Annelies Hommersom has a background Environmental Sciences and got her PhD in remote sensing of coastal zones. At Water Insight she works as project manager and senior satellite processing consultant. Water Insight usually works at the edge of science and applications. Their Horizon2020 project EOMORES, co-ordinated by Annelies, included a large task on the use of remote sensing data to support the EU Water Framework Directive. Annelies has since than taken her chances to bring possibilities of remote sensing for monitoring under environmental regulations under the attention of a larger audience.