Space Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture
Where space data, connectivity and new technologies connect with the agri-food sector
Wartehalle, Berlin
25 January 2023
ESA with the support of DLR and BLE - the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, is pleased to invite you to this event which will bring together private and public representatives of the space and agri-food sector. The event aims to achieve common understanding of key challenges and to instigate dialogue among stakeholders in order to draw up a shared roadmap.
The event will feature panel discussions and talks highlighting experiences and success stories from existing initiatives within ESA, BLE and DLR. The presentations will showcase how the use of terrestrial technologies, space data and space connectivity can deliver knowledge and enable sustainable services to support the green transition and ensure food security.
The recording of the day can be watched here:
AGENDA
09:30-10:00 Welcome Coffee & Registration
| Shaping a Shared Vision Moderated by Rita Rinaldo (ESA) 10:00 - 10:40 |
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| Peter Graef, Director for Applications and Science - German Space Agency (DLR) | |
| Hanns-Christoph Eiden President of German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) |
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| Nick Appleyard Head of the Downstream Business Applications Dept-European Space Agency (ESA) |
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| Setting the Scene from the user point of view Moderated by Rita Rinaldo (ESA) 10:40 - 12:00 |
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| Keynote speaker: Patrick Pagani COPA-COGECA | |
| More space4agriculture Thilo Steckel, Claas |
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| A viable sustainable solution to optimize yield Tobias Fausch, BayWa |
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| Smart Farming in best practice Lena Käsbauer, Farmtastic Consulting Company |
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| Innovative Solutions in Support to the Governmental and Insurance Sectors Axel Relin, GAF |
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| 12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING | |
| Industry and academia presenting success stories and current challenge Moderated by Johannes Pfeifer (BLE) |
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| Enabling regenerative agriculture with space Riazuddin Kawsar, Spacenus |
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| Unleashing Benefits of Satcom for Agriculture Osman Kalden, Telespazio |
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| DIWAKOPTER - the experience of the trial field Dimitrios Paraforos, Hochschule Geisenheim University |
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| AgriSens DEMMIN 4.0- the experience of the trial field Daniel Spengler, GFZ-Potsdam |
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| Improving interoperability in the agricultural domain: the Gaia-X initiative Jörg Dörr, Professor for Digital Farming at Technical University of Kaiserslautern |
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| 14:50 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK | |
| Proposing a way forward Moderated by Rita Rinaldo (ESA) 16:00 - 16:30 |
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| Robin Ghosh,Coordinator INNOspace Initiaitive & Project Lead INNOspace Network Space2Agriculture, German Space Agency at DLR | |
| Rita Rinaldo, Head of Projects and Studies Implementation Division for Downstream Business Applications - ESA | |
| Johannes Pfeifer, Project Manager, BLE |
16:30 End of the event
