Title: World Space Week Lecture
‘Space for Climate Change’
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Date: Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 1900 BST
Venue: Online on Zoom
Please note – following recent changes to the programme, this is now an online only event which will be held on Zoom. There is no in-person attendance at BIS HQ London.
Description:
Supporting the UN’s World Space Week 2024 theme of ‘Space and Climate Change’ our speakers will set the scene with a historical perspective of early weather monitoring from Space and then discuss the impact and uses of AI and space technologies for climate applications.
Programme:
1900: Start
–Welcome and introduction – Alistair Scott
–Atmosphere, Weather and Climate from Space: A historical perspective – Griffith Ingram, FBIS
–AI and space tech for climate – James Parr, Trillium Technologies
-Q&A
2100: End
Speakers:
Trillium Technologies
Trillium Technologies is an international research and development company with a focus on intelligent systems for public benefit, planetary stewardship, space exploration and human health; a specialised technology consultancy focused on tackling grand challenges, such as Obesity, Planetary Defense (Asteroids, Comets), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Lunar Exploration, Sustainability, Climate Change, Disaster response and Bushfires. Over the past half-decade it has established leadership in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to challenges on the ‘to-do’ list of ESA, NASA, CSA, LSA and most recently, the Australian Space Agency through its ‘Frontier Development Lab’ (FDL.ai) and Dataquest initiatives (FDLausnz.org). FDL is a case study in the efficacy of public/private partnership, and since its inception, has encouraged the involvement and engagement of the private sector, where contributions include funding, subject matter experts, facilities, hardware (GPU/CPU) cloud compute and storage, software and AI/ML algorithms. Private sector partners have included Google, Intel, NVIDIA, Airbus, the Satellite Applications Catapult and Nvidia.
We are an international team of researchers, scientists, designers, developers and AI specialists motivated by ‘impact for human good’ through the accelerated application of trusted intelligent technology.
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