SPOT Image International Conference & VIP Tour

Last month Spot Image hosted the 2009 Spot Image International Conference. The conference proved to be a huge success with more than 480 delegates in attendance representing over 56 countries.
 
The conference began with a Planet Action Day celebrating the 2-year anniversary of the Planet Action initiative. Project teams from all over the world participating in Planet Action presented their projects and illustrated how satellite imagery is being used to study the effects of climate change and to promote action. These teams included The Greenbelt Movement, Everglades Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, UNESCO and others.
 
Spot Image products and services and the continuity plan for SPOT satellites through 2022 were the main focuses of the overall conference and all were discussed during the second day of events. The second day ended with a lively roundtable discussion about “The role of industry in the fight against climate change,” in which it was determined that we all have a great role to play and earth observation is of particular importance in analyzing the changes taking place on our planet. This was followed by a full day of case study based workshops highlighting many important and interesting imagery applications.
 
In addition, select attendees were invited to tour the facilities where Pleiades 1 and 2 are currently being tested.
 
For more information about the 2009 Spot Image International Conference, please click here.