The Netherlands Space Office (NSO), the European Space Agency (ESA), TNO and Enterprise Europe Network Netherlands invite you to the 10th edition of Space-MATCH Brokerage Event 2014. This yearly event aims to establish a bridge between the special world of space research and successful commercial business development on Earth. Previous editions have proven to establish unexpected collaborations and successful new business opportunities. Given the theme of ‘Space Data Utilization’, this year’s event will focus on the use of satellite data for a large variety of applications, ranging from navigation, safety and security to agriculture, subsidence and air quality.
Keynote by Ed Parsons (Google)
We are proud to announce our that the Keynote lecture will be given by Google’s Ed Parsons. Ed Parsons is the Geospatial Technologist of Google, with responsibility for evangelizing Google’s mission to organize the world’s information using geography, and tools including Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Maps for Mobile. In his Keynote Ed Parsons will share his thoughts on how the European Space Sector can become more relevant to the citizens of Europe, by making technology and information more accessible.
Focus
Space-MATCH will target a wide spectrum of companies and specialized research centres interested in sharing project ideas, meeting partners, fostering collaboration and identifying new business opportunities in the area ‘Space Data Utilization’.
Main topics
There will be a special focus and exclusive workshops on the following topics:
- Smart Agro (satellite farming, precision agriculture, crop management)
- Smart Mobility (satellite navigation, intelligent transport, logistics and planning)
- Smart City (urban planning, sustainable development, flood risk)
Therefore we specifically invite companies from the following sectors to attend this unique high-tech brokerage event:
- Precision agriculture
- Mobility systems
- Surveillance and security systems
- Traffic management and parking systems
- Climate and environmental monitoring
- Water management
- Geo information
- Big data
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