Space Technology for Earth Applications PG

Upcoming Events

There are currently no scheduled events. Please check back at another time. Any inquiries or suggestions for events organized by STEA can be sent to [email protected].

Past Events

STEA PG General Assembly Meetings

The Space Technology for Earth Applications (STEA) project group (PG) holds a General Assembly meeting every few months, typically at a different time slots each time to accommodate our members from across the globe. During these meetings, the co-leads will be providing an update about the PG, followed by a plenary lecture, and a set of presentations by the PG members on currently active projects or their work outside of STEA. Attend the General Assembly meeting is a good way to learn more about our work and how to be more involved.

Any inquiries about the STEA General Assembly meeting can be sent to [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising General Assembly on 15th April 2023 at 4.30 PM CEST (GMT +2). If you are interested in Earth Observation (EO), GNSS and similar applications or you’re interested in the project works in this group or you’d like to join this group, then you should attend this general assembly.

This time we have two excellent speakers from EUSPA and DLR to discuss opportunities in GNSS and Earth Applications Market.

  1. Stefan Schneider, Space Downstream Entrepreneurship Officer, EUSPA (European Union Agency for Space Program)
    Topic: “Europe’s Space Entrepreneurship Initiative: Cassini”
  2. Cécile Deprez, Researcher from German Aerospace Center (DLR)
    Topic: “Next-generation GNSSs”

Also, we have presentations from STEA’s internal project leads

  • Project 1: Realtime flood risk assessment in developing countries using social media, optical and SAR satellite data (REFRA-SOS), presented by Krittanon “Pond” Sirorattanakul
  • Project 2: Human Impact research: Building actionable policy work through satellite data and computation, presented by Sagarika Valluri

If you’re interested to join this group or any projects, then you should attend this assembly also you’ll get multiple chances to ask your questions to our guest speakers and us. For further information, please contact [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising General Assembly on 29th October 2022 at 10 AM CEST (GMT +2). If you are interested in Earth Observation (EO), GNSS and similar applications or you’re interested in the project works in this group or you’d like to join this group, then you should attend this general assembly.

This time we have three excellent speakers joining us for a panel discussion on the topic of “Development of EO in Emerging Nations”.

  1. Emir Hartato, Customer Success Engineer at Planet Labs PBC, Indonesia
  2. Akansha Saklani, Manager at World Resources Institute, Netherlands
  3. Eldrige De Melo, Space Program Manager, Finland

If you’re interested to join this group or any projects, then you should attend this assembly also you’ll get multiple chances to ask your questions to our guest speakers and us. For further information, please contact [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising General Assembly on 30th April 2022 at 7 AM UTC. This is an opportunity for interested members to learn about the ongoing work in the PG and how you could get involved. Below is our agenda.

Plenary presentation on “Earth Observing Dashboard“
by Federico Rondoni and Dr. Anca Anghelea, European Space Agency (ESA)

Open discussion on the topic of “web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) platforms”. 

Lighting talks from our PG members

  1. Chukwuma Okolie, University of Lagos, Nigeria
    Topic: “Fusion of satellite-derived Digital Elevation Models (DEMs): Opportunities and future directions”
  2. Jim Volp, Former SGAC co-chair
    Topic: “Concrete opportunities to participate for young professionals”

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising General Assembly on 22nd January 2022 at 4 PM UTC. This is an opportunity for interested members to learn about the ongoing work in the PG and how you could get involved. Below is our agenda.

Plenary presentation on “Statistics to detect drought resilience regions and wildfires risks from images of vegetable activity (FPAR-NDVI)”
by Fernando Roque

Open discussion on the topic of “how space technology can be used to tackle droughts and wildfires”. 

Lighting talks from our PG members

  1. Menelaos Raptis, High School student
    Topic: “Prediction of the Covid-19 spread”
  2. Prudence Ayivi
    Topic: “How to promote STEA PG activities to the world”
  3. Kumbirai Nicholas Matingo, National Point of Contact (NPoC) for Zimbabwe, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
    Topic: “Linking supply and demand through Earth Observation (EO) data”

For further information, please contact: [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising General Assembly on 17th October 2021 at 7 AM UTC. This is an opportunity for interested members to learn about the ongoing work in the PG and how you could get involved. Below is our agenda.

