The EuroGEO 2023 Workshop was concluded last week between 2-4 October, with great success, in Bolzano, Italy.
This year’s EuroGEO workshop provided the opportunity to position European activities in the light of the new GEO strategy and to support the coordination and interlinking of actions at national and European level and across sectors and domains in order to create relevant and impactful contributions to GEO.
The EuroGEO 2023 Workshop was combined with the Open-Earth-Monitor (OEMC) Global Workshop 2023, and has also served for the European EO community to prepare and pave the ground for the Geo Week 2023 ministerial summit in Cape Town, South Africa, during 6-10 November.
The Greek EO community was present and active in Bolzano and decisive has also been the role of the Greek GEO Office on the advancement of the European positions.
In particular, the main Greek presence in the workshop programme is outlined below (more Greeks were there and we were all happy to meet!):
Monday, Oct 2:
Opening session – national GEO activities
Evangelos Gerasopoulos (NOA/GGO), co-chair and panelist
Action Groups
Stelios Kotsopoulos (AgroApps P.C.), Agriculture Action Group meeting chair
Haris Kontoes (NOA/BEYOND), Disasters and Health Action Groups meeting chair
Official dinner
All there J
Tuesday, Oct 3:
Action Groups
Nektarios Chrysoulakis (FORTH), Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Evangelos Gerasopoulos (NOA), Urban Action Group meeting co-chairs
Sessions
Stelios Kotsopoulos (AgroApps P.C.), “Agriculture” session chair
Haris Kontoes (NOA/BEYOND), “Climate-induced disasters and health challenges” session chair
Orestis Speyer (NOA), “Building the Green Deal Data Space in a way that contributes to GEO” session speaker
Lefteris Mamais (Evenflow), “From innovatin to market” session panelist
Wednesday, Oct 4:
Round tables
Haris Kontoes, Alexia Tsouni (NOA/BEYOND), round tables moderators
Closing session – Optimizing EuroGEO’s positioning and contribution to GEO
Evangelos Gerasopoulos (NOA/GGO), speaker and panelist
