IEOS Review2008
2007 Summary Review
The meeting attracted an audience of approximately 45 academic, industry and agency/public body representatives, with a series of short presentations and posters from these sectors. The academic sector was strongly represented within the programme, often illustrating academia’s cooperation with public and industry sectors in addressing topics of mutual interest. Enterprise Ireland (EI) representatives introduced themselves and their organisation to the group, gave details of bids under the 2007 ESA Ireland/Luxembourg announcement of opportunity, and judged the student poster competition.
2008 Summary Review
The second symposium in November 2008, with the theme of opportunities for Earth Observation in Ireland, ran over two days and was hosted by the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) in Ringaskiddy Co. Cork.
The same sectors were represented in an increased audience of nearly 70 delegates with a 60:40 split between academia and the other sectors. The balance between academic presentations and presentations from other sectors was even and there was a substantial increase in entry numbers and diversity of topics in the student poster competition, which EI judged again. This year there was also a prize for the best student oral presentation.
Paul Aplin from the University of Nottingham, UK, delivered the keynote presentation “Addressing Opportunities for Earth Observation in Ireland.” Aplin’s perspective came from his position as an academic and as president of the UK Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc). Aplin made a strong case for Irish involvement with the RSPSoc, through the society’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and/or the main society, as a ready made coordination mechanism for the Irish EO community. The UK and Irish EO communities will have further opportunities for closer co-operation with the 2010 annual RSPSoc conference being held in Cork.
A demonstration showing the potential of the new ERDAS LiDAR extension by Compass Informatics staff was expertly delivered in one of the NMCI’s training rooms and was of interest to a large number of delegates.
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