments and conclusions for better use of EO data and applications – Best practices.		Dr. Haris Kontoes GEO-CRADLE Project Coordinator, NOA