(INGV) – With a second entirely digital edition, the international appointment with the European Expo-Forum on the New Space Economy (NSE, https://www.nseexpoforum.com/) organized by Amaldi Foundation and Fiera Roma, in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), is back on 11 and 12 December.
The event, which will also be attended by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), is entirely dedicated to the potential of the space economy and aims to involve all those interested in this new ecosystem, creating an environment in which the actors of the both New Space Economy and Old Economy can meet to stimulate new collaborations and highlight the already existing possibilities.
This year, the participation of the INGV at NSE will be coordinated by the Institute’s new Earth Space Observation Center (COS-INGV), created with the aim of linking and planning the activities of the Institute in the Space and Aerospace, as well as to encourage the participation of researchers in the generation of services and products for society and external institutions.
INGV will be present at the Expo with a virtual stand to present the activities that the Institute carries out in this scope. At this “Virtual Booth” the public will be able to interact with the staff of the Institute who, through informative material and seminars, will illustrate the main research and service activities based on the analysis of spatial data in which the INGV is involved.
These activities are carried out thanks to the use of observation data from space integrated with the measurements made by ground systems, allowing for cutting-edge studies on issues related to earthquakes, volcanoes and environment.
Even this year, the INGV will introduce the activities carried out in five strategic sectors:
- Galileo, which through satellite navigation and positioning data (GNSS data) allows the Institute to provide data and services for purposes of geodesy, study and monitoring of the territory, precision positioning and for the mitigation of the effects of space weather, in particular for civil aviation;
- Copernicus, an Earth Observation program funded by the European Commission to generate products used to monitor and learn more about the natural phenomena of our planet;
- satellite missions, including the ASI-PRISMA hyperspectral space mission, and future missions studies as PRISMA Second Generation, ESA-CHIME, ESA-LSTM and NASA-SBG in which INGV works on the development of next generation sensors for Earth Observation;
- support to space services and data through the development and maintenance of monitoring networks on a regional scale, in Italy and in the Mediterranean area, and on a global scale able to provide real-time parameters and geophysical observations necessary for the validation of space data;
- development of start-ups and innovative technologies, such as the spin-off SpacEarth Technology, which, over time, has led to various patents in the field of space applications, showing potential applications in aviation, precision agriculture, maritime navigation and telecommunications.