Practice talks for our members representing us at the 72th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  1. Integrating Social Media and Remote Sensing Data for Flood Assessment in Developing Countries: A Case Study in Douala Estuary, Cameroon (Session B1.5), presented by Swarnajyoti Mukherjee
    Authors: Desire Muhire, Swarnajyoti Mukherjee, Krittanon Sirorattanakul, Charles-aime Nzeussi Mbouendeu, Victor Hertel, Ikechukwu Maduako, Chukwuma Okolie, Daniela Vargas-Sanabria, Lako tephane, Ikenna Arungwa, Avanija Menon, Abinash Silwal, Alessandro Novellino, Ndongo Barthelemy, Marco Romero
  2. Supplementing Earth Observation with Twitter data to improve disaster assessments: A case study of 2020 Bobcat fire in Southern California (Session B1.5), presented by Swarnajyoti Mukherjee
    Authors: Swarnajyoti Mukherjee, Krittanon Sirorattanakul, Daniela Vargas-Sanabria, Samridh Patial, Abinash Silwal, Kristine Jane Atienza
  3. Live demonstration of data processing using artificial intelligence and satellite data for ocean farming applications (Workshop session), presented by Zahra Okba
    Authors: Zahra Okba, Eva Fernández Rodríguez, Zachary Rowland, Lisah Ligono, Chukwuma Okolie

Lighting talks from our PG members

  1. Kristine Jane Atiena
    Topic: “Space technology for agriculture development of family farms in Asia Pacific”
  2. Swarnajyoti Mukherjee
    Topic: “Carbon farming with space technology”
  3. Sanja Terlevic
    Topic: “Democratizing the clean energy transition”
  4. Ugonna Nkwunonwo
    Topic: “Smart city for developing countries against the background of technological, pedagogical and administrative challenges in geospatial infrastructure”
  5. Tensae Alemayehu
    Topic: “Satellite-based artificial intelligence for cash crop yield estimation and health monitoring”
  6. Victor Hertel
    Topic: “Radar-based flood mapping”
  7. Krittanon Sirorattanakul
    Topic: “Using digital image correlations to measure deformations from optical images”
  8. Swetha Kotichintala
    Topic: “Exobotics”

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising two separate information sessions on 3rd August 2021 at 6pm CET. This is an opportunity for interested members to learn about the ongoing work in the PG and how you could get involved through a series of presentations.

Project presentations

  1. “Flood Extent Mapping in Cameroon”, presented by Desire Muhire
  2. “Applying Space Data on Earth”, presented by Alina Vizireanu
  3. “Twitter for Disaster Management”, presented by Swarnajyoti Mukherjee
  4. “Diversity in Space Industry”, presented by Krittanon “Pond” Sirorattanakul

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising two separate information sessions on 24th January 2021 at 6pm CET. This is an opportunity for interested members to learn about the ongoing work in the PG and how you could get involved through a series of presentations.

Agenda

  1. STEA PG updates
  2. Discussion on our agenda for 2021
  3. “AI for Cash-Crop Yield Estimation and Health Monitoring”, presented by Tensae Ali (SGAC National Point of Contact Ethiopia)
  4. “STEA initiatives for emerging countries”, presented by Marco Romero (SGAC National Point of Contact Angola)

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising two separate information sessions on 5th December 2020 at 9pm CET. This is an opportunity for interested members to learn about the ongoing work in the PG and how you could get involved through a series of presentations.

Agenda

  1. STEA PG Updates
  2. “Influences of climate change on landslide hazards in Southern California”, presented by Krittanon “Pond” Sirorattanakul
 

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising two separate information sessions on 8th November 2020 at 6pm CET. This is an opportunity for interested members to learn about the ongoing work in the PG and how you could get involved through a series of presentations.

Agenda

  1. STEA PG Updates
  2. Farming by Satellite Competition 2020, presented by Zahra Okba
  3. Updates of STEA Social Science group, presented by Krittanon “Pond” Sirorattanakul
    • “Twitter for Disaster Risk Management”, presented by Swarnajyoti Mukherjee
    • “Flood Management in Cameroon”, presented by Desire Muhire

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Space Technology for Earth Application (STEA) Project Group (PG) under Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is organising two separate information sessions on 7th June 2020, from 9am to noon and 5 – 8pm UTC. This is an opportunity for interested members to learn about the ongoing work in the PG and how you could get involved through a series of presentations.

List of presentations

  1. Krittanon Sirorattanakul, USA
    Topic: “Role of space-related Non-Governmental Organizations in Disaster Management”
  2. Kolemann Lutz, USA
    Topic: “Role of Earth Observation in Monitoring English Ivy”
  3. Ramasamy Venugopal, South Africa
    Topic: “A guide to satellite data applications for development experts”
  4. Zahra Okba, Morocco
    Topic: “The role of satellite remote sensing in preventing Harmful Algal Blooms”
  5. Ciri Farinelli, Germany
    Topic: “Impact of COVID-19 on Climate Change: Analysis and Lessons Learned”
  6. Victor Hertel, Germany
    Topic: “Early Warning Detection & Implementation to identify Malaria Spread in Central Africa”
  7. Swetha Kotichintala, UK
    Topic: “Monthly webinars on space technologies by subject matter experts across the project group”
  8. Swetha Kotichintala, UK
    Topic: “Tree logging identification in Ghana’s Kalakpa Reserve”

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Workshops

One of our flagship projects, Realtime Flood Risk Assessment in developing countries using Social media, Optical and SAR satellite data (REFRA-SOS) is supported by the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP), a cooperative enterprise of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) as project 734 for a duration of two years between 2021 – 2022. As a part of the project, the group organises an annual workshop aiming to get feedback from local stakeholders on the project.

