<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:151px;height:90px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pi39m280pPRVeccpQogn_FE8o7l7KgbuYQOewtZL7vH8qKrIwISOgvRdU7vI9GGdSlXRzQgkHpTks2AkEaT3RNhespOoJFvE8UCScvxLL7qqs1pndajNg7PnmZ56aVV6DIODdWU" width="151" height="90" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(69,69,69);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Earth Science Information Partners (</span><a href="http://esipfed.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ESIP</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(69,69,69);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) present the 2021 <span class="gmail-il">webinar</span> series sponsored by <a href="http://saic.com/" target="_blank">SAIC</a>:</span></font></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:24px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Leading <span class="gmail-il">Innovation</span> in Earth Science Data Frontiers
 </b></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u>Investing in Industrial <span class="gmail-il">Innovation</span> (InCubed): A Co-Funding Programme of the European Space Agency Φ-Lab (</u></span><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4" style=""><u>Wed. April 28th, 11:30 am-1:00 pm ET/ 8:30 am-10:00 am PT)</u></font></b></p><div>This 90-minute <span class="gmail-il">webinar</span> will feature InCubed (<a href="https://incubed.phi.esa.int/" target="_blank">https://incubed.phi.esa.int</a>), which stands for ‘Investing in Industrial <span class="gmail-il">Innovation</span>’ and is a Public Private Partnership co-funding programme run by the European Space Agency (ESA) Φ-lab (<a href="https://philab.phi.esa.int/" target="_blank">https://philab.phi.esa.int</a>). The mission of ESA’s Φ-lab is to accelerate the future of Earth Observation (EO) by means of transformational <span class="gmail-il">innovation</span>, i.e. <span class="gmail-il">innovation</span> which completely transforms or creates entire industries via new technologies, with the aim to strengthen the competitiveness of the EO industrial and research sectors. InCubed focuses on developing <span class="gmail-il">innovative</span> and commercially viable products and services that leverage the value of EO imagery and datasets. The programme has a very wide scope and can be used to co-fund anything from building satellites to ground applications and everything between or to develop new EO business models. Join the <span class="gmail-il">webinar</span> to learn about the InCubed Programme and the ESA Φ-lab that the programme sits within. You will also hear from speakers from 4 activities at various stages of development supported by InCubed. Each of the speakers will touch on 1) how their activities are <span class="gmail-il">innovative</span>, 2) what their biggest challenges in innovating have been, and 3) what further <span class="gmail-il">innovations</span> are needed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Learn more about this <span class="gmail-il">webinar</span> & <u><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvc-GurzMjG9WTQKBAQBqGVJ81HU414L6d" target="_blank">REGISTER</a></u> to attend: </b><a href="https://www.esipfed.org/news/webinars-incubed-2021" target="_blank">https://www.esipfed.org/news/<span class="gmail-il">webinars</span>-incubed-2021</a>.</div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">Featured Topics:</span><br></div><div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 23px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;list-style-position:initial;line-height:26px;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Overview of the Φ-Lab Division at European Space Agency & the InCubed Programme. </b><i style="">Speaker: </i></span>Amanda Regan, Head of the Φ-Lab Invest Office & InCubed Programme Manager</li><li><a href="https://incubed.phi.esa.int/portfolio/hyperscout-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700">Hyperscout-2</span>: </a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">Miniaturised hyperspectral and thermal imaging coupled with Artificial Intelligence for breakthrough operational space missions.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Speaker:</em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">Marco Esposito, Managing Director at</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.cosine.nl/" style="background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none">cosine Remote Sensing</a></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:700"><a href="https://incubed.phi.esa.int/portfolio/coasteo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">COASTEO</a>: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">Providing validated water quality information to commercial clients using a combination of low cost buoy platforms and satellite data.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Speaker:</em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">Charlotte O'Kelly, CEO at</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://techworks.ie/en/" style="background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none">TechWorks Marine</a></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:700"><a href="https://incubed.phi.esa.int/portfolio/mantis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">MANTIS</a>: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">A demonstration mission to jointly develop, build, launch and operate an innovative nanosatellite platform that will fly a high resolution Earth Observation (EO) camera aimed at oil and gas exploration.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Speaker: </em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">Florian Deconinck, Vice President of Institutional Partnerships & Future Missions at</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.open-cosmos.com/" style="background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none">Open Cosmos</a></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:700"><a href="https://incubed.phi.esa.int/portfolio/sat4flood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">SAT4FLOOD</a>: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">A global levee risk monitoring service combining satellite high-resolution soil moisture data with InSAR deformation data and other EO data sources. </span><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Speaker: </em></em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif">Patrick Stoppelman, Director Business Development at</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif"> </span><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background:transparent;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><a href="https://skygeo.com/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">SkyGeo</a></em></em></li></ul></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Learn more about ESIP </b><b><span class="gmail-il">webinars</span> & access recordings</b>: <a href="https://www.esipfed.org/webinars" target="_blank">Here</a>.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Questions?</b> Send to <a href="mailto:staff@esipfed.org" target="_blank">staff@esipfed.org</a></font></div></div>