Calendar: Past Events

13 September 2006:

Soyuz launch to the ISS from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) scheduled.

25-29 September 2006:

The 4S Symposium: Small Satellite Systems and Services: will be held in Sardinia, Italy.

11-13 September 2006:

Ninth International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications will be held in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

31 July - 11 August 2006:

Third Envisat Summer School will be held in Frascati, Italy. The preliminary programme is now available from the link above.

17-21 July 2006:

WMO Climate Risk Conference, to be held in Espoo, Finland: Climate can no longer be taken for granted. Three factors are increasingly drawing attention to the need for more urgent and purposeful adaptation to climate conditions and management of climate-related risks: 1. Societies are becoming increasingly interdependent. 2. The climate system is changing. 3. Losses associated with climatic hazards are rising.
The conference will review opportunities and constraints in integrating climate risks and uncertainties into the mainstreams of decision-making where sensitivity to climate variability and change is but one among many factors to consider. It will draw on the experiences of public and private organizations worldwide that have been engaged in managing risks including those of a climatic origin.

7 July 2006:

GeoInformation for Development: Development topics are emerging more and more in daily discussions. Affected by natural disasters and the consequences of global change, economic development and human security issues, actors require explicit spatial information for improved decision making. The geoinformation community is aware of these potentials and application fields. However, there are still many obstacles in the way of successful implementation. The lacking awareness about GI applications, inadequate human resources or missing institutional provisions all hamper improvements.
gi4dev will address these topics by means of an open discussion forum. See the Call for Papers. The meeting will be held in Salzburg, Austria.

26-30 June 2006:

UN/ESA/Zambia Regional Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite System Technologies. The workshop, to be held in Lusaka, Zambia, will focus on the applications of GNSS technologies that benefit the social and economic growth of the Sub-Saharan African countries, and aims at action planning for implementing specific applications for the region. Application form available here.

7-16 June 2006:

The 49th session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space will be hosted by the Office for Outer Space Affairs at the United Nations Office in Vienna. South Africa's preparatory documents are available here .

29-31 May 2006:

A GEO Capacity-Building Workshop will be held in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.

23 & 24 May 2006:

Space Policy Development Framework: Industry Consultation Workshops will be held in Gauteng on the 23rd and the Western Cape on the 24th May, at venues TBC. All interested parties are welcome. This consultation process is linked with the preparation for UNCOPUOS in early June.

22-23 May 2006:

The IEEE GEOSS Workshop entitled "The User and the GEOSS Architecture III - Applications in Wind Energy and Resource Management" will be held in Beijing, China.

3-13 April 2006:

UNCOPUOS 45th Session of the Legal Subcommittee will be hosted by the Office for Outer Space Affairs at the United Nations Office in Vienna.

27-29 March 2006:

EWC III: Third International Conference on Early Warning. "From concept to action". This conference will be hosted under the auspices of the United Nations in Bonn, Germany.

20 March 2006:

United Nations and the International Charter Space and Major Disasters meetingwill be held in Geneva. If your institution or organisation is a current or potential end-user of the Charter products, involved in the distribution of products produced with Charter imagery, or responsible for providing value-added services using imagery acquired through the Charter, then please consider attending this one-day meeting. It will take place back-to-back with the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System - GDACS Annual Stakeholders Meeting which is scheduled for 21 and 22 March, also in Geneva.
For more information contact David Stevens at david.stevens@unvienna.org

20 February - 3 March 2006:

UNCOPUOS 43rd Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee will be hosted by the Office for Outer Space Affairs at the United Nations Office in Vienna.

21-24 November 2005:

UN/Nigeria Workshop on Space Law. "Meeting international responsibilities and addressing domestic needs" Abuja, Nigeria

16-18 November 2005:

African Space Leadership Conference will be held in Abuja, Nigeria

14-16 November 2005:

UN/ESA Workshop on Spatial Information and Sustainable Development will be held in Rabat, Morocco.

8-9 November 2005:

African Astronomical History: A symposium will be hosted by the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Cape Town. Topics include the history of main-line, archeo- and ethno-astronomy on the continent of Africa.

14-15 October 2005:

United Nations/International Astronautical Federation Workshop on Space Education for Sustainable Development will be held in Kitakyushu, Japan.
The purpose of the workshop is to review a number of education and capacity building initiatives that are being carried out by various entities through international cooperation and to look for ways to build synergies among them.

4-10 October 2005:

World Space Week. This year's theme is "Discovery and Imagination", and encourages participants to focus programmes on solar system exploration, as well as the positive impacts of space exploration on discovery and the human imagination.
South Africa's previous Space Week Activities are available here.

8-17 June 2005:

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 2005: 48th Session To be held at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria.

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