WORKSHOP

“DLR – INACH: GERMAN – CHILEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR POLAR REMOTE SENSING IN ANTARTICA AND SUBANTARTICA”

Date: November 7, 2025 – 09:00-12:30 & 14:00-17:00 h

Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH), Benjamín Muñoz Gamero 1055

PROGRAMME

Friday 07.11.2025

09:00 – 09:05: Welcoming remarks by Gino Casassa, Director of INACH

09:05 – 09:10: Welcoming words by Maximilian Schwinger, Head of International Ground Segment Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

09:10 – 9:40: Maximilian Schwinger, DLR, “Earth Observation Center of the German Aerospace Center – Overview”

9:40 – 10:10: Robert Metzig, DLR, “NRT Service GARS”

10:10 – 10:30 Sergio Radic, Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG), “Use of satellite data for agriculture and livestock applications in Magallanes”

10:30 – 11:00: Maximilian Schwinger, DLR, “Terrabyte”

11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30- 12:00: Robert Metzig, DLR, “DFD Reception Systems”

12:00 – 12:30: Maximilian Schwinger and Robert Metzig, DLR, “Earth Observation Missions Support at EOC”

12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 – 14:20: Teniente 1° Marilyn Rodríguez, Dirección General del Territorio Marítimo y de la Marina Mercante (DGTM), “Monitoring of sea ice”

14:20 – 14:40: Erling Johnson, UMAG, “Calving measurements from remote sensing”

14:40 – 15:00: Javier Norambuena, INACH-UMAG, “Study of frozen lakes by means of satellite data”

15:00 – 15:15: Magdalena Márquez, INACH,“Deep learning to estimate the interannual variation of chinstrap penguin colonies”.

15:15 – 15:30 COFFEE BREAK

15:30-16:00: Ricardo Jaña, INACH, “Gars Station: 35 years of cooperation DLR-INACH”

16:00-16:15: Gino Casassa, INACH, “Hektoria Glacier rapid retreat, Antarctic Peninsula”

16:15-17:00: Discussion and closing remarks