After a two year hiatus, European Space Imaging is pleased to once again host their annual conference in Munich, Germany.
This invite only conference brings together like-minded experts from all sectors where geospatial technologies and remote sensing are applied to enhance learning, provide innovative ideas and create conversations. Held over two days, networking and fostering new relationships are a key part of the conference. The conference begins with an Ice Breaker cocktail reception to assist networking among the delegates and will also include a Gala Dinner whereby ideas can be generated and shared in a relaxed environment. The conference will conclude with a networking lunch on the second day.
European Space Imaging looks forward to welcoming back returning delegates and meeting new attendees.
DATE & TIME
December 13, 2022, 1:00 PM – December 15, 2022 – 3:00 PM
Location
Literaturhaus
Salvatorplatz 1, 80333 Munich
https://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/
Agenda
tuesday 13 december
1:00PM – 5:00PM
GROUND STATION TOUR
The bus leaving for Oberpfaffenhofen will depart from the ZOB (Zentral Omnibus Bahnhof – Arnulfstrasse 21) from platform 2. Please locate and board the bus labelled ‘EUSPACE’, where our European Space Imaging representative, Silvester Fischer, will be ready to greet you from 12:45pm. In addition to the Ground Station tour we are providing a tour of the GSOC.For more information on the GSOC, please click here.
6:30PM – 11:00PM
ICE BREAKER NETWORKING EVENT
Meet and greet your fellow delegates at this cocktail reception designed to “break the ice”. Get to know fellow delegates, speakers and the European Space Imaging Staff.
Wednesday 14 december
8:30AM – 9:00AM
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9:00AM – 9:30AM
EUSI OFFICIAL WELCOME AND COMPANY UPDATE
Over the last years, European Space Imaging has developed several new initiatives and entered into new partnerships to continue a fully robust service offering to the user community in Europe. Drawing on this, this presentation will touch on how the company has progressed and what the future holds. Topics to be addressed include: recent and planned upgrades to their ground station to improve internal workflows, enhance deliverability to customers and usher in the new era once Legion becomes operational. In-house software development tools and timelines and how this will improve workflows and delivery efficiency. Increased 30 cm capacity and how this benefits our customers.
9:30AM – 9:50AM
MAXAR INTELLIGENCE ACROSS EARTH & SPACE
WorldView Legion dramatically expands the Maxar constellation’s ability to image and monitor the most rapidly changing areas on Earth multiple times a day to better inform our customers’ critical, time-sensitive decisions. WorldView Legion embodies Maxar’s leadership in space and on Earth. Maxar’s space technology meets the mission requirements of Maxar’s customers and users of Earth imaging data and geospatial intelligence. We’re putting our innovation in Space Infrastructure to work to provide reliable Earth Intelligence to our customers. We’ll also touch on building a digital replica of the Globe in 3D at scale using AI/ML. You need good data and good tech to build the globe and we will discuss how this reduces the sensor to decision timeline.
9:50AM – 10:10AM
30 YEARS OF SATCEN AND THE ROAD AHEAD
The presentation will introduce SatCen and go over the last 30 years of work, highlighting the most relevant milestones in SatCen development, reaching today’s support to the EU in the conflict of Ukraine. It will summarise as well what are the most important requirements expected from the providers and share some insight about the development of the EO market.
10:10AM – 10:30AM
GERMANY: HOW AND WHERE WE (WANT TO) LIVE
This presentation gives an overview on how and where we live in Germany: based on satellite and other geodata an overview on building types, patterns of living, locations of residences, etc. will be given. In the center of the presentation is the provocative question whether – in times of change – this style of residential living is economically, socially and ecologically good or not.
10:30AM – 11:00AM
MORNING COFFEE BREAK
11:00AM – 11:20AM
SPACEWHALE: USING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO SURVEY WHALES IN REMOTE AREAS AND THUS TO ENHANCE CONSERVATION EFFORTS
The new service “SPACEWHALE” counts whales and other wildlife species from space using satellite imagery. These images are evaluated in a semi-automatic process combining state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and marine mammal experts’ quality assurance. We can answer questions about how many whales, which species and when do they inhabit these areas – in every region of the world.
