This workshop, which is being organized by the United Nations Office forOuter Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), willprovide an opportunity to bring together decision-makers and experts fromboth the space technology and disaster management communities,international scientific organizations, knowledge transfer and educationalinstitutions, as well as internationally active private companies, withthe intention of sharing their best practices and to bring theirknowledge, products and technologies for risk and disaster management,humanitarian aid and emergency response. The main topics of this year workshop will be
1. Space technology in support of risk and disaster management,
2. Satellite communications technology,
3. International support mechanisms and SpaceAid, and
4. The UN-SPIDER network.
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