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Following the successful Dragon Programme Kick-off Symposium held in Xiamen, P.R. China end of April 2004, NRSCC and ESA in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) are pleased to announce the 2nd annual Dragon Symposium to take place in Santorini, Greece, from 27th June to 1st July 2005.



Objectives

Following the start of the Dragon Programme in 2004, the 2005 Dragon Symposium will bring together the joint Sino-European teams after one year's activity. On a project-by-project basis, the teams will undertake the following:

  • Report on the progress of each project to date including early
    results
  • Provide an up-date on the project teaming particularly the
    inclusion of Greek scientists into the programme and their
    contribution
  • Detail the EO data acquired and investigated after one year's
    activity
  • Detail the in-situ data measurements and requirements
  • Inform on planning for the next 2 years
  • Report from the young scientists training programme
  • Outline the progress and status of cooperation within the
    project

ESA and NRSCC will provide an overview of the Dragon Programme events. There will also be a session dedicated to presentations by young scientists during the symposium.

Organisation

The Symposium is organised as follows:

 

Monday
27th June

Tuesday
28th June

Wednesday
29th June

Thursday
30th June

Friday
1st July

AM

Registration
(Starting at 10.00)

Dragon Team Meetings
(09.00 - 10.30)

Opening Session
(9.00 - 10.35)

Young Scientists Session
(08.30 - 10.30)

AGRICULTURE
(8.45 - 9.30)

ELEVATION MODELS & TERRAIN MOTION
(9.30 - 10.15)

Coffee Break
(10.30 - 11.00)

Photo-call & Coffee Break
(10:35-11:00)

Coffee Break
(10.30 - 11.00)

Coffee Break
(10.15 - 10.45)

Dragon Team Meetings
(11.00 - 13.00)

Bilateral Collaboration Projects
(11.00 - 11.30)

FLOODING & HYDROLOGY
(11.00 - 13.15)

ELEVATION MODELS & TERRAIN MOTION
(10.45 - 12.30)

OCEANOGRAPHY
(11.30 - 13.00)

Closing Session
(12.30 - 13.00)

 

 

 

Lunch
(13.00 - 14.15)

Lunch
(13.15 - 14.30)

 

PM

Dragon Team Meetings
(14.00 - 16.00)

Dragon Team Meetings
(14.00 - 16.00)

OCEANOGRAPHY
(14.15-15.05)

FORESTRY
(14.30-16.00)

 

ATMOSPHERE
(15.05 - 15.50)

 

Coffee Break
(16.00 - 16.30)

Coffee Break
(16.00 - 16.30)

Coffee Break
(15.50 - 16.20)

Coffee Break
(16.00 - 16.30)

 

Dragon Team Meetings
(16.30 - 18.30)

Dragon Team Meetings
(16.30 - 18.30)

ATMOSPHERE
(16.20-17.05)

FORESTRY
(16.30 - 17.15)

 

Young Scientists Session
(17.05-18.35)

AGRICULTURE
(17.15 - 18.00)

 

 

Welcome Cocktail
(20.00)

 

Social Event
(20.00)

Social Event
(20.00)

 

 




Symposium Venue


The Symposium will be hosted at the Petros M. Nomikos Conference Centre on the beautiful island of Santorini, at the south end of the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea.

Symposium Registration, Travel and Accommodation


For registration and hotel reservation you are kindly requested to fill in the online registration & booking form "BY NO LATER THAN 30 APRIL 05".

Information about hotels, travel and Santorini Island can be found at the Symposium web site:
http://www.dragon.vougas.gr


Visa Application

For scientists attending from the P.R. China, in order to obtain the
required invitation letter in support of your visa application please
contact:

Ms. Irene Renis
ESA-ESRIN
Via Galileo Galilei
00044 Frascati (RM)
Italy
Email: Irene.Renis@esa.int
Tel: +39 06 941 80941
Fax: +39 06 941 80942

We look forward to welcoming you to a successful Dragon
Symposium.

With best regards,

For ESA, Yves-Louis Desnos
For NRSCC/MOST, Li Zengyuan
For GSRT, Iannis Papadakis


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