In recognition the importance of interaction between CEOS and the non-CEOS
community, particularly representatives of the private sector, the CEOS
Secretariat arranged for the three CEOS Open Forum meetings in conjunction
with already scheduled international conferences. The Open Fora were a
first attempt to stimulate a dialog between CEOS and potential commercial
satellite operators, as well as with users not directly represented by
CEOS members, observers, and affiliates.
The first three CEOS Open Forum meetings were held at the American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) conference on Land
Satellite Information in the Next Decade, near Washington, D.C; at the
European Symposium on Satellite and Remote Sensing II in Paris; and at
the International Astronautical Federation in Oslo, Norway. All three forum
meetings ware held in kate September/early October 1995.
In each meeting, approximately 25-30 people attended. The CEOS Representatives
gave a brief overview of the organization, its accomplishments, objectives,
and interrests, adn then invited comments and question s from the attendees.
These was considerable interest in CEOS and many requests for the additional
documents, subscriptions to the nresletters, and other information. The
attendees expressed appreciation for the initiative by CEOS, and interest
in continuing a mechanism for further communication.
These results were reported to the CEOS Plenary in Montreal, where
it was agreed that this expriment was worth continuing. NASA offered to
fund developmrnt of a CEOS display to support future Open Forum meetings,
and CEOS participants were invited to identify future meetings at which
an Open Fprum might be oeganized CEOS Newsletter readers are invited to
contract the CEOS Secretariat if there are meetings at which a CEOS Open
Forum could be conducted.
News Highlights
NASDA provides on-line CEOS Newsletter on NASDA EOS WWW server. EOS
WWW server contains full gif image version for all scripts and also ASCII
text version with gif image for photo of all CEOS Newsletter (No.1-No.5).
NASDA developed WWW interface for CEOS comminication locator System
(CCLS) to provide CEOS representative profile with WWW browser.
URL of EOC WWW server for CEOS information and service is "http:/www.eoc.nasda.go.jp/guide/committee/ceos/ceos_menu\e.html".
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