Vaasa Climate Change Conference & Networking Forum was held in Vaasa, 26.9. – 28.9. 2019. Kvarken Space Economy project held session two of the conference on 27 of September, titled “The role of the space-based data in fighting climate change“.
Program was as follows:
What does space-based technology offer?
Heidi Kuusniemi, Director, Digital Economy, University of Vaasa
Keynote lecture:
EU Copernicus Programme: Opportunities on Monitoring and Assessing Impacts of Climate Change
Ali Nadir Arslan, Senior Scientist, Finnish Metereological Institute
Mission KvarkenSat and the Kvarken Space Center – Contributions to also Climate Change Monitoring
Kendall Rutledge, Project Leader, Novia University of Applied Sciences
Antti Kinnunen, Project Researcher, University of Vaasa
Kannan Selvan, Research Assistant, University of Vaasa
Expert Panel and Q&A: Benefits of Space in Fighting Climate Change – from Citizens to Businesses
Chaired by Heidi Kuusniemi, Director, Digital Economy, University of Vaasa
Panel members (same order as in the picture below):
Kendall Rutledge, Project Leader, Novia University of Applied Sciences
Tapani Stjernvall, CEO, Bitcomp Oy
Dr. Mari K. Niemi, Director, InnoLab, University of Vaasa
Dr. Ali Arslan, Senior Scientist, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Dr. Petri Välisuo, Associate Professor (Tenure Track), University of Vaasa
Picture Credits: Jukka P Seppälä and Ilias Missyris
