2006 Dragon Symposium

 

Dragon Symposium dates

Following the successful 2^nd Dragon Programme Symposium held in Santorini, Greece at the end of June 2005, NRSCC and ESA sponsored the 3^rd annual Dragon Symposium which took place in Lijiang city, P.R. China, from 10 to 14 July 2006.

 

Objectives
Following the start of the Dragon Programme in 2004, the 2006 Dragon Symposium brought together the joint Sino-European teams after more than two year's activity. On a project-by-project basis, the 16 project teams undertook the following:

• Report on the progress of each project to date including the latest results
• Detail the ESA EO and third party mission data acquired and investigated after two year's of activity
• Detail the in-situ data measurements and requirements particularly joint field visits made in China during 2005 and 2006
• Inform on planning for the next year
• Report from the young scientists training programme
• Outline the progress and status of cooperation within the project

 

Day to day organisation

Lijiang Symposium Programme Overview

 

 

Following Symposium registration on the morning of the Monday 10 July, there was a full day for team meetings between Chinese and European partners for all of the projects. The Symposium presentations started the morning of Tuesday 11 July and lasted for 3.5 days. There was a session dedicated to presentations by young scientists on the afternoon of the 2^nd day.

 

Following the Symposium, tours were organised to visit the old part of Lijiang city and the famous mountains just outside the city that reach over 5000m.

 

Symposium Venue

The Symposium was held at the Guanfang Hotel Lijiang Garden Villa. This hotel is situated 3km from the old city and is surrounded by gardens and mountains.

Photos of the venue