News Mails - 2006
APRSAF News <26 Jun 2006 #004>
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1. The permanent APRSAF Secretariat
2. [Symposium in Japan]
ALOS Data Utilization Symposium
3. [APRSAF Meeting Information]
The 2nd JPT meeting
4. Workshop for the Satellite Communications Experiments
5. Interview of an APRSAF member, on the topic:
“Introduction of the JAXA DMSSO”
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1. The permanent APRSAF Secretariat
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Through a support contract with JAXA, the permanent APRSAF Secretariat was inaugurated at the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan in June, 2006.
You will find the following addresses useful in contacting the APRSAF Secretariat.
E-mail: secretariat
aprsaf.orgURL: http://cal.aprsaf.org/calendar/
Postal Address
APRSAF Secretariat
c/o. Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
Roppongi First Bldg. 12F, 1-9-9 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032,Japan
Other Communications
Telephone: +(81 3)5572-6708
Fax: +(81 3)5572-6707
Through this E-mail magazine and a website, the secretariat will introduce the activities of APRSAF members, interviews, symposium/ workshop/ meeting information and some useful information regarding the field of space.
Your opinions and comments on APRSAF and Space in our region as well as topics in your country are welcomed.
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2. [Symposium in Japan]
ALOS data utilization symposium
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The ALOS Data Utilization Symposium was held on June 22nd 2006 in Tokyo.
This was the first opportunity for presentators, both using and studying satellite data, to give presentations about using real ALOS data.
In the Symposium JAXA reported on the current status of ALOS and showed ALOS data taken upto the time of the symposium. Presentations were given on various areas of ALOS data utilization.
The Symposium also showed methods for general users to use ALOS data, possibilities for expanding ALOS data use, and so on.
More than 400 people who have an expectation of ALOS data utilization participated in the symposium.
Details of the ALOS data can be obtained from the following site.
http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/index.htm
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3. [APRSAF Meeting Information]
The 2nd JPT meeting
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The 2nd Joint Project Team Meeting (JPTM) for establishing the Disaster Management Support System in the Asia-Pacific Region will be held on June 27th-28th, June 2006 at Nai Lert Park Bangkok Hotel, Thailand.
As of June 24th, 100 people from 50 related organizations in 20 countries and 8 international organizations have already registered and 25 participants from the local host country Thailand are also expected.
The contact point for the 2nd JPTM
Masahiko HONZAWA, Ph.D.
RESTEC Thailand
-Tel: +(66 2)259-4192
-Fax: +(66 2)260-7027
-E-mail : mhonzawa@ksc.th.com
-URL: http://www.aprsaf.org/text/wg_meeting_thailand.html
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4. Workshop for the Satellite Communications Experiments
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The Workshop for the Satellite Communications Experiments, organized by JAXA and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), will be held June 29th-30th, 2006 at Nai Lert Park Bangkok Hotel, Thailand.
Approximately 40 people from 10 countries will be gathering to attend the workshop.
Information on Registration
Toshio HIGUCHI (Mr.) & Hiroyuki SAIJOH (Mr.)
Satellite Application and Promotion Center (SAPC),
Office of Space Applications,
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
-Tel: +81-3-3516-9105 or +81-3-3516-9134
-Fax: +81-3-3516-9160
-E-mail : higuchi.toshio@jaxa.jp ; saijoh.hiroyuki@jaxa.jp
-URL: http://www.aprsaf.org/text/wg_csa_thailand.html
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5. The First Interview of an APRSAF member, on the topic of:
“Introduction of the JAXA DMSSO”
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In this, our first interview, we visited the Disaster Management Support Systems Office (DMSSO), Satellite Applications and Promotion Center of JAXA which has been established on May 1st, 2006.
The DMSSO is a new organization which was created as a result that JAXA reviewed its organizations for the purpose of further realizing JAXA's objectives effectively.
We interviewed Takashi MORIYAMA, Ph.D., Director of DMSSO about the following topics:
Purpose and Role of DMSSO
Operation of the International Charter
Promotion of Satellite Utilization in the Asian region for disaster
prevention
The contents of the interview, and information on DMSSO activities will
appear soon on the APRSAF web site.
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