Eye is the Sky will provide an overview of imaging technology and how it has been used in environmental litigation. The panel will also seek to address why state and federal environmental regulatory agencies have been slow to embrace these technologies in compliance monitoring.
The Panel: Dr. Michael Evans - Senior Conservation Data Scientist at Defenders of Wildlife, Dr. Ryan Covington - Technical Program Director at SkyTruth, Rock Palermo, J.D. - Attorney and Parnter at Vernon, Bice, Palermo & Wilson LLC
As the previous Senior Conservation Data Scientist in the Center for Conservation Innovation at Defenders, Mike led geoinformatics and data science projects to inform and improve conservation.