[UN SPIDER] November 2009 Updates

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   <News>

1. UN-SPIDER mission to Kenya raises awareness of UN-SPIDER Programme

2. UN-SPIDER chairs session on Disaster Management during AfricaGIS 2009,
Uganda

3. UN-SPIDER partakes of UNRCC AP and the 23rd CEOS Plenary in Thailand

4. UN-SPIDER hosts GMES workshop to bridge United Nations offices with
European geospatial communities

5. United Nations and Google explore partnership prospects during New York
Workshop

6. UN-SPIDER hosts the 10th Forum on Disaster Reduction

7. UN-SPIDER gives keynote address during EARSeL Workshop

8. UN-SPIDER funds trainers of West Africa Sub-regional Training Workshop
on Risk Assessment in Dakar, Senegal

9. SpaceAid in Action: UN-SPIDER offers ample support to Philippines and El
Salvador

10. UN-SPIDER National Focal Points: Nominations received from more Member
States

11. WorldView-2 First Images

12. DigitalGlobe & eMap launch Disaster-related collection of
high-resolution imagery


   <Conferences and Workshops>

The Third African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for
Sustainable Development ALC-2009 - Algiers, Algeria 7 - 9 December 2009

The Fourth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management -
Montego Bay, Jamaica 7 - 11 December 2009

Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2010, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 17-19
January 2010

GI4DM 2010 Conference, Torino, Italy, 2-4 February 2010

UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop "Building Upon Regional Space-based Solutions
for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for Africa", in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, April 2010

Fourth Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA 2010: Water: Life, Risk, Energy
and Landuse - Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, May 27-28, 2010

(See attached file: UN-SPIDER Updates November 2009.pdf)
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