INSPIRE CONFERENCE 2021
Programme
Monday 25/10
Tuesday 26/10
Wednesday 27/10
Thursday 28/10
Friday 29/10
SESSION TITLE
Location Interoperability - Lessons learnt. Where next?
SESSION CHAIR
- Francesco Pignatelli - European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Simon Vrečar - European Commission Joint Research Centre, External Consultant
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Francesco Pignatelli - European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Lorena Hernandez - European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Ray Boguslawski - European Commission Joint Research Centre, External Consultant
- Georges Lobo/Victoria Kalogirou - European Commission, DIGIT
- Miguel Alvarez - European Commission, DIGIT
- CheeHai Teo - United Nations Secretariat for Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
- Morten Borrebaek - Kartverket (Norwegian Mapping Authority)
- Massimo Pedroli - Deloitte
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Increasing ‘location interoperability’ and resulting improvements in digital public service delivery have been the primary goals of the ELISE action within the ISA² programme. ELISE has complemented INSPIRE through its cross-sector focus and its close attention to uses of location data and delivery of benefits for public administrations, businesses and citizens. Under ELISE, frameworks and solutions have been developed, providing recommendations and guidance for applying interoperability principles using location data in digital government. Moreover, tools are available to assess the level of adoption of those practices in the Member States. The guidance and monitoring within ELISE have been enhanced through a comprehensive set of studies and knowledge transfer activities that have reached out to a large number of stakeholders. ELISE has also made its mark internationally through its work with industry and the United Nations. This workshop will reveal lessons learnt through these actions both from the ELISE team and key stakeholders who have been part of the journey. The workshop will also give some pointers on future actions related to European digital and data policy, support to the European Green deal, and the evolution of INSPIRE and the EIF. This will include discussion on the upcoming ELITE action supported by the Digital Europe (DIGITAL) Programme
SESSION AGENDA
Wednesday 27 October, 13.30 – 15.00 CEST
Moderator: Simon Vrečar, European Commission Joint Research Centre, External Consultant
The agenda contains a number of brief presentations. At the end of each presentation, the moderator will pose one key question to the speaker drawn from reactions to the presentation in the meeting chat and informed collected from SLIDO questions which will be posted during the event. There will be a brief wrap-up discussion at the end of the event.
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Timing |
Title |
Speaker |
Abstract |
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13.30 |
Session introduction ELISE impacts in the field of location interoperability |
Francesco Pignatelli, European Commission, Joint Research Centre |
Introduction to session objectives and agenda. An introduction to the ELISE action on location interoperability, with a summary of key outputs and achievements |
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13.40 |
Location Interoperability Framework Guidance: Evolution of the EULF Blueprint |
Ray Boguslawski, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, External Consultant |
An outline of the European Union Location Framework (EULF) Blueprint, a guidance framework for use of location data and associated interoperability measures in digital public services. How has the EULF Blueprint evolved to embrace latest policy and technological developments? |
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13.50 |
Location Interoperability Framework Monitoring: LIFO lessons learnt |
Massimo Pedroli, Deloitte |
The Location Interoperability Framework Observatory (LIFO) monitors adoption of good practices in the five EULF Blueprint focus areas. What are the main positive findings and areas for improvement in each focus area? What can we about Europe’s positioning generally on location interoperability? How has the process worked out for participants? |
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14.00 |
ELISE knowledge transfer: Enhancing location interoperability knowledge and skills |
Lorena Hernandez, European Commission Joint Research Centre |
ELISE has created an extensive knowledge base on Joinup and run at least 52 webinars and 22 workshops in the last six years. In each of the focus areas, what key developments have been communicated and debated? What topics have the greatest interest? What communication methods have we found work best? |
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14.10 |
UN-GGIM IGIF: A global framework for integrated geospatial information management |
CheeHai Teo, United Nations Secretariat for Global Geospatial Information Management |
The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) developed and adopted the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF). Anchored by nine strategic pathways, the IGIF is a mechanism for nationally integrated geospatial information management and the capacity to take positive steps. There is a high degree of correspondence between the good practices in the EULF Blueprint and the IGIF. This presentation outlines the IGIF, the take-up and lessons learnt, what is in the pipeline, and how the IGIF may be perceived in relation to the EULF Blueprint. |
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14.20 |
EIF lessons learnt and future directions |
Miguel Alvarez, European Commission, DIGIT |
The European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is Europe’s guiding framework for digital public service interoperability, with recommendations based a key principles and in different interoperability layers. The EULF Blueprint aligns closely with the EIF. There has been a recent consultation on the EIF and preparations are being made to make the EIF even more purposeful in the future. This presentation gives a brief introduction to the EIF, summarises the key findings from the EIF evaluation, and describes how the EIF is likely to evolve under the DIGITAL, and what INSPIRE data providers and users can expect. |
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14:30 |
Interoperability Academy |