11:20AM – 11:40AM
TRACKING ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS IN UKRAINE
PAX is tracking conflict-damage using VHR satellite imagery in Ukraine as fighting poses direct and long-term risks to public health and ecosystems linked with the bombing of oil refineries, power plants, industrial areas and water infrastructure. Identification and verification of these impacts to understand the scale of the damage is essential for rapid response, clean-up and reconstruction work.
11:40AM – 12:10PM
Q&A INTERVIEW: THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE – WITH INNOVATIVE STARTUPS, NEW DATA SOURCES, AND A GROWING POOL OF INVESTORS, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR SATELLITE-BASED EO?
Since 2020, the satellite-based Earth Observation (EO) sector has jolted ahead, seeing a wave of investment and a deluge of new data sources. Since that time, $3 billion in venture financing dollars have poured in, five new companies have listed publicly, and multiple next-generation tools and systems have been developed or launched. Today, the bedrock of EO industry demand remains with government and defense customers, for whom high-quality EO data and information is mission-critical. With new EO systems, including Legion, coming online, along with the emergence of novel data sources and downstream applications, is adoption by commercial industry likewise poised to accelerate? This session also offers views as to the promising future landscape of EO, which is likely to be shaped by consolidation and ongoing change.
12:10PM – 12:30PM
EMSA: EU’S EYES ON THE SEA
EMSA provides Earth Observation products in Quasi Real Time to support a better understanding and improved monitoring of activities at sea, within a wide range of operational functions. Recognizing that human activity at sea is intrinsically dynamic, EMSA Earth Observation Services aim to provide timely, relevant, and targeted satellite-based information to member states and EU bodies. Data from EO satellites is combined with a wide range of other data, both from EMSA systems as well as from external sources. This includes vessel identification and position information, behavior patterns, and intelligence from users. The fusion of data provides a more complete overview of activities at sea, enabling a more in-depth analysis than any one data source alone. By offering increased access to earth observation data, EMSA reinforces and enhances the maritime domain picture
12:30PM – 2:00PM
NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
2:00PM – 2:20PM
SATELLITE MONITORING OF URBAN FORESTS AS A TOOL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
In smart cities, urban greenery is used as a natural tool to mitigate the impact of climate change by providing ecosystem services. Monitoring and management of greenery in urban areas requires the use of VHR satellite images and tools for their classification and GIS. The LIFE URBANGREEN project demonstrated the use of VHRS images in urban green management.
2:20PM – 2:40PM
LEADING THE WAY TO HIGH-QUALITY CARBON CREDITS WITH SATELLITE ANALYTICS
Nature-based solutions are critical to the net zero transition, and satellite analytics have a key role to play in the development of the voluntary market. Kayrros has developed an advanced monitoring platform that combines different types of satellite imagery to characterise forests with greater accuracy than traditional methods, thereby ensuring the integrity of carbon credits.
2:40PM – 3:00PM
CHALLENGES FOR NATIONAL REGULATIONS OF COMMERCIAL EO SYSTEMS AND DATA
Only few countries have established national regulations for EO systems and data. In view of geopolitical, market and technology developments, the regulatory frameworks are under increasing pressure of reform. The presentation gives an overview of the current regulatory frameworks, the challenges and an outlook.
3:00PM – 3:20PM
DETECTING “GHOST NETS” FROM WORLVIEW-3 IMAGERY
TerraNor in cooperation with Akvaplan-niva, has developed an application to analyse satellite images to find fishnet and plastic on the beaches in the Arctic using 30 cm imagery from WorldView-3. This presentation will discuss the challenges in finding this solution and highlight its usability. In addition, we will touch on how the imagery was used in the North where less light makes it more difiicult for analysis.
3:10PM – 3:40PM
MULTI-DISCPLINARY PANEL DISCUSSION
HOW CLIMATE CHANGE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DROUGHT IN EUROPE
More information to come.
3:20PM – 4:00PM
AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK
4:00PM – 5:00PM
GEO4I DEMO: HOW TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY MILITARY EQUIPMENT
One of the challenges in analysing satellite imagery is the ability to accurately identify military equipment.
To facilitate this, Geo4i has developed Help4i, a software that integrates a database of more than 6,400 equipment covering military topics. This provides vital assistance to a task that remains otherwise relatively manual. Going one step further, Geo4i then developed an artificial intelligence chain, AI4I, allowing users to create their own detection models to identify the elements corresponding to their needs.
