BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Space Renaissance - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://new.spacerenaissance.space
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Space Renaissance
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Zurich
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20250330T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20251026T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20260329T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20261025T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20270328T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20271031T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261019T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261019T223000
DTSTAMP:20260922T181353Z
CREATED:20260922T181241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T181353Z
UID:8750-1792443600-1792449000@new.spacerenaissance.space
SUMMARY:Coastal Zones Observed from Space - with Jérôme Benveniste
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIt takes several months to travel the oceans by ship\, one hour and forty minutes for an Earth observation satellite to circle the Earth\, and 24 hours for the Earth to present all its facets to this satellite. We can thus observe by satellite a myriad of parameters in a few days and in a repeated manner. The subject of this presentation is preferentially coastal sea level and extreme coastal ocean events. Coastal zones\, home to vital ecosystems and growing populations\, face severe threats from climate change\, rising sea levels\, hurricanes\, tsunamis\, and coastal erosion\, all intensified by human activities. Enhancing coastal resilience has become a priority for governments and environmental advocates. However\, understanding coastal processes is hindered by data gaps and the challenge of integrating satellite observations\, in-situ data and modelling capacities. The frequency and impact of extreme events and resulting disasters continue to increase\, requiring effective and continuous monitoring. Satellite Earth observation data provide a reconstruction of the processes involved in extreme sea level events and associated coastal risks\, taking advantage of new capabilities and synergies offered by the latest advances in Earth observation technology\, in particular developed for the European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer and the European Union’s Copernicus programmes. Scientific knowledge derived from the exploitation of Earth observation data improves fundamental scientific understanding and the predictive capacity of extreme compound (from sea to land and land to sea) events\, as well as our potential to better assess associated risks\, the vulnerability of coastal zones and long-term coastal evolution.  \nA short bio\nJérôme Benveniste received his PhD in Oceanography from Space from the University of Toulouse\, France\, in 1989. After a Post-Doc in space data assimilation in ocean models at MIT\, Boston\, USA\, he was recruited at the European Space Agency. He has been at the ESA Earth Observation data centre near Rome\, Italy\, since 1992\, where he was in charge of the ERS-1\, ERS-2\, ENVISAT\, CryoSat\, Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-6 radar altimetry data exploitation for Earth Science research activities in Oceanography\, Hydrology and the Cryosphere. He interacted with ESA Principal Investigators\, organised scientific symposia\, which included training sessions\, and regularly launched Research and Development projects\, including GOCE and GRACE data exploitation. He was recognised as Senior Advisor at ESA in 2008. He is co-Editor of a Springer book on Coastal Zone Radar Altimetry\, published in 2011\, co-Editor of 5 others\, and author or co-author of more than 140 peer-reviewed publications. He is Editor of a peer-reviewed Scientific Journal and Guest-Editor of 14 Journal Special Issues. He launched and monitored the ESA Climate Change Initiative Sea Level Project (2009-) and its sequel focused on the Coastal Zone\, as well as other projects on Sea Level Budget Closure\, Runoff\, River Discharge\, Ocean Heat Content\, Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems\, Coastal oceanography and Coastal Hazards. He was retired from ESA in 2024 and pursues many academic activities in Oceanography and Hydrology as advisor in several Scientific Committees. He joined the COSPAR governance in 2008 as elected Chair of the Sub-Commission A2 “Ocean Dynamics\, Productivity and the Cryosphere” in the “Space Studies of the Earth’s Surface\, Meteorology and Climate” Scientific Commission. He is today Chair of that Scientific Commission A. \nFollow the Livestream on the Space Renaissance YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/syStR5C8dhk\nand click ‘going’ on the Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1747594839857076/
URL:https://new.spacerenaissance.space/event/coastal-zones-observed-from-space/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Space Renaissance Academy Webinar Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://new.spacerenaissance.space/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/JB-092026.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261109T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260911T182908Z
CREATED:20260911T182644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T182908Z
UID:8740-1794258000-1794258000@new.spacerenaissance.space
SUMMARY:Civilization-Building Intelligence: Preparing Humans for Life Beyond Earth
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nWhat does it mean to live through a civilizational shift? It means the old frameworks no longer hold. The perspectives that served us on one planet fail in the in-between. The question is no longer what we can build\, but what we must become. Machines can originate—GenAI proves this daily. But origination in isolation is only half the story. The full power emerges when humans and machines create together. Human intuition plus machine exploration. Human meaning-making plus machine pattern-finding. This is co-creation. To choose this path\, we must build the creative\, innovative part of the human being. Creativity must be exercised and encouraged—not outsourced to machines\, but brought into partnership with them. I am not a doctor. I do not have a traditional career in robotics. But I grew up with robots—my father bought me one every year. That lived relationship taught me something no degree can: how to be with machines\, not just use them. The future needs many ways of knowing.  \nFrom this way of knowing\, new human capacities emerge:  \n\n● Co-creation with intelligent systems \n● Partnership across species of intelligence \n● Creativity exercised\, not outsourced \n● Innovation as a daily practice \n\nGerard O’Neill asked in 1969\, “Is a planetary surface really the best place for an expanding technological civilization?” His answer points to the in-between. My work asks the next question: Will we arrive there as co-creators—having exercised our humanity\, partnered with our machines\, and built something neither could build alone? But there is something deeper. Something that comes before all of this. Before we know it\, we feel. This feeling comes before knowledge—a sensing of what is coming\, what matters\, and what calls to us. As technology accelerates and we must adapt faster\, this feeling becomes our compass. Machines cannot feel. They have not caught up to this dimension\, and perhaps they never will. But they can clarify. They can take what we sense but cannot yet name and show us its shape. Then we together grow and build further. Human feeling + machine clarity = co-creation. This is the partnership the future asks of us. Not humans serving machines. Not machines replacing humans. But feeling clarified\, and clarity felt—together. The question is not whether we will live with intelligent machines on the Moon. We will. The question is what kind of humans we will be when we get there—whether we will have remembered that our deepest power lies not in what we know\, but in what we feel. \nA short bio\nVeronica Chiaravalli is the founder\, CEO\, and chief robotics officer (CRO) of Emerging Technologies Sweden / MultiplanetaryX\, where she works at the intersection of pioneering innovation\, emerging technologies\, human-robot interaction (HRI)\, human factors\, and human and socio-technical systems for future off-world civilizations. Her work explores how humans\, AI\, intelligent systems\, and robots can collaborate effectively in isolated\, extreme\, and emerging environments. A certified virtual analog astronaut\, she has completed Mars and lunar analog missions with Habitat Marte. Chiaravalli serves as vice president and board director of The Moon Society and is a member\, volunteer\, and partner of Space Renaissance International (SRI). In 2026\, she presented at the SRI4 World Congress and authored three academic papers developed from her congress abstracts. Her current research and framework development focuses on human–AI–robot collaboration\, Human-Integrated Systems Architecture (HISA)\, off-world socio-technical systems\, Pioneering Innovation\, and Civilization-Building Intelligence (CBI)—the capacities required not merely to survive beyond Earth\, but to build communities capable of learning\, adapting\, achieving Quality of Life\, thriving\, and evolving across generations. \n\nFollow the Livestream on the Space Renaissance YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/live/3f6i59ks3XM\nand click ‘going’ on the Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1769018554143646/
URL:https://new.spacerenaissance.space/event/civilization-building-intelligence-preparing-humans-for-life-beyond-earth/
CATEGORIES:Space Renaissance Academy Webinar Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://new.spacerenaissance.space/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/VC-09112027.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR