Session I – Setting the scene
Urban Agenda and the importance of evidence-based policy making and green urban infrastructure - Hugo Poelman, DG REGIO
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) - Piotr Rapacz, DG MOVE
Session II - The Copernicus offer for future cities
Offer and use cases of CLMS Pan-European and Local components - Hans Dufourmont, EEA
Offer and use cases of CLMS Global Land component & The Global Human Settlement Layer – Michael Cherlet and Thomas Kemper, DG JRC
Offer and use cases of C3S and CAMS – Juan Garcés de Marcilla, ECMWF
Session III – Cities challenges, user needs and innovation paths
The potential of Earth Observation: the ESA perspective – Marc Paganini, ESA
Use of Copernicus air quality data in smart cities – Leonor Tarrasón, NILU
Contributions of HR and VHR satellite imagery for urban issues – Anne Puissant, University of Strasbourg
Observing changes in the urban thermal environment from space – John Remedios, University of Leicester
European Health Service – Filip Lefebre, VITO
Session IV - Cities challenges, user needs and innovation paths
Earth Observation for urban energy exchanges monitoring at local scale – Nektarios Chrysoulakis, FORTH
Space for Cities: challenges and opportunities of using EO in cities – Grazia Fiore, Eurisy
Smart Urban Solutions for air quality, disasters and city growth (SMURBS) – Evangelos Gerasopoulos, NOA
Detailed Outline of The Future That We Don't Want – Markus Berensson, C40 Cities