Overview
Under the framework of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) call « Science Meets Parliaments / Science Meets Regions », the Ministry of Economy, the Luxembourg Space Agency, the University of Luxembourg- Faculty of Law, Economics, and Finance, and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) are co-organizing the one-day conference titled Space Solutions for Sustainability on Earth.
The one-day event will focus on domestic environmental topics and the use of space technologies to support policymakers by using selected European space programs – Copernicus and Galileo. Most importantly, this conference has a special focus on the Luxembourg’s strategy under the environmental objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The conference is structured in two parts:
In the first part, keynote speakers will address the environmental political needs of Luxembourg pursuant the Luxembourg’s SDGs.
The second part is dedicated to the use of space technologies for environmental applications focused on two main axes:
1. The use of Earth Observation (EO) for agriculture, land management and natural disaster response;
2. The use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) data for mobility, transport and research.