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VANCOUVER, March 11, 2015 | UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast” or the “Company”) today announces that it has signed its first brand partnership, teaming with PepsiCo Inc. (“Pepsi”) to provide the world’s first full-color, Ultra High-Definition video footage of Earth captured from space for the brand’s 2015 global program, the Pepsi Challenge. Harnessing UrtheCast’s Ultra HD video technology camera suite onboard the International Space Station (ISS), Pepsi will challenge live production conventions with the first-ever, epic film adventure shot from space.


“Enabling world change is especially important to us; in fact, it’s the core of the UrtheCast vision,” explained UrtheCast Chief Executive Officer, Scott Larson. “We’re truly excited to see the ways in which the new Pepsi Challenge will allow us to harness UrtheCast’s technology. This is proving to be a highly-innovative collaboration and we can’t wait to reveal what’s coming around the corner.”

For more information on the Pepsi Challenge, please visit.

For more information on UrtheCast visit our website.

About UrtheCast Corp.

UrtheCast Corp. is a Vancouver-based technology company that is developing the world’s first Ultra HD video feed of Earth, streamed from space in full color. Working with renowned aerospace partners from across the globe, UrtheCast has built, launched, installed, and will soon operate two cameras on the ISS. Video and still image data captured by the cameras will be downlinked to ground stations across the planet and displayed on the UrtheCast web platform, or distributed directly to partners and customers. UrtheCast’s cameras will provide Ultra HD video and still imagery of Earth that will allow for monitoring of the environment, humanitarian relief, social events, agricultural land, etc. Common shares of UrtheCast trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange as ticker ‘UR’.

About PepsiCo

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $66 billion in net revenue in 2014, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. At the heart of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose – our goal to deliver top-tier financial performance while creating sustainable growth in shareholder value. In practice, Performance with Purpose means providing a wide range of foods and beverages from treats to healthy eats; finding innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment and reduce our operating costs; providing a safe and inclusive workplace for our employees globally; and respecting, supporting and investing in the local communities where we operate. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.

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(March 2015) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) for the launch of its KhalifaSat observation satellite.

EIAST is an organisation established by the Dubai government in the UAE.

The KhalifaSat satellite will be launched in Japanese fiscal year 2017 (between late 2017 and early 2018) on MHI’s H-IIA launch vehicle together with Gosat-2, a satellite tasked with observation of greenhouse gases, which the Japanese Ministry of Environment, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (Jaxa) and National Institute of Environmental Studies are jointly developing.

The new order for satellite launch services marks MHI’s third from outside Japan. Previously the company was selected by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to launch its Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3 (Kompsat-3), and was contracted by Telesat of Canada to launch its Telstar 12V communications and broadcasting satellite.

The tandem launch of the KhalifaSat together with the Gosat-2 will be the second time MHI performs a joint launch with an overseas satellite; a similar double launching took place in 2012 when the Kompsat-3 accompanied Jaxa’s GCOM-W, an observation satellite for observing and measuring global change based on water parameters.

The KhalifaSat observation satellite is EIAST’s third satellite, following the DubaiSat-1 and DubaiSat-2 respectively launched in 2009 and 2013. Significantly, however, the new satellite marks EIAST’s first satellite wholly developed by Emirati engineers in the UAE, leveraging the experience accumulated from the two earlier launches.

Commenting on the Khalifasat-related order, EIAST director general Yousuf Al Shaibani said: “EIAST is looking forward to this collaboration with MHI. After evaluating MHI’s launch service in terms of H-IIA launch vehicle performance, as well as the group’s technical and operational expertise and its past successful launches, we are confident that they are the ones to entrust with the launch of KhalifaSat, which is a landmark project for EIAST and the UAE in general.

MHI has proven to be very competitive in overall commercial terms and has a very good reputation in the global space technology community. Our 100 per cent Emirati team of engineers are currently at work at EIAST’s specially designed satellite manufacturing facilities on the final stages of KhalifaSat in preparation for its launch.”

