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Brazil and the European Space Agency cooperation in Biomass Earth observation data and applications
September 30 - October 2
Amazon Space Coordination facilities – National Institute for Space Research – INPE
From September 30 to October 2, 2025, ESA, INPE, and AEB will jointly host an event at the Amazon Space Coordination facilities in Belém, Pará, Brazil, focused on data and applications, with a focus on the Biomass sensor and its prospects. The event will feature presentations, as well as technical and applied courses for professionals and users who work directly with data, its processing, and a wide range of applications.
Please find the agenda in English here below, and in Portuguese as an attached pdf.
FINAL AGENDA
DAY 1 – 30TH, September, 2025
| 8:00 | Registration – Welcome coffee | |
| 9:00 | Opening Ceremony
Objectives and perspectives of the Event |
Alessandra Gomes – INPE
Leila Fonseca – AEB Anabelle Fonseca & Inge Jonckheere – ESA |
| 9:15 | INPE’s Project related to Amazon monitoring | Silvana Amaral – INPE |
| 9:45 | CBERS 6: products and application perspectives | Claudio Almeida – INPE |
| 10:00 | Perspectives of Biomass and ESA data: overview on BIOMASS mission | Muriel Pinheiro – ESA |
| 10:30 | Coffee | |
| 10:50 | Panel 1: Use and applications of SAR data
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Chair: Inge Jonckheere (ESA)
Remi d’Annunzio – FAO Pedro Walfir – UFPA Veraldo Liesenberg – UESC Leonardo Vale – SEMA/AP Fernando Carvalho – Vale/UFPA |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-17:00 | BIOMASS ESA
Practical on Data products, access and algorithms Accessing Biomass data on the Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform |
Muriel Pinheiro – ESA
Cristiano Lopes – ESA (remote) |
DAY 2 – 1ST, October, 2025
| 8:30 | Panel 2: Applications of satellite biomass data for forest monitoring and management
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Chair: Luiz Aragão – INPE
Joice Ferreira – Embrapa Claudio Almeida – INPE Luiz Aragão – INPE Jakeline Viana – SEMAS/PA |
| 10:00 | Coffee | |
| 10:30 | Panel 3: Exploring the Potential of Biomass Data for Environmental Monitoring
This panel explores how ESA biomass data can be integrated into environmental monitoring projects, including biomass mapping, carbon credit verification, and land use and land cover change detection. Through examples and proposals, experts will demonstrate how this type of data can enhance existing initiatives and support public policies and sustainable solutions based on Earth observation. |
Chair: Leila Fonseca – AEB
José Viveiros – Bioflore Guilherme Medina – NovaTerra Julio Guerra – Visiona Breno Felix Silva – Agrotools Adriana Moreira – Remap Geo |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-17:00 |
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Remi d’ Annunzio – FAO
All invited (Project prospection) |
| 19:00 | Social dinner (invitation requested) |
DAY 3 – 2ND, October, 2025
| 9:00 | Internal ESA/INPE meeting
Projects, perspectives from space from ESA (Capacity building roadmap) |
ESA/INPE |
| 12:00 | Conclusions and End of Meeting |