6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” this year is held under the sign of the Year of Environment Protection in Russia. The plenary session “International Environmental Programs and Projects. Satellite Data for Sustainable Development” will be held on October 1 at the Conference Hall of the Moscow Region “Vatutinki” complex of Russian President Administration on the first day of the conference.
Presentations on current international environmental projects will be delivered. A presentation of the President and CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI) doctor Andrew Steer and of Senior Associate of World Resources Institute doctor Lars Laestadius will be delivered named “Global Forest Watch 2.0 – A New Initiative to Use Information from Space to Improve Forest Management and Conservation”. Nikolai Vedenkin from “Dauriya Aerospace” company (Golden sponsor of the conference) will take the floor with the presentation: “CubeSat R&D work: low resolution operational monitoring system (22 m)”.
Program Manager of the Global Tiger Initiative of the World Bank doctor Andrew Kushlin will present the project “Open Nature Protection Initiative (Open Landscape). Lead specialist of NGO “Transparent World” Alexander Manisha will deliver a lecture “High resolution space images as a tool of ecological monitoring of large industrial projects within the Asian trans-border rivers’ basins”.
Largest suppliers of remote sensing data will partake in the plenary session – DigitalGlobe (Platinum Sponsor), ImageSat Int. (Golden Sponsor), MDA (Silver Sponsor), Astrium Services / GEO-Information Division (section sponsor), DMCii, RESTEC. They will share their experience in dealing with global environmental problems and talk about the most important features of modern satellite systems used for environmental purposes. During the discussion questions of participation of RS Operators in the non-profit projects will be raised, as well as the possibility of the formation of new potential markets in the environmental sector and mechanisms of handling the growing needs of civil society.
More information about the program of the section “International Environmental Programs and Projects. Satellite Data for Sustainable Development” is available by following the link.
The 6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” will take place on October 1-3, 2013 at the Moscow Region “Vatutinki” resort hotel. Key topics of the conference are: nature protection and access to space images and near real-time satellite-based monitoring services from civil society in Russia and abroad. Conference organizers are: ScanEx Research & Development Center, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NGO Transparent World and the Center for Information Technology Innovations. Conference participation requests can be placed by filling in the registration form at the website: conference.scanex.ru.
