News Mails - 2016

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ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL SPACE AGENCY FORUM (APRSAF)
News Mail No. 143 September 5 , 2016
http://www.aprsaf.org/
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• 1. APRSAF-23 Updates
  - We welcome your early registration to APRSAF-23.
  - More details on the exhibition soon available.
• 2. News on APRSAF Activities
  - Space Education Seminar 2016: "Space Science Workshop for Educators" held in Malaysia.
• 3. News on APRSAF Community:
  - National Science and Technology Fair 2016 was held in Thailand.
• 4. Event Calendar

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* 1. APRSAF-23 Information
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- We welcome your early registration to APRSAF-23.

We are now welcoming your early registration to APRSAF-23. Registration and other travel-related information, including accommodations, can be accessed on this page: http://www.aprsaf.org/annual_meetings/aprsaf23/registration.php

Other detailed information on APRSAF-23 to be held from November 15 to 18 in Manila, Philippines, is now available on our website: http://www.aprsaf.org/annual_meetings/aprsaf23/meeting_details.php.

- More details on the exhibition soon available.

The special edition of the APRSAF Newsmail is sent out in several days when more details on the exhibition is available on the APRSAF website.

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* 2. News on APRSAF Activities
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- Space Education Seminar 2016: "Space Science Workshop for Educators" in Malaysia

Space Education Seminar 2016: "Space Science Workshop for Educators" was held successfully in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia on August 25, 26, and 27. This event was jointly organized by National Space Agency (ANGKASA), Planetarium Sultan Iskandar (PSI), Sarawak Education Department (JPN Sarawak), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Sarawak Astronomical Society, within the framework of APRSAF Space Education Working Group (SEWG) . 65 teachers from Malaysia participated in the seminar.

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* 3. News on APRSAF Community
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- National Science and Technology Fair 2016 was held in Thailand.

Thailand's annual National Science and Technology Fair was held from August 18 to 28 at the IMPACT Exhibition Center in Thailand. The event is among the biggest science-related events in Asia, with more than one million visitors. A number of APRSAF members, including GISTDA, NSTDA, and JAXA, participated as exhibitor to support this event.

Reference:
National Science Museum Thailand Website
http://www.nsm.or.th/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=5656:8-1-3-1&Itemid=104

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* 4. Event Calendar
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- Kyoto-ASEAN Forum 2016
(September 8-9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
http://www.oc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/overseas-centers/kyoto-asean-forum-2016/en/

- 2nd International Conference on Space (ICS-2016)
(September 20-22, 2016, Islamabad, Pakistan)
http://suparco.gov.pk/webroot/pages/ICS-2016.asp

- 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
(September 26-30, 2016, Guadalajara, Mexico)
https://www.iac2016.org/

- APSCO 8th International Symposium on Space Technology and Applications
(October 3-6, 2016, Lima, Peru)
http://www.apsco.int/AnnoucementOne.asp?ID=446

- Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC)
2016 Satellite Conference & Exhibition
(October 4-6, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
http://www.apscc.or.kr/sub3.asp

- GEO-XIII Plenary
(November 7-10, 2016, St. Petersburg, Russia)
http://www.earthobservations.org/geo13.php

- Inter Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology(ISNET)/NARSS Workshop on Earth Remote Sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
(November 27-December 1, 2016, Cairo, Egypt)
http://isnet.org.pk/pages/activities-2016.asp

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