Belgian Earth Observation Day 2024 | Belgian Platform on Earth Observation

Date
From 14 May 2024 to 14 May 2024

Address
Radisson Blu Hotel
Torenplein 8
3500 Hasselt
Belgium

Information

On 14 May 2024, the STEREO team is organizing its annual Belgian Earth Observation Day (BEODay).

The day begins with a keynote on science communication by Erik Luijts, followed by highlights from the latest STEREO IV projects covering topics from environmental monitoring to climate impacts on agriculture. Just before lunch we present an exciting communication project on Belgian earth observation. In the afternoon, we delve into Destination Earth, offering updates and insights from leading experts.

Researchers, private sector professionals and public administration employees are cordially invited to attend.

A pdf version of the programme can be downloaded here.

Registration has now been closed.

Programme

09:00	Registration
09:30	Conference Opening + Keynote
	Welcome STEREO team
	From Data to Story: Mastering the Art of Science Communication for Earth Observation Experts Erik Luijts, Senior Trainer of ‘The Floor is Yours’
10:30	The STEREO IV projects: thematic call 2023
	AFRO-CARDS: Monitoring and modelling African forest recovery and carbon dynamics with the help of remote sensing Félicien MEUNIER – UGent
	BEAM: BElgian Ammonia assessed using innovative Multiscale Measurements and Modelling Martin VAN DAMME – ULB
	CROPWAVES: Climate impacts on crop losses: Using satellite data to foster food security Shannon De Roos – VUB
	EDITOR: Environmental hazards associated with mining activities in the tropics François KERVYN – RMCA
	EO4PEAT: EO for Understanding and Monitoring Changing Conditions in Tropical Peatlands Michel BECHTOLD – KULeuven
	FLOWS: Improving flood crisis management through Earth observation Benjamin PALMAERTS – ISSEP
	WAVETRAX: Water and vegetation tower radar experiments for improved climate monitoring Hans LIEVENS – UGent
12:15	Science and Storytelling: Transforming Earth Observation Discoveries into Public Conversations Nora Trieu, Anthoni Tarigan, Paul Jhon Diezon – KULeuven
12:30	Lunch
14:15	Destination Earth (DestinE) – part 1
	Destination Earth – status update Joern Hoffmann – ECWMF & Inez Sanz Morere – ESA
15:00	Coffee break
15:45	Destination Earth (DestinE) – part 2
	Destination Earth from the perspective of the Belgian National Met Service Piet Termonia – RMI
	Towards a digital twin of the terrestrial water cycle Oscar Baez Villanueva – UGent
	From semantic segmentation of LiDAR point clouds to 3D objects for digital twins Roland Billen and Zouhair Ballouch – ULiège
16:30	Closure of the Workshop

Venue

Torenplein 8 - 3500 Hasselt - Belgium

Radisson Blue Hotel Hasselt

We invite participants to travel with public transport. The venue can be easily reached by foot from the Hasselt train station (15 minutes).

More info about how to reach Hasselt by train

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