[UN SPIDER] UN/Austria/ESA Symposium, Graz: Information Note and Application Form now Online

[Levent CANTURK]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to inform you that  the United Nations/Austria/European
Space Agency Symposium on "Small Satellite Programmes for Sustainable
Development" will be held in Graz, Austria from 8 to 11 September 2009.

The Symposium is part of a series of annual symposia held in Graz since
2003 concerned with the use of space applications for sustainable
development to support the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development. It will be hosted and co-sponsored by the
Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and the Federal
Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology of the Government of
Austria, the State of Styria, the City of Graz and by the European Space
Agency (ESA).

Detailed information on the Symposium, including the application form,
is available online at
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SAP/act2009/graz/index.html.

Within the limited funds available to the co-sponsors, a number of
selected participants from developing countries and countries with
economies in transition, will be offered financial support to attend the
Symposium.

Applicants fulfilling the conditions and seeking financial support are
invited to fill out and return the application form by mail,  no later
than Monday, 06 July 2009.

If you or your organization wishes to contribute to the Symposium, e.g.
by making a presentation or demonstration of relevant space
applications, or by sending representatives, please also do not hesitate
to contact us.

We also kindly ask you to forward this announcement to anyone who might
be interested.

With kind regards,

Levent Canturk (Mr.)
Associate Programme Officer
Space Application Section
Office For Outer Space Affairs
United Nations Office at Vienna
E-0974
PO Box 500
1400 Vienna, Austria

Tel: (+43-1) 26060-5748
Fax:(+43-1) 26060-5830

Email: levent.canturk at unoosa.org
Website: www.unoosa.org