Georges Lobo/Victoria Kalogirou, European Commission, DIGIT |
Advanced Digital Skills are essential to support digital governance services, the Interoperability Academy contributes to it with a focus on Interoperability but also policy aspects and service delivery. The Interoperability Academy will then be an essential part of the support to Public Services part of the Digital Europe Programme. For this reason, it is expected to have all relevant actions such as ELITE to contribute to deliver learning resources. |
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14.40 |
How multinational frameworks and programmes can help European public administrations |
Morten Borrebaek, Kartverket (Norwegian Mapping Authority) |
How has the last five years been for geospatial data providers? Have they witnessed important changes in the way their data is used in their countries? What has made the difference? How have European and global initiatives helped and what can these initiatives do in the future to help deliver further improvements and benefits? |
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14.50 |
Location interoperability: Looking to the future |
Francesco Pignatelli, European Commission Joint Research Centre |
Observations as ELISE draws to a close and European digital and data policies are transitioning to a new set of priorities. This includes a brief presentation on the following: What have we learnt from ELISE? What does the policy landscape look like and where does future location interoperability action need to be positioned? What are the immediate plans for the next two years? There will also be an opportunity for any final questions and observations from contributors. |
SESSION TITLE
Past, present and future of INSPIRE: an industry perspective
SESSION CHAIR
- Joeri Robbrecht - ENV
SESSION SPEAKERS
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Several major players from the Geo-Industry will give their view on the past implementation of the INSPIRE Directive, its added-value and shortcomings. They will also get the opportunity to give their perspective on how the Directive should be further developed in the future from a business perspective and how their products will contribute to a future data ecosystem aligned with the European ambition for a common dataspace.
SESSION AGENDA
| Timing |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
Abstract |
| 15:30 – 15:45 |
Locate the Future: INSPIRE and Open Data in Europe
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Antje Kügeler, Sören Dupke |
The presenters will share con terra’s experience on the past implementation of the INSPIRE Directive, its added-value and shortcomings from various customer projects across Europe. con terra’s view on how the Directive should be further developed in the future will be outlined on the basis of the implementation options for INSPIRE Services and the requirements derived from Open data. The audience will also get an insight into current developments - namely the INSPIRE Solution Pack for FME - and how Alternative Encodings will contribute to a future data ecosystem aligned with the European ambition for a common dataspace. |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Balancing Business and Technical Requirements | Jill Saligoe-Simmel | What is the right balance of business requirements and technical requirements to drive the future success of INSPIRE? How can emerging technologies support INSPIRE as a digital ecosystem for the environment? We'll reflect on where requirements meet, potential barriers, the importance of timing, and opportunities for geospatial industry contributions. |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | INSPIRE: Origins, Obstacles and Opportunities - Solution Approaches and Experiences from an FME perspective | Dean Hintz | The evolution of INSPIRE will be examined as a framework that has guided the development of European SDI over the last decade or so. Strengths and weaknesses will be explored both from a technical perspective as well as challenges and successes agencies and businesses have faced during implementation. We will also consider how our FME products have evolved to meet the challenges posed by INSPIRE and its associated technical guidance. Selected key partnerships and deployments will be reviewed in brief.
Recommendations will be made as to the path forward based on our industry experience and knowledge of emerging trends. The prospects for INSPIRE will be considered within the context of an evolving, wider European open data ecosystem. This will include technical recommendations related to emerging industry standards such as OGC APIs and alternate encodings. Also a business organizational view of INSPIRE will be discussed in the context of integration across business units and enterprise automation. Ultimately the success of INSPIRE will be based on the results it delivers and not just the infrastructure it embodies. Essential to this is the relevance and meaningful impact it has towards making a real impact towards supporting spatial information sharing and decision making related to the growing challenges faced by EU communities, from short term disasters and pandemics to longer term threats such as climate change. |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | INSPIRE, OGC API - Features and New Mappings Support in GeoServer: Where are we? | Simone Giannecchini, Nuno Oliveira | GeoServer is a well-established multiplatform, open-source geospatial server providing a variety of OGC services, including WMS (view services), WFS and WCS (download services) as well as WPS (spatial data processing services). Among the open-source GIS web servers, GeoServer is well known for the ease of setup, the web console helping the administrator to configure data and services, the variety of OGC services available out of the box, as well as the rich set of data sources that it can connect to (open source, such as PostGIS as well as proprietaries, such as ArcSDE, Oracle or ECW rasters). GeoServer also provides several OGC APIs, including the OGC API - Features which recently attracted the interest of the INSPIRE community. |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | INSPIRE: the best gym to get ready for EU Common data spaces | Giacomo Martirano | The journey from INSPIRE to data spaces and data ecosystems, passing through High Value Datasets: the GO-PEG story, told by a SME with an INSPIRE-centred core-business in the last decade.
