[UN SPIDER] UN SPIDER April 2007 Updates

[Georg MAGERL]

United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for
Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN SPIDER)
April 2007 Updates


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News included in this edition:

1.     The  United  Nations General Assembly agrees to establish the United
  Nations  Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and
  Emergency  Response  (SPIDER) as a Programme of the United Nations Office
  for Outer Space Affairs
2.     ESRI  - UC 2007 - UN Showcase - San Diego, California - 18 - 22 June
  2007.
3.     2007  International Geohazards Week in ESRIN, Frascati, Rome (Italy)
  on 5-9 November 2007
4.     Mekong  from  SPACE - The Mekong River Commission webpage now has an
  educational component "Mekong from Space".
5.     National  Research Council Report: Successful Response Starts with a
  Map: Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management.
6.   Hurricane  Data  Portal. Check out NASA's Hurricane Portal which helps
  view  and  study hurricanes by utilizing various measurements by the NASA
  remote-sensing instruments.
7.     Geoinformatics  Forum  Salzburg - Call for Symposium Participation -
  July 03-06, 2007
8.    SWALIM Workshop - Potentialities and Limitations in the Use of Remote
  Sensing  for Directing and Monitoring Environmental Change in the Horn of
  Africa – 12-13 June 2007
9.    ISCRAM-TIEMS  Summer  School  2007  -  Information Systems for Global
  Disaster Risks and Humanitarian Assistance - June 20 -27 2007
10.  Implementation of the "Strengthening of a Municipal Information System
  for  the  Prevention  of Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean" by
  the  Regional  Disaster  Information  Center  for  Latin  America and the
  Caribbean
11. Space and Information Technology for Disasters Risk Management: Seminar
  and Workshop, August 26 - September 07 2007.


Annex: Updates April 2007 (See attached file: UNSPIDERUpdatesApril2007.pdf)

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Georg MAGERL

Associate Expert
Office for Outer Space Affairs / UN SPIDER
United Nations Office at Vienna
Tel:  +43-(1)-26060-4472
Fax: +43-(1)-26060-5830
E-Mail: georg.magerl at unvienna.org
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/unspider/index.html