Re: IEEE ComSoc - March 2000

Dave Michelson (dmichelson@ieee.org) Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:35:04 -0800 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:35:04 -0800
From: Dave Michelson <dmichelson@ieee.org>
Subject: Re: IEEE ComSoc - March 2000



                IEEE Communications Society
                     Vancouver Chapter
                  www.comsoc.org/vancouver
               

      REMSAT - Real-Time Emergency Management via Satellite

                        Tony Knight
            MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates

       Location: MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates
                 13800 Commerce Parkway (off No. 6 Rd.)
                 Richmond, BC

             Monday, March 13, 2000  7:30-9:00 pm


MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA) has teamed with the BC Forest Service
(Protection Branch) to build and demonstrate REMSAT - Real-Time
Emergency Management via Satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA).
The objective of the project is to demonstrate and evaluate the use of
real-time satellite communications, localization, Earth observation and
meteorology services in emergency applications, specifically in the
management and suppression of forest wildfires.  MDA conducted an
initial 'proof-of-concept' demonstration in September 1999, and has
since been developing the hardware and software systems to be fielded
and tested in three pilot demonstrations in 2000, including expected
deployment to a major fire in the summer.  Following a presentation
about the system, a tour of the equipment now being integrated and
tested at MDA will be given.

Due to the venue, pre-registration is required.  Please contact Dave
Michelson <dmichelson@ieee.org> to sign up.


About the presenter:

Tony Knight is a system engineer at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates. 
He currently leads the integration and test team for the REMSAT project.
Mr. Knight has been with MDA for over 16 years, and involved in numerous
programs ranging from synthetic aperture radar through to
satellite-based communications and Earth observation systems.  He
received the B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from UBC in 1981 and the
M.Eng. from Carleton University in 1985.


No-Host Dinner

You can meet Tony Knight at a no-host dinner before the talk.  Please
join us at 6:00 PM at Green Acres Golf Course, 5040 No. 6 Rd. in
Richmond, directly across the street from MDA.  (We recommend that you
park in the MDA lot and walk across to the restaurant.)  All are
welcome, although advance notice by e-mail to Dave Michelson
<dmichelson@ieee.org> would be appreciated so that we can ask for a
table of appropriate size.

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