geoland Events

On this site, you may view geoland contributions to upcoming events, planned geoland-specific events (particularly the yearly geoland OpenDays - both past and future) and past events, that geoland consortium members have contributed to.

[Upcoming Events] - [geoland Specific Events] - [Past Events]

Upcoming Events

Date Event Location
24-25 Mar 10  6th geoland / GMES Land User Forum

geoland Forum_6 will take place on March 24th and 25th, 2010 in Toulouse, France and will bring together stakeholders from accross Europe.

Register now …

 Toulouse, France

geoland Specific Events

GMES Land User Workshop

The latest GMES Land User Workshop took place on May 26th and 27th, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. The focus of this workshop was the presentation and analysis of results of national and European mapping activities in Scandinavia and Baltic countries. Participants included high level users from national enironmental and planning directorates and Ministries, the Norwegian Space Centre, EEA and the European Commission. Please download the presentations here ...

GMES Land User Workshop

The detailed material that was presented at the GMES Land User Workshop in Madrid, Spain on Oct 22nd and 23rd, 2007, is now available online. Please download the pdfs of the meeting's agenda and the corresponding presentations here…

4th geoland Forum and OpenDay

The Fourth and final geoland Forum and OpenDay took place on February 7-9 in Berlin, Germany, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Affairs (Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung) in their very attractive Erich-Klausner-Saal.

Participants from the geoland consortium, numerous related parallel (GMES) projects and various additional stakeholder organizations appreciated three days of interesting presentations of geoland results, outlooks, and fruitful discussions of future challenges and opportunities.

The Final geoland OpenDay was opened by Dr. Engelbert Luetke Daldrup, State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs.
Download his speech in German… / in English…

Further, most presentations from the event have now been released for download.

Download Presentations:

February 7th:
Global Land Monitoring Session
European Land Monitoring Session
Seasonal Monitoring of Europe (joint session)
European Land Monitoring User Workshop

February 8th

February 9th - OpenDay

10. February 2006: 3rd geoland OpenDay

Presentation of the geoland project´s progress, status, and achievements, further goals and ambitions; as well as the demonstration of links and complementarities to other (GMES) projects in the Austrian "Bundesamtsgebaeude" in Vienna.
Agenda, Presentations and Findings and Forum List of Participants are available for download.

9. February 2006: 3rd geoland Forum

For the first time, the geoland consortium dedicates a part of the annual geoland Forum to discussions and the interchange of views, ideas and results with related parallel GMES projects - two technical sessions and a poster exhibition were conducted. Furthermore, a UserDay - giving users of different services and projects an opportunity to exchange experiences - was organized.

The following material is available for download:


10. December 2004: second geoland OpenDay

The second geoland Forum was held on Dec 8th - 10th, 2004 in Toulouse, France:
A working meeting of the participants accompanied by an OpenDay, in which project, content and progress and the overall GMES context was presented to external interested parties.
Presentations from this event may be downloaded here.
Download second OpenDay Presentations

27 February 2004: geoland OpenDay

Download OpenDay Presentations
View List of Participants
Download PressRelease (22 KB)

25/26 February 2004: geoland Forum

The first major meeting of the European project geoland, the geoland Forum, has taken place in Potsdam and Berlin on February 25th-27th. More than 100 participants, representing 56 user organisations, private and public service providers and researchers from 15 European member and accession states, spent two full days on the premises of GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) in Potsdam, harmonising their joint project work in dedicated discussions.

Past Events

Date Event Location
12-14 May 09 5th geoland / GMES Land User Forum
The 5th geoland / GMES Land User Forum will be jointly organized by geoland2 and the European Environment Agency (EEA). The aim is to bring together the geoland2 stakeholders (users & service providers) and to present and discuss the first results and future steps of the project. The detailed agenda can be downloaded here. Please confirm your participation by completing the online registration form. 		Berlin
16-17 Oct 08 FP7 Space Information Day Central Europe
Website: http://www.kpk.gov.pl/aktualnosci/imprezy/info/3305/index.html 		Krakow, Poland
13-17 Oct 08 3rd GOFC-GOLD Symposiumon Forest and Land Cover Observations

Website: http://www.gofc-gold.uni-jena.de/sites/Jena08.php

The aim of this symposium is to inform about the recent international GOFC-GOLD activities in the frame of GEO, NFCCC, GCOS, IGOS-P, etc. and to discuss the further GOFC-GOLD strategy with forest and land experts. Download Announcement here.