“We believe that the success rate, schedule assurance of MHI launch services, and the traditional Japanese traits of meticulous response and sincere attentiveness were highly evaluated by EIAST. The good relationship between EIAST and JAXA also helped MHI win the order,” said Naohiko Abe, vice president and senior general manager of the space systems in MHI’s Integrated Defense & Space Systems business domain.

EIAST is an aerospace development institution wholly funded by the Dubai Government. Its scope of operations presently includes earth observation, satellite navigation and satellite communications. The organisation has a staff numbering some 80 employees. – TradeArabia News Service

(2 March 2015) “SparkIndata”, a Cloud platform developed by an Atos led consortium of 11 partners, was selected as one of 12 R&D projects chosen from 34 candidate projects, to be funded by the major national programme “Investments for the Future” in the “Cloud Computing & Big Data” category.

Atos, an international leader in digital services, sees this as recognition of its proven innovative approach and vast expertise in Big Data and Cloud Computing through Canopy – the Atos Cloud.

“SparkIndata is one of 12 projects selected by the Commissariat-General for Investment for their high growth potential. The aim of these innovative R&D projects is to strengthen our digital activities. Cloud Computing and Big Data transform our environment profoundly and have an impact on all industrial activities and services. Mastering them is a key element of our competitiveness”, comments Louis Schweitzer, High Commissioner of “Investments for the Future”.

Gilles Grapinet, Senior Executive Vice President of Atos highlights: “Atos, a key player in Cloud Computing and Big Data, is proud to be leading the SparkIndata consortium made up of parties recognised as the best in their field. SparkIndata aims to bring together in one single platform different sources of Earth observation data that are cross-referenced with geographical, oceanographic and geoscientific data, to offer a catalogue of innovative services to companies from numerous sectors of activity. We have the ambition to federate other national initiatives at European level, with the help of SparkIndata. “

Within the framework of COPERNICUS (the European Programme for the establishment of a European capacity for Earth Observation, led jointly by the EU and the ESA)**, our partners and clients have access to large storage and calculation capacity to process high volumes of data and large number of users. They benefit from high added value and real time analysis capacities, pay-per-use and consideration spread across complex ecosystems, thanks to Canopy Helix Nebula platform, made available by Atos. This Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS) was developed to meet the needs of European space agencies and is capable of managing all the peak loads thanks to its widespread infrastructure and its calculation capacity. SparkIndata will provide access to environmental data taken from satellites and sensors that enable under the earth’s surface and the ocean floors to be observed. It will also provide a development environment and the opportunity of new services for the benefit of stakeholders in downstream markets (agriculture, urban planning, security, climate, risk prevention, health…).

The explosion of the volume of data available and the development of SMACS digital technologies (Social-Mobile-Analytics-Cloud-Security) are at the core of what Atos considers “the third digital revolution” (the 1st being computing and the 2nd Internet). Atos has the objective of seizing the opportunities which arise from this disruption in order to always be ahead in supporting its customers and partners in their digital transformation and thus consolidate its position as global leader in digital services, secure Cloud and Big Data.

COPERNICUS is the European Earth Observation programme, led jointly by the EU and the ESA, aiming to create independent European observation capacity on different scales (local, regional, global) for the environment and safety, in support of European policies (environment, agriculture etc.) and the Union’s international commitments.

11 partners

Atos, TerraNis, Geomatys, Geosigweb, Mercator-Ocean, CNES-Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, IGN-Institut national de l’information géographique et forestier, BRGM-Bureau des Recherches Géologiques et Minières, IRIT-Institut de Recherche Informatique de Toulouse – Université Paul Sabatier, EI Purpan-Ecole d’Ingénieurs de Purpan, Aerospace Valley.

About the Commissariat-General for Investment

The Commissariat-General for Investment (CGI) is responsible for the future investments programme in France and ensures “the coherence of the Government’s investment policy”. The future investments programme is translated in calls for national projects aimed at selecting excellent, innovative and with high growth potential projects.

