ESA Space Solutions

🛰🎨 If you’re at the International Astronautical Congress #IAC2024 this week, come along to the European Space Agency - ESA booth on Friday to meet Guillaume PRIGENT, PhD, EMBA, ESA Business Developer & Partnership Officer and founder of Ex Oblivione - a startup born from ESA's intrapreneurship initiative, dedicated to repurposing unused space assets into unique works of art. The pieces below are unused items from past ESA missions… how would you fashion them into art? We’d love to hear your ideas. Join Guillaume for 'Ex Oblivione: From Space Junk to Art' on Friday, 18 October, 12:00 - 13:00. ➡ https://lnkd.in/eTxJU7Xd

🏆 We are delighted to share that Hula Earth - Biodiversity Monitoring with Satellites and loT Sensors - took first place in the ESA Business Applications Challenge at this year’s INNOspace Masters competition. Our challenge, ‘Space for Every Industry’, invited applicants to put forward innovative solutions for Earth, using space technology. Hula Earth’s comprehensive solution for biodiversity monitoring and impact assessment uses satellite imagery and IoT sensor data to deliver biodiversity data points that are not currently available, with unparalleled accuracy, real-time insights, and automated compliance reporting, all in one integrated platform. Rita Rinaldo, Head of Projects and Studies Implementation Division at the European Space Agency - ESA described Hula Earth’s solution as an ‘excellent example of purposeful innovation’. Read more ➡ https://lnkd.in/eARVqdd7 📷 Anke Freimuth, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Rita Rinaldo are pictured with Florian Geiser of Hula Earth.

🛫 WEBINAR: 'Space for Smart Airports and Airport Regions', 19 November, 15:00 CET. With airports increasingly relying on technologies to digitalise operations, become more efficient and sustainable, and support multi-modality, find out how space technologies are able to support airports and regions in their digitalisation efforts. Join the webinar on 19 November, hosted jointly by the European Space Agency - ESA with Airport Regions Council (ARC) and EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub (EIH). Register here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gkA5xVcb #EIH

🚸 Call for proposals: ‘Space for Safeguarding of Children’. European Space Agency - ESA funding is available for Feasibility Studies to investigate opportunities for innovative and sustainable space-enabled solutions to support the safeguarding of children and young people across the globe. The main focus areas for this study are the identification of missing children, and protection of migrant children. This opportunity is supported by the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), which has provided use cases and will support resultant activities by providing user requirements and recommendations. Find full details and submit your application ➡ https://lnkd.in/eZ6Rg8Aq

🌍 Businesses across every sector of the European economy are realising the value of space technologies and data to drive innovation in all aspects of our daily life. The European Space Agency - ESA’s Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) programme gives companies a pathway to transform concepts into viable commercial applications. If you are leading on sustainability within your organisation, but have yet to consider space, join us in the UK in November to hear from companies who have successfully integrated space-based solutions and seen their businesses thrive. Davide Coppola, Head of Space Applications Initiatives Sector at ESA, will share how, with a strong focus on sustainable and digital innovation, BASS projects are already delivering socio-economic impact at scale across European industry. Register now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/euR889_z 📌 ‘Towards a Space-Powered Economy’ 📅 25-26 November 2024 📍 European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) Conference Centre, Oxfordshire, UK. Rita Rinaldo Liz Barrow Dr Kavitha Muthu Asimina (Mina) Syriou

⚓ NEW WEBINAR: ‘Maritime Decarbonisation - Decarbonisation Through Maritime Autonomy’, Tuesday, 29 October, 10:00 GMT/11:00 CET. As part of our umbrella call for proposals on the theme of maritime decarbonisation, we will introduce a new sub-theme aimed at developing innovative autonomous services for the maritime sector. While autonomous shipping does not directly achieve decarbonisation, maritime autonomous systems offer transformative opportunities to make the sector cleaner, more energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable. For example, the reduction or removal of onboard life support infrastructure, opens the door for more compact vessels being able to utilise cleaner and more sustainable energy sources, and unlocks new alternative routes. This sub-theme includes, but is not limited to, the following topics: ▪ Enhancing the efficiency of autonomous vessels ▪ Navigating and overcoming regulatory barriers ▪ Advancing shore-based infrastructure ▪ Protecting autonomous systems from external threats ▪ Supporting the next generation of seafarers (at sea and onshore) ▪ Increasing autonomy levels ▪ Improving situational awareness for autonomous operations Find further details and register for the webinar ➡ https://lnkd.in/e5eGHZfu

