106th DGINS conference on Earth observation for official statistics
Warsaw, Poland, 27-28 October 2021
hybrid meeting
27 October 2021
12:30 - 13:30 - Lunch
12:30 - 14:00 - Registration
14:00 - 14:45 - Opening
- Welcome/Introductory speech – Dominik Rozkrut, President of Statistics Poland
- Welcome/Introductory speech – Mariana Kotzeva, Director General of EUROSTAT
Harnessing the power of Earth Observation for Official Statistics - Keynote speech – Dominik Rozkrut, President of Statistics Poland
14:45 - 18:00 - Session 1: Earth observation for official statistics – the context and the use
The session will set the scene for discussions and embed the topic in various contexts: a policy one, a scientific one, a capacity one. The speakers will present various perspectives and experiences focusing on numerous applications and technologies for Earth observation, especially satellite imagery, applied and used in various statistical domains. They will identify opportunities and challenges arising from the availability of earth observation data and how these new data sources and technologies could be incorporated into regular official statistical production.
Part 1: "The view from space specialists"
Chair: Tomaž Smrekar – Director General of Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
14:45 - 15:35 - speeches (15' each)
- European Space Agency - Nicolaus Hanowski, Head of Mission Management and Ground Segment Department, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes
- DG DEFIS / Copernicus - Mauro Facchini - Head of Earth Observation Unit (virtual participation)
- Polish Space Agency - Marek Moszyński, Vice-President
15:35 - 16:00 - Discussion moderated by Tomaž Smrekar
16:00 - 16:30 - Coffee break and family photo
Part 2: "The view from agencies with relevant experience"
Chair: Padraig Dalton - Director General of Central Statistics Office of Ireland
16:30 - 17:20 - speeches (15' each)
- CloudFerro - "Access to Earth Observation satellite data and user friendly tools for its processing in the cloud" - Maciej Krzyżanowski, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Eurisy - "Earth observation for statistics at the local level a view from Eurisy" - Grazia Fiore, Head of Programmes
- FAO – José Rosero Moncayo, Director of Statistics Division
17:20 - 18:00 - Discussion moderated by Padraig Dalton
28 October 2021
09:00 - 09:10 - Welcome
09:10 - 15:30 - Session 2: Applications of EO technologies and data in official statistics
In this session the use of Earth observation (EO) is presented in various domains focusing on already existing, real-life applications of remote sensing in statistical production. It will highlight, in which areas NSIs can benefit from EO, which new competencies and skills are required and to what extent EO could replace traditional statistics.
09:10 - 10:15 - Sub-session 2.1: Agriculture and Maritime economy
Chair/Moderator: Juan Manuel Rodríguez Poo – President of INE Spain
SI: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia - "Application of remote sensing data in agricultural statistics", Crt Sustar
DE: Federal Statistical Office and Hesse Statistical Office - "Estimating agricultural production using satellite remote sensing and in-situ data", Jasmin Arnold, Jens Hollberg (virtual participation)
HU: University of Pécs - "Sentinel data fusion for official agriculture statistics in Hungary", (paper) Dániel Márton Kovács (co-authors: Agnes Patay, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Luca Gatti - sarmap SA) (virtual participation)
PL: Statistics Poland - "Implementation of a process of traffic and activity of fishing fleet based on Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite data", Michał Bis (virtual participation)
FI: Natural Resources Institute, Finland - "Towards automated use of satellite remote sensing data for crop production and agricultural land use statistics", Maria Yli-Heikkilä (virtual participation)
10:15 - 11:00 - Discussion moderated by Juan Manuel Rodríguez Poo
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 - Sub-session 2.2: Land cover, land use and Emergency management
Chair/Moderator: Viveka Palm – Director of Directorate E, EUROSTAT
CH: Swiss Federal Statistical Office - "ADELE: Overview of a deep learning application for land use and land cover change detection and classification in Switzerland”, Claudio Facchinetti (virtual participation)
FR: Ministry of Agriculture - "Including earth observation data into a in-situ land use survey?", Corinne Prost
ES: Ministry of Agriculture - "Area Frame as ground truth data for agrarian statistics based on EO: case of ESYRCE", Sergio Mancheño (virtual participation)
EUROSTAT: LUCAS Team - "Unbiased statistics from classified Earth Observation maps: dos, don’ts and challenges” (Results from the project EO4Statistics), Alessandra Palmieri and Beatrice Eiselt (virtual participation)
PL: Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences - "Potential for combining statistical data and Earth Observation for risk management", Jakub Ryzenko (virtual participation)
12:30 - 13:10 - Discussion moderated by Viveka Palm
13:10 - 14:10 - Lunch
14:10 - 15:00 - Sub-session 2.3: Climate, ecosystems and Environment
Chair/Moderator: Athanasios C. Thanopoulos – President ELSTAT
IE: Central Statistics Office of Ireland - "DGINS 2021 - Official Statistics from Satellite Imagery", (paper) Tim Linehan (virtual participation)
AT: Statistics Austria - "Chances and challenges with Earth observation data for land cover statistics in Austria", Nina Hofer (virtual participation)
NL: Statistics Netherlands - "Compiling ecosystem accounts using ARIES for SEEA Explorer", Bert Kroese (in person), UNSD - Bram Edens (virtual participation)
SE: Statistics Sweden - "A collaborative approach for multipurpose land cover data", Jerker Moström
15:00 - 15:40 - Discussion moderated by Athanasios C. Thanopoulos
15:40 - 16:00 - Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30 - Towards a coordinated approach for the use of Earth observation for European statistics
Lessons learned throughout the conference and outlook on the way forward / the next steps / roadmap towards a coordinated approach using Earth observation data and techniques for official European statistics, which could be incorporated into the ESSC DGINS 2021 Warsaw Memorandum during the following ESSC meeting.
Discussion moderated by Mariana Kotzeva
16:30 - 16:45 - Concluding remarks - Dominik Rozkrut
