From Joerg.SZARZYNSKI at unoosa.org Thu Jul 3 07:40:54 2008 From: Joerg.SZARZYNSKI at unoosa.org (Joerg SZARZYNSKI) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:40:54 +0200 Subject: [UN SPIDER] Second United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop - 13 - 15 October 2008 - Bonn - Germany Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the Second United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop: "Disaster Management and Space Technology - Bridging the Gap", which is being jointly organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ( UNOOSA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and with the support from the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction - Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (ISDR/PPEW) and the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The workshop will be held in Bonn , Germany , from 13 - 15 October 2008 in the UN Building in Bonn . We are attaching the second announcement of the workshop including the application form and we would be grateful if you could forward the announcement to colleagues that would benefit from participating. We are also planning the following meeting which is being organised back-to-back with the second international Bonn workshop : "5th UN-wide Meeting on the Use of Space Technologies for Emergency Response and Humanitarian Assistance" in Bonn , Germany , 16 to 17 October 2008. This 5th meeting will build upon the previous four meetings, which focused on the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, expanding to include other opportunities the UN-community can and should build upon. We would highly welcome your participation within the workshop. We also maintain a Calendar of Events with upcoming Conferences, Meetings and Events relevant to the area of space-based solutions for disaster management and emergency response. Please check out: [1]http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=h1a93vb3rk6ud1tvrequjsfk8s% 40group.calendar.google.com Best regards Joerg Szarzynski (See attached file: InformationNote_II_SPIDER_Bonn_Workshop_2008_final.pdf ) ============================================= Dr. J?rg Szarzynski Senior Expert UN-SPIDER United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10 53113 Bonn Germany Tel.: +49 (0)228 - 815 0677 Fax.: +49 (0)228 - 815 0699 Skype: un-spider-bonn e-mail: [2]joerg.szarzynski at unoosa.org Internet: [3]www.unspider.org ============================================= References 1. https://owa.dlr.de/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=h1a93vb3rk6ud1tvrequjsfk8s%2540group.calendar.google.com 2. mailto:joerg.szarzynski at unoosa.org 3. http://www.unspider.org/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Information Note_II_SPIDER_Bonn_Workshop_2008_final.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 333014 bytes Desc: not available URL: From david.stevens at unoosa.org Thu Jul 17 11:51:58 2008 From: david.stevens at unoosa.org (David STEVENS) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:51:58 +0200 Subject: [UN SPIDER] Regional UN-SPIDER Workshop - Pacific Region, Suva, Fiji - 16 - 19 September 2008 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, [?United Nations Regional UN-SPIDER Workshop: Building Upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for the Pacific Region?] The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission, with the support of the Government of Austria, are jointly organising the above regional workshop in Suva, Fiji from 16 - 19 September 2008. We are attaching the Information Note together with the Application Form. If you are a decision maker and/or an expert from an institution from within the region that uses or would like to access and use space-based information to support risk and disaster mananagement activities please do consider sending in your application. Deadline for receiving applications is 15th August 2008. Space is strictly limited to 40 participants. For further information please contact Ms. Natercia Rodrigues (E-mail: natercia.rodrigues at unoosa.org). Please note that only participants from within the region will be considered for funding support. For interested experts from outside the Pacific region please check our website (http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/unspider/workshops.html) for other workshops which we are supporting as listed below and which you could consider joining: GEOSS/UN-SPIDER Spring School "Primera Escuela de Primavera Sobre Soluciones Espaciales Para el Manejo de Desastres Naturales y Respuestas de Emergencias-Inundaciones" in Santa Maria, Brazil, 08 to 12 September 2008. Organizado por el Centro Regional de Educa??o em Ci?ncia e Tecnologia Espacial para America Latina e o Caribe - CRECTEALC - Campus Brasil ( http://www.inpe.br/crs/geodesastres). Contact person: Ms. Tania Sausen (tania at ltid.inpe.br). Workshop to be carried out in Spanish and Portuguese. "Iranian Space Agency/UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop: Building Upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response" in Tehran, I.R. of Iran, 06 to 08 October 2008. Organized by the Iranian Space Agency ( http://www.isa.ir/en/). Contact person: Mr. Saman Jalayerian (jalayerian at isa.ir). Workshop to be carried out in English. "CRASTE-LF Workshop International - L'Outil Spatial au Service de la Gestion des Catastrophes et des Situations d'Urgence en Afrique" in Rabat, Morocco, 10 to 12 November 2008. Organis? par Le Centre R?gional Africain des Sciences et Technologies de l'Espace en Langue Fran?aise (CRASTE-LF) (http://www.enssup.gov.ma/craste). Contact person: Mr. Abdelhak Trache (trache at emi.ac.ma). Workshop to be carried out in French. Best regards David (See attached file: Information Note_UN-SPIDER Pacific Region 16-19 September 2008.pdf) David Stevens Programme Coordinator UN-SPIDER United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Vienna - Austria Tel. ++43-(1)-26060-5631 - Skype: tazarkount FAX ++43-(1)-260607-5631 - E-Mail david.stevens at unoosa.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Information Note_UN-SPIDER Pacific Region 16-19 September 2008.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 39059 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Young.LYU at unoosa.org Thu Jul 31 08:47:24 2008 From: Young.LYU at unoosa.org (Tony Young LYU) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:47:24 +0200 Subject: [UN SPIDER] July 2008 Updates Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Please find attached the UN-SPIDER July 2008 Updates. Please forward this UN-SPIDER Updates to colleagues who might benefit from receiving the information. If you wish to unsubscribe please reply to this e-mail and include UNSUBCRIBE in the Subject line. News included in this UN-SPIDER Updates: 1. Caribbean Region Taking Advantage of Space-based Solutions 2. UN-SPIDER Support to Wenchuan Earthquake Relief Efforts 3. Visual Tools for BP's Crisis Managers 4. Financial Institutions Leverage Satellite Services for Disaster Recovery 5. Extended Cyclone Relief Efforts Aided from Space 6. Brazil to Harness Space Technology to Monitor Deforestation 7. Satellite Radio Product Launched to Support Emergency Response Teams in British Columbia 8. Chinese Earthquake Analyzed by New COSMO-SkyMed Radar Satellites 9. Caribbean Region Taking Advantage of Space-based Solutions ? 2nd Part 10. ?Map Africa 2008? in Cape Town, South Africa, 25-26 August 2008 11. ?First International Conference on Remote Sensing Techniques in Disaster Management and Emergency Response in the Mediterranean Region? in Zadar, Croatia, 22-24 September 2008 12. Segundo Curso International CRECTEALC ? Campus Brasil ? Nodo Ecuador: ?La Geoinformaci?n en el Manejo de Cuencas Hidrogr?ficas: Movimientos Gravitacionales de Ladera en regiones Andinas? in Quito, Ecuador, 27-31 Octubre 2008 13. "Use of Remote Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Volcanoes and Seismogenic Areas - USEReST 2008? in Naples, Italy, 11-13 November 2008 14. ?International Symposium Geotunis 2008 ? 3rd Edition? in Tunis, Tunisia, 26-30 November 2008 Regards, Tony Lyu ____________________________ Tony (Young S.) LYU Associate Expert UNOOSA / UN-SPIDER Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 (0)228.815.0678 young.lyu at unoosa.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: UN-SPIDER July 2008 Updates.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 212500 bytes Desc: not available URL: