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INNOVA Consorzio per l’Informatica e la Telematica has been awarded ACEA’s competitive bid to develop a real-time fleet management system to monitor 300 AQUASER containers.

AQUASER is an association that provides services related to water supply, water treatment and sewage activities throughout Italy. The customized infomobility solution will ensure constant monitoring of the container fleet using battery powered GPS devices with a 1 year autonomy. Almost any modern organization can benefit from an infomobility solution. We strongly believe that ACEA has shown great insight on a way to resolve current waste disposal issues.

Management of any modern organization has become extremely challenging as they face international business, greater competition, increasing costs and complex logistics. INNOVA believes that infomobility solutions are the answer. Which is why we have developed our R.M.S. Resource Monitoring System, a Fleet Management product that can be customized to meet any organization’s specific needs.

R.M.S. is geared towards:
• National and International Logistics Organizations: Deliveries must be rapid and punctual. R.M.S. makes it easy to monitor each vehicle’s location, speed/direction and the time of a specific activity.
• Special Shipments: Companies specializing in solutions for any type of special shipment (high volume, high value, hazardous, etc.) need intuitive and flexible systems. If the merchandise is valuable, they will need constant location indicators and immediate notification should the merchandise be tampered with.
• Couriers: Accurate and on-time deliveries are essential to guarantee customer satisfaction.
• Security Services: Knowing the location of each vehicle 24/7 is vital.

Advantages of the system:
• Real-time Tracking: provides real-time tracking of each vehicle’s movements and activity records.
• Easy Management: a web-based system that offers 24/7 secure access from any PC with an internet connection guarantees constant visualization, reporting and management capabilities of your vehicle fleet.
• Real-time Monitoring: Real-time visualization of the location of each driver and service fleet vehicle, trailers or any other mobile unit that may need monitoring. Can be supplemented with extra sensors, video cameras and PDA (palm) devices to fully meet your business requirements.
• Simplified Planning: vehicle and route planning are greatly simplified.
• Communication: Communication with your drivers via GPRS is possible from any PC. Ease of use and cost effectiveness ensure maximum efficiency and best possible service to your customers.

Future applications on the way:
The dramatic increase of fuel prices has become a significant problem for organizations. INNOVA is currently working on developing applications to integrate into R.M.S. that will help organizations reduce their fuel expenses:
• An application to solve the Travelling Salesman problem, aiding logistic companies to plan delivery routes in the most timely and cost-efficient way;
• Fuel Monitoring application with reporting functions.

About INNOVA
Headquartered in Matera, Italy, INNOVA Consorzio per l’Informatica e la Telematica is a technology provider in the remote sensing field, with experience in the development of Fleet Management and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), know-how and expertise geared towards the Earth Observation industry and the Public Administration Sector, and highly specialized knowledge of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), High Performance Computing (HPC) and GRID technology.

For more information, please contact our International Relations Manager, Marina Doubell
Phone: +39.0835.307760
Website: www.consorzio-innova.com

Leading satellite-sector analysts establishes a presence to better serve North American clients

(Paris and Montreal, July 3, 2008) – Euroconsult, the leading international analyst and consulting firm specialized in commercial and government satellite applications, announced today the opening of its North American office in Montreal, Canada.

American and Canadian companies will now have improved — and more time-zone friendly — access to all Euroconsult services and expertise to assist them in their decision making process.

This important strategic move comes as a result of extensive discussions with customers in the US and Canada. “Our clients in North America have clearly conveyed their desire to have Euroconsult closer,“ indicated Pacôme Revillon, CEO of Euroconsult, “and we believe this is an important step in providing them the best possible service.”

Euroconsult has more than 60 clients in the US and Canada, including leading satellite manufacturers, launch service providers, satellite operators, government agencies, banks and equity funds, service companies and media groups.

The office will be led by Steve Bochinger, who will act as Managing Director of Euroconsult North America. Steve will also maintain his responsibilities as Global Director of Institutional Affairs for Euroconsult. Since joining Euroconsult in 2001, Steve has participated in numerous research and consulting projects for private and public organizations in the satellite sector. He holds a Masters of Law from the Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University, and a DEA in International Law from the University of Paris I La Sorbonne.

The office will also be staffed by two experienced analysts from Euroconsult’s Paris office who will ensure continuity in Euroconsult’s practices and methodologies: Adam Keith, Senior Analyst (satellite services) and Macha Ejova, Analyst (policy and regulatory affairs). Locally-hired analysts will round out the team. Analysts on both sides of the Atlantic will continue working closely together.

