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SUMMARY:WMO/IOC Satcom Forum meeting
LOCATION:Amsterdam\, Netherlands
DESCRIPTION: The World Meteorological Organisation and the Intergovernmental Oceanograp
 hic Commission, invites you to a meeting of the Satcom Forum, 9th-11th Octo
 ber 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.\nSatcom 2018 is a free event for scient
 ists and engineers working in all areas of environmental science - includin
 g meteorology, hydrology, marine and polar science - who make use of satell
 ite communications technology to collect or distribute data. It brings toge
 ther people from the satcom industry, scientific equipment manufacturers, a
 nd scientists using the equipment in the field. It is a great opportunity t
 o learn about what is available, and to share best practice.\nThey have alr
 eady lined up a number of industry speakers, including representatives from
  Eumetsat, Orbcomm, Rock7 (specialist Iridium reseller) and Inmarsat, and h
 ope to have as many of the commercial satellite networks represented as pos
 sible.\nTo register to attend the event, please use the following form: htt
 ps://wiswiki.wmo.int/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-reg\nThey are also look
 ing for papers or posters on the use of satellite communications within env
 ironmental science. These could include descriptions of existing systems, s
 uggestions for the industry for new products or services, or good or bad ex
 periences and learnings from setting up satellite data collection systems.\
 nTo register for a poster or oral paper, please use the following form. <a 
 href="https://wiswiki.wmo.int/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-Poster">https:
 //wiswiki.wmo.int/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-Poster</a>\nThey hope to m
 ake decisions about which will be selected by the beginning of August.\nSat
 com 2018 is held in conjunction with the Meteorological Technology World Ex
 po, at the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam. WMO can provide formal invit
 ations to assist with visa applications if required. We regret that we cann
 ot provide funding for travel costs for speakers or attendees.\nFurther det
 ails can be obtained from the WMO meeting page here https://wiswiki.wmo.int
 /Satcom2018\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div class="entry-meta muted clearfix">&nbsp;</div><p style="text-align: ju
 stify;"><img class="regImage pluginImg4046" style="margin-bottom: 5px; marg
 in-left: 15px; float: right;" src="https://wiswiki.wmo.int/tiki-download_fi
 le.php?fileId=4046&amp;display&amp;max=600" alt="Image" width="296" height=
 "174" />The<strong> World Meteorological Organisation and the Intergovernme
 ntal Oceanographic Commission</strong>, invites you to a meeting of the <st
 rong>Satcom Forum, 9th-11th October 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands</strong>
 .</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Satcom 2018 is a free event for scient
 ists and engineers working in all areas of environmental science - includin
 g meteorology, hydrology, marine and polar science - who make use of satell
 ite communications technology to collect or distribute data. It brings toge
 ther people from the satcom industry, scientific equipment manufacturers, a
 nd scientists using the equipment in the field. It is a great opportunity t
 o learn about what is available, and to share best practice.</p><p style="t
 ext-align: justify;">They have already lined up a number of industry speake
 rs, including representatives from Eumetsat, Orbcomm, Rock7 (specialist Iri
 dium reseller) and Inmarsat, and hope to have as many of the commercial sat
 ellite networks represented as possible.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"
 >To register to attend the event, please use the following form: <a href="h
 ttps://wiswiki.wmo.int/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-reg">https://wiswiki.
 wmo.int/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-reg</a></p><p style="text-align: jus
 tify;">They are also looking for papers or posters on the use of satellite 
 communications within environmental science. These could include descriptio
 ns of existing systems, suggestions for the industry for new products or se
 rvices, or good or bad experiences and learnings from setting up satellite 
 data collection systems.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">To register for
  a poster or oral paper, please use the following form. <a href="https://wi
 swiki.wmo.int/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-Poster">https://wiswiki.wmo.in
 t/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-Poster</a></p><p style="text-align: justif
 y;">They hope to make decisions about which will be selected by the beginni
 ng of August.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Satcom 2018 is held in con
 junction with the Meteorological Technology World Expo, at the RAI exhibiti
 on centre in Amsterdam. WMO can provide formal invitations to assist with v
 isa applications if required. We regret that we cannot provide funding for 
 travel costs for speakers or attendees.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">
 Further details can be obtained from the WMO meeting page here <a href="htt
 ps://wiswiki.wmo.int/Satcom2018">https://wiswiki.wmo.int/Satcom2018</a></p>
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20181009
DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20181012
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