Jena, Germany
23-23 Sep 08 GMES/Kopernikus Information Event
Download Agenda here. 		Potsdam, Germany
16-17 Sep 08 Forum GMES 2008

GMES Forum 2008

Together take better care of the planet

Website: www.forumgmes2008.eu

The GMES Forum 2008, entitled “Together, take better care of the Planet”, organised by the European Commission and the current French Presidency of the European Union, took place in Lille on September 16th and 17th. During his opening speech EU Vice-President Mr. Verheugen announced the new name of the GMES programme: Kopernikus. He also firmly announced the implementation of operational budgets for Kopernikus by the next year and for the next financial period (from 2013).

The forum featured a series of speeches and presentations on the benefits and the political future of GMES as well as on the new challenges introduced by climate change. In addition, an accompanying exhibition gave a comprehensive overview on the existing service portfolios for the individual thematic areas of GMES: Land, Emergency, Marine, Atmosphere, Security and Climate.

 

List of Papers and Speeches - see here.


 Lille, France
15-15 Sep 08 geoland 2 Start Meeting
Download: geoland 2 Executive Summary
 Lille, France
09-09 Sep 08 International Information Day & Brokerage Event for the 2nd Call Space in FP7
Please Download the presentation of Mr. Alexander Kaptein, geoland2 coordinator here.
 Prague, Czech Republic
03-04 Sep 08 GEO European Project Workshop

Download:

(1) Invitation Letter

(2) Draft Agenda

(3) Registration Form

Brussels, Belgium
26-27 May 08 GMES Land User Workshop
The latest GMES Land User Workshop took place on May 26th and 27th, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. Please download the presentations here ... 		Stockholm, Sweden
18-18 Apr 08 GSE Land User Workshop
For Paper's Download 		Lisbon, Portugal
22-23 Oct 07 GMES Land User workshop

 

Download Documents:

> GMES Land Workshop Agenda

> Presentation GMES Funding Opportunities

Madrid
04-06 Jul 07 Agit 2007
contributions from several observatories planned 		Salzburg, Austria
04-06 Jul 07 13th EC GI & GIS Workshop
INSPIRE Time: ESDI for the Environment. The focus of this year's workshop is on contribution of SDIs on environmental analyses and modelling.
>> more ... 		Porto, Portugal
26-26 Jun 07 Geo-Information-Systems - INSPIRE and its consequences
Expert Symposium, Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU in Brussels. 		Brussels, Belgium
18-19 Jun 07 Euregia Bodensee 2007
Kongress für Standort- und Regionalmanagement mit Fachausstellung.
Download Presentations 		Friedrichshafen, Germany
09 Feb 07 4th geoland OpenDay
The OpenDay on February 9th is designed to publicly present an overview on what has been achieved during the three years of geoland, and to include additional views and experiences into the planning of further steps of developing and implanting successful GMES services.
>> Please download agenda / info 		Berlin, Germany
07-08 Feb 07 4th geoland Forum
The geoland Forum IV will be held in Berlin on February 7th - 9th, 2007.
On February 7th, technical session with parallel GMES projects of ESA and EC will be held. In the afternoon, a User Workshop with representatives of mandated user organisations will be conducted.
February 8th is dedicated to discussing the key finding & results and to working these, along with the user's recommendations, into appropriate next steps for GMES Land activities.
The OpenDay on February 9th is designed to publicly present an overview on what has been achieved during the three years of geoland, and to include additional views and experiences into the planning of further steps of developing and implanting successful GMES services.
>> Please download agenda / info 		Berlin, Germany
08 May 06 ISPRS Intercommission Working Group: VII/IV on “Derivation of global data, environmental change and sustainability indicators” together with GOFC-GOLD
presentation by A. Kaptein, geoland coordinator:
geoland – a GMES Project on Land Cover and Vegetation 		University, Jena, Germany
01 Apr 06 Business opportunities from GMES
European Space Policy Institute, www.espi.or.at 		Graz
09 Mar 06 The role of European Regions in GMES, Workshop
Engagement of European Regions in GMES Land activities (Alexander Kaptein) 		Toulouse
22-24 Feb 06 Intergeo East
geoland/GSE Land at a joint stand of Pro DV, Infoterra & Ursit (booth C307) 		Belgrade
16-17 Feb 06 Global Monitoring GMES Services
Meeting devoted to the onset of GMES services in the area of global land monitoring.
Please download summary report and paper Requirements on EO Space & Ground Segment. 		Brussels
10 Feb 06 3rd geoland OpenDay
presentation of the geoland project´s progress, status, and achievements, further goals and ambitions; as well as the demonstration of links and complementarity to other (GMES) projects in the “Festsaal” of the Austrian “Bundesamtsgebaeude” in Vienna.
Please download Presentations and further material above. 		Vienna
09 Feb 06 geoland Forum 3 - UserDay
Open to all user organisations involved in GMES projects or interested in becoming involved in such projects.
Please download Presentations and further material above. 		Vienna
09 Feb 06 geoland Forum 3 - Discussions with Parallel Projects
Open to all organisations involved in parallel (GMES) projects.
Please download Presentations and further material above. 		Vienna
08-09 Feb 06 3rd geoland Forum
geoland consortium internal meeting with workshops and working groups 		Vienna
12-14 Dec 05 Integration of the New EU Member Countries into the GMES Programme
geoland contribution:
  • Joerg Herrmann (Infoterra GmbH) participating in "Round Table 3: How to organize the market?" (14 dec, 12.00 hrs)
  • Alexander Kaptein (Infoterra GmbH) speaking in "Session 3: The Solutions" on "geoland / GSE Land - towards sustainable services" (13 dec, 16.00 hrs)
    www.eurisy.org, view programme
    		• Warsaw, Poland
    01 Dec 05 GMES ad hoc User WG "Land Monitoring" - preparatory meeting Barcelona
    01-02 Dec 05 geoland Core Service Land Cover meeting Barcelona
    22 Nov 05 4th Workshop on common GIS reporting for WISE
    (Water Information System for Europe)
    DG Environment - for further information please contact Philippe Quevauviller & Thomas Schrage (geoland contribution)
  • Session 4, Supporting RTD projects, geoland & GSE Land WFD services
    Contribution:
    GMES projects related to Water Quality, Thomas Schrage, Infoterra GmbH
    		• Brussels
    14 Nov 05 GMES Workshop on Land Monitoring
    Presentations reporting the outcomes of the three Workshops on GMES Pilot Services held to the GAC Meeting are now available online on the www.gmes.info website (the direct URL of the corresponding webpage is http://www.gmes.info/150.0.html)
    20-21 Oct 05 EC User Workshop
    DG Enterprise & Industry / GMES Programme Office (by invitation only)
    Contributions:
    Summary of GMES preparatory activities, Joerg Herrmann, Infoterra GmbH
    GMES Pilot Service Land Monitoring, Prof. Dr. Steffen Kuntz, Infoterra GmbH     		Brussels
    04-06 Oct 05 INTERGEO 2005
    please visit us at stand geokomm booth D3.118 - for further information please contact Dr. Franz Jaskolla.

