Monday 10 - Friday 14 February 2025
1. Icebreaker and welcome drink (Monday 10/02, Big Tent)
PEOPLE-ECCO will be there to meet everyone interested in the project and its developments.
2. PEOPLE-ECCO activities at Biospace25
Wednesday 12/02, 8:45 am-9:45am, Big Hall
- Plenary session Space for Nature: How EO can empower NGOs and Civil Society in Conservation
- Keynote presentation PEOPLE-ECCO Advisory Board member Grace Nangendo (WCS Uganda). On the use of Earth Observation data for conservation in her organization.
- Panel discussion with Grace Nangendo, and PEOPLE-ECCO Early Adopter Joshua Weiss (African Parks). The panel discussion - moderated by PEOPLE-ECCO’s Technical Officer at ESA Federica Marando and PEOPLE-ECCO Advisory Board member Isabella Pratesi (WWF Italy) - will feature an interactive discussion with panellist addressing key questions related to the session theme)
Wednesday 12/02, 10:40am-10:50am, Big Hall
- Presentation “PEOPLE-ECCO: Enhancing Ecosystems Conservation through Earth Observation Solutions, Capacity Development and Co-design” by PEOPLE-ECCO Project Manager Wieteke Willemen during the thematic session Ecosystem Conservation. Will introduce the PEOPLE-ECCO project and present the activities undertaken until now
Wednesday 12/02, 3:00pm-6:30pm, Magellan (TBC)
- Workshop Co-designing Earth Observation Solutions for Ecosystems Conservation organized by the PEOPLE-ECCO Team. During this workshop, conference participants will have the opportunity to help define the invite workshop participants to share their requirements for EO-supported tools and to express their needs for EO capacity development. In the second part of the workshop, participants will identify and co-develop the tools to be further elaborated during the PEOPLE-ECCO project. Both parts of the workshop will include presentations of CSO/NGO participants of the PEOPLE-ECCO project, interactive online feedback, and breakout group discussions.
3. Other presentations of PEOPLE-ECCO consortium members
Tuesday 11/02, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Big tent
Poster sessions I
Michael Munk (DHI): Applying novel satellite technology to inform design and evaluation of urban Nature Based Solutions.
Thursday 11/02, 10:00am-11:30am, B15 room A
Live demo
Jasper Van doninck (ITC): Open tools for conservation and restoration impact evaluation
Thursday 13/02, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Big tent
Poster session II
Michael Munk (DHI): From Space to Species: Advancing Arctic and Marine Biodiversity Protection through VHR Satellite Imagery
Michael Munk (DHI): Beyond the Surface: Mapping Subaquatic Vegetation from Space