Media Contacts:
Steve Bochinger +1 514 750 9707 /
Linda Zaiche +33 01 49 23 75 17
Joy Carey +33 01 49 23 75 20

About Euroconsult
Euroconsult is the leading international research and analyst firm specialized in satellite applications, communications, and digital broadcasting. Euroconsult develops comprehensive research reports and forecasts; provides strategic consulting and analysis; and organizes world summits. Euroconsult has more than 500 clients in 50 countries, including industry leaders: satellite operators and service providers; satellite manufacturers and launch service providers; equipment providers and integrators; space institutions; media and broadcasting companies; and banks and investors. For more information visit www.euroconsult-ec.com

€700,000 contract awarded for Ground Segment security

(8 July 2008). Logica, one of Europe’s leading IT and business services companies, has been awarded a new contract for security for the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Earth observation missions. The contract will see Logica defining the security measures needed to ensure the integrity of the Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS), which acquires, processes, archives and disseminates ESA’s Earth observation programme data, including third party and (in the future) Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security (GMES) missions.

The project covers the Payload Ground Segment security of the Agency’s distributed ground segment. This includes its management and control centre in Frascati, Italy, and several receiving stations and processing facilities across Europe from the Arctic Circle to the Canary Islands.

Logica will produce an all-encompassing, innovative information security design that includes organisational and procedural security, buildings, personnel, hardware, software and communications. It will also include the initial audit and testing of the current PDGS, and a risk analysis to link the business impact of a compromise, with the likelihood of it occurring. The project will also define the security contractual conditions to be included in contracts and agreements relating to the use of GMES data.

Commenting on the announcement, Dr. Gunther Kohlhammer, head of Earth Observation Ground Segment department at ESA said: “The importance of security and data integrity has become increasingly evident as ESA is now involved, through GMES, in the development of user-driven missions of a more operational nature. We chose Logica because of their extensive experience in all matters relating to security, particularly within the space arena where Logica has led many security aspects of Galileo and EGNOS.”

Stuart Martin, director space and satcoms at Logica said: “Earth observation data is immensely powerful in terms of telling us how the world is changing and for informing necessary decisions that need to be taken as a result. It influences all manner of investments such as infrastructure planning, and as such must be absolutely trustworthy. Logica has one of the largest security practices in Europe and we shall be combining this expertise with our experience of GMES security, PDGS design, and data policy to give ESA a clear set of recommended actions.”

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Logica
Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 39,000 people across 36 countries. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Logica works closely with its customers to release their potential – enabling change that increases their efficiency, accelerates growth and manages risk. It applies its deep industry knowledge, technical excellence and global delivery expertise to help its customers build leadership positions in their markets. Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information is available at www.logica.com.

Press contact
Nicky Rich
Marketing manager, space and defence
Logica
Tel: +44 (0) 78 345 83185
Email: nicky.rich@logica.com

Our last Annual General Meeting ending June has been marked by reporting the extensive upgrading of our organisational and working practices to support and respond to the increased expectations of our membership.

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… The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies is continuing its build up of presence in the European landscape of remote sensing and geo-information thanks to the work of its Working Groups and of the Board of Directors. This build up accompanies in particular the growth of concerns related to environmental and climatic issues in society. The challenge to stay in close connection with those topics, growing in number as well as in impact, is more and more complex.

EARSC is thus adapting in its structure and strategy to remain the number one representative of the European geo-information industry able to bring to the table all together the European industry experience, insight and recommendations. In this endeavor EARSC increases its links with European institutions, especially the European Commission and the European Space Agency, through well targeted actions toward future programs of importance for the industry. Among such key programs addressed in 2007 and 2008 are the expected GMES Downstream Services Call of the 7th Framework Programme and the ESA Earth Observation Work Plan for the coming Ministerial Conference of November 2008, in particular for what concerns market development and climatic change. All these topics carry a great potential of involvement of our members so our Board stays continuously tuned to the related developments.

