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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 16 July 2012


EFITA newsletter / 570 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


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Questionnaire Precision Farming
In the context of the GeoWebAgri project we developed a questionnaire about Precision Farming. We ask you to participate in this small survey. It is only 5-10 min. to complete. You can start the questionnaire via this link:
https://www.survey-xact.dk/LinkCollector?key=1AKT7C9T9595&lang=3.0
Please also ask others, which are actively using Precision Farming or are interested in it. Thank you very much for your participation!
Contact: Martin WEIS
Email: Martin.Weis(a)uni-hohenheim.de


International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
22-27 July – MUNICH
See: http://www.igarss2012.org/Welcome.asp


Summer School on "Open Innovation and User experience Design & Assessment”
10 – 14 September - MILANO
See: http://www.ami-communities.eu/pub/bscw.cgi/d828767/UX_Design_Summer_School_2012.pdf
The objectives of this Summer School (supported by the ELLIOT and by the IDEALL projects and by the Istituto Europeo di Design) are:
a) to contribute to disseminate the state of the art of the UX design discipline,
b) to apply UX design concepts to specific cases
c) to identify what it is needed to complete the implementation framework for UX design.
See: http://www.ami-communities.eu/wiki/ELLIOT_Summer_School/Registration .


European Space Solutions
3 - 5 December 2012 - LONDON
European Space Solutions, a major 3-day conference, exhibition and business support event will bring together business and the public-sector with users and developers of space-based solutions to explore how space can make a real difference to the lives, and livelihoods, of people across Europe. Space-based services and technologies are the future of efficient, effective and sustainable services that society needs. Conference participants will learn about current developments in their sector and explore tomorrow's solutions for today's challenges.

The European Space Expo - a state of the art, interactive public exhibition showcasing the many benefits that they EU space programmes bring to Europe - will complement the conference.

European Space Solutions will feature:
> 11 user-led, half-day seminars exploring with new users how the EU's navigation and Earth observation programmes deliver innovative solutions to real-life problems and the scope for new solutions. The seminars will be focussed on user needs in these sectors:
- Healthcare and health protection
- Local Authorities managing their towns and cities
- Agriculture
- Aviation
- Road users and traffic management
- Ship and Vessel management
- Rail
- Insurance and financial services
- Emergency response and disaster management
- Sustainable energy
- Environmental protection

> A unique 'Business Support and Application Development Fair' that will feature:
- Opportunities for users to discuss solutions with space professionals and to explore whether new work can be done to resolve outstanding challenges - matching problems with solutions
- A Developers Area featuring support corners for developers/SMEs focusing on financing and EU funding opportunities, IPR, business support/incubation, EGNOS/Galileo and GMES technical support
- On-going tutorial workshops covering a range of topics including how to find funding, and Intellectual Property Rights
- Pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings and business matching
- Elevator-pitch sessions focussed on user groups, including direct feedback from business and technical expert
A special 1-day workshop on the future Galileo PRS (Public Regulated Service)
Plus, a range of networking, business exchange, special topic, media and social events!
See: http://www.space-solutions.eu


IAALD World Congress 2013 held at Cornell University (USA)
22 - 24 July 2013 - ITHACA, New York USA
The theme of the congress is "Emerging Priorities for Scientific Information Research & Discovery". It is "an opportunity for participants to explore, share, and discuss emerging priorities in discovery and access systems, content-management tools, and institutional or individual collaborations, in a content-rich era that is shaped by open-source technology, user-driven content, and partnerships."
See: http://iaald.library.cornell.edu/
See: http://www.iaald.org/news/preparing-xiv-iaald-world-congress-2013-cornell-university


Nufarmer & African Entrepreneur in South Africa
See: http://www.nufarmeragripaper.maxiware.co.za/
Contact: Johan SWIEGERS
E-mail: swieg(a)telkomsa.net


A Zebra dies...
A Zebra dies and goes to heaven. When he arrives at the Pearly Gates he asks St. Peter, 'I have a question that's haunted me all of my days on earth. Am I white with black stripes, or am I black with white stripes?'

St. Peter said, 'That's a question only God can answer.'

So the zebra went off in search of God.

When he found Him, the zebra asked, 'God, please - I must know ...am I white with black stripes, or am I black with white stripes?'

God simply replied 'You are what you are.'

The zebra returned to see St. Peter once more, who asked him, 'Well, did God straighten out your query for you?'

The zebra looked puzzled.. 'No sir, God simply said 'You are what you are.''

St. Peter smiled and said to the zebra, 'Well then, there you are. You are white with black stripes…'

The zebra, still perplexed, asked St. Peter, 'How do you know that for certain?'

'Because,' said St. Peter, 'If you were black with white stripes, God would have said, 'You is what you is…'
Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: harkin(a)iol.ie


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