As part of the LIMES dissemination activities, two workshops will be organised in the first half of this year: the first one, which will take place on 15 April in Farnborough, UK, will be dedicated to the pre-operational R&D services applied to the maritime surveillance; the second one will be held on 6-7 May in L'Aquila, Italy, with the aim to present the pre-operational R&D services applied to crisis management.
Launched in December 2006 under the 6th Framework Programme, the LIMES project has developed for the first time applications and services relating to security, applying innovative solutions based on Earth Observation systems and satellite communication and positioning technologies.
Two workshops will be organised in the first half of this year, as part of the LIMES dissemination activities. The first one entitled "LIMES Final End User Workshop. The pre-operational R&D services applied to the Maritime Surveillance" will take place on 15 April. This workshop will present the Maritime Surveillance elements of the GMES Programme. Presentations will demonstrate pre-operational services that exploit the use of new space information sources in the maritime picture compilation for marine security authorities as well as the provision of enhanced information to commercial shipping industry in non-EU high threat waters. These services will be demonstrated in the context of a Common Information Infrastructure that would enable controlled information sharing across the EU.
The objective is to present LIMES Maritime Surveillance Services to a wide audience of established and potential new users and collect their assessment of and feedback on presented services. The LIMES experience will be linked to the next initiatives in FP7 Space and Security calls as well as proposed operational implementations.
This workshop will be hosted by the LIMES maritime surveillance leading partner Qinetiq, located in Farnborough, UK, with the participation of the UK Royal Navy authorities.
The second workshop entitled "space Monitoring for Complex Crisis Management. The European R&D Projects for citizen protection" will take place on 6-7 May in L'Aquila, Italy, with the aim to present the "S" of the GMES Programme. In particular the pre operational R&D services applied to the monitoring of critical assets, the prevention and management of crises and to the support of EU intervention for the management of Humanitarian relief in regions outside the EU.
The final results and recommendation of the LIMES project (FP6) will be presented and the FP7 ongoing Security and Emergency initiatives - i.e. SAFER and G-MOSAIC - will be invited to join the workshop to present their current findings as a contribution to the development and implementation of the future GMES services.
For more information:
LIMES Coordination Team:
Maurizio Sacchetto
Phone: +39 0863550322
http://www.fp6-limes.eu/