Monday, February 21st, 2011
Since the end of 2010, heavy flooding in Brazil’s financial capital has taken at least 25 lives, and caused countless economic losses. Geraldo Alckmin, the Governor of São Paulo since 2001, working with the new Rousseffadministration, is now faced with perhaps the biggest challenge of his new term. Read More
Monday, February 21st, 2011
The EU – Marie Curie Initial Training Network “CHANGES” started on January 14th 2011 with a kick-off meeting at the ITC, Enschede – the Netherlands. The project will last until December 2014. A series of 12 PhD positions, are available with the partners. More information you will find on the site www.itc.nl/changes. Please distribute this announcement within your
Monday, February 21st, 2011
The rapid development of hydro power schemes across the UK is a major area of business development and energy generation. It does however raise many issues involving the way we manage and protect our rivers. Many of these issues are long standing and involve the conservation status of rivers, endangered species and the implementation of the Water Framework
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Cheshire East Council, one of the nine ‘Super Unitaries’ created in 2009, are set to develop an award winning land and property gazetteer using software from Aligned Assets. After a long assessment period, they selected the gazetteer management system from Aligned Assets, called Symphony iManage, to manage their new central Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG).
Monday, February 21st, 2011
MLC CAD Systems, one of the largest SolidWorks resellers in North America, was recognized by SolidWorks Corporation as the company’s Top Reseller in Overall Performance in North America in 2010. The award was announced at SolidWorks World 2011 International User Conference & Exposition in San Antonio, TX.
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Visualant, Inc. a pioneer provider of industry-leading color based identification and diagnostic solutions, announced today that its licensee for environmental applications, Javelin LLC, is focusing its initial development efforts on utilizing the Visualant Spectral Pattern Matching (“SPM”) technology to determine the presence of oil in water and the presence of adulterates in oil.
Monday, February 21st, 2011
When a major disaster strikes in remote parts of the world, knowing if the area is populated, and how densely, is crucial for the effective organisation of humanitarian operations. The Global Human Settlements Layer (GHSL), developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), will soon provide this detailed information for the first time on
Monday, February 21st, 2011
ProconGPS, Inc. announced today that it has partnered with Bertram Capital, a private equity firm based in San Mateo, CA with more than $850 million of capital under management, to complete a recapitalization of the company and to fund continued growth. ProconGPS’s existing leadership team will remain completely in place and continue to direct the Company’s strategy and manage
Monday, February 21st, 2011
The three-day Gulf Engineering Conference, or GEC, opened on Sunday to discuss the emerging trends and advancements in technology and engineering. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief executive of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, inaugurated the six edition of the conference entitled “Towards Comprehensive and Sustainable Technology.” Hosted by the UAE, the conference comprises eight
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Throughout history, understanding the ocean depths has been of significant interest. Being able to navigate the ocean waters has led to the rise and fall of empires; the discovery of new countries; and, recently, the use of their natural resources to sustain those who reside on land. The technology used today to chart the ocean floor is much
