Target Audience
This workshop is intended for researchers, governmental and non-governmental organizations, investigative teams, legal bodies, and international agencies that develop or use Earth Observation for environmental compliance assurance, and particularly enforcement activities.
Possible participants:
The workshop will be hosted at the ESA – ESRIN, Frascati (Italy), as an in-person meeting, with the possibility to follow the workshop remotely.
The workshop will be structured around the main aspects of environmental compliance assurance : promotion, monitoring, enforcement, and rehabilitation.
Abstracts should be submitted indicating one of these four areas.
Promote
EO technology serves as a powerful tool for raising businesses’ and duty-holders’ awareness of their compliance with environmental regulations by offering insights into the impact of their operations on the environment. For instance, EO data can help assess greenhouse gas emissions, land usage, water pollution levels, resources exploitation. This EO-derived data facilitates informed decision-making for running environmentally compliant operations. Presentations on EO-driven ‘preventive’ measures should be submitted within this thematic area.
Monitor
Space technology can help assess and detect non-compliance with environmental regulations. Various types of sensors deployed in space offer extensive monitoring capabilities. For instance, hyperspectral sensors can be used to measure atmospheric pollution, thermal infrared sensors to identify deforestation fires, optical sensors to detect wildlife poaching, and SAR sensors to track illegal fishing activities and oil spills, among others. Such data can provide solid evidence for enforcement in inspections, investigations, examination of public complaints. Presentations on EO-enabled ‘diagnostics’ should be submitted within this thematic area.
Enforce
Enforcement provides the means to stopping non-compliance with environmental rules, applying sanctions, and repairing environmental damage. It covers, amongst other things, official warnings, cease-and-desist orders, administrative or criminal proceedings, application of sanctions, and demands to take remedial action. Presentations on EO-backed ‘corrective’ measures should be submitted within this thematic area.
Rehabilitate
Damage rectification required by enforcement actions can be monitored using EO data. Reduced pollutant emission levels, reforestation and the cleanup of oil spills can be analysed through EO. Presentations on EO-supported ‘remedial’ measures should be submitted within this thematic area.
ORAL PRESENTERS
Presenters are allocated a 20-minute slot each, which includes 2 minutes for Q&A. We therefore expect that your presentation does not exceed 15 minutes, as the chairs will have to be strict to keep the schedule.
Presenters are kindly requested to upload their presentations on the dedicated laptop in the speaker-ready area located in the conference room (Big Hall), a Technician and a member of the Organising Team will be present to assist during the process.
Presentations will have to be uploaded via USB memory stick during the breaks, at least 30 minutes before the session starts.
Before doing so, please check the online program for the following information:
- Date of the presentation
- Title of the session
- Order of the presentation (e.g. 1st, 2d, 3d….)
File name convention and format
Please name your presentation file as follows:
- Presentation ID number
- Presenter Last name
AbstractID_Lastname.file eg.<“101_Brown.ppt”>
For each accepted contribution you can upload one file (max 230MB) as ppt, pptx or pdf. The suggested format for presentation is 16:9. Presenters are advised to check prior to their session start if formulas/animations/videos are shown correctly.
Please ensure you are in the session room at least 30 minutes before the session begins to meet with the session chairs, who will be near the stage.
The presenters must change the slides with the “slide advance device” placed on the podium. Any presentation from personal laptops is not allowed to ensure a smooth program running and minimise the transition time between presentations.
Following the event, the presentations may be published online.
Should you NOT want your presentation to be published, kindly advise the workshop oraniser in this respect.
POSTER PRESENTERS
Content: Posters should meet the workshop objectives in the relevant thematic areas and may present research results or research plans.
The required poster size is A0, portrait orientation.
Poster width should not exceed 90 cm (36″) height should not exceed 122 cm (48″).
Poster authors are expected to present their posters to the scientific community on the 11th of June during the Poster session and the welcome drink.
Please take the opportunity to read other posters and exchange contact information.
Mounting
Poster presenters should bring their posters already printed. No printing of the posters will be possible onsite. All posters should be mounted before the poster session and welcome drink starts on 11/06. Material for mounting the posters will be provided at the poster session area.
Please check that your poster is located on the correct board. The poster list will be available nearby the poster panels.
All the posters should be dismounted by lunch time on the 12th June.
Printing Services in the Frascati Area
The posters can also be printed through some printing services in Frascati to avoid carrying the poster on the airplane. If the poster authors would like to print their portrait A0 posters, they can refer to the shops below that offer A0 color printing services:
- Mascelli, Via Bezzecca, 11 00044 Frascati, 06 942 0379 Mascelli – Belle Arti – Forniture per Belle Arti, Cartoleria, Copia e Stampa – Art supply, Stationery store in Frascati (business.site)
- M.G.S, Via Mentana 22 00044 Frascati, 06 8629 6488 M.G.S. srl Studio Grafico – Stampa digitale – Tipografia Digitale (business.site)
- Mascelli, Via Piccolomini 22 00044 Frascati, 06 9417603 Fotocopie di tutti i formati | Frascati, RM | Punto Copie (puntocopiefrascati.it)
The Abstract submission interface is now CLOSED.
Participation
Participation in the oral and poster programme will be decided by the Organising Committee following the review of submitted abstracts.
REGISTRATION
To confirm your physical participation to the workshop, you are kindly requested to register as soon as possible HERE, the registration possibility will close on 03 June 2024 at 23:59 (CET).
If you are not physically participating but will follow the workshop remotely, please do not registrate. The link to follow the workshop remotely, will be on the website closer to the event.
No participation fees will be charged. Participants are expected to finance their own travel and accommodation expenses.
The official language of the workshop is English.
The Phi-Experience
We are also organising a guided tour on the 11th and 12th June during the lunch breaks at the Earth observation multimedia centre, comprising an Earth data visualisation centre, called the Φ-Experience, for those who would be interested to participate.
| 05 February 2024 | |
| 21 April 2024 | |
| Notification of acceptance | 15 May 2024 |
| Issue of Preliminary Programme | 15 May 2024 |
| Registration Opening | 15 May 2024 |
| Registration Closing | 03 June 2024 |
| Issue of Final Programme | at the workshop |
| Workshop | 11 – 12 June 2024 |