The International Astronautical Federation was one of the supporting partners of a seminar held at the Berlin Air Show, ILA 2008.
Earth Observation: Solutions for Decision-Making was a two-day conference held between 27-28 May 2008. It was organised by the Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) and the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI), along with their cooperating partners, the IAF, ESA and EURISY.
Click above to watch the welcome to the conference.
The specific demands for Earth Observation products and the challenges ahead were explored during the conference by representatives from public authorities, private sector companies and international organisations. Existing solutions ranging from the space technology to data products were discussed in the light of the future needs by international decision-makers and governmental authorities.
Dr Johann-Dietrich Woerner, Chairman of the DLR Executive Board also welcomed attendees to the conference and further talked about Earth Observation and Germany's role.
See Dr Woerner's introduction
Prof. Hartmut Grassl, former director of the "Physics of the Atmosphere" division at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg and professor emeritus of meteorology at the University of Hamburg spoke of the role in Earth Observation in weather forecasting and climate projections.
See Dr Grassl's presentation
Dr Wolfgang Lueck of the Satellite Applications Centre, South Africa introduced his country's activities in Earth Observation.
His talk was entitled The South African Earth Observation Environment - Status Quo and the Way Forward
See Dr Lueck's presentation
Dr Volker Liebig, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at ESA talked about ENVISAT and the agency's other Earth Observation missions.
See Dr Liebig's presentation
Dr Irmgard Schwaetzer (German Committee for Disaster Reduction, DKKV) talks about Earth Observation's role in disaster management and the foundation of UN-SPIDER.
See Dr Schwaetzer's presentation
Mr Brian Routledge from the European Union Satellite Centre talks about the importance of Earth Observation to Europe's disaster response organisations.
See Mr Routledge's presentation
Mrs Delihah Al Khudhairy (Joint Research Centre Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, IPSC) spoke about Earth Observation and disaster management.
See Mrs Al Khudhairy's presentation
