The Smart Cities Marketplace is calling all visionary minds to join an open call for topics related to sustainable and smart cities. The SCM will facilitate voluntary Discussion groups and Focus groups around the selected topics to guide peer exchange and support cities in their sustainable urban development.
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Here is our interview series with the Secretariat Director of GEO, the Group on Earth Observations. Yana Gevorgyan explains what GEO is and what are the ambitious plans of the organisation to make Earth information available to all decision-makers working to ensure the sustainability of nature and livelihoods.
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This third episode of the Eurisy Members’ Corner focused on the UK Space Agency and how it helps to catalyse investment to support the growth of the UK space sector. The Applications Team and Local Growth Team highlighted some of their work in this area including the BASS programme and partnerships with various institutions.
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To address issues of response in a state of emergency, public authorities, researchers, civil institutions, private companies and other interested stakeholders gathered on 18 July 2023 at the premises of the National University of Public Service of Budapest to discuss opportunities and challenges related to the use of innovative tools in case of disastrous events. The workshop aimed to highlight the potential of satellite applications during different phases of disaster risk management.
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The SPACE4GEO Large Scale Partnership has been officially launched! In the frame of the Paris Air Show, the European Commission’ Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), organised a dedicated event including a roundtable of experts to celebrate the official launch of Space4GEO as well as the European Year of Skills.
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On June 19th the brand-new ESA headquarter opened its doors to the Eurisy community to host its 2023 General Assembly. The General Assembly is the key annual meeting to take stock of the activities performed by the secretariat to meet the objectives set and to share information, exchange experiences, discuss potential partnerships. To address all possible needs the event has been organised in hybrid format counting 25 participants present on site and 17 members participating remotely, altogether representing 19 countries and 23 organisations.
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Emerging Space is a bi-annual flagship event organised by the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO). Held on the 30th of May in Bratislava, the conference gathered about 400 online and in-person participants from around the world with the objective to help emerging space ecosystems grow and be valuable members of the global space community.
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FOSS4G is the annual event organized by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) since 2006 and is one of the largest global gatherings for geospatial software professionals of the year. FOSS4G 2023 will be organized by FLOSSK, a Kosovo-based NGO promoting open-source software since 2009.
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The EarlY WArning System for Mosquito-borne Diseases (EYWA) was developed in the context of the EuroGEO Action Group "Earth Observation for Epidemics of Vector-borne Diseases - EO4EViDence". EYWA is a game changer in the domain of epidemics. The solution enhances mosquito surveillance and control at various spatio-temporal scales and in different climatic zones, and guides day-to-day prevention and mitigation actions. EYWA significantly reduces the entomological risk and results in the aversion of human cases in thousands of villages where it is employed.
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On May 17th, the second national workshop Satellite-based Services for Disaster Risk Management was held in Nicosia (Cyprus), co-organised by Eurisy and EUSPA, in cooperation with the Cypriot Department of Electronic Communications, Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy.
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