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« an overview of market development and emerging applications »


Satellite observations have provided us with effective ways of monitoring our planet, helping us improve the exploitation and management of Earth’s resources.
Google Earth and other similar tools have demonstrated that Earth observation — EO — is not a specialist area but something that can add value to many aspects of our lives, both at work and at home. This brochure aims to illustrate that and to reveal new opportunities for business, industry and government to add value to their operations.

eoVox Booklet: Business in Earth Observation Business in Earth Observation eoVOX080508.pdf


EARSC´s MISSION is to foster the development of the European geo-information service industry.
Our VISION is a sustainable market for geo-information services, using remote sensing data, which is openly accessible. To achieve this we will focus on: – Customer awareness and acceptance of Earth observation and remote sensing – Improving Market access

In this issue of EOMAG, EARSC will have the opportunity to feature an interview with Mr. Daniel Vidal Madjar, Chief of the French Inter¬Ministerial Task Force on GMES.


ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE

Could you please briefly describe the current responsibilities as Chief of the French Inter-Ministerial Task Force on GMES?
I am in charge of the national coordination of the French participation to GMES. The coordination is placed under the responsibility of the French Ministry for Research. All topics relating to GMES are concerned: GMES Core Services, GMES space component, GMES partnerships with national bodies, mobilization of the downstream sectors.

Could you comment on the process to get national views coordinated under the European Institutions?
In principle it is organized through GAC, which represents the Member States (EU and ESA). But in reality, the Commission is talking directly with Institutions, especially those for which a European coordination exists (Meteorology or cartography for example). By doing so, the results can be biased. Indeed, most of the concerned institutions are not known from the Commission which has been asked to use the national representation through GAC. The ISOWG is the first answer to this demand. This type of process must be generalized quickly to consolidate the necessary GMES partnerships at all levels.

DIALOGUE WITH EO INDUSTRY: COOPERATION & PARTNERSHIP

What is your idea for the governance scheme and the related business model to be adopted?
An overall GMES governance is necessary to ensure the coherence of the programme and that future investments, from EU and MP, will be used in an optimized manner. Furthermore, there is a lot of horizontal matters such as transparency, responsibility, security of information which must be treated centrally. The Central Governance will be also in charge to prioritize GMES evolutions in accordance with the GMES appropriations; at European and national levels (the GMES partnerships). At the level of the heart of GMES which are de core services, the objective is to help the development of an economic activities using information on the environment. It is therefore necessary to withdraw any restraints in the use of such information, notably by an adapted Core Services deliveries policy. The Commission is presently thinking to a free and open delivery to European stake holders, with exceptions such security on strategic matters. Such policy has a cost. The deliveries from the Core Services will have to be adapted to the available budgets: not all deliveries from GMES will be labelled GMES Service. Further more, it will be necessary to define general data and elaborated products procurement policy to help the Core Services to acquire the necessary data and products from bodies outside the GMES partnership. It is anticipated that the cost of downstream services, provided by SMEs, will be mainly based on the value added by these companies and will not contain any significant part of the up streams cost.

The sector is following the Lisbon agenda in terms of helping growth and jobs in Europe… but what do you think about benchmarking along some other industrial sectors?
It is certainly a good idea. It could help to understand how such markets are working. It is always necessary to build on others experiences.

What type of dialogue mechanism could take place with the service industry and national institutions? How could be integrated the cooperation of industry with other partners?
GMES is a user based programme. As such it is necessary to take care of the users demands for future evolution of the provided services. Consultation of all users may appear to be inefficient or even impossible; I am convinced that this dialogue must be based primarily with the service industry. Indeed, they are in strong interaction with the end users and they know perfectly what are their needs. Partnerships with research must be strengthening to ensure the service industry is still competitive by developing new services from GMES Core Services.

In your opinion, what are the biggest challenges the commercial earth observation industry is facing in the years to come? What kind of downstream service industry would Europe benefit from?
If by Earth Observation industry you mean the space industry, I guess that the biggest challenge is to change dramatically its business model to go from a state based industry to an industry driven by the market. The cost of the space infrastructures will have to adapt to the willingness and capacity to pay of the users. Europe will benefit from all industry related to services on the environment, but some sectors are more important than others: for example water resources, air quality are probably more important than many others.

Is the European Earth Observation on the right track?
It depends… But certainly Europe has been able to build something which is important with decisions on GMES related space programme and on the consolidation of the meteorological space observatories.

Data Policy establishment is a priority, how is that treated at the Inter Ministerial Task Force on GMES?
It is a difficult matter as it will certainly trigger significant changes in the business models on which are based European providers of data and products. All important national data and products providers are part of our national coordination. We have set up a national working group to mirror the ISOWG. The members are from all stakeholders, from national institutional bodies to NGO on the environment which are also contributing to the gathering of useful data.

