AGENDA

CLMS General Assembly 2025

Day 1: Tuesday, 20 May 2025 hybrid

Kickstart your CLMS General Assembly experience with engaging presentations, networking opportunities, and the launch of an exciting new product.

    12:00

    Registration & Networking Lunch

    14:00

    Opening & Welcome Speech

    Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS (moderator)

    Alessandra Zampieri, Director, DG Joint Research Centre (DG JRC)

    Leena Ylä-Moronen, Executive Director, European Environment Agency (EEA)

    Colonel Marcin Mazur, Vice President, Polish Space Agency (POLSA)

    14:30

    Introductory Presentations

    Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS (moderator)

    15:05

    Portfolio Presentation

    Joanna Przystawska, CLMS Expert, European Environment Agency (EEA)

    Rubén Urraca Valle, Scientific Officer, DG Joint Research Centre (DG JRC)

    15:40

    Poster Presentations

    16:10

    Coffee Break

    16:40

    Launch of the Global Land Cover Product

    Fred Stolle, Deputy Director of the Forest Program, World Resources Institute's (WRI)

    17:20

    Closing Sessions & Marketplace Introduction

    Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS (moderator)

    17:30

    Marketplace Session

    18:45

    Reception & Networking Dinner

    Day 2: Wednesday, 21 May 2025 hybrid

    Day two dives deeper with expert panels, interactive sessions, and insights into global and regional applications of CLMS.

    Morning sessions

    08:30

    Registration

    09:00

    Welcome Words

    Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS (moderator)

    09:10

    Panel on Priorities of the New Commission

    Christina Borchmann, Director - CAP Strategic Plans I, Coordination and IACS DG-AGRI, European Commission

    Jurij Krajcic, Policy Officer, DG for Climate Action, (DG CLIMA)
    Ivan Kulis, Head of Unit, Nature Conservation and Observation, DG Joint Research Centre (DG JRC)

    09:50

    Presentations by ESA on New Capacities

    Marc Paganini, Technical Officer, European Space Agency (ESA)

    Federica Marando, Biodiversity Applications Scientist, European Space Agency (ESA)

    10:30

    Presentation of Polish Activities

    Monica Cysek, Associate Professor, Lodz University of Technology

    11:00

    Poster Presentations

    11:10

    Coffee Break

    11:40

    News on CLMS data services: Data access migration to CDSE, evolutions and opportunities; Copernicus Observia AI, launch of a new LLM service for Copernicus

    Matteo Mattiuzzi, CLMS Expert, European Environment Agency (EEA)
    Peter Strobl, Senior Scientific Officer, DG Joint Research Centre (DG JRC)
    Jolyon Martin, Head Copernicus Ground Segment Systems Section, European Space Agency (ESA)

    12:20

    Lunch

    Afternoon sessions

    13:30

    Fishbowl Sessions (Interactive Discussions)

    Fishbowl conversation-Soils and CLMS – potentials and products
    Fishbowl conversation-Data access
    Fishbowl conversation-Multi-hazards in Europe
    Fishbowl conversation-Market development Copernicus
    Fishbowl conversation-Grassland

    14:40

    Highlights from the Fishbowl Discussions

    Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS (moderator)

    15:05

    Coffee Break

    15:35

    Session with Other EEs on Copernicus 3.0

    In Situ: José Miguel Rubio Iglesias, Expert-Copernicus In Situ Data, European Environment Agency (EEA)

    CEMS: Guido Fioravanti, Statistician at Drought Team of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service, DG JRC

    CAMS: Laurence Rouil, Director of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, ECMWF

    CMEMS: Corinne Derval, Head of the Portfolio & Stakeholder Engagement Team, Mercator Océan

    C3S: Represented by Laurence Rouil, ECMWF

    CLMS: Usue Donezar Hoyos, Project Lead for Copernicus, EEA & Andreas Brink, Copernicus Project Lead, DG JRC

    16:25

    Outro Presentations

    Ivan Kulis, Head of Unit, Nature Conservation and Observation, DG Joint Research Centre (DG JRC)

    Andrus Meiner, Hear of Unit Earth Observation, European Environment Agency (EEA)

    17:05

    Closing of the Day

    Tim Lemmens, Policy Officer, Earth Observation Unit, DG DEFIS (moderator)

    17:15

    Reception & Networking Dinner

    Global Network of Users Meeting 2025

    Day 3: Thursday, 22 May 2025 hybrid

      08:30

      Registration

      09:00

      CLMS Global component

      Andreas Brink,  DG JRC

      09:15

      GEOGLAM-EAV

      Sven Gilliams, GEO Secretariat

      09:30

      Cop4GEOGLAM and JRC research on EO for Agro-Ecology

      Felix Rembold, DG JRC

      09:45

      GMES and Africa

      Lottie Sinyangwe, GMES and Africa Coordinator

      Mustapha Mimouni, Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS)

      Cheikh MBow, CSE

      10:30

      FPCUP WG Africa

      Michal Krupinski, Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)

      10:45

      FAO

      Livia Peiser, FAO-NSL

      11:00 Coffee break

      11:30

      CLMS Pan European Agriculture 

      Usue Donezar Hoyos, European Environment Agency (EEA)

      12:00

      ESA Agriculture projects

      Marc Paganini, European Space Agengy (ESA-ESRIN)

      12:30

      FARA – RUFORUM Continental project

      Kwalu Antwi, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)

      12:45

      Chile Copernicus Center

      Jaime Ortega, University of Chile

      13:00

      Use of EO for the west Sahelian pastoral early warning system

      Erwann Fillol, Action contre la Faim (ACF Spain)

      13:15

      Discussion on International and South-South collaboration for improved EO use

      14:00 Lunch & Farewell