From Earth Observation to Earth Intelligence: How the ESA Φ-lab helps developing solutions to Give the Planet a Voice

About this session

Earth Observation data already supports decisions across many industries – often without anyone realizing it. Yet despite its enormous value, this data remains difficult to access, fragmented across platforms, and hard to translate into clear, decision-ready insights. In this presentation, it will be shown how the ESA Φ-lab, and in particular the InCubed programme, supported two companies, GeoVille and Cortecs, to develop terrAIntel, an AI-powered Earth Intelligence platform designed to bridge this gap. The talk explores how AI can move users from programming languages and complex provider-specific workflows toward natural-language interaction, map-based evidence, statistics, and interpretation. Rather than being another general-purpose LLM, terrAIntel is positioned as a domain-specialized AI layer that helps turn fragmented Earth Observation data into understandable and actionable Earth intelligence.

Speakers

Donvan Grobler

EO Programme Manager | Story-driven EO Solutions, GEOVILLE




José Manuel Delgado Blasco

Φ-lab Invest Officer | Earth Observation Expert |, ESA European Space Agency




Markus Tretzmüller

cortecs® | Building Europe’s AI Gateway, CORTECS