The Workshop will also foster communication between developers and users with a wide range of expertise in the production and use of software packages to pursue data management in remote sensing, satellite meteorology, natural disaster prevention, and space science. Participants at the Workshop are encouraged to make presentations on the topics suggested below, as well as to offer problems from their own activities for discussion and solution by the Workshop. The Workshop will be held from 27 to 30 November 2000 at the facilities of the regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific in Dehra Dun, India. Language of the Workshop and Presentation by Participants English will be the ONLY working language for the Workshop. Workshop participants shall be active research scientists with in-depth knowledge and experience in the programme topics of the Workshop as described above.
Participation is by invitation only.
All selected participants will be informed of their selection by 10 November 2000 . The original of the completed application form should be submitted through the office of the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme in the applicant's country. The Government of India will provide meeting facilities and local transportation for all participants, as well as room and board for up to 25 participants from developing countries in the Region. Selected applicants will receive detailed information upon notification of their selection.