You can find the recording of the 2021 workshop on this YouTube playlist. More details about the themes of the workshop and the invited speakers can be found below.

Click here to see the workshop report.

“Flood Risk Assessment in Cameroon: The Present”
October 15, 2022 from 1 pm – 4.30 pm Cameroon time (UTC+1)

In the era of the rapidly changing climate, flood events are becoming more intense and more frequent posing losses of invaluable lives and properties worldwide, especially in the developing countries. Our project, sponsored by UNESCO International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) and Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), aims to address these challenges by developing sustainable and effective management tools driven by Earth Observations, social media crowdsourcing, and hydrological models. The second workshop in the series will focus on flood conditioning factors and methods/technologies developed for flood assessment in developing countries and the needs for improvement, using Cameroon as a case study. The potential and future outlooks for using Small
satellite constellation, Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IOT) for flood assessment in flood risk assessment will also be discussed. This workshop links several fields and is opened to city managers, scientists, engineers and people interested in citizen science.

Speakers

  1. Swarnajyoti Mukherjee, STEA co-lead
    Topic: “Satellite technology and Earth Observation for flood issues in developing countries”
  2. Dr. Barthelemy Ndongo, Inspector General at the Ministry in charge of environment & University of Dschang, Cameroon
    Topic: “Flood risk assessment practices in developing countries: case Cameroon”
  3. Bandiougou Diawara, UNESCO Regional Multisectorial Bureau for Central Africa
    Topic: “Water quality monitoring of lake Tchad”
  4. Dr. Shawana P. Johnson, Global Marketing Insights Inc.
    Topic: “Persistent Low Earth Orbit: AI and flood management”
  5. Willy Soap, GeOsm
    Topic: “Resilient city and pragmatic solutions for flood risk mitigation”
  6. Paul Kennedi, Chief of Staff, Zindi startup
    Topic: “AI for flood prediction in Africa: Developing community-driven solutions on Zindi”
  7. Romain Batha, National Observatory on Climate Change (ONACC), Cameroon
    Topic: “Use of satellite data for flood risk prevention in Cameroon: Feedback of the National Observatory on Climate Change”
  8. Rodrigues Metala, Global Water Partnership, Cameroon
    Topic: “Flood and drainage issues in the Wouri estuary: Case study over 3 drainage basins”
  9. Chukwuma J. Okolie, REFRA-SOS project lead & University of Lagos, Nigeria
    Topic: “Flood conditioning factors and the methods/technologies for flood assessment”
  10. Lako Mbouendeu Stéphane, Water For Life, Cameroon
    Panel discussion leader

Event moderators

  1. Charles-Aimé Nzeussi, REFRA-SOS project secretary
  2. Lisah Ligono, REFRA-SOS project member
  3. Chinazum, REFRA-SOS project member

Questions or concerns about this workshop should be directed to [email protected].

“Flood Risk Assessment in Cameroon: The Past”
October 13, 2021 from 1 pm – 4.30 pm Cameroon time (UTC+1)

In the era of the rapidly changing climate, flood events are becoming more intense and more frequent posing losses of invaluable lives and properties worldwide, especially in the developing countries. Our project, sponsored by UNESCO International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) and Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), aims to address these challenges by developing sustainable and effective management plans driven by Earth Observations, social media crowdsourcing, and hydrological models. The first workshop in the series will focus our attention on the current methods used in flood risk assessment in developing countries and the needs for an improvement, using Cameroon as a case study. The potential and future outlooks for using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), social media, and artificial intelligence (AI) in flood risk assessment will also be discussed. The workshop will be on October 13, 2021 from 1pm – 4.30pm Cameroon time (UTC+1) and will be hosted on zoom. The language for this workshop is English

Questions or concerns about this workshop should be directed to [email protected].

You can find the recorded presentations here.

Tutorials

The Space Technology for Earth Applications (STEA) project group (PG) occasionally hosts tutorial sessions for PG members on selected topics. Here are some examples of past tutorials:

  • Introduction to Python (see this Jupyter Notebook, for example)
  • Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
  • Introduction to QGIS
  • Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) processing using SNAP
  • Introduction to Google Earth Engine

Topic suggestions or any inquiries can be sent to [email protected].