The document discusses European attitudes towards space activities, highlighting employment and health as top priorities for the EU in 20 years, and the positive societal impacts of space activities, including job creation and environmental benefits. It notes varying opinions on the importance of investing in space exploration, with 47% deeming it important for technological advancement. Concerns regarding space threats and the contribution of space technologies to safety are also addressed, along with a focus on regional projects in Puglia related to space technology applications.

1. Regione Puglia
Area Politiche per lo Sviluppo economico,
Il lavoro e l’innovazione
Apulia Regional Government
Research & Innovation Department
InnovaPuglia spa
LIVING LAB: SPACE FOR REGIONS
Bari, February 28th 2014
http://livinglabs.regione.puglia.it

2. European’s attitudes to space activities
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3. Expected priorities of Europeans in 20 years’ time
Europeans think that:
employment (47%) and health (42%)
should be the main priorities of the EU in 20
years’ time, while energy (37%) and the
environment (33%) are the areas where
Europeans are most likely to foresee space
activities playing an important role in 20
years’ time.
Health, employment and education are
linked as priority EU policy areas in 20
years’ time – Europeans who mention one of
these as a priority are also more
likely to mention the other two. Employment
and the economy are also linked in
the same way.
When comparing the results of the two
questions it appears that the
environment and
security
are the two domains where similar
numbers of respondents think
both that this should be a priority for
the EU in 20 years’ time and that
Space derived technologies and
services will play a role in it.
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4. Impact of space activities on societal aspects
Almost 6 out of 10 Europeans think that investing in human space
exploration can lead to medical progress (57%).
space activities can have a positive impact on
environmental protection and more efficient agricultural
activities (72%), predicting weather factors (74%) and understanding climate change (73%).
More than 7 out of 10 Europeans think
Almost 6 out of 10 Europeans (58%) think that space activities contribute
to job creation in the EU. (except in Slovakia where respondents are
divided)
More than half of Europeans would be interested in using information
derived from observing the Earth from space to help plan travel
and outdoor activities (55%).
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5. Impact of space activities on societal aspects
Almost three-quarters of Europeans think that including subjects linked to space
activities in educational materials would encourage students to choose careers in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (73%), and that teaching subjects
linked to space activities at school can help children to better imagine the society
of the future (71%).
Almost half of all Europeans (48%), a relative majority, would be ready to use
automated vehicles guided by satellite systems in 20 years’
time.
Future sub-orbital flights are expected by Europeans to be most useful for
travelling faster between two points (34%) and for transporting urgent or
valuable goods to distant destinations (30%).
More than one-third of Europeans (37%) say that the future combination of
observations from satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles will improve
security in the EU, while 25% think this will be a threat to privacy, and 20%
think that both of these statements are true.
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6. Europeans and space threats
3 Europeans out of 10
(30%) are concerned
about large asteroids
and comets hitting
Earth, and 35% are
concerned about the
disruption of spacebased services caused
by collisions with other
satellites or space debris.
More than 6 Europeans
out of 10 (62%) agree
that space technologies
have a role to play in
avoiding threats
like asteroids, comets,
and space debris
collisions.
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7. 473 needs
274 players
29 ICT projects
Open community
34 active living Labs, more than
40 next living labs
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8. Project Sectorial areas
Sectorial areas where project experiments were exploited together with the involvement
of enterprises and regional users.
Regional land development
Air Quality / Meteorology
Coastal areas inspection
Tourism
Civil protection
Fishing
Soil defence
Public Transport
Water resource management
Waste Management
Parks, forests and nature
reserves
Health and Social Services
Territory Control /
Environmental Risks
Geographic Information
System
E-learning
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9. Regione
Europeans and space exploration Puglia
Area Politiche per lo Sviluppo economico,
Il lavoro e l’innovazione
There is no clear consensus among Europeans about how important it is for the
Apulia Regional Government
EU to invest further in space exploration: 47% say it is important, while 46% say
Research & Innovation Department
it is not important.
InnovaPuglia spa
Europeans who think that further investment in space exploration is
important highlight the following reasons: to develop and test new
technologies (63%) and to make unexpected scientific discoveries (53%).
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These represent 29% and 24 of all the respondents respectively.
REGIONS
Focus space Spazio 20 is
Europeans who do not think further investment in Groupexploration febbraio 2014
important are most likely to say this because they think there are other more
pressing issues (72%). This represents a third of all the respondents (33%). This
result might be linked to the current overall socio-economic context.
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10. Focus group on 20th february 2014
Regional ICT Living Labs
platform: structured needs
catalogue and focus group
participation model.
Participant:
SMEs, Technological district, Research center,
Universities, Politechnic, Living Labs beneficiary
actors, InnovaPuglia
Aim:
 Share demonstration and Living Labs pilot
projects in the field of environment,
security and territorial protection,
 Collect specific needs or challenges that
could be tackled by means of space
technology
 Highlight critical aspects to be care about
http://livinglabs.regione.puglia.it
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11. Regional answers from the living labs network
1. WHAT has already been developed in
Puglia?
2. HOW SPACE technologies and
services intercepted and satisfied
users requirements or needs?
3. With WHOM was
built?
the solution
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12. Questions for the stakeholders
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3.
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4.
Output:
Mobilising ‘demand’ of services built on a stack of
public and freely available data.
Stepping up any necessary regulation and
interoperability standards.
Identify and promote education and training in
secondary school and university on specific space
technology.
Encourage research and development efforts on
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Real time satellite image for security,
emergency and monitoring;
Remote observation of the subsoil for sub-land
infrastructure register;
Satellite monitoring of Cultural heritage.
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