MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) became a silver sponsor of the 5th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions”. Paulo Bezerra, Director, Monitoring and Surveillance Systems and Geospatial Services MDA entered the Program Committee of the event. The conference is to be held on November 29 – December 1, 2011 in the Moscow Region at “Vatutinki” resort hotel.

MDA, located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada is worldwide Operator of radar satellites of the famous RADARSAT series, offering advanced information solutions for acquisition and processing of a wide range of data, providing final information and support to decision-making for commercial and public organizations all around the world.

In Russia, services of operational satellite-based maritime and floods monitoring are the principal areas for RADARSAT data application. These services are created based on ScanNet technology, developed by ScanEx. In addition, RADARSAT radar images have been increasingly used for monitoring ice situation in northern seas of Russia, being an important component of information support for ice-breakers escorting through the Northern Sea Route.

Specialists from MDA will describe the technical specifications of RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2 satellites and will elaborate on the experience of radar images applications in various fields of activities (forestry and agriculture, oil and gas industry, emergency situations monitoring and response, interferometry, etc.).

More information about the 5th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” is available at the website of this event: www.conference.scanex.com.