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content/events/2024-lisbon/18-1145-distribution-data-last-mile.mdx

@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ type: Session
 date: 2024-11-18 11:45
 room: E008
 people:
+  moderators:
+    - Jonas Sølvsteen
   speakers:
     - Gerardo Richarte
     - grega-milcinski
-    - Jeroen Dries
+    - jeroen-dries
     - joana-miguens
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 Earth observation data accessibility in Europe has never been better. Have we solved the data distribution problem, or do we still have work to do as a sector?

content/events/2024-lisbon/18-1400-future-climate-weather.mdx

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ room: Haddad
 people:
   speakers:
     - andreas-schlueter
-    - Clemens Cremer
-    - Emanuel Dutra
+    - clemens-cremer
+    - emanuel-dutra
     - rahul-ramachandran
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 AI is causing a paradigm shift in Climate and Weather modeling, with a move from numerical to data-driven approaches. This panel will explore the integration of AI into these scientific domains. How do we build trust and drive adoption of AI models? What will be the role of numerical approaches in the future? Are there lessons that apply to other scientific domains?

content/events/2024-lisbon/18-1500-understanding-marine-ecosystems.mdx

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   speakers:
     - ari-greenberg
     - arjen-luijendijk
-    - Lisbeth Tangaa Nielsen
+    - lisbeth-nielsen
     - Luís Brito e Abreu
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 Oceans cover over 70% of the earth’s surface and play a vital role for global food security and in regulating the earth’s climate. At the same time, marine ecosystems are among the least understood of ecosystems. The panelists of this session explore how we can leverage Earth Data to improve our understanding of these systems. What other technologies and data should we look at to overcome some of the inherent limitations of EO.

content/events/2024-lisbon/19-0930-geospatial-in-africa.mdx

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+---
+published: true
+title: The state of EO in Africa
+type: Session
+date: 2024-11-19 09:30
+room: E008
+people:
+  moderators:
+    - Sainaan Dati
+  speakers:
+    - David Taverner
+    - Pauline Okeye
+    - ridwan-sorunke
+---
+The panel will discuss the state of geospatial in Africa, the challenges of accessing and applying earth data to some of the critical climate challenges the continent is facing. What do we need to do as a sector to facilitate adoption?

content/people/2024-lisbon/clemens-cremer.mdx

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+---
+title: Clemens Cremer, Dr
+company: DHI
+role: Expert Data & Modelling, GenAI Lead
+social:
+  linkedin: clemens-cremer
+avatar: ./media/clemens-cremer.jpg
+pronouns: He/him/his
+---
+Clemens Cremer is an expert in data and modeling, serving as the Generative AI Lead at DHI, a global company specializing in water environments and offering expertise in all aspects of water within natural and urban settings. With over a decade of experience, he has leveraged both traditional physics-based numerical solutions and data-driven approaches, and is dedicated to bridging the gap between them. He holds a PhD in Computational Engineering, focusing on fluid mechanics and transport processes.
+
+At DHI, Clemens has led both research and commercial projects on a global scale, including the development of large language model systems. He has provided consulting services across various industries, including infrastructure, mining, chemicals, NGOs, and the public sector. An experienced educator and presenter, he has delivered lectures and workshops on engineering, data science, and interdisciplinary subjects like project management and programming.

content/people/2024-lisbon/emanuel-dutra.mdx

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+---
+title: Emanuel Dutra, PhD
+company: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
+role: Researcher
+social:
+  linkedin: emanuel-dutra-2b588b8
+avatar: ./media/emanuel-dutra.jpg
+pronouns:
+---
+Emanuel Dutra is researcher in the Portuguese weather service (IPMA) with expertise in the representation of land surface processes in numerical weather prediction models and in earth observations. He has a PhD from Lisbon University in the representation of cold (snow) processes in weather and climate models. He was a researcher at the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts between 2011 and 2016, and at the faculty of sciences of Lisbon University between 2017 and 2020.  He is currently responsible for coordinating the operational production and software development of the EUMETSAT Satellite Applications Facility on Land Surface Analysis (LSA SAF) hosted at IPMA.

content/people/2024-lisbon/jeroen-dries.mdx

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+---
+title: Jeroen Dries
+company: VITO
+role: Head of openEO
+group:
+social:
+  linkedin: jeroen-dries-a2516260
+  x: jeroen_dries
+avatar: ./media/jeroen-dries.jpg
+pronouns: He/Him
+---
+Jeroen is leading the R&D and operations of VITO's openEO-based platforms for on-demand processing & analytics of EO data. This includes the Copernicus Dataspace Ecosystem openEO service, which . He is a software engineer with 10 years of experience in one of the largest providers of EO analytics and insights.
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+With the openEO standard & ecosystem as a basis for FAIR and reproducible open science, Jeroen and his team help projects in agriculture, land-use and biodiversity to build global-scale applications. This either results in continental or global scale maps, or more advanced on-demand services like WorldCereal that allow users to generate tailored maps.
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+This way of working was the basis for ESA APEx, which aims to turn EO project results into comparable and reproducible on-demand services that can be integrated into last-mile applications.

content/people/2024-lisbon/lisbeth-nielsen.mdx

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+---
+title: Lisbeth Tangaa Nielsen, PhD
+company: DHI
+role: Data Scientist
+social:
+avatar: ./media/lisbeth-nielsen.jpg
+pronouns:
+---
+Lisbeth Nielsen is a data scientist and remote sensing specialist at DHI, focused on developing methods for mapping shallow coastal ecosystems and bathymetry using earth observation data. She works on developing efficient models suitable for monitoring submerged ecosystems to explore their dynamics on seasonal and interannual time scales. She has a background in geophysics.

content/people/2024-lisbon/luca-foresta.mdx

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+---
+title: Luca Foresta, PhD
+company: Satelligence
+role: Remote Sensing Engineer
+group:
+social:
+  linkedin: lucaforesta
+avatar: ./media/luca-foresta.jpg
+pronouns:
+---
+Luca's main interest has always been understanding Earth processes and climate, especially leveraging EO data. Early on, he was focusing on glaciers and ice sheets, while in the last few years Luca has been working on monitoring deforestation as well as biomass modelling. Furthermore, he has been responsible for deploying algorithms on scalable environments like supercomputing clusters or, more recently, kubernetes clusters hosted in the cloud.

content/people/2024-lisbon/ridwan-sorunke.mdx

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+---
+title: Ridwan Sorunke
+company: Dev-Afrique Development Advisors
+role: Principal
+group:
+social:
+  linkedin: ridwansorunke
+  x: rid_sor
+avatar: ./media/ridwan-sorunke.jpg
+pronouns: He/Him
+---
+Ridwan Sorunke is a Principal Advisor at Dev-Afrique Development Advisors where he drives inclusive and sustainable development across Africa. He is also the founder and member of the board of Policy Vault Inc, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing access to hard-to-reach government policies, regulations, and investment guides in African countries.
+
+Prior to Dev-Afrique, Ridwan worked at Procter & Gamble where he was a member of P&G’s executive leadership team for Nigeria and served as Sustainability Leader for West Africa and the Head of Government Relations & Public Policy for West, East & Southern Africa. Ridwan also worked at the nexus of international development, business, and public policy at ACIOE Associates, Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG), Dalberg Advisors, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, and the US Nigeria Business Council where he helped several multinational corporations and non-profits develop impact-focused projects, forge strategic partnerships, and navigate complex economic and regulatory hurdles across African countries. Ridwan currently sits on the board of Policy Vault Inc and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria’s Export Group.
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+He holds a master’s degree in international economics and international affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a bachelor’s degree (with honors) from Obafemi Awolowo University. He is based in Lagos, Nigeria.