Deadline approaches: Register for the FUSION user workshop!

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.

BACKGROUND

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

- 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

DATES & DEADLINES

If you are interested in participating, please fill in the attached registration form and send it back by May 10, 2010 via email or fax to Lilit Kocharyan (contact details below). If you are interested in participation, but the workshop date is inconvenient for you, please let us know, and we will consider additional dates.

YOUR INPUT

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. A snapshot of preliminary survey results are made public at http://fusion-workshop.blogspot.com. The interim results will also be discussed during the FUSION workshop, so your participation in the survey before the workshop will be influential.

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 FUSION 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