GO-PEG is a CEF (Connecting Europe Facility Programme of the European Commission) co-funded project having the ambition to generate a series of cross-border High Value Datasets, starting from heterogenous data sources, manual data processing, underexploited spatial data infrastructures and not-fully-expressed user requirements. The related well known issues are being solved thanks to the co-creation and co-execution of a series of use cases together with all the stakeholders involved: data providers, end users, technology providers, citizens, pioneering the set-up of a series of mechanisms typical of a true data ecosystem, building on solid INSPIRE principles for data sharing and interoperability. As an example, the GO-DEPTH use case extends the INSPIRE Geology Core data model to deal with 3D subsurface data created in the frame of a scientific project and reused in several contexts. The subsurface is indeed considered the new frontier of our continent: it holds natural resources and storage capacity (so-called geo-potentials - e.g. geothermal heat, raw materials, groundwater) to be managed carefully in order to preserve a natural and safe environment for European citizens. The overall goal of GO-DEPTH use case is to provide a methodology to conceptualize, organize and deliver easy-to-use, high-quality, interoperable subsurface information for sustainable planning and use of natural resources. Semantic interoperability is handled by the use of the Re3gistry software, whilst data sharing is facilitated by the use of geopackages served via OGC features API and data discovery is enabled in the European Data Portal. Epsilon Italia will exploit the GO-PEG results expanding its portfolio of professional services primarily provided to Public Authorities willing to implement data-driven innovative solutions, increasing the company competitiveness in the emerging market of data management related consultancy. |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Thorsten Reitz |
SESSION TITLE
Past, present and future of INSPIRE: the policy perspective
SESSION CHAIR
- Joeri Robbrecht - ENV
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Bettina Rafaelsen -COWI
- Lise Oules - Milieu
- Mohamed El Aydam - European Commission - DG AGRI
- Piotr Wojda - European Commission - DG JRC
- Joeri Robbrecht - ENV
SESSION DESCRIPTION
We will look back on the past implementation of INSPIRE and present the major findings of the evaluation of the INSPIRE Directive. This assessment of past efforts and current status will be complemented with a first reflection on the further development of the INSPIRE Directive as a key data sharing instrument for bringing green and reference data into the European common data space.
SESSION AGENDA
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Timing |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
Abstract |
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15:30 – 15:50 |
Findings of the support study for the evaluation of the INSPIRE Directive |
Bettina Rafaelsen -COWI Lise Oules - Milieu |
The presentation of the Evaluation of the INSPIRE Directive will introduce the evaluation background and structure. Further, the presentation focuses on the key findings of the evaluation in terms of the achievement of the implementation roadmap. Also the needs reflected in the Directive INSPIRE aiming at improving the availability, quality, organisation, accessibility and sharing of spatial information are addressed. The efficiency of the implementation in terms of cost- and benefits, and the coherence of the Directive with other policies have been key foci of the evaluation. Moreover, the study contributed to the wider coherence assessments required for the ‘GreenData4All’ initiative as part of the European Data Strategy. Lastly, the three key areas of recommendation for the future development will be discussed; closing the implementation gap, applying a user-driven approach, and ensuring an alignment of INSPIRE with other policy areas. |
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15:50 – 16:30 |
IACS data sharing under INSPIRE |
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16:30 – 17:00 |
GreenData4All |
Joeri Robbrecht - European Commission - DG ENV |
SESSION TITLE
Statistics and geospatial information – supporting the European Green Deal with data and knowledge
SESSION CHAIR
- Hannes I. Reuter - Eurostat
SESSION SPEAKERS
SESSION DESCRIPTION
The session will share the knowledge developed in the networks of the UN-GGIM: Europe, the National Statistical Institutes (NSI) and National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCA) towards stronger implementation of geographical information together with statistical applications, especially supporting the European Green Deal. Presentations will touch upon several themes – from the national to the European perspective.
Following the session, the attendances should get a good overview of the current state of play of Statistics and Geographic Information, and understand how to approach the respective organisations for future collaboration.
Additionally, a set of issues (lessons learned) in implementing the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) will be identified, and can be used as guidance for future developments in the European Statistical System (ESS) and NMCAs.
SESSION AGENDA
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Presentation title |
Speaker |
Abstract |
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Methods and perspectives of geospatial statistical data integration – observations from the taskgroup UN-GGIM: Europe
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Nathalie Delattre (National Geographic Institute, Subgroup Leader UN-GGIM: Europe WG on Data Integration); Markus Jobst (Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying) Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu (Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, Chair of UN-GGIM: Europe WG on Data Integration); Hannes I. Reuter (Eurostat) |
In a data-rich world, the combination of information coming from different data sources and domains allows for comprehensive and new insights. Especially different data themes from statistics need to be georeferenced by fundamental geographies and therefore enable geospatial statistics. Differing data structures, organizational issues, legal constraints and specific technical encodings are well known barriers that prevent from successful data integration. Modern approaches integrate various data by the use of common- as well as domain-centric semantics. This method of “Linked Data” could be seen as the key enabler for data integration. It is therefore a good starting point to enhance the perspectives and requirements for data integration in terms of a geospatially enabled knowledge infrastructure. As the technology and methods of data integration are rapidly evolving, an evaluation of the actual situation in Europe and its global perspective indicates urgent requirements that are needed to enable cross-domain data integration. New roles within the interaction of data spaces show up, like the ones of the data broker or persistent identity management. On this basis of new requirements, data integration facilitates the decision-making process of the countries, governs for new approaches in data capture, creation, maintenance and management. This contribution of the UN-GGIM:Europe Working Group on Data Integration aims at identifying state-of-the-art methods of data integration and highlighting the most relevant aspects on the basis of national examples and ongoing developments in the European region. In the light of this analysis illuminating the data integration barriers from a more technical point of view, the WG addresses recommendations in order to help decision makers in their future planning within their organisations. |
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Geospatial View of Generic Statistical Business Process Model |
InKyung Choi (UNECE) |
Statistical data combined with location information can provide critical knowledge through the integration with other data in the data ecosystem to understand multi-faceted issues of the current society. To address the information needs of the users in an increasingly complex and intertwined society, there is a great need for statistical data to be geospatially enabled using consistent and common geographies, in an accessible and usable format. The production of geospatially enabled statistics should be a routine operation for statistical organisations, and as pandemic highlighted, statistical organisations should be prepared to produce them in an efficient and timely manner. To ensure this occurs, geospatial-relevant activities and considerations should be integrated into the regular production processes of statistical organisations, so that the design and production of geospatially enabled statistics can be conducted in a systematic and consistent way. Using two global frameworks, Global Statistical Geospatial Framework (GSGF) and Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM), the Geospatial Task Team under the Supporting Standards Group of the High-Level Group on the Modernisation of Official Statistics (HLG-MOS) developed a Geospatial view of GSBPM. It describes geospatial-related activities and considerations needed to produce geospatially enabled statistics using the structure of GSBPM while taking into account GSGF principles so that the resulting statistics have a higher level of standardisation and geospatial flexibility, as well as a greater capacity for data integration. The presentation will provide background and overview of the Geospatial view of GSBPM. |
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Activities zones in Sweden – a way to define clusters and industrial land use based on land use type and economic activity |
Linus Rispling (Statistics Sweden) |
Activities zones are a new type of geographic delimitations in Sweden, produced during a two year project with co-funding from Eurostat, and published by Statistics Sweden in November 2020. The activities zones provide a comprehensive description of the economy and its relation to land use. More than 3 400 activities zones were delineated, including more than 68 000 local units in which there are more than 1.6 million employed persons. The aim of the activities zones project was to establish new delineations based on a continuous, automated regular update workflow, combining data from the Business register with land use and cadastral information, in practice showing the “footprints” of economic activity on land. Activities zones refer to geographical areas characterized either by a concentration of local units (cluster formation) in the zone, or by large scale and industrial land use in the zone, which has at least one local unit. An activities zone can include activities such as industry and business parks, colleges, universities, hospitals, or large land areas with airports, mines and quarries. |
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New and improved tools for spatial statistics |
Mirosław Migacz, Klaudia Peszat (Statistics Poland) |
Developed since 2011 and officially launched in 2013, the Geostatistics Portal is the place, where statistical data users can find everything they need to visualize data on thematic maps. Though the system was initially built for disseminating census results, the data scope and tool variety is growing since the launch. In 2020 Statistics Poland launched a new project called “Spatial Statistical Data in the Information System of the State” Project (PDS). The project focuses on upgrading two existing e-services – Geostatistics Portal web and mobile versions – and building three completely new e-services for advanced statistical data processing: Exploratory geostatistical data analysis, Geostatistical modelling and Semi-automated user content enrichment. The development of these services will result in the possibility of identifying, describing and visualising the spatial distribution of the analysed data, establishing spatial relations, correlations and clusters, examining the spatial heterogeneity or autocorrelation, and building the probabilistic models. The new functionalities will be available to advanced users, but also to users without specialist knowledge in the field of statistical analyses. The implementation of automatic content analysis mechanisms (i.e. "text mining") and usage of metadata describing geostatistical analyses available in the PDS system, will provide users with the possibility of supplementing their own text with graphic elements. The new PDS system is scheduled to launch in Q2 2022 and will replace the existing Geostatistics Portal. |
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Lessons learned |
Eurostat (H.I.Reuter) |
The session will conclude with a number of issues identified during the session. Participants are expected to contribute to this. |
SESSION TITLE
Data exchange and harvesting - e-Reporting and thematic portals
SESSION CHAIR
- Darja Lihteneger - EEA
- Stefan Jensen - EEA
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Jonathan Maidens - European Environment Agency
- Marc Olijslagers - KU Leuven, SADL
- Ulf Månsson – Sweco
- Stefania Morrone - Epsilon Italia
- Thorsten Reitz - wetransform
- Jóhannes Birgir Jensson - Environment Agency of Iceland
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Session will present the latest findings in data exchange between public authorities for different use cases, European and national, and technology used. The presentations will focus on implementation of reporting data flows in the reporting infrastructure Reportnet 3 - the next generation for e-Reporting environmental and climate data, on challenges of data harvesting, lessons learnt from alignment with INSPIRE requirements and national solutions for providing environmental data and information. The presentations will include technical aspects and user dimension. A short summary of presentations is listed below, as following:
Modernising e-reporting from the EEA Reportnet 3 perspective
Jonathan Maidens - European Environment Agency
This presentation will provide insight into how the EEA’s new e-reporting platform, Reportnet 3, aims to facilitate the reporting of environmental and climate data to the European institutions.
