GMES at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit
For the first time GMES is part of the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit. The European and international conference provides visitors with the latest news on directions of satellite navigation and earth observation.
The two GMES sessions - GMES-getting updated and GMESecurity - are scheduled for the third day of the Summit, which is taking place in the Munich “Residenz” from 13 to 15 March 2012.
On the summit, you can meet the GMES Masters team and partners. For more information and registration please use the following link www.munich-satellite-navigation-summit.org
More information on the dedicated GMES sessions:
GMES – getting updated
As the most ambitious Earth observation programme to date, Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) will provide, accurate, timely and easily accessible information to improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure civil security. This ambitious Earth observation programme is headed by the European Commission (EC) in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Environment Agency (EEA). Managed by ESA, the Space Component is in its pre-operational stage, serving users with satellite data currently available through the GMES Contributing Missions at national, European and international levels. GMES is scheduled to become fully operational in 2014. The panellists will discuss the status of the programme with respect to the different components and contributing missions. Furthermore the benefits of the programme will be outlined with view to data access, costs and commercial exploitation.
GMESecurity
Peacekeeping, nuclear proliferation, piracy at sea, illegal immigration, drug trafficking, protection of vital infrastructure such as pipelines, and assistance to European residents in crisis areas, are but some of the areas where GMES can provide Europe with an autonomous source of information and with products and services that will deliver timely and reliable information to European decision-makers. With GMES in its preoperational stage a lot of questions still arise when looking at the S in GMES: is big brother watching us? Which resolution may be used for which purposes, what is technically and legally possible and what is actually required by the users? How is the data processed and who get’s access to it? In the panel European officials and service providers discuss the possibilities and issues of GMES in the security domain, complemented by views from international experts.