About Atos

Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a Global digital services leader with 2014 pro forma annual revenue of circa € 10 billion and 86,000 employees in 66 countries. Serving a global client base, the Group provides Consulting & Systems Integration services, Managed Services & BPO, Cloud operations, Big Data & Cyber-security solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, the Group works with clients across different business sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media, Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications, and Transportation.

Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and is listed on the Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, and Worldline.

(source: Atos)

(Bonn, Germany, 26-28 May 2015) 2015 will be a decisive year for the international community paving the way for sustainable development worldwide. Three important processes led by the United Nations are underway leading to three agreements expected for 2015: the Post 2015 Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (March 2015), the Sustainable Development Goals (September 2015), and the new Climate Change Agreement (December 2015).

Geoinformation and especially Earth Observation provide indispensable data to support informed decision making at local, national, regional and global level to reduce disaster risks, improve adaptation to climate change, prepare better for unavoidable losses and damages, and deliver on the promise of sustainable development.

The United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation – Global solutions for the challenges of sustainable development in societies at risk aims at bridging the gap between Earth Observation experts and decision makers to find Earth observation solutions that match the challenges of governments in societies at risk. The objectives are to address important challenges, demonstrate existing solutions, identify future potential, and facilitate collaboration. The space community has already started a global effort to contribute to the new framework for disaster-risk reduction. The conference will serve as a platform to facilitate the coordination of this open group to help countries in their efforts to institutionalize the use of space-based information for disaster risk reduction. Sustainable development, adaptation to climate change, managing climate-change induced extreme weather events, dealing with losses and damages, and reducing disaster risks are strongly interlinked processes. The conference will provide a setting for decision makers and experts to agree on ways to use Earth Observation in combination with in-situ data to track progress in reaching the targets in the Post-2015 frameworks.

Please keep checking this website regularly for the latest information about the conference. More details are available in the information note and in the agenda

Deadline for applications for those requesting financial assistance is 13 March 2015. Click here to apply

Event Organisers: UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER
Co-organisers: German Aerospace Center (DLR ), German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) with the support of Secure World Foundation and the City of Bonn
Venue Country: Germany
Venue City: Bonn
Venue: UN Campus Bonn
Date: 26/05/2015 to 28/05/2015
Registration Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2015
Language of event: English

In a move that aims to energise innovation in the UK geospatial industry, Ordnance Survey is opening a London-based Geospatial Innovation Hub to attract new players, new visions, new thinking and new markets.

In the past five years OS, through its GeoVation Challenges, has awarded almost £650,000 in funding 28 new ventures, and Britain’s mapping agency believes its new Hub, the location to be announced in March, will build on this. OS anticipates the Hub will expose and expand industry opportunity for existing and new participants through the innovative adoption and application of its UK geospatial assets.

Cathrine Armour, former Programme Manager for Abu Dhabi’s Global Environmental Data Initiative, joined OS last November to work alongside Peter ter Haar, OS’s Director of Product and Innovation, on delivering the Hub.

Cathrine says: “One of the biggest challenges facing the geospatial industry and all those operating in it is: Innovating. As a major industry body there is a responsibility, and an opportunity, for Ordnance Survey to support the geospatial industry and take it forward with this Innovation Hub.

“To increase the relevance of our industry we need to expose ourselves to new thinking, to undertake thought leadership and share this in a way that as an industry we lift our gaze. The Hub will enable OS and its partners to work collaboratively with fringe industries, new media, digital and emerging technologies. Our industry is changing. How data is accessed is changing. How data is captured is changing. The industry must respond to these developments and organisations must evolve. It is a competitive environment and organisations that remain static risk stagnating and the danger of being displaced by the new and those evolving.”

The Hub, located on the fringes of London’s Knowledge Quarter, will be home to a multifunctional team of entrepreneurial thinkers drawn from OS’s own talent pool and the broader geospatial industry, as well as those new to the industry that have been selected from developer, new media space and creative and design communities. The idea is for OS to assemble a wide range of skills that apply to the process of innovation that complement and push each other towards achieving the goal of step change in geospatial products and services. To see those products and services become geo-encapsulating rather than geo-centric.