MAXAR SECUREWATCH DEMO
More information to come.
6:30PM – 11:00PM
GALA DINNER
Join us for our official gala dinner celebrating the 20 year anniversary of European Space Imaging. We will begin with an apertif in the Big Pilot Bar on the first level of the Mercedes dealership. During this hour you have the opportunity to take a guided tour of the facility. Afterwards, we will make our way to the Esswerkstatt Restaurant on level 3 to continue the conversation over a three course sit down dinner.
THURSDAY 15 december
8:30AM – 9:00AM
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9:00AM – 9:10AM
9:10AM – 9:30AM
LEVERAGING THE ALLIANCE FOR SUCCESS
Through the WorldView Alliance, the reseller network from European Space Imaging have access to an extensive range of products from Maxar Technologies. From core satellite imagery in resolutions up to 15 cm, 3D models, basemaps and more, learn how you can leverage existing sales tools to grow your business. Supported by real life success examples, Steve and Pascal will provide you with a roadmap that you can implement to increase your market share within your territory.
9:30AM – 10:00AM
Q&A INTERVIEW: FUTURE INNOVATIONS AT THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
10:00AM – 10:20AM
GAFPORTAL – SCALABLE AND CROSS-APPLICATION WEB PLATFORM
GAF has developed a state-of-the-art web portal that runs with guaranteed availability on the Open Telekom Cloud (OTC). It offers comprehensive access to the capacities of the very high resolution MAXAR constellation and numerous other commercial optical and Radar earth observation satellites. The system includes a data/customer management tool able to be handled by the client. The core functionality of the GAFportal includes searching for data through Provider APIs, submitting requests for archive or new image acquisitions, processing orders as well as data provision and visualization in full resolution. In addition, a simple AI-based analysis tool is also available to support the customer requests.
10:20AM – 10:40AM
PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE FROM SPACE: DREAM OR REALITY?
The world is moving so quickly that the availability and timeliness of data are becoming crucial. The number and type of available EO space-based sensors have grown dramatically in recent years consequently leading to a huge increase in the data available. The number of space-based sensors will continue to grow in the future and the ability to have sensors capable of obtaining images/data at various times of the day and night and at any point on earth is a dream that is on its way to becoming reality. In this presentation, we will give a perspective on what new capabilities and solutions can become a reality with the emergence of new constellations like Legion and how they can help public and private entities that have the need for persistent surveillance of specific areas.
10:40AM – 11:20AM
MORNING COFFEE BREAK
11:20AM – 11:50AM
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PANEL DISCUSSION
WHAT SOLUTIONS CAN EO PROVIDE FOR CURRENT HUMANITARIAN CRISES?
This panel features prominent experts in various fields related to the use of Earth Observation to combat humanitarian crises. Covering a wide range of topics related to humanitarian needs, the panel will discuss the current EO tools they are using, technology trends that are beneficial to aid organisations, how remote sensing is solving humanitarian challenges and what role AI plays within their response strategies.
11:50AM – 12:10PM
AMARGETI – AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD PROJECT IN WESTERN CYPRUS
Amargeti is the target of an archaeological survey by Graz University. In order to gather as many information as possible, satellite data and aerial photographs of the area were analysed and orthophotos taken by the Cyprus University of Technology. GPR surveys were conducted in areas of interest. Finds collected during field walking point to human activities from Classical to Ottoman periods.
12:10PM – 12:30PM
QUANTIFICATION OF URBAN HEAT EXPOSURE BASED ON VHR REMOTE SENSING AND CITIZEN SCIENCE
Global warming and advancing urbanization lead to increased heat exposure in cities. Especially during summertime heatwaves, vulnerable people suffer potentially deadly heat risk. This study integrates Citizen Science temperature measurements and area-wide VHR geospatial data in a land use regression approach. We model outdoor and indoor air temperatures at the building level for detailed and city-wide quantification of heat exposure. Such spatial knowledge enables the development of appropriate mitigation measures to effectively protect the health of citizens.
12:30PM – 12:50PM
EUROPEAN BEECH MONITORING
High spatial resolution satellite data are used to identify impacts on European beech forest canopy health during intense drought events. VHR Imagery is compared with medium resolution Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and field-based measurements to observe changes in canopy health during the droughts of 2018 and 2019 in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve, central Germany.
12:50PM
1:00PM – 3:00PM
CLOSING NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
Speakers
Adrian Zevenbergen
EUROPEAN SPACE IMAGING
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Adrian has over 30 years of expertise in the global earth observation business, developing applications for the exploration of natural resources, rapid delivery of satellite information after natural or man-made disasters and for location-based services markets. Since its establishment in 2002, Adrian has been the Managing Director of European Space Imaging in Munich, Germany and in 1998 he founded Space Imaging Middle East LLC, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Dr. Gabriele Koiner
GRAZ UNIVERSITY
PROF. MAG
Dr. Gabriele Koiner studied classical archaeology & ancient history in Graz, Austria and Heidelberg, Germany. In 1992, she began teaching & research employment at Graz University, receiving her doctorate in 1995 & further honing her interests in archaeology, roman architecture, transmission iconographics & historical research. She has published over 100 research papers & in 2019 achieved her habilitation on Cypriot sculptures in the Classical & Hellenistic period. Since this time, she has been involved in field work in Armargeti, Cyprus.
Dr. Hannes Taubenböck
GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER
HEAD OF CITY & SOCIETY
Hannes Taubenböck received the Diploma from the LMU München in 2004, and the doctoral degree from the Julius Maximilian’s University of Würzburg in 2008 in geography. In 2005, he joined the German Aerospace Center. After a postdoctoral research phase with the University of Würzburg (2007–2010), he returned to DLR–DFD as a Scientific Employee. In 2013, he became the Head of the “City and Society” team and since 2022 he leads the department “Georisks & Civil Security”. In 2019, he habilitated at the University of Würzburg in Geography.
Dr. Ingo Baumann
BHO LEGAL
PARTNER
Dr. Ingo Baumann is partner of BHO Legal, a German technology law firm. Ingo leads the space team and has 24 years’ experience in the space industry. Ingo was legal adviser within DLR and later Head of DLR Galileo Project Office. Ingo is advising ministries, agencies and industry on regulatory, procurement and other legal matters. He is member of IISL and ECSL and mentors at SpaceFounders.
Teresa Cunha
EUROPEAN MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY (EMSA)
SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER
Teresa Cunha began her duties in EMSA in August 2009, as Project Officer in the Pollution Response Unit, where she was responsible for the management of the vessel availability contracts that EMSA signed with oil pollution response vessels. Later she was also responsible for the management of the contracts for Equipment Assistance Service stockpiles. In January 2020 she moved to the Surveillance Unit, where she is now Service Manager of CleanSeaNet service. Her background is marine biology, and she has a Master in Environmental Management.
Justin Cadman
QUILTY ANALYTICS
PARTNER
Justin Cadman is a partner with Quilty Analytics, an integrated strategic and financial services boutique focused exclusively on companies in the Satellite & Space ecosystem. He has more than 20 years of investment banking and capital markets experience, and for the last decade, he has been focused on the Satellite, Space, and Geospatial sectors, with extensive M&A and financing experience across the full industry landscape.
Pascal Schichor
EUROPEAN SPACE IMAGING
SALES DIRECTOR
Pascal began his career with European Space Imaging in 2005 in various key positions which enabled him to gain a vast set of skills vital to the industry. Keen to expand his knowledge of Remote Sensing and Earth Observation, he became the Sales Lead EMEA for Phase One Industrial in 2017 and was responsible for the overall sales in the EMEA region. In mid-2018 he returned to European Space Imaging in the role of Sales Director, bringing with him experience in team leadership and surveying projects. He now leads the Sales Department as well as managing the company’s strategic business partnerships, particularly within government.
Alvaro Rodriguez
EUROPEAN SATELLITE CENTRE (EU SATCEN)
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
Education: BEng. in Forestry with a postgraduate degree in GIS Project Management and Remote Sensing from Polytechnic University of Madrid.
MSc in GIS in London’s City University School of Informatics.
Postgraduate degree in Business Management from IESE Business School.
Work experience: More than 20 years’ experience in GIS applied to security and defense. Five years working as a GIS analyst/developer in the private sector. 16 years at SatCen, where I have worked as a geospatial analyst in different topics, supporting missions and operations.
Christian Lelong
KAYRROS
DIRECTOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
Christian has over 20 years of experience in energy, finance, and technology. As the Director of Climate Solutions at Kayrros, he leads the development of data products for the energy transition. Before joining Kayrros, he worked for 7 years in investment research at Goldman Sachs. Christian earned an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Computer Science from Telecom SudParis.
Wim Zwijnenburg
PAX FOR PEACE
HUMANITARIAN DISARMAMENT PROJECT LEADER
Wim Zwijnenburg is a Humanitarian Disarmament Project Leader for PAX. He works on conflict and environment related issues in the Middle East, the use and proliferation of emerging military technologies and arms trade. In his work, open-source data collections including earth observation are crucial tools to identify and monitor conflict impacts on environment and livelihoods of civilians.
Dr. Gabriele Ambros
GRAZ UNIVERSITY
MAG. DR.
After receiving her PhD in Economics in 1984, Dr. Ambros went on to obtain her master in Ancient History and later her second PhD (2015) in Ancient History from the University of Vienn. Since 2022 she has been a lecturer at Graz University on Classical, Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus. She has a special interest in the archaeology of Cyprus, religious religious development and cultic scene relating to the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. Since 2019, she has been involved in field work in Armargeti, Cyprus.
Arnaud Durand
EUROPEAN SPACE IMAGING
DEPUTY SALES DIRECTOR
Arnaud Durand has extensive experience managing Earth Observation projects, amongst others within the Copernicus environment. Previously he has conducted several successful consulting missions for the European Commission and the United Nations. Presently in his role as Deputy Sales Director at European Space Imaging, he manages the partnerships and sales strategies for numerous countries within Europe and North Africa.
Maria Hochleitner
EUROPEAN SPACE IMAGING
SALES MANAGER
Maria Hochleitner studied at the LMU in Munich and the Guangzhou Daxue in China. After some time as a freelancer, she worked at cloudeo in several positions in marketing and business development and was responsible for developing communication strategies for the concept of cloud-based services in the earth observation sector. Since the beginning of 2020, she is part of the European Space Imaging team as Sales Manager.
Jeff Reux
GEO4I
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Jeff Reux is a former analyst for the French Ministry of Defense. Specialized in image and geospatial data processing, he supervises Geo4i’s projects and software developments.
He is also a lecturer in geospatial intelligence for the French Ministry of Higher Education.
Millicent Harding
DURHAM UNIVERSITY
MASTER RESEARCH
Millicent Harding is a Masters’ by Research student in the Department of Geography at Durham University where she works with remotely sensed data and machine learning to understand landscape change.
Nicolaus Hanowski
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
HEAD OF OPERATIONS & GROUND SEGMENTS
Nicolaus Hanowski holds a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences. He started as a researcher in the US and then transferred to Mission Operations at the German Space Operations Centre. In 2009 he joined ESA and became responsible for the development of Science Ground Segments for missions, such Rosetta, Gaia, JWST, Solar Orbiter and Euclid in the Science Directorate. Since 2013 he is responsible for the Operations and Ground Segments of the ESA Earth Observation Missions and the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and the corresponding data management aspects at ESA. He is also coordinating the Destination Earth and Digital Twin Earth activities within ESA.
Alistair Maclenan
QUARRY ONE ELEVEN
FOUNDER
Alistair has been selling, marketing and promoting space-based data, technologies and services since he helped to setup the EMEA ER Mapper office in the mid-90s. Subsequently, he was part of the management team that sold Dataview Solutions to Cyient before setting up the Quarry One Eleven business promotion & marketing agency in 2005 to support geo-clients, around the world. Alistair is also the Chair of the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies and a trustee of charity, MRKH Connect.
Dr. Tobias Leichtle
GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Tobias Leichtle studied Geography and Geospatial Technologies and received the PhD degree from the Humboldt University of Berlin. Until 2018, he was a research associate at the Company for Remote Sensing and Environmental Research (SLU) and joined the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in 2019. He is working on the development of machine learning methods for information extraction from multimodal EO data, change detection in VHR imagery as well as the analysis of urban green and the urban climate.