DOWNSTREAM SERVICES CALL

How do you see the planning and the budgeting process in Earth Observation programmes?
Clearly now we must concentrate on the next budget cycle of the EU, eg beginning in 2014. At that moment a true and independent GMES will have to be financed. It is therefore important to work during the following months on the costs to provide GMES core services, including the necessity to maintain on the long run the provision of observation, from space or in situ, both at global and local scales. Trade off and prioritisations are not possible without a good knowledge on costs.

From your perspective, what are the minimum requirements to succeed with a downstream service?
Difficult to answer. We must work together in the following months and years to develop new types of Downstream services built on the Core Products which will be delivered by GMES. It is foreseen that this Core Information will enable the downstream companies to propose new and more efficient services to their clients.

How do you see the future steps for the GMES?
Next step will to set up an interim governance which will help in the building of a GMES programme to be operational at the horizon of 2014. It is also necessary to build on the FP 6 and 7 results to propose rapidly GMES core services on a preoperational basis. These services will be demonstrated on the occasion of the Lille GMES Forum. Hopefully, they will available to downstream sectors onward.

FUTURE & SOCIETY

At the end of the interview, here is the opportunity for your final thoughts on latest GMES developments, what do you see as the task ahead for GMES, and in general which is your vision for the future?
I am very impressed by the speed GMES has developed in the past few years. Just 8 years after the Council demand to develop GMES services, we are able to produce core services. We have also be able to develop a satellite systems, the GMES space component, which comprises not only the ESA Sentinels programme but also the Eumetsat space observatory and a wealth of national missions. When Europe is acting together, it can realize much more than other have done.

How do you see Europe’s autonomy in space in the years to come?
When we say “autonomy” we must understand the capacity of Europe to provide to its users reliable information on environment and security. For achieving this goal, Europe must be able to cooperate with other nations on an equal footing. It is therefore necessary to consolidate our positions in space based observation. We must be sure that we have the control of the strategic elements, but this does not mean that we must do everything. International cooperation is necessary. GEO and other existing initiatives such as what is done for meteorology from space through WMO for example must be used extensively to ensure Europe will be able to access to all necessary data, from space or in situ.

What are your expectations of EO development in the future for the citizen? And which important benefits will be provided in the near future?

EO observation from space is an important component of our capacity to manage the Environment for a sustainable development. In the near future I do expect that EO from space will become progressively a true market based activity. I am sure that the GMES Core Services will greatly help.

Thank you for your time, and for sharing your thoughts and comments with the EOmag readers

Summer 2008 is a period of intense discussion around GMES. Indeed, it is the time for all European delegations to polish their contributions to the November 2008 Ministerial Space conference and especially for the so-called Segment 2 of GMES. The Segment 2 of GMES is particularly important because on the one hand it will start the financing of the recurring models of the first sentinels satellites, the first step in making GMES a truly operational programme, and second because it will introduce concretely in it the Sentinel 4 and 5 elements and the topic of atmospheric chemistry.

Of course GMES is now more acknowledged and supported across Europe and beyond, in the America and Africa for instance, and by a wide range of entities from governments to users, going through industry, regions, local authorities and more. However it is a large program with specific needs in terms of governance, budgets, technological developments and partnerships which make it a very complex European flagship to drive. Moreover Europe barely comes out of solving the Galileo crisis, Galileo being a flagship essential for Europe which had to go through the difficult learning period of how to get the European Union, ESA and industry to work together on a very complex space programme. While the lessons learned must and will benefit GMES, it must be understood that GMES is fundamentally and in most aspects a very different programme, in terms of missions, thematics, technologies, users, organization and actors in general, even if we can find some common features and synergies with Galileo. GMES is definitely not an easier programme and it requires its own specific approach. Our remote sensing community as well as the overall geo-information industry have the experience and know-how to support the European Union and ESA to make this initiative a success. Through involvement in various advisory committees to provide for instance inputs on governance, programmatics and of course present and future European technical capabilities, the European industry could be considered and involved as partners by the decision makers to make GMES a wide ranging success.

In the next GMES conference which will be organized by the French Presidency of the European Union in September 2008 a new impulse will be given to GMES both with the demonstration of new operational services and with the giving of a new name for GMES: let’s hope that these will bring fresh additional momentum to help ensure the firm commitment to this initiative by the European member states and its wider acceptance and development.

