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 – Remote Sensing in Municipal Practice

Copernicus for Local Governments: Remote Sensing and Copernicus to Support Local Government Functions

11:00 - 11:30 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Christian Steffens (EurA AG)

Project CoKliP and Green Spaces in the City

11:30 - 12:00 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Julius Knopp (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ)

UrbanGreenEye – Remote Sensing in Municipal Practice

12:00 - 12:30 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Stefan Heiland (City of Leipzig) and Viktoria Engnath (City of Leipzig)

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

13:30 - 15:00 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Chair: Dr. Camilla Wanckel (RIFS Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ) 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, highlight interactions, and make decision-making processes more informed and efficient. However, building and designing a specific digital twin requires careful consideration of many factors, such as data sources, modeling, reuse, and interoperability. Drawing on current research and two concrete practical examples, the panel will discuss the entire lifecycle of a digital twin: How can a city begin to implement data-driven climate adaptation or climate protection? How does the city of Leipzig transition from its energy twin to remote sensing data? And how does the city of Speyer conduct its evidence-based urban planning using its 3D city model? Above all, however, the presentations are intended to serve as a foundation for in-depth discussions of specific topics with experts from research and urban planning. The discussion will take place within the context of the current funding initiative by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) to accelerate planning for climate adaptation. https://www.fona.de/de/massnahmen/foerdermassnahmen/planungsbeschleunigung-fuer-die-klimaanpassung.php

• Fabio Botta (Centre of Excellence for the Public Sector, Infrastructure and Public Services): Smart Climate City Analysis for the City of Leipzig - Categorization and Prioritization of Foundational and Key Measures
• Julia Schließauf (Digital City Department, City of Leipzig) and Julius Knopp (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ): Accelerating Planning with Digital Twins: From Energy Twins to Climate Twins (CoKLIP)
• Björn Freitag (City of Speyer): From 3D City Models to Evidence-Based Planning: How the Speyer Digital Twin Translates Research into Municipal Practice

Smart Climate City Analysis for the City of Leipzig - Categorization and Prioritization of Foundational and Key Measures

13:30 - 14:00 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Fabio Botta (Centre of Excellence for the Public Sector, Infrastructure and Public Services)

Accelerating Planning with Digital Twins: From Energy Twins to Climate Twins (CoKLIP)

14:00 - 14:30 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Julia Schließauf (Digital City Department, City of Leipzig) and Julius Knopp (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ)

From 3D City Models to Evidence-Based Planning: How the Speyer Digital Twin Translates Research into Municipal Practice

14:30 - 15:00 | Ratsplenarsaal | German

Björn Freitag (City of Speyer)

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

15:30 - 17:00 | Ratsplenarsaal | German