{"id":7975,"date":"2021-07-08T10:15:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T10:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/en\/?p=7975"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:29:02","slug":"v4conference2021-event-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/en\/v4conference2021-event-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"#V4Conference2021 &#8211; event summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">On 29 June 2021 a webinar\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Earth Observations for citizens and the planet &#8211; V4 perspective on R&amp;I contributions to the Copernicus programme&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>took place as an annual <strong>V4 Conference 2021<\/strong> organised by the\u00a0Polish Science Contact Agency of the Polish Academy of Sciences (<strong>PolSCA<\/strong>) together with Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research (<strong>CZELO<\/strong>), National Research, Development and Innovation Office Hungary (<strong>NRDIO<\/strong>) and Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development (<strong>SLORD<\/strong>).  All <strong>speakers\u2019 presentations and event-related documents <\/strong>(i.e. HE Cluster 4 WE and Copernicus reports) as well as video recording of the event are available <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/\"><strong>on the event website<\/strong><\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The conference brought attention of over 190 participants representing various academic and non-academic institutions as well as start-ups and companies operating in the field of Earth Observation across <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visegradgroup.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (otwiera si\u0119 na nowej zak\u0142adce)\">Visegrad countries<\/a><\/strong> and from all over Europe and beyond! Among attendees were also representatives of various stakeholders organisations in the Space\/EO sector at the local, national and pan-European level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The webinar was a great chance to get first-hand information from various experts in this field, representing European Commission (DG DEFIS and DG RTD) as well as key EU stakeholders and representatives of V4-based R&amp;I public institutions and private companies. Furthermore, it was an opportunity to engage in discussion concerning networking, mobilising and reinforcing cooperation between European scientists and innovators, research organisations and various actors in the field of&nbsp;Earth Observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#V4Conference2021   Earth Observations for citizens and the planet 20210629 FINAL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZMcM3FNNbw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a selected talks and interventions, all event\nattendees could get a glimpse on the current\npolicy framework, priorities and future challenges regarding the EU flagship\nprogramme Copernicus. This was well supplemented by a thorough overview of a\nnumerous European Space Agency (ESA) activities and the mission of newly\nlaunched Knowledge Centre for Earth Observation (KCEO) at the Joint Research\nCentre (JRC). Furthermore, viewpoints of key\nstakeholders were presented via interventions from Association of\nEuropean Space Research Establishments (ESRE) and\nSME4SPACE Association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particularly\ninteresting were fine indications on how members of the R&amp;I communities\nacross the V4 countries, CEE region and all over the Europe can tap into and\nprovide valuable contributions to the Copernicus programme. In parallel,\nconference audience had a chance to witness a showcase of four examples of\nsuccess stories from the region \u2013 so to say \u201cV4 champions\u201d to the Copernicus\nprogramme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was opened by <strong>Professor Roman S\u0142owi\u0144ski<\/strong>, Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Laboratory of Intelligent Decision Support Systems at the Institute of Computing Science, Pozna\u0144 University of Technology and also a Professor at the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. During his speech the long-lasting collaboration among V4 R&amp;I liaison offices in Brussels was emphasized, with annual \u201cV4 Conference\u201d being shown as one example of such initiatives. In fact, in past years a number of themes have been discussed in this format, including (i) importance of researchers mobility, (ii) a concept of circular economy and innovation ecosystems or (iii) challenges and opportunities of the digital transformation \u2013 which in fact was a theme of the last physical V4 conference organised in 2019 by the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (otwiera si\u0119 na nowej zak\u0142adce)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slord.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/Brochure-V4-Conference-on-Digital-Transformation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SLORD Office<\/a><\/strong>. When introducing key guests of the conference, Prof. S\u0142owi\u0144ski also provided a remark on the Nicolaus Copernicus &#8211; a great Polish, German and European scientist and observer who was the catalyst in the 16th century to better understand our world. It\u2019s after him, that we now talk about the <strong>Copernicus Programme<\/strong> \u2013 an Europe\u2019s eye on the Earth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"713\" height=\"436\" src=\"http:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPACE-V4-conference-2021.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPACE-V4-conference-2021.png 713w, https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPACE-V4-conference-2021-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The event started with the <strong>keynote speech<\/strong> provided by <strong>Mr Matthias Petschke<\/strong>, Director for Space, including Space Policy, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). In his lecture, Mr Petschke discussed an European coordination to maximize the use of Earth Observation products and information in order to best equip scientist, innovators and industry to steer resilient and green transition for our citizens, governments &amp; policy makers and to safeguard our planet. In this sense, he introduced the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (otwiera si\u0119 na nowej zak\u0142adce)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.copernicus.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Copernicus Programme<\/a><\/strong> with its architecture, evolution and key priorities including data acquisition, services processing, access to data and information as well as fostering its uptake. Last but not least, the newly launched <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (otwiera si\u0119 na nowej zak\u0142adce)\" href=\"https:\/\/knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu\/earthobservation_en\" target=\"_blank\">Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation<\/a><\/strong> was discussed along with numerus contributions of the Copernicus to Green Deal priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>first panel session<\/strong> was a showcase of V4 space sector involved in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructures, services, applications and data for Earth monitoring using Copernicus programme, bringing key contributions to the European Green Deal and Space Strategy for Europe. Among invited speakers were <strong>Mr Karel Charv\u00e1t<\/strong> of the Czech-based company \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/artykul\/34,czech-republic-project-1\"><strong>Wirelessinfo<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>who explained how Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 time series data can be successfully used for the smart agri food sector. On the other hand, <strong>Mr J\u00e1nos SZOKE<\/strong>, a CTO at <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/artykul\/31,hungary-project-1\"><strong>Admatis Ltd<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> based in Miskolc, Hungary told the story how his comapny contribute to the space infractructure of the Copernicus, mainly through hardware development for Sentinel-2 multispectral instrument. Following on that, <strong>Mr Sebastian Aleksandrowicz <\/strong>(in absence of Ms Edyta Wo\u017aniak)of the<a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/artykul\/28,poland-project-1\"><strong>Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences<\/strong><\/a> in Poland guided the audience through a number of top-notch research projects with clear objective and impacts for agriculture, ecosystem services as well as hazard and security. Last but not least, Mr <strong>Mat\u00fa\u0161 Bakon<\/strong>, a&nbsp;funder and CEO of the Slovak <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/artykul\/37,slovakia-project-1\"><strong>Insar.sk<\/strong><\/a>, provided an inspiring talk on deformation monitoring via satellite radar interferometry and how his company uses such principle to support early warning systems based on EO data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All speakers of this session have highlighted their\nopenness to expanding their existing networks and initiative collaborations\nwith new partners, stakeholders and Space\/EO sector actors cross V4, CEE region\nand Europe at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see more examples of fine success stories of research institutions and companies based across Visegrad countries on the event website. click here to learn more about such projects in <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/artykul\/24,czech-republic\"><strong>Czechia<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/artykul\/23,hungary\"><strong>Hungary<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/artykul\/22,poland\"><strong>Poland<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/artykul\/25,slovakia\"><strong>Slovakia<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We strongly believe that this type\nof first-hand presentations is\ncrucial to foster the involvement of all European researchers, innovators, and\nother relevant stakeholders in this flagship European programme and thus ensuring successful Copernicus\u2019 mission as the\nEurope\u2019s eye on Earth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that all <strong>the speakers\u2019 presentations<\/strong> are available for you in pdf format on the \u201cDownloads\u201d section  <a href=\"https:\/\/v4space-polsca.pan.pl\/\"><strong>on the event website<\/strong><\/a> and may allow you to discover much more about all issues raised and discussed during the event! 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