Arctic PASSION is participating at the GEO Week in Cape Town, South Africa November 6-10, where we will present several interesting posters during lunch and coffee breaks at our exhibition booth. Make sure to stop by if you plan on attending.

A Throwback to the group photo taken at last years GEO Week. Photo: Group on Earth Observations

Agenda for the poster presentations

Monday 6 Nov

18:15-19:15

Arctic PASSION service 8: Lake ice (presented by: Kirsikka Heinilä, SYKE): “Lake Ice Service for Arctic Climate and Safety”

HarvesterDestinE (presented by: Mikko Strahlendorff, FMI)

Tuesday 7 Nov

10:30-11

Arctic PASSION service 2: Permafrost (presented by: Kaisa Juhanko, FMI): ”Pilot Service – Permafrost”

12:30-14 

Biodiversity monitoring with EO (presented by: Pekka Hurskainen, SYKE)

15:00-15:30 

SharedArctic Variables (presented by: Katriina Veijola, FMI): “Shared Arctic Variables (SAVs)”

Wednesday 8 Nov

10:10-10:45

Arctic PASSION service 6: Sea ice (presented by: Kaisa Juhanko, FMI): ”Pilot Service – Improving Safety for Shipping in the Polar Seas”

12:30-14

Arctic PASSION service 4: Wildfire (presented by: Katriina Veijola, FMI): ”Pilot Service – INtegrated FireRisk mAnagement (INFRA)”

15:30-16:00

Arctic PASSION service 8: Lake ice (presented by: Kirsikka Heinilä, SYKE): “Lake Ice Service for Arctic Climate and Safety”

Thursday 9 Nov

10:30-11:00

Biodiversity monitoring with EO (presented by: Pekka Hurskainen, SYKE)

12:15-14

Shared Arctic Variables (presented by: Katriina Veijola, FMI): “Shared Arctic Variables (SAVs)”

15:30-16:00

Arctic PASSION service 5: Air Pollution (presented by: Kaisa Juhanko, FMI): “Pilot Service 5 – Local atmospheric pollutant forecast”

Friday 10 Nov

10:00-11

HarvesterDestinE (presented by: Mikko Strahlendorff, FMI)

12:30-14

Arctic PASSION service 4: Wildfire (presented by: Katriina Veijola, FMI): ”Pilot Service – INtegrated FireRisk mAnagement (INFRA)”

Hope to see you there!