2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
“Acting for Sustainability and Resilience”
7 - 12 July, 2024 • Athens, Greece
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening by IGARSS 2024 General Chairs, Dr. Haris Kontoes, Prof. Vito Pascazio |
| 9:10 - 9:30 | Welcome by the Minister of Digital Governance - Representative of the Greek Government Mr. Dimitrios Papastergiou Welcome by the Secretary General for Research and Innovation Prof. Athanasios Kyriazis Welcome by the President of the Academy of Athens, Professor Stamatios Krimigis Welcome by the President of the Hellenic National Committee of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and Secretary General of the Academy of Athens, Professor Christos Zerefos Welcome by President, National Observatory of Athens, Prof. Manolis Plionis |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | Artistic Act #1 |
| 9:50 - 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction note by IEEE GRSS president Dr. Mariko Burgin |
| 10:00 - 10:35 | IEEE & GRSS Major Awards Session Master of Ceremony: Prof. Dr. Alberto Moreira Awards presented IEEE GRSS President Dr. Mariko Burgin IEEE Division IX Director Prof. Aylin Yener
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| 10:35 - 11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 - 12:10 | Keynote Speeches |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Dr. Rune Floberghagen, Head of Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department of the EO Programme Directorate of ESA “The ESA Earth Observation Programme” |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Prof. Stamatios Krimigis, President, Academy of Athens, “Flying an instrument to every planet, ad hoc: How to get lucky” |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Prof. Roderick Beaton, Emeritus Koreas Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature Department of Classics, King’s College London “The Greeks and the cosmos – a tale of two and a half millennia” |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | Artistic Act #2 |
| 12:20 - 12:35 | Introduction to IGARSS 2024 Program Close of the event |