For the second year in a row, Greek proposals are distinguished in the international competition European Satellite Navigation Competition 2015 and Copernicus Masters 2015 for Smart Applications mobile phones harnessing satellite earth positioning and observation technologies.
Two important bodies of Greece (the Association of Mobile Application Companies of Greece – SEKEE and the National Land Registry & mapping SA – EKXA), organized the participation of our country in the competitions, coordinating a wide network of organizations that supported and contributed to organization.
The awarding of the applications distinguished in these 2 competitions will take place in the context of the 17th conference Act and Disrupt! On Tuesday 24/11 at Divani Caravel, at 16.30.
These competitions are of particular importance because they show the way to the practical exploitation of satellite positioning and Earth observation technologies for the development of innovative applications with significant prospects of commercial success. Europe is steadily investing in its satellite programs and the operators that can be placed in this sector will gain a serious competitive advantage.
SEKEE will give the innovation award of the international competition
EXHA will give the award to Copernicus Masters 2015 for the “Spatio-temporal visualization challenge”.
It is worth noting that this event took place within the framework of the European project LDA: Large Scale Demonstrator in Athens, which is coordinated by the National Research and Technology Network (ΕΤΕΤ) and both agencies participate, together with the National Observatory of Athens (EAA) and Atlantis Consulting (atlantis).
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