[UN SPIDER] August 2009 Updates

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   <News>

1. UN-SPIDER Promotes “SPIDER Global Thematic Partnership” in Asia

2. UN-SPIDER Expert Meeting in Central Asia

3. UN-SPIDER follows-up on Pilot Project on Namibian SensorWeb

4. UN-SPIDER further strengthens its role in the Asia Pacific region

5. DigitalGlobe launches Crisis Event Service

6. JAXA and DLR initiated R&D Cooperation in Satellite Disaster Monitoring

7. Nigerian Space Agency signs MoU with Infoterra

8. PacRICS and disaster management

   <Conferences and Workshops>

UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop: "Space Applications for Disaster Risk
Management and Emergency Response in Latin America", in Quito, Ecuador, 29
September - 2 October 2009

II Escuela de Primavera sobre Soluciones Espaciales para el Manejo de
Desastres Naturales y Respuestas de Emergencias (UN-SPIDER/GEOSS Spring
School), Argentina, October 2009    (Organized by
UN-SPIDER/GEOSS/CONAE/CRECTEALC)

Third United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop: "From Concepts
to Application", in Bonn, Germany, 21 - 23 October 2009

AfricaGIS 2009: "Geo-spatial Information and Sustainable Development in
Africa" in Kampala, Uganda, 26-30 October 2009

Eurisy Workshop, 19-20 November 2009, Athens, Greece – First Announcement

Pacific Islands GIS&RS User Conference 2009, in Suva, Fiji, 1-4 December
2009

GI4DM 2010 Conference, 2-4 February 2010, Torino, Italy, Announcement and
Call for Papers

UN-SPIDER   Regional   Workshop:  "Space  Applications  for  Disaster  Risk
Management  and  Emergency  Response in Africa", in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -
early 2010.

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