Space age business solutions

PA 241/08 Exploiting space age technology for the benefit of business and professionals in the East Midlands will be the focus of an enterprise event taking place this week. The universities of Leicester and Nottingham have teamed up with the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) to examine the appliance of science to boost business performance and improve efficiency. The workshop and networking event entitled Business Meets Space will take place at the National Space Centre in Leicester on Friday October 10 and will explore new opportunities for businesses, public sector users and potential investors regarding commercial and civil-use applications of space-age technology. Professor Terry Moore, Director of the Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy at The University of Nottingham said: "Satellite navigation is one of the most important growth technologies of the early 21st century. GPS (the basis of the SatNav now familiar in many people's cars) will soon be joined by other systems, including Europe's Galileo, and location and timing services provided by these systems are becoming a fundamental part of all our lives. "This event will highlight the East Midlands established position at the very front of the developments of this new technology and how we work with industry." The event will cover: Use of space information systems in applications for environmental protection, air quality monitoring, health, security, disaster management, leisure and tourism Application of satellite navigation technology in transport and communication, land survey, agriculture, tourism, waste disposal and logistics Professor Paul Monks, from the University of Leicester, is examining the applications of space data in business.