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Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake (FPCUP)Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake (FPCUP)

Copernicus Business & Data Events

Point of contact
Robin  Faivre
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
18, avenue Edoaurd BELIN
31400 Toulouse
Phone: +33 5 61 28 22 54
URL: cnes.fr

Implementing Partner: CNES
Implementing Country: France Primary Topic: Energy, Land Primary Target Users: Private Sector Primary Target Region: Europe Europe: France Type of Action: National and multi-national information/training events
Action No.: 2019-3-6
Duration: Last Update:



The Copernicus take-off needs events and dissemination activities to get a new audience and the access to new end-users that are the market pullers of the sector. The objective of this action is to organize Business & Data Events to promote the use of Copernicus data and tools in front of end-users acting in fields to be in coherency with the Copernicus Services and beyond. Such fields are identified below. This action consists of organizing 6 Copernicus Business & Data Events, one for each of these fields. The form of events is currently being defined for most events:

1/ "risks" in cities and territories, with a focus on forest fires and floods

  • Identified partners: Nimes (town), Safe (cluster), Direction Générale et sécurité civile
  • CNES experts identified
  • Dates: Mid-November or May 2022 (together with a local event)
  • Location: Nimes

2/ Energy (Refine themes with partners: on impact, sites to be prepared, infrastructure, energy saving, intelligent boat routing)

  • Identified partners: Strategic committee of the new energy systems sector,
  • Energy Cluster (which brings together the other energy clusters in France), ADOCC (regional authority), Montpellier (town)
  • CNES experts identified
  • Dates? together with a local event? Energaia: 7-9 Dec 2021 (TBC)
  • Location: Montpellier

3/ Blue Growth (to refine, may be on ‘resources’ issues)

  • Identified partners: Pôle Mer, Ifremer et Mercator Océan, and one public authority
  • CNES experts identified
  • Dates: see with regional authority, S1 2022
  • Location: Bordeaux?

4/ Transport (from the perspective of "information on changes in the situation of transport infrastructure".)

  • Identified partners: train (SNCF), Airports, road (RESALIANCE)
  • CNES experts identified
  • Date and location to be defined

The two last events (agriculture & developing economy) will probably take place on semester 2 of 2022 and will be prepared later.

Various form of the event can be imagined, depending on the partners and keynote implicated, objectives of the event and the sanitary condition (awareness presentations, trainings, networking, showcases…).

We expect to have a full day following the general program below:

  • morning: general presentation of Copernicus, explanation about downstream market and main issues, presentation of use-cases
  • afternoon: workshops about dedicated challengers for promoting projects and services idea generation.

Outputs and Results

  • 6 events organized in the form of thematic conferences gathering actors from identified value chain (non-space) and space experts; each event is expected to gather at least 50 participants
  • Networking and training activities on the DIAS and RUS during the 1-day event