Workshop Presentations

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Plenary Session I    

Opening of the Workshop (Oral Report) : Olle Norberg, Director General, Swedish National Space Board

Introduction and aim of Workshop (Oral Report) : Reinhard Priebe, Director responsible for the Arctic, EC/DG-MARE    

Environmental challenges in the Arctic : Nicolaj Bock, EEA

Arctic marine transport and space : Lawson Brigham, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

Space today and possibilities for the future : Volker Liebig, Director of ESA EO Programme

Observations of the Arctic - EUMETSAT´s Contribution to Current and Future Programmes : Ernst Koenemann, Director of EUMETSAT Programme Development

Thematic Session:  Climate Change and the Arctic

Sea surface temperature measurements over the Arctic based on Metop data : Pierre Le Borgne, Meteo France, France / Steinar Eastwood, met.no, Norway

The International Polar Year - The contribution by Space Agencies and expected observational legacies : Tillmann Mohr, Special Advisor to WMO, former EUMETSAT Director-General

Monitoring the cryosphere from space: research and operationalisation : Ian Brown,  Stockholm University, Sweden

Circumpolar permafrost monitoring : Annett Bartsch, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks : Volker Rachold, Executive Secretary, International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

Recent accelerating changes in the sub Arctic environment and ecosystems (Not available) : Terry Callahan, Abisko Scientific Research Station, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden

Regional Modelling of Arctic climate in recent and possible future climates : Ralf Döscher, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute/Rossby Centre, Sweden

ICESat's observations of Arctic sea ice freeboard/thickness and NASA's plans for ICESat-2 : Jay Zwally, ICES at Project Scientist NASA Goddard SFC, USA

Sea Ice change and climate IPY and ESA : Henri Laur, Head of ESA Mission management office, Italy

Thematic Session: Transport & Security

Satellite reception of AIS signals from vessels in the Arctic : Ghislain Ruy, Luxspace, Luxemburg

Transports in the Baltic Sea and needs for Northern sea routes : Ulf Gullne, Swedish Maritime Agency, Sweden

Identification of Oil Spills by Satellite : Olaf Trieschmann, EMSA (Presentation given by Richard Hall, KSAT)

SeaTrack Web - the Oil spill information system and extention to the Arctic : Cecilia Ambjörn, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden

Challenges to ice monitoring around Greeland : Leif Toudal Pedersen, Danish Meteorological Institute, Denmark

European Ice Service : Helge Tangen, European Ice Service, Met.no, Norway

Navigating in Iceberg infested waters : Scott Rogerson, International Ice patrol

The role of satellite technology in Arctic governance : Richard Hall, KSAT, Norway

ESA activities related to satellite communications for high latitude regions : Frank Zeppenfeldt, ESA

Thematic Session: Sustainable Exploitation    

Inuit society using Earth Observation based services : Tom Hirose, Noetix, Canada

Reindeer husbandry and forestry – conflict mitigation in northern Sweden (Cancelled) : Karin Baer, Vilhelmina North Sami Community / Leif Jougda, Swedish Forest Agency

EO based services for climate change adaptation : Thomas Puestow Polar View, C-CORE

Hydrological predictions for the Arctic environment, the needs of satellite data : Berit Arheimer, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden

Russian space infrastructure applied to the Arctic : Vasily Smolyanitsky, Arctic and Antarctic Reasearch Institute & JCOMM, Russia

On Galileo for the Arctic : Frank Udnaes, EC/DG Energy & Transport

Serving the Arctic: Polar Communications and Weather (PCW) Mission : Guennadi Kroupnik, PCW Mission Manager, CSA

Stockman Oil field, SDAG (Cancelled) : Edmond Coche, Stockman Development AG

Challenges for fisheries enforcement and safety in the far north : Gunnar Pedersen, KSAT, Norway

Plenary Session II    

Session Summary: Climate Change

Session Summary: Transport & Security

Session Summary: Sustainable Exploitation

EU - Baltic Regional Strategy : Alexander Schenk, Ministry of Finance, Swedish Governmental Offices

The Potential of GMES in the Arctic : Mikko.Strahlendorff, EC GMES Bureau

Marine Core Services : Pierre Bahurel, Mecator, Coordinator, MyOcean project

Progress since the Arctic Communication : Reinhard Priebe, EC/DG-MARE

Workshop Closing : Jerome Bequignon, ESA