Whilst most of Europe, and other parts of the world, go into various levels of lockdown and many people will not venturing far outside, this weekend marks two international celebrations: International Day of Forests takes place on Saturday 21st March; … Continue reading
On Tuesday I attended the UK Space Agency’s Space Applications Networking Event, also described as Space2Connect 2020. The day-long event, which is in its third year, took place at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London. It’s a great opportunity … Continue reading
There have been some interesting and exciting announcements over the last week related to the space and Earth observation (EO) industries. Firstly, the UK Government announced last week that a National Space Council will be established this year to provide … Continue reading
ESA’s 2019 Living Planet Symposium takes place next week between the 13th and 17th May in Milan, Italy. The Symposium takes place every three years and is an important one for the industry as it highlights how Earth Observation (EO) … Continue reading
Last week I was invited to talk at an evening event organised by the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), which took place at the Met Office. It was titled ‘Satellite data for marine applications’ and there was a collection of local … Continue reading
The 14th Appleton Space Conference took place last week on Thursday 6th December at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory at Harwell. This annual one-day conference is an opportunity to hear the latest developments relevant to the UK Space industry. After introductions … Continue reading
It’s an exciting week as I’m in sunny Kampala in Uganda helping demonstrate the Beta version of the Drought and Flood Mitigation Service (DFMS) we’re part of developing. We’ve already had a number of productive meetings and discussions, and yesterday … Continue reading
The Data.Space Conference took place last week in Glasgow. It was an interesting, thought-provoking and useful event, which felt very friendly and was distinguished by the seniority of the attendees with a lot of companies were represented by CEO’s, MD’s … Continue reading
Last week I attended the 2017 Conference on Big Data from Space (BiDS’17) that was held in Toulouse, France. The conference was co-organised by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC), and … Continue reading
The future is very much the theme for Earth Observation (EO) in Europe this week. One of the biggest potential impacts for the industry could come out of a meeting that took place yesterday, 7 November, in Tallinn, Estonia as … Continue reading
