Thursday, April 22, 2010

FUSION user workshop invitation

Dear Sir/Madam

The FUSION team cordially invites you to participate in the FUSION user workshop, which will be held on May 19, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.

FUSION is aiming to be the first satellite constellation combining high resolution satellite imagery as known from the RapidEye satellites with MIR/TIR data similar to what the BIRD infrared payload produces. Combining 6.5 m GSD VIS/NIR images with 100 m GSD infrared images, FUSION will provide worldwide daily revisit capability and new data products applicable for precision agriculture, food security, irrigation water management, inland water resource management, terrestrial ecosystem mapping, volcanology, and high resolution wildfire monitoring.

As FUSION has the potential to serve a wide variety of applications, we aim to optimise the set of requirements that will drive the system design. The workshop offers a unique opportunity for users to learn about FUSION, express your information needs, discuss your requirements and thus influence this mission right from the start.

Workshop tracks include:

- Introduction to the FUSION project
- FUSION's high resolution earth observation capabilities
- FUSION's unique fire detection and monitoring features
- Participants' presentations and panel discussions

If you are interested in participating, please fill in the registration form and send it back by May 10, 2010 via email or fax to Lilit Kocharyan (contact details below).

We will provide you support to find a suitable accommodation during your stay in Berlin. If you have an international passport and require a visa to enter Germany, please inform us at the time of registration.

Your input is highly valuable to us. Even if you are unable to join us at the user workshop, we encourage you to let us know about your needs for earth observation data! Please, take a few moments to tell us your thoughts in this short survey: http://fusion-workshop.questionpro.com before 26 May, 2010.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to other people interested in satellite Earth Observation. For more information about the FUSION user workshop, please refer to the attached Technical Flyer or contact us.

Sincerely,

Goetz Kornemann and
Lilit Kocharyan

FUSION Management
Goetz Kornemann,
Technische Universität Berlin

Phone: +49 (0) 30 314-79978
Fax: +49 (0) 30 314-21306
Email: goetz.kornemann@ilr.tu-berlin.de
Web: www.ilr.tu-berlin.de.de

FUSION Workshop coordination
Lilit Kocharyan,
RapidEye AG

Phone: +49 (0) 3381 8904-529
Fax: +49 (0) 3381 8904-101
Email: kocharyan@rapideye.de
Web: http://www.rapideye.de
Blog: http://fusion-workshop.blogspot.com/

Thursday, April 1, 2010

FUSION user workshop Announcement

Dear Sir/Madam,

We would like to bring to your attention the upcoming user workshop for FUSION.

The FUSION user workshop is scheduled on May 19, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. FUSION will be the first satellite constellation combining high resolution satellite imagery as known from the RapidEye satellites with MIR/TIR data similar to what the BIRD infrared payload produces. Combining 6.5 m GSD VIS/NIR images with 100 m GSD infrared images, FUSION will provide new data products and worldwide daily revisit capability for fields such as precision agriculture, food security, irrigation water management, inland water resource management, terrestrial ecosystem mapping, volcanology, and high resolution wildfire monitoring.

As FUSION has the potential to serve a wide variety of applications, we aim to optimise the set of requirements that the system design will be based on. The workshop offers a unique opportunity for users to learn about FUSION, express their information needs and discuss their requirements and thus influence this mission right from the start.

Workshop tracks include:

- Introduction to the FUSION project
- FUSION's high resolution earth observation capabilities
- FUSION's unique fire detection and monitoring features
- Participants' presentations
- Special addresses and panel discussions

In order to target individuals in your organisation most interested in attending this workshop, please let us know how we can contact them. Please feel free to forward this announcement to other people interested in satellite Earth Observation.

For more information about the FUSION User Workshop, please refer to the announcement regarding the project or contact us (please see contact details below).

Sincerely,

Lilit Kocharyan

Workshop coordination

email: kocharyan at rapideye.de
phone: +49 (0)3381 8904-529
fax: +49 (0)3381 8904-101
web: http://www.rapideye.de