11:00 – 11:25 Arwyn Jones (EU Joint Research Centre) The need for remote sensing for soils from a policy perspective

11:25 – 11:50 Uta Heiden (German Aerospace Center) Remote sensing for croplands at the regional scale

11:50 – 12:15 Sabine Chabrillat (GFZ German research center for Geosciences and Leibniz University Hannover) The capacity of the new generation of hyperspectral satellites for remote sensing of soils

12:15 – 12:40 Fabio Castaldi (National Research Council of Italy) Defining the surface conditions for remote applications; experiences from the STEROPES-EJP Soil project

12:40 – 13:05 Jelle van Wesemael (Soil Capital) Bridging the gap between science and practice: how can remote sensingbe relevant in a carbon certification programme?