A practical implementation of INSPIRE harvesting as part of an Environmental reporting workflow
Marc Olijslagers - KU Leuven, SADL
The INSPIRE Generic Conceptual Model document explains how INSPIRE geospatial information can be combined with reporting specific business data to avoid double reporting. This will be for the first time implemented as an option for CDDA reporting in Reportnet3. We will explain how this works and how it will be generalised for other reporting workflows. Reporters deciding to use this approach will not have to report again the geospatial data that is already available for download through INSPIRE.
Online access of Reportnet 3 data using FME
Ulf Månsson – Sweco
The development and functionality of a public reader for the FME platform will be showcased. Learn how to easily integrate and automate workflows with data from Reportnet 3.
Environmental Noise Directive reporting data flow – INSPIRE and GeoPackage – why, what and how?
Stefania Morrone - Epsilon Italia
Thorsten Reitz – wetransform
The first part of this joint presentation will show what INSPIRE can contribute to a coherent approach on data flow management and optimisation, how to extend INSPIRE data models and cater for specific environmental legislation requirements (what tools – what methodology – where to find examples for INSPIRE compliant extension). It will wrap-up with lessons learnt while re-designing the Environmental Noise Directive reporting data model and aligning it to the INSPIRE Directive.
The presentation will then focus on how different formats such as GeoPackage can be used. GeoPackage is a candidate for an INSPIRE alternative encoding that has better usability in several thematic domains than the GML default encoding. We present processes and resources such as file templates, spatial data transformation projects, tools and tutorials that help overcome challenges of creating such alternative Encodings with minimal work and expertise.
In the Open – building cheap and agile information system with open source
Jóhannes Birgir Jensson - Environment Agency of Iceland
A quick overview on how open source is backing up e-Reporting and information exchange in Iceland.
SESSION AGENDA
The session will be organised with a set of presentations. There will be a possibility to address questions after each session or at the end of presentations.
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Time |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
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13:35 |
Modernising e-reporting from the EEA Reportnet 3 perspective |
Jonathan Maidens - European Environment Agency |
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13:50 |
A practical implementation of INSPIRE harvesting as part of an Environmental reporting workflow |
Marc Olijslagers - KU Leuven, SADL |
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14:05 |
Online access of Reportnet 3 data using FME |
Ulf Månsson - Sweco |
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14:20 |
Environmental Noise Directive reporting data flow – INSPIRE and GeoPackage – why, what and how? |
Stefania Morrone - Epsilon Italia Thorsten Reitz - wetransform |
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14:40 |
In the Open – building cheap and agile information system with open source |
Jóhannes Birgir Jensson - Environment Agency of Iceland |
SESSION TITLE
Closing Session - Towards a Common European Green Deal data space for environment and sustainability
SESSION CHAIR
- Hugo De Groof - European Commission, DG ENV
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Michael Lutz - Deputy Head of Unit in the “Digital Economy” Unit of the Joint Research Centre at the European Commission
- Nadine Alameh - CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and member of the Board of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) Private Sector Network (PSN)
- Andrea Halmos - Policy Officer in the ‘Smart Mobility and Living’ Unit of DG CONNECT at the European Commission
- David Schönwerth - Advisor on the topic of data economy in the area of AI & Big Data at Bitkom, Germany
- Stefan Jensen: Senior - expert on digitalisation, data and information - Governance, systems and technology at European Environment Agency, Denmark.
- Mohamed El Aydam - Policy Officer in the “Implementation Support and IACS” Unit of DG AGRI at the European Commission
- Léa Bodossian - Secretary General & Executive Director at EuroGeographics
SESSION DESCRIPTION
In the closing session we will list some takeaways from this year’s conference followed by a panel discussion with experts on how the INSPIRE Directive should further evolve to become a major instrument that supports and facilitates the development of the envisaged Green Deal data space whilst satisfying both public and private data and information needs. For this we are seeking the views of key players from industry and public sector.