Cathrine explains: “OS has its own product development team at its headquarters in Southampton, but the Geospatial Innovation Hub is not only about product development. The Hub will be a creative focal point for partnering on open and closed innovation. It will be an arena for experts from across OS and the industry, all of whom have an intimate knowledge of our data, APIs and application development. We want to connect with individuals and SMEs who have identified opportunity, envisioned the solutions and are seeking technical, geospatial expertise, guidance and support. It will also be the place where established UK and global organisations can partner with us to work on the creation of specific products or services that will challenge how we use location to solve problems and create new markets. Above all, it will be an imaginative environment focused on the horizon and beyond.”

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(23 February 2015) The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the United Nations University (UNU) have agreed to continue to strengthen their cooperation.

Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the DLR Executive Board, and Jakob Rhyner, Vice Rector of UNU in Europe and Director of the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn, signed an agreement to this effect on 23 February 2015.

DLR has been cooperating with UNU in Bonn for many years, particularly with regard to Earth observation. This includes the field of hydrology, where UNU is able to contribute its substantial expertise on the topic of water quality, and, more generally, in the area of assessing environmental risks and vulnerabilities. DLR contributes mainly by providing satellite Earth observation data and scientific analyses. DLR and UNU have worked together on numerous projects over the last 10 years – including the German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS) project. GITEWS is an early warning system installed off the coast of Indonesia, which was developed after the catastrophic seaquake on Christmas of 2004,” Wörner explained: “It is our goal to noticeably and tangibly enhance the social benefits that Earth observation data can offer.”

“As the academic arm of the United Nations, UNU is tasked with developing sustainable solutions to pressing global challenges. In order to do so, we rely on many different kinds of data and information. We are able to generate some of this information on our own, for example through interviewing affected household members or conducting focus group interviews. Very often, we do, however, combine our data with information from other sources, such as the data derived from satellite systems. It is in these cases that the cooperation with DLR is invaluable for us,” said Rhyner.

DLR and UNU expect that their agreement will result in even closer ties between science and practice, additional joint projects in the field of Earth observation and climate change, as well as sustainable resource protection. The two organisations will also collaborate on satellite communication and navigation, with the goal of increasing knowledge and knowledge transfer. This may also include exchange programmes for experts and the joint supervision of doctoral and masters students. The German Remote Sensing Data Center (Deutsche Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum; DFD) at DLR is already cooperating with some of UNU’s doctoral students. Just recently, DLR and UNU submitted a joint proposal for the water and land management project CATCH-MEKONG.

The agreement between the two organisations will run initially for a period of five years.

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The University of Pavia has built a relevant track in providing very successful and appreciated Summer Schools on Data Fusion in Aerospace.

This will be the fifth in the series of International Summer Schools.

This year’s course will merge into the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2015 Summer School (GR4S), on the occasion of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2015, or IGARSS 2015 – “Remote Sensing: Understanding the Earth for a Safer World”, which will be held the following week (26-31 July) in Milan.

This year’s GR4S will offer to the attendees an exploration on Earth Observation data fusion capabilities and the opportunity to evaluate results concerning risk indicator collection and analysis in order to use data in a dynamic way to the purpose of mapping risk and its components.

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Romania – The Romanian government’s Topographic Military Directorate (DTM) recently implemented the portal for geospatial data based on Esri ArcGIS technology

The DTM Geoportal is compliant with the established standards of Romania’s spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and joins the country’s other geospatial data portals including the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) Geoportal and the INIS Geoportal and Real Estate Geoportal

The INIS Geoportal now contains the updated Orthophotos for Romania from 2005 till 2012 along with Topographic maps from 2005. The new geoportal provides quicker access to critical geospatial data and greater collaboration among the agencies the DTM serves, such as the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MoD).

“The DTM Geoportal represents a big step forward for DTM and for the geospatial community in Romania,” says Colonel Marin Alnitei, chief of the Topographic Military Directorate. “Though it required many years of effort by our staff, the geoportal will provide greater access to our work both inside our Ministry of Defense and to other interested government organizations, universities, and companies.”