  • Infoterra GMES activities and services, 6th October
    www.intergeo.de
    		• Duesseldorf
    27-29 Sep 05 Reaching out to the New EU Member States: Cooperation on Applied Earth Observation / GMES
    Federal Ministry of Education and Research / DLR,
    www.dlr.de/dlr-eo-conference, user name: DLREO - password: DLR42EO
  • Industrial Partnership in GMES Projects, EU/ESA Examples, Jörg Herrmann, Infoterra/geoland consortium, 27th September 2005 >>> Download
  • GMES Land Service Cooperation, FP6 IP geoland & GSE Land (Stage 2), Alexander Kaptein, Infoterra/geoland & GSE Land consortia, 28th September 2005 >>> Download
  • The GMES projects RISK-EOS and PREVIEW, Status and Cooperation Potentials, Dr. Franz Jaskolla, Infoterra GmbH, 28th September 2005 >>> Download
    		• Berlin
    26-29 Sep 05 Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2005
  • Europe's changing environment and our quality of life - GMES Land Cover Services for Europe's citizens and governments, Prof. Dr. Steffen Kuntz, 28th September 2005 >>> Download
    www.dglr.de/veranstaltungen/dlrk/dlrk2005/index.php
    >>> Download
    • 01 Sep 05 The Business Potential of GMES for the Value Adding Industry
    AVALI Seminar, www.tekes.fi/ohjelmat/avali
    >>> Presentation
    >>> Abstract     		Helsinki
    23-27 Aug 05 45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
    Settlement Growth and Densification within a Peri-urban Poly-centric Region - driving forces analysis, model development and preliminary simulation results
    Download Presentation
    Towards Urban Un-sustainability in Europe? An Indicator-based Analysis     		Amsterdam, Netherlands
    13-17 Jul 05 AESOP Congress – Association of European Schools of Planning
    European Spatial Indicators in the Frame of geoland
    Download Presentation
    06-08 Jul 05 AGIT Symposium 2005
    Spatial Disaggretation of Socio-economic Data / Räumliche Disaggregation von sozio-ökonomischen Daten
    Download Presentation     		Salzburg, Austria

    For information on events that took place more than 6 months ago, please go to the archive.