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The Second United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop: “Disaster Management and Space Technology - Bridging the Gap”
Topics of the second workshop will include:
• Relevant space-based solutions and information for risk and disaster
management support and emergency response including on-going and planned
initiatives, case studies and best practices, available geospatial data for
disaster studies and capacity building opportunities.
• Presentations and discussion of the contribution of space-based
technologies to existing Early Warning Systems as well to the development of
Risk Modelling and Vulnerability Assessments.
• Presentation of the prototype of the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
(communication and information platform).
• Presentations and discussion of the contribution of space-based solutions
in the field of Emergency and Disaster Medicine.
• GEO Tasks DI-06-09 (Use of Satellites for Risk Management) and CB-07-02
(Knowledge Sharing for Improved Disaster Management and Emergency
Response).
• Harmonisation of the various existing initiatives that are contributing
to helping developing countries access and use space-based technologies for
disaster management and risk reduction.
The workshop will provide a platform for brainstorming and in-depth
discussion, as well as thematic presentations. It will bring together a
total of 100 decision-makers and senior experts from the following
groups:
• National and regional institutions responsible for providing risk and
disaster management support, for the implementation and maintenance of early
warning systems, as well as for risk and vulnerability assessment;
• National and regional institutions responsible for Emergency and Disaster
Medicine
• National and regional institutions responsible for capacity building in
and promoting the use of space-based technologies;
• UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices and National Focal Points;
• UN agencies and NGOs involved in disaster management mitigation and
relief;
• Space agencies;
• Academic and research institutions;
• Geospatial Information Management and IT companies.
| Contact information |
Georg Magerl, Associate Expert, Office for Outer Space Affairs / UN-SPIDER, United Nations Office at Vienna, P.O.Box 500, A-1400 Vienna/ Mr. Jörg Szarzynski, Senior Expert, UN-SPIDER, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany
(email: georg.magerl@unoosa.org ; joerg.szarzynski@unoosa.org) Phone: +43-(1)-26060-4472 ; Fax: +43-(1)-26060-5830/ +49 (0)228 - 815 0677 - Fax.: +49 (0)228 - 815 0699 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| File link |
../PDF/UN-SPIDER_Bonn_Workshop |
| Source | UN-SPIDER |
| Subject(s) | MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY |
| Relation | http://www.emwis.net/topics/fol573816 |
| Geographical coverage | Germany |
| Address | Langer Eugen UN Campus, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10; D-53113 Bonn, Germany |
| Organizer | The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its UN-SPIDER Programme (United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response) together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and with the support from the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction – Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (ISDR/PPEW) and the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) |
| Target audience | International |
| Period | [13/10/2008 - 15/10/2008] |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
