The Program

From satellite images to administrative decisions: Effective use of geospatial and remote sensing data in local government

11:00 - 12:30 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Local governments face major challenges: climate adaptation, the protection of critical infrastructure, sustainable land management, and, at the same time, increasingly tight budgets. In this technical session, we would like to explore how Earth observation data and services can help local governments carry out their tasks in a more sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective manner. The CoKliP and UrbanGreenEye projects will be presented. Using concrete application examples, we will demonstrate how these projects support municipalities in their daily work and can create an improved data foundation for planning, monitoring, and climate adaptation.

• Christian Steffens (EurA AG): Copernicus for Local Governments: Remote Sensing and Copernicus to Support Local Government Functions
• Julius Knopp (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ): Project CoKliP and Green Spaces in the City
• Stefan Heiland (City of Leipzig) and Viktoria Engnath (City of Leipzig): UrbanGreenEye

Between Data Models and Urban Reality: Urban Digital Twins as Tools for a Smart Climate Strategy

13:30 - 15:00 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Dr. Camilla Wanckel (RIFS Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ), Mirko Mühlpfort (Digital City Department, City of Leipzig) and Philipp Offermann (Institut für Kooperationsmanagement und interdisziplinäre Forschung GmbH)

Urban Digital Twins (UDTs) are an established tool in urban and spatial planning, used to create data-driven representations of complex urban systems, visualize interactions, and make decision-making processes more informed and efficient. However, when developing and designing a specific digital twin, many considerations must be taken into account, such as data sources, modeling, reuse, and interoperability. Using two examples from Speyer and Leipzig, we will identify current problems and challenges, but also present practical solutions. Above all, however, these inputs are intended to serve as a basis for in-depth discussions of individual topics. This initiative is part of the current funding program of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) aimed at accelerating planning for climate adaptation. https://www.fona.de/de/massnahmen/foerdermassnahmen/planungsbeschleunigung-fuer-die-klimaanpassung.php

Digital design of Leipzig's urban space – diGuRaL (not public)

15:30 - 17:00 | Ratsplenarsaal | German