ESA’s Living Planet Symposium, one of the world’s leading Earth observation conferences, opened on 23 June in Vienna. This plenary session took place on Tuesday, 24 June.
The session focused on what barriers, if any, are present in creating and maintaining effective partnerships, either bilaterally or multilaterally.
Panellists:
- Tidiane Ouattara – President, AfSA
- Paul Bate – CEOS Chair; DG, UKSA
- Kandasri Limpakom – Deputy Executive Director, GISTDA
- Christian Feichtinger – Executive Director, IAF
- Hironori Maejima – Senior Chief Officer of EO missions, JAXA
- Karen St Germain – Earth Science Division Director, NASA
- Ariel Blanco – Director Space Information Infrastructure Bureau, PhilSA
- Lorant Czaran – Scientific Affairs Officer, UNOOSA
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