SESSION AGENDA
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Timing |
Presentation |
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20 minutes |
Introduction |
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1 hour |
Panel discussion |
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5 minutes |
Closing |
SESSION TITLE
Smart from Local to Global
SESSION CHAIR
- Andrea Halmos - European Commission, DG CONNECT
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Andrea Halmos - European Commission, DG CONNECT
- Ramón Ferri Tormo - València, Spain
- Ben Lister - Rennes, France
- Lieven Raes - Digital Flanders, Belgium
- Timo Ruohomäki - Forum Virium Helsinki, Finland
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Smart cities and communities use digital technologies to reduce resource input and improve the quality of life for their citizens. They often strive to create a zero-waste system, support renewable energy production and consumption, promote carbon-neutrality and reduce pollution. Smart cities and communities therefore, have an important role in contributing to achieving the objectives of the Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Smart cities and communities rely on accessible, interoperable and reusable data to connect citizens with their cities’ infrastructure and administration, and enable them to engage in their development. Beyond reusing public administrations’ authoritative data, cities also need data collected through local service operators as well as real-time data (through sensors/IoT, smart objects, smartphone apps, social media, etc.), as these can be very useful for environmentally sustainable city planning and service delivery. Accessing, sharing and re-using locally relevant data is however, often complicated. While tangible results are being achieved in their own context, cities and communities need to act together to create a genuine single market for data, where private and public entities can fully control the use of the data they generate and where cities can have easy access to a large pool of high quality data. The data space for smart communities will offer a secure and trusted means for such data sharing in order to foster the development of new products and services in areas such as mobility, energy, climate adaptation and zero pollution and enable the creation of Local Digital Twins that allow modelling of multi-dimensional urban processes and perform simulations to improve decision-making. The data space for smart communities will connect local data ecosystems at EU level that could be interconnected with the future Green Deal Data space for environment and sustainability.
In this session we will learn about concrete smart city solutions that combine spatial data with other types of data for the developing innovative urban services and functionalities on Local Digital Twins. Their experience should increase knowledge on the potential of INSPIRE data at local level, in particular in combination with real-time, often privately held data, in support of Green Deal objectives focused on local specific policies and needs. The implementation experiences within Member States, EU institutions and private sector, as well as news and updates from relevant solution providers and standard organizations will illustrate the deployment of city policies. After a series of flash presentations, we will engage in a discussion with the speakers and the audience about challenges, opportunities and future trends in this domain.
SESSION AGENDA
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Timing |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
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8 minutes |
EC Policy Context |
Andrea Halmos European Commission, DG CONNECT Technologies for Smart Communities |
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8 min each |
Valencia |
Ramón Ferri Tormo València, Spain |
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Rennes Digital twin |
Ben Lister Rennes, France |
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Flanders Digital Twins and the DUET experience |
Lieven Raes Digital Flanders, Belgium |
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Helsinki Digital Twin |
Timo Ruohomäki Forum Virium Helsinki, Finland |
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Panel discussion
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ALL |
SESSION TITLE
Citizen Science and the Green Deal Data Space – what, why and how?
SESSION CHAIR
- Sven SCHADE - European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
- Jose Miguel RUBIO -European Environment Agency (EEA)
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Timo Kark - Estonian Environment Agency
- Ana-Maria - Olteanu-Raimond French Mapping Agency
- Maciej Truszczynski - Statistics Denmark
- Hugo de Groof - European Commission (DG Environment)
- Lionel Hertzog & Johann Heinrich von Thünen - Institute Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries
- Ilias Iakovidis - European Commission (DG Connect)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
With the increasing availability of data, and political priorities to achieve a twin (green and digital) transition, the notion of a Green Deal Data Space has been recently established. Discussing data spaces in principle addresses two issues: data sharing and data use. Whereas many of these discussions focus on partnerships between governments and/or businesses, we fall short of an informed debate on the role of citizens, and the valuable data that they might provide.
This session will start to address this gap by concentrating on citizen science data. Together with practitioners, we gather representatives from different public institutions – including Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs), National Mapping Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs) and National Statistical Offices (NSOs) – to discuss the role and potential of citizen science data – in particular, in support of the Green Deal. Whereas we will learn about the positions and examples of these institutions, we will also hear the immediate reactions and address questions from the representatives of different communities (incl. citizen science, data policy and INSPIRE).
The session will be organized in a dialogue that is open to all participants, so that we create a unique space for an open and dynamic discussion. In this way, everyone will be able to engage in the dialogue, and to get answers to the questions that might have bothered you already for some time!
SESSION AGENDA
The session will be organised as a dialogue, initiated by the co-moderators. Representatives from the three distinct types of national public authorities (environmental protection agencies, mapping agencies and statistical offices) will present their perspectives in a first block. In the second block of the session, members of different communities are invited to share their reflections on what they just heard. Those communities will include citizen science, data policy and INSPIRE. Whereas questions from the audience can be posted via the chat at any time, we will close the session with a third block in which we open the dialogue to all participants of our session. We will close with a few take away messages.
