Events
This page lists most of the events which are either organised by GNU or which encompas a GNU contribution.
Second GNU International Stakeholders Workshop
Workshop hosted by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and DEFRA
London, UK, 17 September 2010
International Stakeholders Group
Travel Costs Claim Form (exclusively for this meeting)
GNU Project Close Down Meeting
Tromsų, Norway, 22 and 23 June 2010
the last GNU Consortium meeting to wrap up the project results and to work out options for ensuring sustainability of GNU's results
hosted by the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
Eurisy workshop: Local and regional authorities mitigating and adapting to climate change using satellite services
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 31 May-1 June 2010
Conference to exchange knowledge and practices as to applying satellite derived data to better understand climate change and its impacts, including a GNU presentation on success factors for the collaboration between public authorities and service providers.
Conference information and all presentations are available from Eurisy.
EUGENE European GEOSS Workshop on Water
Koblenz, Germany, 11 and 12 May 2010
Workshop by the EUGENE project relating to the GEO societal benefit area of water; hosted by the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG).
Second GNU Extended Consortium Conference
Rome, Italy, 4 February 2010
Conference conducted jointly by GNU's Consortium and Extended Consortium, organised by ISPRA.
Colocated GEO Committee meeting
Melbourne, Australia, 14-18 September 2009
One day of joint meeting for all GEO committees and subsequent colocated individual committee meetings. The meeting location was chosen to give the regional communities a better chance to get involved. The User Interface Committee meeting focussed on discussing and working on the items on its activity plan, preparing the upcoming GEO plenary, and explore strategic ideas for the next ministerial meeting.
GMES is considered the European contribution to GEO, but the tangible links betwenn GMES and GEO are not yet clear. GNU has, indeed, now set up an operational and ongoing exchange across the two programmes.
Fourth GNU Consortium Meeting
Berlin, Germany, 8-10 June 2009
Workshops addressing the currently open work packages and project management aspects, hosted by the German Environment Agency and organised by INFORMUS
Registration
GEO User Interface Committee meeting
Stresa, Italy, 5-8 May 2009
Several sessions back to back with ISRSE Symposium
GEOSS Best Practices Wiki
First GNU European/International Level Stakeholders Workshop
Vienna, Austria, 11 March, 2009
Workshop of the GNU Management Team and the International Level Stakeholders Group to determine the mutual interests in an ongoing discourse, hosted by the Austrian Federal Environment Agency.
GNU European/International Level Stakeholders Group
Austrian Federal Environment Agency
Third GNU Progress Meeting
Barcelona, Spain, 14 January, 2009
Hosted by the ETC LUSI.
First GNU Extended Consortium Conference
Barcelona, Spain, 13 January, 2009
Conference conducted jointly by GNU's Consortium and Extended Consortium, organised by the ETC LUSI.
B4G-GNU Workshop on Stakeholders Analyses
Bareclona, Spain, 12 January, 2009
Workshop to further test the joint methodology for GMES Stakeholder Analyses and preparation of a dedicated session at the First GNU Extended Consortium Conference at the following day.
B4G-GNU Soil Sealing Workshop
Barcelona, Spain, 3-4 December, 2008
B4G (Boss for GMES) and GNU joint workshop hosted by the ETC LUSI to test and refine a joint methodology for GMES Stakeholder Analyses, using the FT Soil Sealing Layer as an example.
9th GEO User Interface Committee Meeting
Boulder, Colorado, USA, 22-24 September, 2008
Co-location meeting of three Committees, the UIC, the Capacity Building Committee and the Architecture and Data Committee, focussing on building partnerships, continuing the progress the work on essential tasks, and increasing UIC participation in the implementation of the WorkPlan tasks. The meeting included a GNU presentation on GEOSS Best Practices WIKI utilisation.
GEOSS Best Practices Wiki
Second Meeting of the ISOWG
Brussels, Belgium, 18 September, 2008
Joint meeting of the GMES In Situ Observations Working Group (ISOWG) and its Support Group, co-chaired by Austria and Slovenia, including a presentation on the future collaboration of the ISOWG and GNU.
ISOWG part of public EEA CIRCA server
Documents related to this meeting can be downloaded, including the minutes and presentations.
Informationstag Weltraum (Information Day Space)
Vienna, Austria, 11 September, 2008
Event co-hosted by the FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) and the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, related to the 2nd Space Call of the Seventh Framework Programme, including an invited presentation regarding GNU with predefined topic "Erfahrungsbericht eines erfolgreichen Projektkoordinators" (Report on the experiences of a successful project coordinator).
Event website, presentations available for download
B4G-GNU Coordination Workshop
Vienna, 10 September, 2008
Small workshop hosted by the Austrian Federal Environment Agency, to initialise the collaboration between B4G (Boss for GMES) and GNU regarding GMES stakeholder analyses, involving Austrian Environment Agency, ETC LUSI, InfoTerra UK, University of West England (UWE), Wuppertal Institute and Ecologic.
Austrian Federal Environment Agency
EEA-PROMOTE User Workshop on GMES Atmospheric Services
Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 June, 2008
Workshop hosted by the EEA, aimed at presenting to the atmospheric user community the model systems developed by PROMOTE, and current developments regarding satellite based atmospheric monitoring, ending with a GNU presentation on project results.
Workshop website, presentations available for download
GMES Land User Workshop
Stockholm, Sweden, 26-28 May, 2008
Workshop organised by the ETC LUSI encompassing representatives of Scandinavian and Baltic countries and from the GMES community, to foster discussions regarding mapping activities and harmonisation across the different countries and up to the European level. The workshop ended with a presentation on GNU results.
Workshop website, presentations available for download
Second GNU Progress Meeting
Keyworth, UK, 20-21 May, 2008
Project meeting by the GNU Consortium to further advance the first tasks, hosted by the British Geological Survey (BGS)
MarCoast Water Quality Validation Workshop 2
Rome, Italy, 7-8 February, 2008
Workshop hosted by ISPRA, to discuss the validation results of the individual MarCoast services, to achieve a common understanding about the validation report and to harmonize the process of compilation and reviewing, and which included a presentation on GNU.
GNU Kick Off & First Progress Meeting
Baden, Austria, 16-18 January, 2008
Kick Off Meeting on first day to achieve a common view of the project and align expectations, and subsequently First Progress Meeting, to initiate the first project tasks.
Hosted by the Austrian Federal Environment Agency.
Austrian Federal Environment Agency
Seventh Meeting of the Geo User Interface Committee
Capetown, South Africa, 26-28 November, 2007
UIC meeting before the GEO plenary meeting. A presentation was given on the planning and the objectives of GNU.