EXCELSIOR Technical Workshop

Space Operations and Environmental Monitoring in Cyprus

Wednesday March 18th 2020, 8:30 – 16:30
Aliathon Hotel, Pafos, Cyprus

Motivation: Public information on plans and prospects of EXCELSIOR related

infrastructure for space operations, monitoring and environmental research and how
these can be used for the projects and challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Free attendance
AGENDA:
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
EXCESLSIOR Intro
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome
Diofantos HADJIMITSIS (CUT)
09:10 – 09:30 Brief overview of EXCELSIOR
Kyriacos THEMISTOCLEOUS (CUT)
09:30 – 09:50 What the Cyprus National Council for Research and Innovation
expects from EXCELSIOR? Sustainability of the ECoE
Andreas ANAYIOTOS (CUT)
09:50 – 10:10 Cyprus Activities in Space
George KOMODROMOS (Ministry of Transport, Communications and
Works)
10:10 – 10:30 Intro to the topic: What would be advantages and challenges for a
space related infrastructure in Cyprus?
Gunter SCHREIER (DLR)
10:30 – 11: 00 Coffee Break
EXCELSIOR Plans
11:00 – 11:20 A satellite ground station for maritime security
Egbert SCHWARZ (DLR)
11:20 – 11:40 Ground-based remote sensing supersite for atmospheric/climate
research, satellite calibration, and support of local services
Albert ANSMANN, Johannes BÜHL, Patric SEIFERT, Ulla WANDINGER
(TROPOS)
11:40 – 12:00 Leveraging Copernicus big satellite data and space technology for
societal resilience. The generation of science and innovation in the
context of EXCELSIOR for the ultimate benefit of the citizens
Haris KONTOES (NOA)
 Future demands & Opportunities
12:00 – 12:20 NASA Contribution to the Eastern Med Region and to the EXCELSIOR
Project & The Mediterranean Regional Information Network
(MedRIN) NASA Network
Vincent AMBROSIA (NASA)
12:20 – 12:40 The Copernicus space segment – current and future Sentinels
Simon JUTZ (ESA)
12:40 – 13:00 Copernicus SEA: Security in the Eastern Med area and Space assets
Denis BRUCKERT & Marcello MORETTI (EUSC)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:20 Optical communication from Space to Ground
Marcus KNOPP (DLR)
14:20 – 14:40 CYTA - a satellite station hosting facility
Antonis ANTONIOU (CYTA)
14:40 – 15:00 International Ground Stations
Rani HELLERMANN (RBC)
15:00 – 15:20 The outlook for the oil and gas industry in the Mediterranean
Elfride COVARRUBIAS V. (DNVGL)
15:20 – 15:40 The SoilPRO® as a new assembly to measure soil spectral
information in the field over the Mediterranean region
Eyal BEN-DOR (TAU)
15:40 – 16:00 Landslide Monitoring and Risk Assessment in Cyprus
Skevi PERDIKOU (GEOFEM)
16:00 – 16:20 CyCLOPS: A Strategic Research Infrastructure Unit for Geohazards
Monitoring in Cyprus and the Southeastern Mediterranean Region
Chris DANEZIS (CUT)
16:20 – 16:30 Questions/ Remarks

The Workshop takes place within the RSCy2020: ʽEighth International Conference on
Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environmentʼ.

CONSORTIUM

This project has received funding from This project has received funding from the
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Government of the Republic of Cyprus through
research and innovation programme the Directorate General of the European’s
under grant agreement No 857510 Programmes, Coordination and Development