May 2010

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

• SpaceAid support to Guatemala, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Kenya
• Focus on user requirements at CEOS/WGISS-29 Meeting in Bonn
• UN-SPIDER supporting the establishment of a crop-monitoring project in Guatemala
• Fostering the SPIDER Thematic Partnership for Latin America and the Caribbean
• UN-SPIDER at the “Workshop on Space-Technology Applications in Disaster Risk Reduction” in Beijing
• UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Maldives

Community News

• NOAA updates its GPS system
• NASA Awards Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager
• Measuring the height of volcanic ash
• Gulf of Mexico oil spill in the Loop Current
• UN campaign to make cities more resistant to disasters

Conferences and Workshops

• 20th World Conference on Disaster Management, 6-9 June 2010, Toronto, Canada
• TIEMS 17th Annual Conference 2010, 8-12 June 2010, Beijing, China
• Digital Earth Summit 2010, 12-14 June 2010, Nessebar, Bulgaria
• Symposium: 100 Years ISPRS - Advancing Remote Sensing Science, 5-7 July 2010, Vienna, Austria
• Benefiting from Earth Observation - Bridging the Data Gap for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region, 4-6 October 2010, Kathmandu, Nepal
   

Upcoming UN-SPIDER Outreach Activities

• UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop Building upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for Africa, --NEW DATE: 6-9 July 2010--, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Fourth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology: “The 4C – Challenge: Communication – Coordination – Cooperation – Capacity Development”, 12-14 October 2010, Bonn, Germany
   

Upcoming Events Supported by UN-SPIDER

• Second Ukrainian conference Earth Observations for Sustainable Development and Security (GEO/GMES – Ukraine), 14-17 June 2010, Kyiv, Ukraine
• 8th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing and the Environment (AARSE), 25-29 October 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia