The Network organised together with the regions of Podkarpackie and Mazovia (PL) the virtual workshops on “Shaping the future workforce of Earth observation*Geo-information sector in Poland: EO*GI Skills needed & EO4GEO solutions” on 21st&22nd October. The objective of the workshop was to identify the current and future needs of EO/GI skills in the business and education activities in Poland and explore how the EO4GEOs solution can fit into the needs of LRAs, academia, companies, and other key stakeholders in Poland.
Ms Anna Huk, Member of the Board of the Podkarpackie Region and Mr. Adam Struzik, Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship addressed the workshops and introduced the region’s space activities for Podkarpackie and Mazovia respectively.
Mr. Adam Struzik, Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship
Ms Anna Huk, Member of the Board of the Podkarpackie Region
More than 120 registered participants for each online workshop had the chance to follow the discussion and interact with high-level speakers and the EO4GEO Alliance. The workshops were moderated by Ms Margarita Chrysaki, NEREUS Communication/Project officer.
In the first part of the workshops, key stakeholders from Academia, LRAs, Industry, and the Polish Space Agency gave an overview on the current and future working skills needed for the Earth Observation/Geo-Information activities at a regional and national level (you can download all presentations below).
In the second part of the workshop, the EO4GEO Alliance presented the EO4GEO tools, training actions, and training material that could support Public Authorities, academia, companies, and small and medium enterprises, and EO/GI experts in their day-to-day working processes. Further, the partners organised on the 2nd day a hands-on session to explain how we can use and benefit from these solutions for professors and students (download their presentation below).
You can download the agenda here (link).
You can download the presentations:
21st October Podkarpackie:
- Roya Ayazi_NEREUS presentation (link);
- Margarita Chrysaki_Introduction to EO4GEO (link);
- Professor Ana Martins, The University of The Azores (link);
- Mr. Jacek Kubrak – CEO of the Podkarpackie Innovation Centre (link);
- Mr Jakub Dzik – Vice-Director of Security and Crisis Management Department
of Podkarpackie Voivodship Office (link); - Mr Jakub Ryzenko – Head of Crisis Information Centre, SRC PAS (link);
- Michał Pilecki- Polish Space Agency (link);
- Mr Kamil Obłodecki – Exatel (communication technologies) (link);
- Mateusz Maślanka – Business Development Lead in Poland, Satim company (link);
- Prof. Andrzej Majka, Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology (link);
- EO4GEO alliance presentation of the tools (link);
- Hande Erdem_Terrascope EO tools (link).
22nd October Mazovia:
- Roya Ayazi_NEREUS presentation (link);
- Margarita Chrysaki_Introduction to EO4GEO (link);
- Sc.D., Ph.D. Eng. Piotr Wężyk associate professor of the University of Agriculture in Krakow (link);
- Sc.D., Ph.D. Eng. Przemysław Kupidura, associate professor of Warsaw University of Technology (link);
- Kinga Gruszecka , Polish Space Agency (link);
- EO4GEO alliance presentation of the tools (link);
- Eva-Maria Missoni-Steinbacher (University of Salzburg) and Markus Kerschbaumer (link).
Mr. Jacek Kubrak – CEO of the Podkarpackie Innovation Centre
Ms Margarita Chrysaki, NEREUS Communication & Project officer
About: The ERASMUS+ funded initiative EO4GEO (Towards an innovative strategy for skills development and capacity building in the space geo-information sector supporting Copernicus user uptake) under the Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills schema aims to help bridging the skills gap in space/geospatial sector by creating a strong alliance of players from the sector/community reinforcing the existing ecosystem and fostering the uptake and integration of space/geospatial data and services.