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Timing |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
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13:40
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The Environmental Protection Agencies’ perspective on citizen science and data (tentative) |
Timo Kark, Estonian Environment Agency |
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13:50
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The National Mapping Agencies’ perspective on citizen science and data (tentative) |
Ana-Maria Olteanu-Raimond, French Mapping Agency |
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14:00
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The National Statistical Offices' perspective on citizen science and data (tentative) |
Maciej Truszczynski, Statistics Denmark |
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14:10
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Reflection from the Citizen Science community (tentative) |
t.b.c. |
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14:20
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Reflection from the Data Policy point of view (tentative) |
t.b.c. |
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14:30
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Reflection from the INSPIRE community (tentative) |
Hugo de Groof, European Commission (DG Environment) |
SESSION TITLE
Supporting the Green Deal – Member State data from INSPIRE to Open Data and beyond
SESSION CHAIR
Ulla Kronborg-Mazzoli
Stefan Jensen
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Claudia Attard
- Carlo Cipolloni
- Lars Erik Storgaard
- Marc Leobet
- Martin Tuchyna
- Wideke Boersma
SESSION DESCRIPTION
Spatial data plays a significant role in making Europe greener and more digital. Digital technology and infrastructure have a critical role in our private lives and business environments as does the increasing creation and usage of data.
The INSPIRE Directive is an important instrument for bringing data from public administrations into the Green Deal data space, which is the larger objective of the ‘GreenData4All’ initiative. Furthermore, the INSPIRE Directive is also envisaged to play a key role in the implementation of the legal framework for the definition of High Value Data sets under the Open Data Directive.
INSPIRE should be seen a solid base for reuse and sharing of public administrations authoritative data that help grow the European economy, develop artificial intelligence and much more.
So, how can we transform the INSPIRE Directive to a data sharing instrument that will fuel the EU common data space with open data and support the ongoing data driven development?
The session will be led by Member States and build on contributions by DK, FR, IT, MT, NL, SK. Attending the session you will hear about member state experiences and best practices with INSPIRE and how these can be put into use in the future EU data I initiatives. The session will be structured around six short presentations followed by a panel debate and the audience is invited to interact and contribute to the dialogue.
The outcome of this session will be carried into the further work with need driven prioritization as part of the INSPIRE WP 2020-2024.
SESSION AGENDA
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Presentation title |
Speaker |
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INSPIRE Directive from a data provider perspective |
Claudia Attard MT |
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Can opening INSPIRE data help achieve the goals of the green transition |
Carlo Cipolloni IT |
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Is Denmark ready for Open Data |
Lars Erik Storgaard DK |
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INSPIRE, data spaces and users |
Marc Leobet FR |
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How to find ourselves in the upcoming trends linked to Green Deal |
Martin Tuchyna SK |
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What can we learn from INSPIRE for the Green Deal dataspace |
Wideke Boersma NL |
SESSION TITLE
Metadata catalogues in Europe: present and future
SESSION CHAIR
Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias and Marco Minghini - European Environment Agency (EEA) and European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias - European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Marco Minghini - European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
- Geraldine Nolf - Digitaal Vlaanderen – Belgium
- Laura Alemany - CNIG – Spain
- Angelos Tzotzos - Open Source Geospatial Foundation
- Jeroen Ticheler - Geocat
SESSION DESCRIPTION
In this session we will learn about implementation experiences within Member States, EU institutions and the private sector, as well as news and updates from relevant solution providers and standard organisations. After a series of flash presentations, we will engage in a discussion with the speakers and the audience about challenges, opportunities and future trends in this domain.
SESSION AGENDA
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Timing |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
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13:30 |
Welcome |
Session Chairs |
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13:35 |
Present and future of metadata catalogue at pan-European level |
Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias, European Environment Agency (EEA) Marco Minghini, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
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13:45 |
Present and future of metadata catalogues at regional and national level |
Geraldine Nolf, Digitaal Vlaanderen – Belgium Laura Alemany, CNIG – Spain |
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14:05 |
Present and future of metadata catalogues by industry and standard organisations:
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Angelos Tzotzos, Open Source Geospatial Foundation Jeroen Ticheler, Geocat |
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14:30 |
Panel discussion |
SESSION TITLE
Building synergies between the European Green Deal and Digital Strategies
SESSION CHAIR
Hugo De Groof - European Commission DG ENV
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Jack Dangermond - President ESRI
- Jill Saligoe-Simmel - Sr. Product Manager SDI and INSPIRE at Esri
- Hugo De Groof - European Commission DG ENV
- Daniele Rizzi - European Commission DG CONNECT
SESSION DESCRIPTION
This scene setting session will present the case for a digital ecosystem for the planet and the European Green Deal as an integral part of this Commission’s strategy to implement the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals
It will give an overview of the priorities of the European Green Deal and follow-up strategies. It will emphasize those areas of action where we need to leverage the combined power of frontier digital technologies in a digital ecosystem - consisting of data, technologies, infrastructure, analytics, insights, applications and governance- to provide the actionable knowledge needed to support the European Green Deal objectives.