The geoportal will have two levels of access: Restricted access will only be available to the MoD, while public access will allow civilian organisations, universities, and private companies access to declassified spatial databases developed by the DTM. Components of the DTM Geoportal include ArcGIS for Server with ArcGIS Image Extension for Server, Portal for ArcGIS, Esri GeoPortal Server, and ArcGIS for INSPIRE.

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January 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
January 18, 2015 January 23, 2015 Tromso Norway
January 18, 2015 January 23, 2015 Tromso Norway
January 19, 2015 January 21, 2015 London United Kingdom
January 20, 2015 January 21, 2015 Valetta Malta
January 20, 2015 January 21, 2015 Valletta Malta
January 22, 2015 Beauvechain Belgium
January 26, 2015 January 30, 2015 Frascati Italy
January 26, 2015 January 28, 2015 Ostrava- Poruba Czech Rep.
January 27, 2015 January 28, 2015 Brussels Belgium
January 27, 2015 January 30, 2015 Frascati Italy
January 29, 2015 Harwell, Oxford United Kingdom
February 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
February 2, 2015 February 5, 2015 The Hague Netherlands
February 4, 2015 February 5, 2015 London United Kingdom
February 5, 2015 UCA Conference- Unmanned Cargo Aircraft
February 10, 2015 February 13, 2015 Frascati Italy
February 10, 2015 February 12, 2015 Hyderabad India
February 15, 2015 February 17, 2015 Dubai UAE
February 16, 2015 February 19, 2015 Anaheim, California USA
February 16, 2015 February 17, 2015 Dubai, UAE
February 18, 2015 February 19, 2015

