Copernicus Training and Information Session in Sofia

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Start date:2018-04-17

End date:2018-04-17

País:Bulgaria - Sofia

Additional notes:

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These events are open and free to registered participants.

Registration is closed.

Abstract:

Date: Tuesday 17/04/2018

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Language: English and Bulgarian

Cost: free of charge

Venue: House of Europe

Address: 124 Rakovski Street, 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria

Telephone: (+359 2) 933-52-58

Email: infocentre [at] evropa.bg

Web: https://ec.europa.eu/bulgaria (only in Bulgarian)

Agenda:

09:00 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:25

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10:25 - 11:10

11:05 - 11:25

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11:25 - 12:30

12:30 - 12:50

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12:50 - 13:50

13:50 - 14:40

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14:40 - 15:40

15:40 - 16:00

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16:00 - 16:10

16:10 - 16:50

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16:50 - 17:00

18:00 - 19:00

Travel:

Sofia international airport is located approx. 10 km from the city centre.

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Sofia Metro Line 1 connects Sofia Airport to the city centre. The journey lasts for approximately 18 min.

Bus routes 84 and 184 connect the city centre (Gen. Gurko Str.) with the airport. The journey time from the first to the final stops of 84 and 184 bus routes is approximately 45 min. on weekdays, and 35 min. at weekends/holidays.

More information about public transport from the airport (metro and bus) is available here.

Taxi services are also available at the airport. For travellers' comfort and safety, Sofia Airport recommends the services of their contractual partner, the taxi operator OK Supertrans AD. More information is available here.

Contact:

Petya Piperkova

T: +359 2 940 7339

Email: [email protected]

Material:

Frederic Collomb

Copernicus Support Office / FDC

T: +33 1 53 66 11 11

Email: [email protected]

Annekatrien Debien

Copernicus Support Office / SpaceTec Partners

T: +32 488 48 51 70

Email: [email protected]

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Material:

Welcome and Introduction

General Introduction to Copernicus [PDF - 5.12 MB] (Dinka Dinkova, European Commission)

Bulgarian Copernicus Relays and Academies [PDF - 2.68 MB] (Nikolay Rachev, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski")

Access to Data

Introduction to Copernicus data access [PDF - 3.22 MB] (Annekatrien Debien, Copernicus Support Office)

Access to Sentinel data and Research & User Support (RUS) service [PDF - 2.29 MB] (Nikolina Mileva, ESA)

Copernicus Services: Land Monitoring

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) - Product portfolio and data access [PDF - 0.66 MB] Copernicus for agriculture (Global Land component) [PDF - 1.56 MB] (Markus Probeck, GAF AG, EC Contractor)

Service for operational monitoring of coniferous forest insect infestation [PDF - 8.51 MB] (Vassil Vassilev, GEO Polymorphic Cloud)

Application of Copernicus satellite data for monitoring of agriculture in Bulgaria [PDF - 6.75 MB] (Lachezar Filchev, Space Research and Technology Institute SRTI-BAS)

Copernicus Services: Atmosphere Monitoring

Regional air quality reanalysis and forecast [PDF - 1.89 MB]

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(Rostislav Kouznetsov, Finnish Meteorological Institute, EC Contractor)

Copernicus Services: Marine Environment Monitoring

Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) - Product portfolio and data access [PDF - 2.30 MB] Monitoring ocean colour - Python procedure for download [PDF - 0.84 MB] Ocean current forecast for routing activities [PDF - 0.88 MB] (Laurence Crosnier, Mercator Océan)

Copernicus Services: Emergency Management

Early Warning service: Forecasting floods and fires [PDF - 3.45 MB] (Annalaura Di Federico, e-GEOS, EC Contractor)

Copernicus data and services for flash flood management [PDF - 4.56 MB] (Nadya Tsetkova, GEO Polymorphic Cloud)

RISK GEO Portal - Copernicus services via social media platforms [PDF - 2.49 MB] (Todor Lubenov, Risk Space Transfer, Technology Transfer Office RST-TTO, BAS)

Copernicus data and services for flood and fire damage assessment [PDF - 4.9 MB] (Rosen Nazarov, Ministry of Interior)

Pitch Session

Fields of application of Copernicus [PDF - 1.28 MB] (Radko Radkov, Remote Sensing Applications Center)

Monitoring the deformation of the Earth's crust in North-eastern Bulgaria based on SAR data [PDF - 1.84 MB] (Hristo Nikolov, SRTI-BAS)

Copernicus and User Communities

Copernicus for public authorities - Copernicus supporting the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive [PDF - 3.9 MB] (Massimo Zotti, Planetek, EC Contractor)

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Copernicus for entrepreneurs - Developing a mobile application for citizens with Copernicus data [PDF - 0.68 MB] (Annekatrien Debien, Copernicus Support Office)

Note that the presentations made by EC Contractors during the event, as well as many others, are also available in the form of professional videos on the Copernicus Youtube channel!