In the mean time, on behalf of the EARSC Directors, let me wish you a good summer,

With best regards,


Start Date End Date Event Web Venue
14-jun-08 14-sep-08 EXpo Zaragoza 2008 web Zaragoza, Spain
01-jul-08 04-jul-08 GI Forum 2008 web Salzbug University, Austria
02-jul-08 04-jul-08 AGIT 2008 web Salzbug University, Austria
02-jul-08 02-jul-08 AGI Environmental Special Interest Group Annual Conference web Nottingham, UK
03-jul-08 11-jul-08 ISPRS 2008 web Beijing, China
04-jul-08 07-jul-08 4th Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Developing Countries web Istanbul, Turkey
06-jul-08 11-jul-08 IGARSS 2008 web Boston, MA, USA
08-jul-08 11-jul-08 Polar Research Arctic & Antarctic Perspectives – SCAR/IASC IPY web San Petersburg, Russia
13-jul-08 20-jul-08 COSPAR 2008 web Montreal, Canada
21-jul-08 25-jul-08 GeoWeb 2008 web Vancouver, Canada
02-aug-08 05-aug-08 ESRI conferences web San Diego, USA
04-aug-08 07-aug-08 GEOBIA 2008 web Alberta, Canada
04-aug-08 08-aug-08 ESRI UC 2008 web San Diego, CA, USA
06-aug-08 09-aug-08 The 3rd Indonesian Geo-Information Technology Exhibition (IGTE 2008) web Jakarta, Indonesia
04-aug-08 14-aug-08 EO Summer School 2008 web Frascati, Italy
10-aug-08 14-aug-08 SPIE Optics + Photonics 2008 web San Diego, CA, USA
19-aug-08 21-aug-08 Map Asia 2008 web Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
25-aug-08 29-aug-08 URISA Fourth Caribbean GIS Conference web G. Cayman, Cayman Islands
25-aug-08 29-aug-08 International Disaster and Risk Conference web Davos, Switzerland
26-aug-08 28-aug-08 Map Africa 2008 web Cape Town, South Africa
03-sep-08 06-sep-08 Mapping 2008 – Making the most of Maps web Newport Pagnel, UK
08-sep-08 11-sep-08 SPIE´s Europe Remote Sensing Symposium web London, UK
08-sep-08 11-sep-08 10th International Symposium on High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography web Kathmandu, Nepal
08-sep-08 12-sep-08 2008 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference web Darmstadt, Germany
10-sep-08 12-sep-08 22th International Conference on Informatics For Environmental Protection web Lueneburg, Germany
11-sep-08 11-sep-08 Local & Regional Policy: Benefits from Satellite Information and Services web Brussels, Belgium
11-sep-08 12-sep-08 Incident Management Summit web Amsterdam, Netherlands
15-sep-08 17-sep-08 RSPSoc Annual Conference 2008 web Exeter, UK
15-sep-08 18-sep-08 SPIE Europe Security & Defence 2008 web Cardiff, UK
15-sep-08 18-sep-08 VIIIth International Scientific and Technical Conference “From Imagery to Map: Digital Photogrammetric Technologies” web Porec, Croatia
15-sep-08 20-sep-08 Advanced Atmospheric Training Course web Oxford, UK
16-sep-08 17-sep-08 GMES Forum “The operational phase” web Lille,
France
17-sep-08 19-sep-08 SilviLaser web Edinburg, UK
17-sep-08 19-sep-08 Congress of the European Surveyors web Strasbourg, Germany
17-sep-08 19-sep-08 GEO India 2008 web New Delhi, India
22-sep-08 24-sep-08 EARSeL: Remote Sensing Techniques in Disaster Management and Emergency Response in the Mediterranean Region web Zadar, Croatia
22-sep-08 26-sep-08 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop web Frascati, Esrin
23-sep-08 25-sep-08 AGI GeoCommunity ’08 web Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
25-sep-08 25-sep-08 NedGraphicsdag 2008 web Ede, The Netherlands
29-sep-08 30-sep-08 SRC’08 – Third European Security Research Conference web Paris, France
29-sep-08 30-sep-08 GeoImaging User Group by Infoterra Ltd web Oxford, UK
29-sep-08 01-oct-08 14th Australasian Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Conference web Darwin, Australia
29-sep-08 03-oct-08 Free and Open Source Geospatial 2008 (FOSS4G2008) web Cape Town, South Africa
30-sep-08 30-sep-08 5th ESA/EC joint Space Council-TBC web Brussels,
Belgium
30-sep-08 02-oct-08 Intergeo 2008 web Bremen, Germany
01-oct-08 03-oct-08 European Forum for GeoStatistics 2008 web Bled, Slovenia
05-oct-08 05-oct-08 Interdisciplinary CODATA Symposium, RMA – Risk Models and Applications web Kiev, Ukraine
06-oct-08 10-oct-08 Laser Ranging, LIDAR web Barcelona, Spain
06-oct-08 10-oct-08 19th Ocean Optics Conference web Barga, Italy
07-oct-08 08-oct-08 Fourth edition- The European Navigation event, where retail meets industry web Eindhoven, The Netherlands
07-oct-08 09-oct-08 EuNavTec, 1th International Specialist Trade Fair for Satelite Navigation web Dresden, Germany
07-oct-08 09-oct-08 AGI Users Conference 2008 web Chicago, EEUU
07-oct-08 10-oct-08 The 46th Annual Conference of the Urband and Regional Information Systems Association web New Orleans, U.S.A.
13-oct-08 15-oct-08 Second United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop: “Disaster Management and Space Technology – Bridging the Gap” web Bonn, Germany
16-oct-08 17-oct-08 5th UN-wide Meeting on the Use of Space Technologies for Emergency Response and Humanitarian Assistance web Bonn, Germany
17-oct-08 17-oct-08 Landslide monitoring techniques based on remote sensing tools web Madrid, Spain
20-oct-08 23-oct-08 Second International Workshop on Semantic and Conceptual Issues on GIS (SeCoGIS 2008) and 27th Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2008) web Barcelona, Spain
21-oct-08 23-oct-08 3rd IAASS International Space Safety Conference web Rome, Italy
23-oct-08 24-oct-08 INGEO 2008 – 4th International Conference on Engineering Surveying. Co-sponsored by FIG Commission 6 web Bratislava, Slovakia
27-oct-08 31-oct-08 7th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)-2008 web Accra, Ghana
28-oct-08 30-oct-08 EMEA UC 2008, ‘GIS for Every Life’ web London, UK
03-nov-08 07-nov-08 ALOS 2008 Symposium web Rhodes, Greece
03-nov-08 07-nov-08 World Urban Forum 4 web Nanjing, China
04-nov-08 06-nov-08 XXVIII International INCA Congress 2008 web Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
08-nov-08 09-nov-08 10th International Symposium on High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography web Kathmandu, Nepal
10-nov-08 12-nov-08 GEOscape 2008 web Ústi nad Labem, Czech Republic
10-nov-08 14-nov-08 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar. Airborne SAR web Barcelona, Spain
11-nov-08 14-nov-08 International Symposium on Global Navigation Satellite Systems web Berlin, Germany
12-nov-08 14-nov-08 Digital Earth Summit on Geoinformatics web Postdam, Germany
13-nov-08 15-nov-08 Innova Brussels Expo web Brussels, Belgium
16-nov-08 18-nov-08 Global Space Technology Forum web ADNEC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
25-nov-08 26-nov-08 ESA Council meeting at ministerial level web The Hague,
Netherlands
26-nov-08 28-nov-08 5th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography web Salzburg, Austria
26-nov-08 29-nov-08 Eurocities 2008 web The Hague,
Netherlands
01-dec-08 03-dec-08 The International Conference on Intelligent Systems (ICIS) 2008 web Bahrain, Bahrain
02-dec-08 04-dec-08 GEO Expo China web Shanghai, China
04-dec-08 05-dec-08 Workshop Archiving in Digital Cartography and GeoInformation web Berlin, Germany
09-dec-08 10-dec-08 10 Years Operational Global VEGETATION Monitoring (1998-2008) – What’s next ? web (Egmont Palace) Brussels, Belgium
10-dec-08 12-dec-08 4th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies web Noordwijk, ESTEC, The Netherlands
18-jan-08 20-jan-08 ISU: Space for a Safe and Secure World web Strasbourg, France
20-jan-09 21-jan-09 Techniques Laser pour l‘étude des environnements naturels et urbains web Le Mans, France
26-jan-09 27-jan-09 Models of Governance of National Space Activities in the Evolving European Framework web Budapest, Hungary
26-jan-09 28-jan-09 The International Lidar Mapping Forum web New Orleans, USA
27-jan-09 30-jan-09 DGI EUROPE 2009 web London, UK
26-mar-09 27-mar-09 Towards eEnvironment – Challenges of SEIS and SISE: Integrating Environmental Knowledge in Europe web Prague, CZ