Living Planet Symposium

Gisat attended the 2010 European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium.

The symposium was held in Bergen, Norway from 28 June to 2 July 2010 and was organised with the support of the Norwegian Space Centre. It followed the previous successful ENVISAT Symposia in Montreux (2007), Salzburg (2004), Gothenburg (2000), Florence (1997), Hamburg (1993) and Cannes (1992).
More than 1400 scientists and users from around the world gathered to present their latest findings on Earth’s environment and climate using data from observation satellites.

The objective of the Living Planet Symposium was to present the results of the ESA EO missions in exploitation by:

• providing a forum for investigators to present results of on-going research project activities using ENVISAT, ERS, GOCE, SMOS, CRYOSAT and ESA Third Party missions data;
• presenting the development of applications and services including the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security;
• presenting the ESA Climate Change Initiative.

In addition, the Symposium will provide an opportunity to present future ESA missions in development (GMES Sentinels, Earth Explorers and meteorological missions) and national EO missions.

Gisat has been selected to present the findings of the FLOREO project (“Demonstration of ESA Environments in support to FLOod Risk Earth Observation monitoring”) that is run by three Czech partners with the financial support of ESA PECS programme. The focus of the FLOREO project is to bring more reliable data about the current status of snow cover and additional important ground parameters to improve flood prediction services.
See the FLOREO web site to find more information about the project activities or visit the public version of the map portal.

You may find detailed information about the symposium and its programme here.