Prof. Andrea Taramelli is Full Professor at IUSS University, Pavia and Senior scientist – Principal Investigator of The Remote Sensing Group at ISPRA-Rome. He is the Italian national delegate at the European Commission Copernicus User Forum and Copernicus Committee and national expert at the European Destination Earth Initiative. He is a member of the ‘Technical Space Committee” at the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, head of the Space Economy implementation Group and delegate to the Comitato di Sorveglianza della Space Economy at the Ministry of Industrial Development and Made in Italy. Scientific Member of the Italian Research Copernicus Academy Foundation and Chair of the Leadership Group Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake FPCUP.