High-Level Plenary Part 2: Understanding Needs, Bridging Gaps

Day: Tuesday 23 May 2023
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Location: Scandinavia Ballroom, Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel

This High-Level Plenary will present what developed and developing countries need to do in order to face the current climate change impacts. It will highlight the current barriers and will help understand how to bridge the gaps and enable faster climate actions. During this session the panellists are invited to discuss how space can become more accessible and develop platforms for new solutions. The aim of this session is to focus the discussion on what countries have to do in order to ensure that end users (government, companies) can better understand the needs in order to lower the barriers and increase the adoption of solutions. 

Moderator

Emma GATTI

Editor in Chief, SpaceWatch.Global

Italy

Speakers

Bjørnar Selnes SKJÆRAN

Minister, Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy

Norway

Julian FOX

Team Leader National Forest Monitoring, MRV and Platforms, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Italy

Tom GARDNER

Head of Strategic Partnership, Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO)

Norway

Nicole QUIJANO-EVANS

Deputy Director, Crimes that Affect the Environment Program, Border Management Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Austria

Harshbir SANGHA

Missions and Capabilities Delivery Director, UK Space Agency

United Kingdom