BavAIRia International Legal Symposium

Starnberger See (Munich) Germany
February 22, 2015 February 27, 2015 Lisbon Portugal
February 23, 2015 February 25, 2015 Denver, Colorado USA
February 23, 2015 February 25, 2015 Washington, D.C. USA
February 26, 2015 February 28, 2015 IAA-IISL-KSCSTE International Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Management, Space Based Systems and their Applications: Technological and Legal Perspectives Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram, India
March 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
March 3, 2015 March 5, 2015 Ottawa Canada
March 3, 2015 March 4, 2015 Accra, Ghana
March 4, 2015 March 6, 2015 Bogota, Colombia
March 11, 2015 March 12, 2015 Frascati Italy
March 12, 2015 United Kingdom
March 12, 2015 London United Kingdom
March 14, 2015 March 18, 2015 Sendai
March 16, 2015 March 17, 2015 NewSpace Commercialization and the Law Montreal Canada
March 16, 2015 March 19, 2015 Washington, D.C. USA
March 16, 2015 March 19, 2015 Nicosia Cyprus
March 18, 2015 March 19, 2015 Frascati Italy
March 23, 2015 March 25, 2015 Toulouse France
March 23, 2015 March 26, 2015 Washington, D.C. USA
March 23, 2015 March 27, 2015 Frascati Italy
March 24, 2015 March 26, 2015 Munich Germany
March 25, 2015 March 27, 2015 Munich Germany
March 25, 2015 March 27, 2015 Munich Germany
March 30, 2015 April 1, 2015 North Charleston, South Carolina USA
March 30, 2015 April 1, 2015 Lausanne Switzerland
March 30, 2015 April 1, 2015 Lausanne Switzerland
April 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
April 1, 2015 April 5, 2015 Tunis, Tunisia
April 12, 2015 April 17, 2015 Vienna Austria
April 12, 2015 April 17, 2015 Vienna Austria
April 14, 2015 April 16, 2015 Luxemburg Luxembourg
April 15, 2015 April 17, 2015 Leeds United Kingdom
April 21, 2015 London United Kingdom
April 21, 2015 April 25, 2015 Chicago USA
April 21, 2015 April 24, 2015 Chicago USA
April 22, 2015 April 24, 2015 Cape Town, South Africa
April 27, 2015 May 1, 2015 Greenbelt, Maryland USA
May 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
May 2, 2015 May 3, 2015 Paris France
May 4, 2015 May 8, 2015 Tampa USA
May 5, 2015 May 8, 2015 Hong Kong China
May 11, 2015 May 15, 2015 Berlin Germany
May 12, 2015 May 14, 2015 Copenhagen Denmark
May 18, 2015 May 19, 2015 Paris France
May 18, 2015 May 19, 2015 USA
May 20, 2015 May 22, 2015 Thessaloniki Greece
May 20, 2015 May 23, 2015 Nevsehir Turkey
May 25, 2015 May 29, 2015 Lisbon Portugal
May 25, 2015 May 29, 2015 Lisbon Portugal
May 25, 2015 May 29, 2015 Villanueva de la Cañada Spain
May 26, 2015 May 28, 2015 Bonn Germany
May 27, 2015 May 28, 2015 London United Kingdom
May 27, 2015 May 29, 2015 Belgrade, Serbia
June 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
June 2, 2015 June 3, 2015 Paris France
June 8, 2015 June 12, 2015 Heraklion Greece
June 9, 2015 June 12, 2015 Copenhagen Denmark
June 9, 2015 June 12, 2015 Avignon France
June 10, 2015 June 12, 2015 London United Kingdom
June 15, 2015 June 19, 2015 Stockholm Sweden
June 16, 2015 June 21, 2015 Albena Bulgaria
June 17, 2015 June 19, 2015 Stockholm Sweden
June 22, 2015 June 26, 2015 Boulder, Colorado USA
June 22, 2015 July 2, 2015 Prague Czech Rep.
June 24, 2015 June 27, 2015 Istanbul Turkey
June 29, 2015 July 3, 2015 Kraków Poland
July 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
July 7, 2015 July 10, 2015 Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
July 13, 2015 Liverpool United Kingdom
July 22, 2015 July 24, 2015 Annecy France
July 25, 2015 July 26, 2015 Wuhan China
July 26, 2015 July 31, 2015 Milan Italy
September 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
September 9, 2015 September 11, 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands
September 15, 2015 September 17, 2015 Stuttgart Germany
September 21, 2015 September 24, 2015 Toulouse France
October 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
October 4, 2015 October 7, 2015 Davos Switzerland
October 5, 2015 October 9, 2015 Bordeaux France
October 6, 2015 October 10, 2015 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
October 6, 2015 October 8, 2015 Abu Dhabi UAE
October 10, 2015 October 13, 2015 Abu Dhabi UAE
November 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
November 3, 2015 November 7, 2015 Cairns Australia
November 9, 2015 November 13, 2015 Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
November 24, 2015 November 25, 2015 London

United Kingdom
December 2015
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
December 8, 2015 December 10, 2015 Al-Ain, UAE
May 2016
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
May 9, 2016 May 10, 2016 Montreal Canada
July 2016
Start Date End Date Name Locality Country
July 11, 2016 July 15, 2016 San Diego, California USA

A survey of the global EO services industry which is being organised.

An understanding of the industry and how it operates is important in order to take the right policy decisions. Today, no information exists on the global industry and only the EARSC survey of the situation in Europe and Canada, published in 2013, provides a comprehensive view of any part of the industry (see “studies” at www.earsc.org/library).

EARSC shortly will be contacting all the companies which they have managed to identify globally. Some global partners have offered to help in the process so the questionnaire will be received directly by some companies.

If you are a company based outside Europe or Canada, we would appreciate your support in providing a response to the survey; even if you cannot complete all the questions it will still be very useful to have a preliminary response which can ensure that your company is at least included in the total statistics.

It should take no more than 5 minutes to provide basic information (name of company, location, type of activity) and about 15 minutes to complete the whole questionnaire; there are around 20 questions in total.

Please contact EARSC if you are interest to take part in the international survey

Data from the survey will be confidential, held by EARSC and will not be released. Compiled data and analyses will be available for instance for a particular country or a part of the industry. GEO will be pleased to provide you with the final results when they become available towards the middle of 2015