UN/Austria/ESA Symposium, Graz, Austria, September

10 June 2009, 3:24pm

The United Nations/Austria/European
Space Agency Symposium on "Small Satellite Programmes for Sustainable Development" will be held in Graz, Austria from 8 to 11 September 2009.

The Symposium is part of a series of annual symposia held in Graz since 2003 concerned with the use of space applications for sustainable development to support the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development. It will be hosted and co-sponsored by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology of the Government of Austria, the State of Styria, the City of Graz and by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Detailed information on the Symposium, including the application form, is available online at the web link below.

Within the limited funds available to the co-sponsors, a number of selected participants from developing countries and countries with
economies in transition, will be offered financial support to attend the Symposium.

Applicants fulfilling the conditions and seeking financial support are invited to fill out and return the application form by mail, no later than Monday, 06 July 2009.

If you or your organization wishes to contribute to the Symposium, e.g. by making a presentation or demonstration of relevant space
applications, or by sending representatives, please also do not hesitate to contact us.

We also kindly ask you to forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested.

Levent Canturk (Mr.)
Associate Programme Officer
Space Application Section
Office For Outer Space Affairs
United Nations Office at Vienna
E-0974
PO Box 500
1400 Vienna, Austria
Tel: (+43-1) 26060-5748
Fax:(+43-1) 26060-5830
Email: levent.canturk@unoosa.org
Website: www.unoosa.org

Symposium information

Geo: International