This is a presentation I gave at the ESA UK Appathon, slightly modified for slideshare.

1. USING
EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES
TO
DISRUPT FUTURES TRADING

2. THE WORLD OF FUTURES TRADING

3. SA MISTAKES

4. COMPETITION

5. CONFUSION

6. BUT NOT
TO
WORRY

7. WE HAVE THE SOLUTION

8. EARTH
OBSERVATION
SATELLITES
PROCURE DATA
STOCK DATA FROM
FUTURES TRADING
API

9. WHY THE CLOUD?
ACCESSIBLE ANYWHERE
INFINITELY SCALABLE
WHY SAP HANA?
REAL-TIME ANALYTICS
BIG DATA

10. DISPLAYING
CORRELATIONS
BETWEEN THE
DISPARATE
DATA SETS
IN REAL TIME TO
MINIMIZE RISK

11. PROVIDING
GRAPHICAL
REPRESENTATION
OF DATA USING A
MAPS API

12. LET’S SEE
A CASE STUDY

13. IOWA
$13.5 Billion per crop year

14. USING LEAF-AREA INDEXES,
SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS AND
LAND-SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WE ARE ABLE TO BETTER DETERMINE
STOCKPILES, STOCK QUALITY
AND FORCAST FUTURE HARVESTS

15. EDRS PAIRED WITH
SAP HANA FOR
ACCURATE REAL
TIME ANALYTICS
FOR ACCURATE AND
UP-TO-DATE INSIGHTS

16. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
FOR FUTURES TRADERS?
INFORMING FUTURES TRADING MARKET
RISK REDUCTION
REDUCING VOLATILITY IN FOOD SECURITY

17. APPLICABLE MARKETS
FUTURES TRADING
FOOD SUPPLIERS
GOVERNING BODIES
VESTED INTEREST IN TRENDS

18. PREDICTED BUSINESS GROWTH
2/1/2015 3/1/2015 4/1/2015 5/1/2015 6/1/2015
Time
Time

19. HOW DO WE COMPETE?
FIRST TO MARKET*
REAL-TIME DATA ANALYTICS
RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME