| Programme |
| 08:45-09:30 Welcome and Opening Speeches Aldo Drago, Project Leader of STREAM Stephen Sammut, Director of the Institute of Engineering & Transport at MCAST Tatjana Chircop, Deputy Principal Research and Innovation, MCAST Tonio Portuguese, Chairman of the Malta Council for Science & Technology |
| Project Presentation |
| Moderator: Eugenio Busuttil, Deputy Director of the Institute of Engineering & Transport at MCAST |
| 09:30-11:00 STREAM Project Concept and Targets Aldo Drago, Project Leader, Institute of Engineering & Transport, MCAST STREAM Data Platform Roberto Drago, Project partner, MST AudioVisual Ltd Delivering Satellite Data Services to the Users Bjorn Azzopardi and Nick De Gabriele, Project partner, THINK Ltd Sharing experiences from the ForCoast project for STREAM Ghada El Serafy and Lorinc Meszaros, Deltares, Netherlands Viewing and Analysis of satellite data for product development David Debono, Institute of Information and Communication Technology at MCAST Exploiting the FME Tool in STREAM Maciej Markowski, Coastal Cities Living Lab, University of Gdansk |
| 11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break |
| Networking and Capitalisation session |
| 11:30-12:30 Presentations from other SRF Projects Drones vs satellite images …. Why not both Steve Zerafa, Institute of Engineering and Transport, MCAST WaterColours: climatology and operational high-resolution Chlorophyll-a and Total Suspended Matter products from satellite data Adam Gauci, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Malta BathMalta: new methodologies to map the seafloor of the Maltese archipelago Adam Gauci, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Malta Continuous Assessment of Pollutants & Environment via Satellites (CAPES): AI LULCon Daren Scerri, Juan Jose’ Bonello, Frank Inguanez, A Institute of Information & Communication Technology, MCAST Geophysics and remote sensing techniques to detect and monitor movement of sediments within the Maltese pocket beaches Sebastiano D’Amico, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Malta Presentations by Foreign Projects Satellite-related research at the University of Cadiz Jesus Gomez-Enri, Applied Physics Department, University of Cadiz The data sharing platform as a tool for the Baltic Sea monitoring – SatBałtyk System Alexandra Dudkowska, University of Gdansk |
| 12:30-01:15 Panel Discussion: Joining efforts for satellite research – Capitalising on existing expertise in Malta and beyond Invited panelists: Michael Quinton, Space Engagements and Programmes, Malta Council for Science & Technology Stephen Sammut, Director of the Institute of Engineering & Transport, MCAST Paula Grech Bonnici, Director of the Institute of Applied Sciences, MCAST Adam Gauci, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Malta Jesus Gomez-Enri, Applied Physics Department, University of Cadiz Steve Zerafa, Institute of Engineering and Transport, MCAST Maciej Markowski, Institute of Geography – Dept. of Limnology, Coastal Cities Living Lab, University of Gdansk |
| 01:15 Closure and short visit to the Institute of Engineering and Transport |
| 01:35 Lunch |
15th February 2023 Conference Room, Centre for Maritime Studies, Institute of Engineering &Transport, Fourth Floor, Block N, MCAST