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Thursday, June 9th, 2011

937 COWI Employees Buy Shares Recently

In the share sale 2011 937 employees submitted subscription orders for a total of DKK 23.8 million. COWIfonden, as part of its objective to support COWI, submitted subscription orders for DKK 18.0 million.According to the prospectus published, payment of the subscription price of shares with a three-year vesting period (cash shares) is to be made

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Evaluation of Satellite-Based, Modeled-Derived Daily Solar Radiation Data

Decision support tools for agriculture often require meteorological data as inputs, but data availability and quality are often problematic. Difficulties arise with daily solar radiation (SRAD) because the instruments require electronic integrators, accurate sensors are expensive, and calibration standards are seldom available. NASA’s Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (NASA/POWER; power.larc.nasa.gov) project estimates SRAD based on

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

AVEVA World Summits 2011 Registration Now Open

AVEVA  announced today that registration for the AVEVA World Summits 2011 is open. The Summits will be held in Copenhagen 17-19 October, Rio de Janeiro 25-27 October and Singapore 8–10 November. The AVEVA World Summits provide a collaborative forum for managers and decisions makers, with responsibility for strategic business operations. The Summit agenda is designed to

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

2011 Be Together: The Bentley User Conference ‘Keynote Report’

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, held its annual Be Together: The Bentley User Conference May 23-26, 2011, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa. This highly interactive conference, whose theme was “Sharpen Your Edge,” gave Bentley users the opportunity to advance their skills, network

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

GeoEye Promotes Uyen Dinh to Vice President of Government Affairs

GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight, has promoted Uyen Dinh to vice president of Government Affairs. Dinh joined GeoEye in May 2007 as senior director of Government Affairs and is responsible for the overall development and execution of all government relations programs.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Local Authorities Choose Contractor Link by emapsite

More than a quarter of the local authorities in England and Wales have begun using a free online service from emapsite that supports the new Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA).  Contractor Link by emapsite is a self-service portal for contractors. It enables government organisations to better manage their contractors’ access and use of licensed mapping. The

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Bentley Announces 2011 Student Design Competition Winners, Names Educator of the Year

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the winners in the 2011 Bentley Student Design Competition and named Maria-Paz Gutierrez, professor, University of California, Berkeley, as Bentley Educator of the Year. The Student Design Competition awards technically advanced projects created using Bentley software by university,

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Bluesky 3D Model Supports Warrington’s Regeneration

A computer-generated 3D model of the centre of Warrington, England, is supporting ambitious regeneration plans as part of the Borough Council’s Town Centre Urban Design Masterplan, which is currently in development. Created by aerial mapping company Bluesky the highly accurate model will be used to show how proposed town centre regeneration schemes would look after development. The

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Open Data for Open Knowledge and Education

Data integration should involve combining data residing in different open sources and providing users with innovative solutions. This process becomes “strategic” in a variety of situations both “economic and scientific” combining novel research approaches for the evolution of educational and research strategies (e.learning & face-to-face). Open data makes Educational Institution more transparent and increases accountability.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition 2011

A Canadian delegation took part in the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition organising multiple activities for the promotion of business to business relationships and cooperation among Canadian biomass and bioenergy producers and European organisations and investors.