Course online, 25, 26 and 27 May 2021
REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL MAY 22nd
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There Geodata and Satellite Facilities Open School “Copernicus, Agriculture 4.0 and environmental and business sustainability” is proposed by the Coordination of the Copernicus Academy, by the General States for innovation by Agricolus srl as expressions of the User Forums National Copernicus for, respectively, the University and Research Community, the Third Sector community, the business sector. The Open School is also organized by the Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences of the University of Perugia and by the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Umbria in collaboration with ISMEA, e-Geos spa, Planetek Italia srl, Bluleaf, with the participation of CREA.
The initiative was sponsored by: ISMEA, the Regional Federation of Agronomists and Forestry Doctors of Umbria, the College of Agricultural Experts and Graduated Agricultural Experts of Umbria, AM/FM GIS Italia, the Italian Remote Sensing Association.
The Geodata and Satellite Facilities Open School
The Open school they are an innovative information and training tool, considered particularly effective for pursuing what is called "User Uptake" within the European Copernicus Programme. The goal is to increase awareness and knowledge of the usefulness of using innovative Earth Observation tools and of the geospatial and dynamic representation of the information produced by them. These tools can bring a very appreciable added value in the context of carrying out the ordinary activities of the "end users" and for the pursuit of their objectives, including business ones.
Copernicus, the program User Driven of the European Commission, collects data and information from multiple sources, such as satellites and land, sea and airborne sensors for Earth observation and beyond; then it integrates and elaborates all this, also through modeling of the observed phenomena, providing users, both institutional and public as pertaining to the private enterprise sector, reliable and updated information through a series of services pertaining to the environment, the territory and the safety. A particular commitment is aimed at training initiatives to allow professionals, public operators, third sector associations and citizens to take advantage of the services dedicated to them.
Goals
There Geodata and Satellite Facilities Open School “Copernicus, Agriculture 4.0 and environmental and business sustainability” intends to address, in this specific sector of interest, the complex and current issue of the use of technologies and services for Earth Observation with particular attention to its more innovative aspects and to the strategies already used or applicable in favor of the company agricultural.
Specific objective of the course is the awareness, training, promotion and launch of the integrated use in agriculture of innovative technologies and services of Earth Observation and Geo-information and of new agronomic and environmental knowledge related to them. The use of these innovative approaches, methods and products brings a clear and autonomous added value for the purpose of improving and defending production, income insurance processes and risk management both at the individual company level and at the territorial level . This also appears officially desired by the new CAP which provides for the use of Copernicus data for the controls of environmental conditionality, surfaces, the vegetative state of crops and for the consequent disbursement of contributions.
Teaching activity
The didactic activity is divided into three days. The program includes the carrying out of a first day of theoretical-informative lessons by multiple institutional subjects and by the University of Perugia. This will be followed by two days of training activities and technical-practical laboratories proposed by companies supplying Earth Observation services for agriculture in which the participants, assisted by tutors, will be able to acquire specific knowledge on the use of application tools and methodologies in the Agriculture 4.0 field.
Consult the Copernicus Course Programme.
Venue and date
There Geospatial Data and Satellite Facilities Open School “Copernicus, Agriculture 4.0 and environmental and business sustainability" It will take place online, on 25, 26 and 27 May 2021.
Membership requirements
The school, open to all interested in the agricultural sector, is mainly aimed at graduates, master's graduates and undergraduates in subjects related to Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Agri-food Sciences and Technologies, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Herbal Techniques, Agricultural Plant Biotechnology, Biological Sciences and Natural Sciences ; Graduates in possession of an equivalent foreign qualification; PhDs and PhD students; Researchers; Agronomists, agricultural experts, agricultural technicians and technicians of the sector; technical institute teachers.
To participate in the tutorials you need to have the open source GIS desktop application QGIS (version 3.16 or later) pre-installed on your device. Further software needed for practice pre-installed by subscribers, will be made available following receipt of enrollment in the course.
Certificate and credits
At the end of the course a certificate of participation will be issued.
The training credits will be recognized by the National Council of the Order of Agronomists and Forestry Doctors and by the College of Agricultural Experts and Graduated Agricultural Experts of Umbria.
Application for admission and deadlines
The registration form is available << here >>.
May 22, 2021: deadline for registration
Once received HE CONFIRMS of the start of the course, the enrolled students will have to install the software needed for practice.
Subscription fee
The course is free.
Contacts and references
States General of Innovation: Sergio Farruggia, Tel. + 39 3355699506, sergio.farruggia@statigeneralinnovazione.it
National User Forum – Copernicus Academy: Maria Vittoria Castellani – ISPRA, Tel. +39 3496667081, maria.castellani@isprambiente.it
Organizational Secretariat: eventi@statigeneralinnovazione.it
