Launched in April 2024, the ESA Application Propagation Environments (APEx) initiative aims to address the “sustainability crisis” surrounding research and development (R&D) project results in the Earth Observation (EO) sector.
Part of ESA’s Earth Action digital innovation strategy, APEx is closely linked to the ESA Network of Resources for commercial uptake and derisking of related services, as well as the ESA EO Common Architecture initiative which develops open source building blocks for interoperable EO platforms.
As we now enter the second phase of the initiative, join our host Geoff Sawyer (EARSC Strategic Advisor and former Secretary General) next Thursday to explore the objectives and key features of ESA APEx with Patrick Griffiths (EO Data Engineer, European Space Agency), Bram Janssen (Project Manager, VITO) and Dan Ormsby (UK Lead, Sparkgeo).
Some questions that could be addressed during this EOcafe include:
- What is the ESA APEx, what are its key goals and how does it fit into ESA’s broader digital innovation strategy?
- What are they main features and tools of the ESA APEx (e.g., algorithm support, project environments, user forum, etc.)? How does it link to the ESA Network of Resources?
- Why should EO companies engage with the ESA APEx and how can they get involved?
- What comes next for the ESA APEx, and what should EO companies be aware of?