UN-SPIDER Updates February 2019

Dear readers,

We're glad to share with you the February 2019 UN-SPIDER Monthly Updates and would like to make you aware of an upcoming event and two opportunities organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) that might be of interest to you.

From 24 to 27 April, UNOOSA and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) are organizing the United Nations/China Forum on Space Solutions in Changsha, China. Applications for self-funded participants are open until 14 April 2019. Details are available on the UNOOSA website.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has teamed up with the Space Generation Advisory Council to launch the Space for Youth Competition. If you're under 35 and passionate about space, make to submit your contribution to the competition until 22 March 2019. Details are available on the UNOOSA website.

The Drop Tower Experiment Series is a fellowship programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in which students can learn and study microgravity science by performing experiments in a drop tower. Applications for the 6th cycle close on 31 March 2019. Details are available on the UNOOSA website.

Below the updates, you'll also find an events calendar with upcoming conferences, workshops and seminars organized by the community.

Enjoy the read!

UN-SPIDER at a glance

News from the community

Title Organized by City Country Date
9th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Government of the Republic of Namibia

African Union Commission

Southern African Development Community

Windhoek Namibia 10/21/2024 to 10/24/2024
2nd UNESCO IOC Global Tsunami Symposium

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (Indonesian: Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika, abbreviated BMKG)

Banda Aceh Indonesia 11/09/2024 to 11/14/2024
United Nations/Spain Workshop on Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Related Space Technologies in Support of Urban Sustainability Challenges

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

The Kingdom of Spain

Malaga Spain 11/18/2024 to 11/22/2024
10th Annual UN-SPIDER Beijing International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction - "Early Warnings for All"

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) of the People’s Republic of China

Beijing China 11/19/2024 to 11/21/2024
The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) 2024 Hybrid Annual Conference

The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS)

Vasundhara Emergency Management Foundation (VEMF)

Pune India 11/26/2024 to 11/29/2024
IASI Conference 2024

EUMETSAT

Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Nancy France 12/02/2024 to 12/06/2024
United Nations World Space Forum 2024 - "Sustainable Space for Sustainability on Earth"

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Germany, German Space Agency at DLR

United Arab Emirates

Peru

Bonn Germany 12/03/2024 to 12/05/2024
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Government of Switzerland

Geneva Switzerland 06/02/2025 to 06/06/2025