🌳 Join our webinar: ‘Space for Sustainable Forestry’ on Wednesday, 30 October. We’re excited to announce that Hubert Inhaizer, Forestry and Conservation Manager, PEFC International will be our guest speaker. As climate change intensifies, protecting forests through sustainable management and addressing deforestation drivers is essential for maintaining forest health and resilience, supporting biodiversity, climate regulation, human well-being, and sustainable development. We’ll explore how the present situation necessitates more active participation from key stakeholders to facilitate a transformation that entails not only technological innovation and supportive regulatory frameworks but also cross-sectoral partnerships to deliver holistic end-to-end solutions for the conservation and sustainable management of our forests. Join us on 30 October at 10:00 GMT/11:00 CET. Register now ➡ https://lnkd.in/euBpB6DQ

🚢 Last month we had the great pleasure of being in Belfast for the European Space Agency - ESA’s first Port Decarbonisation and Environmental Sustainability workshop. The event hosted by Belfast Harbour, on behalf of ESA and the UK Space Agency, in association with Redshift Associates, brought together key stakeholders from the port sector to examine the themes of decarbonisation and sustainability and explore possible roles for current and emerging space data and services in supporting the green transition of port ecosystems. Ahead of the launch of our new Maritime Updates bulletin, we’re excited to share a preview of the highlights video from the workshop with you today. For more in-depth updates about our work in the ports and maritime sector, including access to all the presentations from the Port Decarbonisation and Environmental Sustainability workshop, sign up for our Maritime Updates today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eRbhm8TF Rita Rinaldo Roberta Mugellesi Dow Kyle Flanigan Rickbir Bahia Alan Wells

It was a pleasure to join the Sustainable Finance Live event https://lnkd.in/eScmChK2 in its journey from 'field to trade', exploring the role of natural value in the supply chain and how nature can be assessed, quantified and priced. Thank you to Richard Peers for the invitation and the amazing organisation. Pleased to see #space in the agenda, showcasing its value in understanding and assessing both physical climate risks and nature-related risks and impact. From greenhouse gas emissions to biodiversity and ecosystems, from the extent of flooding and wildfires to water pollution, the information on assets and areas of interest that we can obtain, geolocate and transmit thanks to space data and technology is invaluable and brings a key element of transparency. Looking forward to continue the discussion! 🤝 Nature is exactly the topic of our recently issued funding call. At ESA Space Solutions we are actively supporting the development of services and solutions that tackle the challenges of the sustainable finance ecosystem and of the wider group of stakeholders looking into nature risks and opportunities 🎯 Check all the details including how to apply in the link below: https://lnkd.in/eeVBqb7T Finextra ResponsibleRisk Ltd #spacesolutions #sustainablefinance #naturebasedsolutions

✨ We are delighted to announce that Dr. Eva Schmid, Director Hydrogen and Synthetic Energy Carriers, German Energy Agency (dena) will be speaking at our November conference. Dr. Schmid will join our panel discussion on ‘Space for Positive Social and Environmental Impact’, focusing on how we put the energy transformation into practice. The session will explore how space-based applications can help address some of the great environmental and social challenges of today, including the transition to cleaner energy. At the German Energy Agency Dr. Schmid leads three teams, focusing on hydrogen value chains and technologies, hydrogen markets and regulation and hydrogen dialogue and system integration, as well as a thematic unit advancing hydrogen foreign trade policy. This conference hosted by the European Space Agency - ESA's Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) programme will show how space and space technologies are helping companies of all sizes across all sectors tackle the multiple challenges facing our planet, from climate change and urban growth to the energy transition and protecting the environment. Register today ➡ https://lnkd.in/euR889_z 📌 ‘Towards a Space-Powered Economy’ 📅 25-26 November 2024 📍 European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, UK.