Events

12. - 17. March 2012 in Marseille, France

The World Water Forum is the main water-related event in the world, aimed at putting water firmly on the international agenda. A stepping stone towards global collaboration on water problems, the Forum offers the water community and policy-and-decision-makers from all over the world the unique opportunity to come together to create links, debate and attempts to find solutions to achieve water security.
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23. - 27. April 2012 in ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

The symposium is open to ESA Principal Investigators, co-investigators, Sentinel-2 users, scientists, students, representatives from national, European and international space agencies and value adding industries Objectives The main objectives of the symposium are:

• Gather the future Sentinel-2 R&D user community
• Present Sentinel-2 mission, algorithms and products
• Bridge the gap between Science and Services
• Provide a forum for international exchange on optical HR land applications
• Provide a forum for ESA PIs and scientists to present optical HR projects results
• Present large scale international initiatives on land cover, forestry and agriculture

07. - 08. May 2012 in Rome, Italy

On May 7 and 8 2012 the sixth GEO European Project’s Workshop will take place in Rome. The GEO initiative is aimed to increase the accessibility and vailability of Earth Observation data through the development of a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) to be delivered by 2015. GEO now includes 87 countries, the European Commission and 64 intergovernmental, international, and regional participating organisations. Europe, represented by the European Commission, is one of the leaders (co-chairs) of the GEO initiative together with the US, China, and South-Africa. This GEO European Projects’ Workshop aims at supporting this leadership. The provisional topics for discussion at this workshop include the recently adopted Work Plan for the period 2012-2015, the future of GEO beyond 2015 and the GEOSS Data-CORE (GEOSS Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone). European projects and other interested players will have a platform to give their input to the future role of Europe in GEO. In addition, the workshop will provide an opportunity for European projects to showcase their activities in the domain of Earth Observation, giving a high visibility to the European actions conducted in the context of GEO.
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04. - 05. June 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark

The conference will highlight the economic impact and strategic value of GMES and inform about the benefits of GMES for Europe from the users' perspective. Several sessions will feature specific themes on health, energy, agriculture/fisheries, climate change and disaster management.

03. - 07. September 2012 in Sopot, Poland

The 2012 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference will take place in Sopot, Poland from 3 - 7 September 2012.
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