Horizon2020 collaborative project
BEYOND (Building EGNSS capacitY on EU & Neighbouring multimodal Domains)

BEYOND Workshop for East-EU

BUCURESTI - 20 decembrie 2016

Comunicat tip General in Tehnologie

Covering: EGNSS Applications for Emergency and Security, Intelligent Transport Systems, Industry and Maritime

BEYOND Workshop for East-EU

     The European society and industry are facing new challenges requiring more innovation, productivity and competitiveness, while using fewer resources and reducing environmental impact - which translates into a strong dependency on services provided by satellite navigation (GNSS). In this context, an improved precision, availability and coverage of the satellite systems, have become the key factors in opening the door to new applications that require a higher level of precision than currently available with GPS alone.

     Telespazio and Rartel organized in Bucharest a conference to promote the use of European satellite navigation technologies (E-GNSS) in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria and to prepare these countries for the optimal use of E-GNSS applications in multimodal sectors. This initiative is part of the activities under the BEYOND project for capacity building and use of E-GNSS (EGNOS and GALILEO) technologies in the field of multimodal applications.

     BEYOND, launched in 2015, is part of the European programme Horizon2020, funded by the European Commission and managed by the European GNSS Agency (GSA), coordinated by European Satellites Service Provider (ESSP). Telespazio is a leader of the WP3000 segment in the Mediterranean countries and participates in the WP2000 by promoting the E-GNSS in Romania and neighbouring countries. The project will end in July 2017.

     The conference focused on a variety of areas such as emergency and safety, intelligent transport systems (road, rail, maritime, airport and multimodal, industrial applications (oil&gas, agriculture) and maritime applications. It was held in Bucharest, on 16-17 November 2016 and gathered stakeholders from the domains mentioned above, but also from research institutions and universities. Among the speakers were representatives of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), Institute of Space Science (ISS), European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), European GNSS Agency (GSA), Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE), Telespazio and Rartel.

     During the conference the GNSS experts transferred to the stakeholders the know how related to the benefits of using E-GNSS technology and services. The most important aspect of the conference highlighted the main needs in terms of GNSS applications for the East European countries that could actually bring these countries one step closer in meeting the real needs of the users.  

     If you require any further information, feel free to contact Margherita Lenoci (Telespazio) e-mail address: margherita.lenoci@telespazio.com or  Georgiana Tache (Rartel) e-mail address:  georgiana.tache@rartel.ro

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