Postponed: Due to the Red Heat and Health Alert issued for Thursday, June 25, we have taken the decision to postpone this event until late summer. We will contact all those who registered when we have a new date.
We apologise for the inconvenience but the welfare of participants, speakers and the venue support team comes first. Thank you for your understanding.
This is an outcomes-focused workshop that is free to join for users and potential users of space-based data applications.
You will meet Space4Climate members from across industry, policy and academia to hear about current and emerging technology, tools and platforms that address real-world challenges of UK resilience and environmental security across all sectors.
Find out more about our members and their expertise.
Workshop agenda
After a networking lunch, the programme will feature an introductory panel of presentations: ‘The role of data from space in resilience solutions today and in the future’.
It will be followed by a number of real-world challenges / problem statements posed by potential end users who want to know whether space-based data applications can offer solutions to urgent resilience and security issues.
Before the event, you will have the chance to choose which breakout session you want to join depending on the challenge / problem statement that best matches your needs or capabilities.
Key insights and ideas for potential next steps will be captured by facilitators and shared back in the main conference room.
After the event a summary report will be shared with all attendees along with invitations to express interest in pursuing one or more potential next steps.
The organisers are leading bodies in UK Earth Observation and the space sector: Space4Climate, UK Space Agency, National Centre for Earth Observation and Space South Central Regional Cluster.
We are grateful to our sponsors, Space4Climate members Planet and venue hosts Henley Business School.
Who should attend?
Whether you are new to satellite data / Earth Observation and its uses or already rely on it for your products or decision-making, you will find valuable insights, make new connections and hear about innovative developments. The workshop is open to decision-makers, sustainability leaders and those tasked with building resilience into their organisations, services and products, whether you are from the public or commercial sector. Academics will be able to link up with stakeholders and new potential end users to demonstrate the effectiveness of their research. Service providers will be able to put forward their products that offer resilience, monitoring and sustainability solutions.
What will you gain?
Participants will take away practical, actionable insights into ways in which Earth Observation data has provided and can provide support to address issues, building resilience and security, and where to find those data and tools. You will feel more confident in exploring how you can access and use data from space and will have new connections to approach for further information. You will have the chance to express interest in taking ideas forwards or in collaborating on solutions whether you are from the academic, commercial or public sector communities.
Venue: Henley Business School
Thanks to the support of the ICMA Centre at Henley Business School, we are pleased to host the Space4Climate Members’ Conference at the prestigious International Capital Market Association Centre, on the Reading University Whiteknights Campus (RG6 6UR).
Our host is Simone Varotto, Professor of Finance, Head of the Climate and Finance Research Cluster, Programme Director of MSc Climate Change, Sustainable Business and Green Finance, and Programme Director of MSc Finance and Financial Technology (FinTech) at Henley Business School which is one of the larger specialist university finance departments in Europe.
