09:30 – 10:00 Welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:20 Research infrastructures: at the service of science (Philip Van Avermaet, Department EWI)
10:20 – 10:40 LifeWatch ERIC: mission and recent developments (Christos Arvanitidis, CEO LifeWatch ERIC, on behalf of the Executive Board)
10:40 – 11:00 LifeWatch Belgium – A biodiversity infrastructure supporting science, industry, policy and civil society (Klaas Deneudt, VLIZ)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00 Moderated user consultation (Stefanie Dekeyzer, VLIZ)
12:00 – 12:40 Policy supporting use cases
12:40 – 13:00 Industry supporting use cases
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Science supporting use cases
14:30 – 14:50 Transition towards the Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure SBDI – The new National Swedish e-Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (Holger Dettki, Swedish Species Information Centre (SSIC), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU))
14:50 – 15:30 Panel discussion: “The use of LifeWatch for science, policy and industry”
15:30 – 16:00 Poster session
16:00 – 17:00 Reception
Day 2 of the LifeWatch.be Users & Stakeholders Meeting will be an extended project meeting with the Belgian LifeWatch partners, and will be by invitation only.
This meeting will be dedicated to discussing internal affairs concerning LifeWatch Belgium, input towards the upcoming LifeWatch General Assembly and closer collaboration between the ongoing LifeWatch projects in Belgium.