Remote Sensing industry is going through a dynamic change. Now with government spending cuts affecting this industry's growth rate, it is expected to think out-of-the-box for not only its viable growth but long term sustenance. Traditionally dominated by use in defence and internal security, this industry is now looking at commercial use of its data and for creating innovative business models for catering to needs of verticals like mining, energy, oil and gas, agriculture, infrastructure, insurance, telecommunication and so on, thereby contributing significantly to nation's economic growth.
| 0900 – 1100 hrs - Session 1 |
| Chairpersons |
 Prof. Ian Dowman
Emeritus Professor of
Photogrammetry & Remote
Sensing
Dept of Civil
Environment & Geomatic
Eng
University College
London
United Kingdom |
| Speakers |
 Barbara Ryan
Secretariat Director
Group on Earth
Observations (GEO)
Switzerland
Abstract | Presentation |
 Dr. Reinhard
Schulte-Braucks
Head of Unit - GMES
Bureau, DG Enterprise
and Industry
European Commission
Belgium
Abstract | Presentation |
 David Belton
General Manager
MDA Geospatial
Services
Canada
Abstract | Presentation |
 Philippe
Delclaux
Consultant - Astrium &
Member - OGC Board of
Directors
France
Bio | Abstract | Presentation |
 Geoff Sawyer
Secretary General
EARSC
Belgium
Presentation |
| 1100 – 1130 hrs - Coffee Break and Visit to Exhibition |
| 1130 – 1300 hrs - Session 2 |
Session Chairperson
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Heipke
Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation
Leibniz University
Germany
|
 Donatella Giampaolo
Head of International Sales
e-GEOS
Italy
Bio
|  Prof. dr. P.F.
(Pieternel) Levelt
Head Climate Observations
Interim Head Chemistry &
Climate & Principal Investigator
EOS-Aura Ozone
Monitoring Instrument
Royal Dutch Meteorological
Institute (KNMI)
The Netherlands
Abstract | Presentation |
 Julia Yagüe
Project Manager - Payload Data Processing and Applications Business Unit Remote Sensing Applications and Services Division
GMV
Spain
Abstract | Presentation |
 Paul Bogaard
International Policy
Officer
Geological Survey of the
Netherlands, TNO
The Netherlands
Abstract | Presentation |
| 1300 – 1400 hrs - Lunch Break |
| 1400 – 1600 hrs - Session 3 |
Session Chairperson
 Ioannis Manakos
Chairman, EARSeL
CERTH-ITI
Greece
|
| Speakers |
 Hans van ‘t Woud
MSc., Director and founder of BlackShore, GMES master 2012
The Netherlands
Bio | Abstract |
 Prof. Sisi Zlatanova
GIS Technology Section OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment TUDelft
The Netherlands
Abstract | Presentation |
Ioannis Manakos
Chairman, EARSeL
CERTH-ITI
Greece
Abstract |
| Panel Discussion |