"Communications and radar for fighting forest fires"
The European LifeTEC project began in September 2017 with the aim of improving the fight against forest fires using electronic and communications technologies. The main objectives are to reduce the detection time of forest fires and to increase the efficiency of the firemen by facilitating their communications and geolocation.
Program
| 09:30 | Reception and opening of the meeting |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Invited conferences The forest-industry value chain in Galicia D. José Ignacio Lema Piñeiro (Axencia Galega da Industria Forestal) Evaluation of the potential of Sentinel-2 satellites in the rapid assessment of the impact of forest firesDña. Julia Armesto González (Universidade de Vigo) |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Projects presentation LifeTEC: Comunicaciones y radar en la lucha contra los incendios forestales Fire-RS: Wild-fire remote sensing Topacio: Geospatial sensors applied to the improvement of forest management in the road environment |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Networking coffee |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Round table Moderator: Edita de Lorenzo Rodríguez (Universidade de Vigo) Marcos Araújo Pereira (Xerente de la Axencia Galega de Emerxencias,Axega) Felipe Gil Castiñeira, (Departamento de Enxeñería Telemática, Universidade de Vigo) Fernando Jiménez Miguez (Xerente de Gradiant) Maria Luz Macho Eiras (Subdirectora Xeral de Meteoroloxía e Cambio Climático, Xunta de Galicia) Juan José Muñoz Iglesias (Xerente do Consorcio Contraincendios e Salvamento das Comarcas do Deza E Tabeirós-Terra de Montes) Miguel Rodríguez Quelle (Director Xerente de Retegal S.A.) |
| 14:00 | Closing |
