The Future of Earth Observation

With new developments occurring, we look at innovations in business offerings, technological developments and new applications of Earth Observation to better assist governments, NGO's, businesses and people.

Dr. Tim Parsons, the Chair of Smartsat CRC Aurora Startup Cluster is a veteran of product and start-up innovation within space, media tech and ag tech. Tim Parsons leads Australian NewSpace network Delta-V, while consulting widely to research organisations, tech-focused small and medium enterprises, start-up accelerators, and incubators. A passionate advocate of disruptive innovation and cross-ecosystem collaboration, Mr Parsons dreams of looking down at the Earth from a space hotel. He holds a PhD in rarefied hypersonic flow simulation from Imperial College London.