EARSC News
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Information Day: FP7 Specific Program Collaboration
- January 11, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No Comments“Earth Observation under priority 6 Environment”
15th January 2007
Centre A.Borschette – Rue Froissard 36, 1040 Brussels, Belgium (Source Cordis) -
Indian Rocket Launches Cartosat 2 into Orbit
- January 10, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
An Indian rocket successfully orbited a cache of four satellites Wednesday in the first space launch of the year 2007.(Source Space.com)
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Have your say on the British space strategy
- January 9, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
9 January 2007. A public consultation on the future of British space strategy was launched today. Source BNSC
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UNEP: Atlas for our Changing Environment
- January 9, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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ESA launches new project to protect biodiversity
- January 9, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
The world’s biodiversity is vanishing at an unprecedented rate ?± around 100 species every day ?± due to factors such as land use change and pollution. Addressing this threat, world governments agreed through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce significantly the current rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. To support this initiative, ESA has kicked off its new DIVERSITY project. (Source ESA)
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Sinequanet Workshop – Germany March 8, 2007
- January 8, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
In November 2005, ESA and the European Commission launched Sinequanet. The objective is to build a network able to organise, structure & deliver access to technical facilities, expert support; and training services specifically aimed at the needs of high-technology SMEs who are currently supply, or are looking to enter, the European space industry. (Source Sinequanet)
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The Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development
- December 23, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
FP7 was adopted by the Council on 18 December 2006. The programme will start on 1 January 2007. First Calls for proposals were published on 22 December 2006. (Source GMES Info)
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FP7 is underway!
- December 22, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Interview with Janez Potocnik, European Science and Research
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FP7 Information Days
- December 20, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
List of FP7 events and links which might be of interest to EO Industry from DG INFSO (Source Cordis)
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OGC(R) and Web3D Consortium Agree to Advance Joint Standards
- December 20, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
December 19, 2006. The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the Web3D Consortium signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to cooperatively advance standards to support web-based 3D visualization, modeling and simulation.(Source Spatialnews)