Remote sensing technologies – opportunities to innovate, license / collaborate / supply
Following on from two successful technology showcase events in 2008 and 2010, the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) hosted Innovation in Remote Sensing on Wednesday 23rd January 2013, at Hamilton House, NUT, in London. This one day event provided a great opportunity to catch up with the latest Earth observation instrumentation technologies, as well as highlighting potential areas for licensing, collaboration or supply.
Background
The CEOI has a vision to develop and strengthen UK expertise and capabilities in Earth observation (EO) instruments and works to position the UK to win leading roles in future international space programmes. The programme supports mainstream projects and smaller ‘seedcorn’ projects, both selected through Open Calls to the EO community. However, although the technical drive has been to produce instruments for space, in many cases the resulting technologies have non-space applications. A number of sectors which could be potential beneficiaries of such technologies include healthcare, defence and security, analytical instrumentation, marine industries and environmental.
Objectives
The event was open to all interested parties and aimed to:
- Highlight collaborative opportunities emanating from remote sensing technologies in space
- Outline the particular needs in Earth Observation for spin-in technologies
- Showcase a number of CEOI projects
The format for the day included a schedule of formal presentations – outlining technology needs and collaborative opportunities for several of the CEOI projects.
Please click on the links in the Programme below to download PDFs of the presentations.
| Welcome and introduction | Mick Johnson | CEOI |
| Overview of Current UK Space Policy, Future Technologies & Space Applications Catapult Centre | Tim Just | TSB |
| Outline of Technology Challenges and Needs | Paul Monks | University of Leicester |
| Collaborative opportunities and overview of CEOI funded projects | Mick Johnson | CEOI |
| Remote sensing techniques for Urban Air Quality Monitoring | Roland Leigh | University of Leicester |
| System and Applications Study for a Future Geosynchronous Radar Mission | Steve Hobbs | Cranfield University |
| Lightweight Optics (spin-in of non-space) | Peter MacKay | Gooch & Housego |
| Innovative Satellite On-Board Data Handling Techniques | Alex Wishart | Astrium |
| Infrared Sensors with Avalanche Gain for Radical Improvement in Sensitivity in Space Borne Instruments | Keith Barnes | Selex Galileo |
| Mid-Infrared laser Heterodyne Systems: From Earth Observation to Security and Defence | Damien Weidmann | STFC |
| Image Slicer Technologies | Andy Vick | UK Astronomy Technology Centre |
For further information or questions, please contact:
Jane Leeks
Tel: +44 (0)1223 422416
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or
Mick Johnson
CEOI Director
Tel: +44 (0)1438 774421
email: mick.johnson@airbus.com