January 2010

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

• Satellites tasked to aid relief efforts in Haiti
• Technical Advisory Mission to the Dominican Republic
• UN-SPIDER extends helping hand to Gaza following devastating flash floods
• UN-SPIDER supports workshop to bridge Space Technology and Disaster Management in India
• The United Nations General Assembly recognizes UN-SPIDER contribution
• COPUOS S&T to consider UN-SPIDER Progress and Planned Activities

Community News

• The Democratic Republic of the Congo receives help from Space after Volcano Eruption
• Rochester Institute of Technology captures Haiti disaster with high-tech imaging system
• DLR scientists support relief workers in Haiti earthquake disaster
• ESRI assists Haiti earthquake response
• NASA airborne radar to study quake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Conferences and Workshops

• International Training Course on Application of Space Technology for Disaster Management Support with Emphasis on Geological Risk Management, 12 April – 07 May, 2010 - Dehradun, India
• The MRSS 6th International Remote Sensing & GIS Conference and Exhibition 2010, 28-29 April, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium – IGARSS 2010, 25- 30 July - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• International Interdisciplinary CODATA Workshop on RISK Models and Applications Berlin, Germany, 26-27 August, 2010

Upcoming UN-SPIDER Events

• UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop "Building upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for Africa", 25-28 May 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Upcoming Events Supported by UN-SPIDER

• Fourth Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA 2010: Water: Life, Risk, Energy and Landuse, 27-28 May 2010, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic