Dear readers,
We're glad to share with you the March 2019 UN-SPIDER Monthly Updates and would like to make you aware of an up-coming event 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: Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Changsha, China. Applications for self-funded participants are open until 14 April 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
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), as part of the support it provides to Member States through its UN-SPIDER programme, has requested the activation of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" for... Read more
As part of the technical advisory support it provides to countries worldwide on accessing space-based information for disaster management and emergency response, UN-SPIDER carried out an Institutional Strengthening Mission to Lao People’s... Read more
As part of the technical advisory support it provides to countries worldwide, UN-SPIDER carried out an Institutional Strengthening Mission to Myanmar from 11 to 15 March 2019 upon the request of the government. This activity was jointly organized... Read more
The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) and the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) carried out a joint high-level advocacy workshop in Myanmar under... Read more
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), as part of the support it provides to Member States through its UN-SPIDER programme, has requested the activation of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" for monitoring... Read more
To support the first priority of the 'Youth 2030' strategy, namely "Engagement, Participation and Advocacy to Amplify youth voices for the promotion of a peaceful, just and sustainable world", the United Nations Office for Outer Space... Read more
News from the community
On 12 March, Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) signed an agreement with French satellite operator Thales Alenia Space to build Nepal’s first communications satellite.... Read more
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published a new report about the use and opportunities of ICT and disruptive technologies for disaster risk reduction and management. The publication was announced during the third ITU... Read more
A new project seeks to evaluate how satellite remote sensing and Copernicus satellite data can support reporting related to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR). Cop4Sen will be implemented by the German... Read more
Earthquakes are a major concern in increasingly populated regions, however their prediction is a difficult task. Researchers have recently made progress in the use of complex simulation and modeling techniques to better forecast the... Read more
A consortium of Norwegian institutions has used Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite data in combination with the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) remote sensing technique to map ground movements in the country. The... Read more
Vietnamese and American researchers joined efforts to develop a satellite-based system approach to monitor and manage transboundary flooding.
The teams from... Read more
A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol’s School of Earth Sciences, has used Sentinel-1 satellite imagery to analyze the ground deformation of the Agung volcano in Bali, Indonesia, and explain why it erupted in November... Read more
Up-coming events
| Title | Organized by | City | Country | Date | Registration deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2019 |
European Geosciences Union (EGU) |
Vienna | Austria | 07/04/2019 to 12/04/2019 | 07/04/2019 |
| United Nations/China Forum on Space Solutions |
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
Changsha, Hunan Province | China | 24/04/2019 to 27/04/2019 | 14/04/2019 |
| Third Graduate Course on Global Navigation Satellite Systems |
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP) |
Ahmedabad | India | 01/08/2019 to 30/04/2020 | 15/04/2019 |
| Intermediate Webinar: Remote Sensing for Disasters | NASA | 16/04/2019 to 30/04/2019 | 15/04/2019 | ||
| Sensing Planet Earth – From Core to Outer Space |
Chalmers University of Technology |
25/04/2019 | 25/04/2019 | ||
| Sensing Planet Earth – Water and Ice |
Chalmers University of Technology |
25/04/2019 | 25/04/2019 | ||
| Fundamentals of GIS |
UC Davis University of California |
26/04/2019 | 26/04/2019 | ||
| Geospatial and Environmental Analysis |
UC Davis University of California |
26/04/2019 | 26/04/2019 | ||
| Introduction to GIS Manipulating and Mapping Geospatial Data in R |
SocialCops |
26/04/2019 | 26/04/2019 | ||
| Echoes in space. Introduction to Radar Remote Sensing. |
ESA |
26/04/2019 | 26/04/2019 | ||
| Imagery, Automation, and Applications |
UC Davis University of California |
26/04/2019 | 26/04/2019 | ||
| GIS Data Formats, Design and Quality |
UC Davis University of California |
26/04/2019 | 26/04/2019 | ||
| Introduction to Disaster Risk Management |
World Bank Group Open Learning Campus |
26/04/2019 | 26/04/2019 | ||
| SAR-EDU Summer School 2019 for Applied Radar Remote Sensing |
Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
Jena | Germany | 23/09/2019 to 27/09/2019 | 30/04/2019 |
| 2019 Living Planet Symposium |
European Space Agency. |
Milan | Italy | 13/05/2019 to 17/05/2019 | 30/04/2019 |
| 6th International Conference on Earth Observation for Environmental Changes & 8th Geo-information Technologies for Natural Disaster Management (GiT4NDM) |
Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), UNESCO Chair in Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction, Shimane University, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Association Cartographic International (ACI), Institute for Disaster Management, International Conference on Geoinformation Technologies for Natural Disaster Management (GiT4NDM), International Association of Geoinformation and Communication Technologies (AGeoICT), Xiamen University, Universiti Putra Malaysia, remote sensing - an Open Access Journal by MDPI, The Water Network, Chengdu University of Technology |
Chengdu | China | 24/06/2019 to 26/06/2019 | 01/05/2019 |
| Space Forum |
Space Forum |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 21/05/2019 to 22/05/2019 | 01/05/2019 |
| Training Course on Integrated Flood Risk Management |
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) |
Bangkok | Thailand | 22/07/2019 to 26/07/2019 | 11/05/2019 |
| ESA Phi-Week 2019 |
The European Space Agency (ESA) |
Frascati | Italy | 09/09/2019 to 13/09/2019 | 17/05/2019 |
| 2nd Annual SmallSat & Space Access Summit 2019 |
Defense Strategies Institute |
Alexandria, Virginia | United States of America | 05/06/2019 to 06/06/2019 | 17/05/2019 |
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