Space, GIS, GMES

Forum Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) 2008 – Space in the service of the environment and security      2008-09-16 - 2008-09-17      Lille - Palais des congrès

The European Union and its member states have been working for 10 years on a major public initiative to provide information on the environment and safety : for better husbandry of the planet’s resources, improved understanding and knowledge to help in decision-making, advance warning of any threat to the safety of the population and ways of reacting more effectively.

As a part of its forthcoming Presidency of the European Union, France and the European Commission are jointly organising a Forum to mark the launch of the first GMES services in pre-operational mode.

These services include fields such as territorial management, the marine environment, air quality and emergency situations, whether created by natural disasters or human activity.

 The GMES Forum 2008 is intended to present GMES and its earliest services both to end-users and to the intermediary companies providing services based on this type of information and wishing to use the results of this public investment to develop new markets.

We thank you in advance for your interest in this event. If you wish to participate in the Forum we would like to encourage you to register on line if you have received a written invitation, or to contact the organisers.

Title:       ESA training course for undergraduate students
Summary:       The European Space Agency (ESA) is offering a training course for undergraduate students from ESA Member States and Collaborating States from 25 to 29 August at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. The w...
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ESA training course for undergraduate students

The European Space Agency (ESA) is offering a training course for undergraduate students from ESA Member States and Collaborating States from 25 to 29 August at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

The workshop, entitled 'System engineering and technology for space missions' is intended to provide participating students with a general overview and better understanding of ESA activities in the area of end-to-end mission development.

Special emphasis will be placed on mission design, system engineering and technology, in order to enhance the formal technical education of the participants and facilitate their understanding of how the space sector operates.

Any interested university students aged 18 to 28 may apply, but the workshop is primarily targeted at students who have completed one to three years of their first degree. It will be particularly suitable for those who are interested in joining ESA hands-on projects in future (such as ESEO, ESMO, GENSO, etc.) or who are considering pursuing a career in the space industry.

The International Cartographic Association Commission on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage is organizing its 3rd International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic
Heritage in cooperation with the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC).
Venue: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Parc de Montjuïc
Registration: Free
For lunch break: See the Google map

Thursday 26 June 2008
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
Opening, Welcome
10:00–10:30
Evangelos Livieratos Chair, ICA Commission on Digital
Technologies in Cartographic Heritage.
Georg Gartner Vice President, International Cartographic
Association.
Jaume Miranda i Canals Director, Institut Catogràfic de
Catalunya.
Session 1 – Chair Jaume Miranda i Canals
Cartographic heritage. Multidisciplinarity,
sustainability, dissemination
10:30 C. Montaner: Disseminating digital cartographic
heritage: standards and infrastructures.
10:50 M. Jobst: Considerations for a sustainable cartographic
heritage architecture.
11:10 G. Gartner: Cartographic heritage in the eyes of
artists and cartographers.
11:30 – 11:50 Coffee
Session 2 – Chair Georg Gartner
Transformation into digital form
11:50 M. Colombo: New technologies to preserve, share
and capitalize the cultural heritage.
12:10 A. Granis: Introduction to the ICC colour management
framework.
12:30 P. Bramoullé: Un système de reproduction numérique
des cartes.
12:50 V. Tsioukas, M. Daniil: 3D digitization of historical
maps.
13:10 Discussion (morning sessions)
13:30–15:00: Lunch break

The Plenary sessions of the INSPIRE conference 2008, 23 -25th June 2008 Maribor will be broadcast live on the INSPIRE Conference website:

http://www.ec-gis.org/Workshops/inspire_2008/webstreaming.cfm

Since the first INSPIRE Conference in Porto last year, important developments have taken place that are shaping the transposition and implementation of INSPIRE in the Member States. This broadcast sessions will report back on these events.

The presentations and recordings will also be available on the INSPIRE Conference site after the conference.

Best regards,

The INSPIRE team

09:00 Monday 23 June 2008
From INSPIRE to Slovenian SDI

11:00 Monday 23 June 2008
INSPIRE Progress

14:00 Monday 23 June 2008
Reports from the INSPIRE Implementing Rules Drafting Teams

09:00 Tuesday 24 June 2008
Reports from the INSPIRE Implementing Rules Drafting Teams