With data ‘fueling’ the digital ecosystem, this session will introduce the European Strategy for data, and elaborate on the concept of the Common European data spaces. It will inform on the actions that are under way to harness the value of data in the digital ecosystem for the European Green Deal.
After these presentations, we will engage in a discussion with the speakers and invite the audience for comments and questions.
SESSION AGENDA
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Timing |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
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10:00-10:20 |
The Geographic Approach & Geospatial Infrastructure |
Jack Dangermond, President ESRI |
| 10:20-10:35 | Integrated Geospatial Infrastructure: Enabling Collaborations to address shared challenges | Jill Saligoe-Simmel , Sr. Product Manager SDI and INSPIRE at Esri |
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10:35-10:50 |
Digital Ecosystem needs of the European Green Deal |
Hugo De Groof, European Commission DG ENV |
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10:50-11:05 |
Europe’s data strategy enabling the European Green Deal data space |
Daniele Rizzi, European Commission DG CONNECT |
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11:05 – 11:30 |
Discussion, Q&A |
SESSION TITLE
Modernising INSPIRE within the European Green Deal data space – a technological and organisational perspective
SESSION CHAIR
Marco Minghini and Alexander Kotsev - European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Marco Minghini - European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
- Alexander Kotsev - European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
- Friso Penninga - Geonovum
- Athina Trakas - Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
- Codrina Maria Ilie - Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
- Nikola Milojevic-Dupont - Technical University of Berlin
SESSION DESCRIPTION
In the light of the favourable policy, organisational and technological context, the European Commission (JRC and ENV) and Geonovum (the National Spatial Data Infrastructure executive committee of the Netherlands), have completed a new JRC Science for Policy report, summarising the lessons learned and defining a vision for the future of INSPIRE as the public sector contribution to the European Green Deal data space. The session will start with a introduction of the findings and the vision. This will be followed by presentations bringing the experiences and perspectives of standardisation bodies, developer communities and users on how INSPIRE should remain fit for purpose within the new context defined by the European Strategy for Then. A panel will follow to discuss opportunities offered by the vision and the challenges to make it a reality.
SESSION AGENDA
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Timing |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
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10:00 |
INSPIRE - The Public Sector Contribution to the European Green Deal Data Space: A vision for the technological evolution of Europe’s Spatial Data Infrastructures for 2030 |
Marco Minghini, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Alexander Kotsev, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Friso Penninga, Geonovum |
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10:30 |
The evolution of geospatial standards: An exciting journey |
Athina Trakas, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
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10:40 |
The role of geospatial developer communities in the data sharing ecosystem |
Codrina Maria Ilie, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) |
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10:50 |
A user-driven data space: is INSPIRE ready? |
Nikola Milojevic-Dupont, Technical University of Berlin |
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11:00 |
Panel discussion: how to make the vision a reality? |
SESSION TITLE
Architectures, infrastructures and technological enablers for environmental data sharing
SESSION CHAIR
Chair: Josep Soler, Alex Kotsev
SESSION SPEAKERS
- Jürgen Moßgraber - Fraunhofer IOSB
- Thorsten Reitz - WeTransform
- Jari Reini - NLS Finland
SESSION DESCRIPTION
The session will look beyond the traditional approaches for data sharing in INSPIRE. Specifically, it will elaborate on technological enablers that can help scale and streamline environmental data sharing in a sovereign, decentralised and sustainable manner. Benefitting from newly emerging trends such as federated data infrastructures, modular and agile standards for data sharing and APIs, the session will identify and summarise concrete approaches that will inform the debate around modernising the technological framework of INSPIRE as a public sector contribution to the European Green Deal Data space.
SESSION AGENDA
The session will start with a description of three prominent initiatives, which provide different but complementary insights into the approaches that can help modernise the sharing of geospatial data in Europe. Those include:
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The newly initiated project dedicated to onboarding of INSPIRE datasets in the GAIA-X infrastructure (Jürgen Moßgraber - Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany);
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The GeoE3 project aiming at improving the access, interoperability, and harmonization of data based on national platforms (Jari Reini – NLS Finland);
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Work of the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) for the establishment of an environmental data ecosystem (Thorsten Reitz – WeTransform, Germany).
Following the presentations and a brief question and answer session, the workshop will continue with a panel where the challenges and opportunities for modernising the approaches for environmental data sharing and the INSPIRE technical architecture will be discussed.
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Timing |
Presentation title |
Speaker |
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10:00 – 10:05 |
Introduction to the session |
Alex Kotsev, JRC |
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10:05 – 10:20 |
GAIA-X and INSPIRE |
Jürgen Moßgraber, Fraunhofer IOSB |
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10:20 – 10:35 |
GeoE3 CEF project |
Jari Reini, NLS Finland |
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10:35 – 10:50 |
IDSA Environmental Data Spaces Community |
Thorsten Reitz, WeTransform |
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10:50 – 11:00 |
Q & A |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Panel |