Piotr Wezyk
PROGEA 4D
CEO
Piotr Wezyk is an Assoc. Prof. at the University of Agriculture in Krakow (UoA, Poland) and CEO of ProGea 4D Ltd. and ProGea Consulting. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1999 at the University of Agriculture in Krakow and the Habilitation degree in 2013 from the UAM Poznan, Poland. He has over 25 years of professional and scientific experience in national and international R&D projects on integration of GIS/WebGIS, digital Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing data, Image Processing technology – oriented on applications in LULC, forestry, spatial planning, nature protection and natural hazards monitoring.
Dr. Anne Schneibel
GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE ZKI
Anne Schneibel received her PhD in remote sensing from Trier University in 2018 and ever since, her research focus is on the use of remote sensing to support human livelihoods in changing environments. Since 2020, she is a research associate at the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI) at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). In this position, she coordinates different projects, in which humanitarian aid organizations are supported with DLR technologies to improve crisis information.
Julika Voss
BIOCONSULT SH
MARINE SCIENTIST
Julika Voss graduated with a Master’s degree in Marine Environmental Sciences from the University of Oldenburg in 2021. Her research focus is on marine mammal ecology, and she has gained practical experience in the Azores, Iceland and Italy, as well as statistical experience in analyzing acoustic and visual data from marine mammals.
Nils Jorgensen
TERRANOR KARTANALYSE
FOUNDER & OWNER
Nils Erik Jørgensen has a master in forestry from NMBU and close to 40 years’ experience within GIS and remote sensing. He established his company, TerraNor, in 1989 introducing Norwegian, Swedish and British forestry companies to the benefits of using GIS and EO data. He has worked as an associate professor at NTNU, Gjøvik, within the GIS and computer science department, and he has expanded his service offering via a specialised developed software to analyse seabed imagery for coastal applications.
Iain MacInnes
MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES
SENIOR DIRECTOR EMEAR SALES & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Iain MacInnes is the Senior Director of EMEA Sales and Customer Experience at Maxar, joining the company in 2011 he brings 25 years of international experience within geospatial industries to a role managing the regional sales and support teams reporting into the Maxar office in London. He holds a BSc in Geography from the University of Glasgow and an MSc in Environmental Remote Sensing from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland).
Adriano Baptista
EUROPEAN SPACE IMAGING
SENIOR ADVISOR
Adriano Baptista has over 30 years experience in the IMINT and GEOINT sector, particularly for defence and security purposes. He spent 15 years as as an officer at the Portuguese Air Force where he qualified as an Imagery Analyst, Aerial Photography operator and Intelligence Officer. Prior to his commencement as Senior Advisor at European Space Imaging, he was the Head of the Operations Division at the European Union Satellite Centre (EU SatCen) and was responsible for analytical production of the Centre and the implementation of policies on operational activities.
Kathrin Steiner
GAF AG
PROJECT MANAGER MULTISOURCE DATA
Mrs Kathrin Steiner is a Project Manager within the Multisource Data department and has a Dipl. Ing. for cartography and geomedia. She is with GAF AG for more than 12 years.
She worked and managed different technical projects with elevation data, worked in the standardisation of workflows and processing steps and is involved in satellite sales activities within the company. At the moment she is Project Manager of the framework contract with Remote Sensing Service Center at the German Federal Agency of Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) in which the GAFportal is an essential part.
Steve Allen
MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES
SENIOR CHANNEL SALES MANAGER – EUROPE
Steve started his career with Maxar (DigitalGlobe originally) back in 2009 and has been working with both the Sales and Business Development teams over the course of his tenure with the company.
Eager to help customers derive the greatest amount of value from Maxar’s imagery, Steve has worked with the WorldView Global Alliance (WVGA) partner network, along with EUSI, to offer new and exciting products to customers in the European Defense & Intelligence and Civil Governments communities for the past 10+ years.
With over 25 years in Sales and dedicated to building one of the finest Channel Partner Networks in the world, Steve is committed to supporting the WVGA and nurturing Maxar’s Partner growth within the Europe market.
Sean O’Neill
MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES
SENIOR SALES ENGINEER
Sean O’Neill works in Maxar’s Earth Intelligence organization, which provides high-resolution satellite imagery to customers for the EMEA region.
He previously worked in the E&P market for marine seismic exploration with a key focus on navigation systems and has an Computer engineering degree.
Roberto Biasutti
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
GROUND SEGMENT MANAGER
