Second UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop

03 July 2008, 11:03am

We are pleased to announce the Second United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop: "Disaster Management and Space Technology -
Bridging the Gap", which is being jointly organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ( UNOOSA) and 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). The workshop will be held in Bonn , Germany , from 13 - 15 October 2008 in the UN Building in Bonn.

We are also planning the following meeting which is being organised back-to-back with the second international Bonn workshop : "5th UN-wide Meeting on the Use of Space Technologies for Emergency Response and Humanitarian Assistance" in Bonn , Germany , 16 to 17 October 2008.

This 5th meeting will build upon the previous four meetings, which focused on the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, expanding to include other opportunities the UN-community can and should build upon.

We would highly welcome your participation within the workshop.

We also maintain a Calendar of Events with upcoming Conferences,

Meetings and Events relevant to the area of space-based solutions for disaster management and emergency response. Please check out:
[1]http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=h1a93vb3rk6ud1tvrequjsfk8s%
40group.calendar.google.com

Dr. Jörg Szarzynski
Senior Expert
UN-SPIDER
United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response
Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10
53113 Bonn
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)228 - 815 0677
Fax.: +49 (0)228 - 815 0699
Skype: un-spider-bonn
e-mail: [2]joerg.szarzynski@unoosa.org
Internet: [3]www.unspider.org

References

1. https://owa.dlr.de/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=h1a93vb3rk6ud1tvrequjsfk8s%2540group.calendar.google.com

2. mailto:joerg.szarzynski@unoosa.org

3. http://www.unspider.org/

www.unoosa.org

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