RapidEye AG (Germany) will take part in the IV International Conference "Remote Sensing - the Synergy of High Technologies" to be held April 14 to 16, 2010 in Atlas Park Hotel in the Moscow region and act as a silver sponsor of the conference.

A year and a half has passed since the launch of five RapidEye satellites. Time showed that satellites perfectly operate, provide accelerated monitoring of vast areas, images from all satellites are absolutely identical and allow solving various thematic issues.

Data acquired from RapidEye satellites are used by different clients, including public clients, to meet national mapping, agricultural monitoring and other objectives. Sovzond is an exclusive distributor of RapidEye AG in Russia and CIS countries.

The technical state of satellite constellation, data application in different national and international projects (including agricultural projects of European Union, China, Brazil) will be reported at the conference by Vice-President of RapidEye AG, John Ahlrichs. He is in charge of business development and distributor network management in the company. Before coming to RapidEye AG, John Ahlrichs had managed process and marketing departments in different companies, including DigitalGlobe where he was engaged in agricultural projects. Mr. John Ahlrichs is a Doctor of Texas University (USA).

The annual conference held by Sovzond is one of most significant events in the industry and a traditional meeting place for directors and lead specialists of Russian and foreign companies operating in the field of GIS technologies, ERS, mapping and related fields. The conference will also include seminars, presentations, master classes, round tables, an exhibition, entertainment events. For the first time a contest of best projects in the field of GIS technologies and ERS will be held.

GIS-Association (Russia) will act as a conference partner. Information support of the conference is provided by GeoTop electronic catalogue, GISCafe.com GIS portal, bytemag.ru portal, GEOMATICS, Geoprofi, Astronautics News, Aerospace Courier, Information and Space, Geoinformatics, Oil & Gas Vertical, Oil & Gas Geology, GEOconnexion, GIM International magazines, GISinfo newspaper.

Conference sponsors in 2010 are DigitalGlobe – platinum sponsor, ITT VIS – gold sponsor, GeoEye – gold sponsor, RapidEye – silver sponsor.

To take part in the conference please fill in the application form at www.sovzondconference.ru/eng/ in Registration section. Feel free to ask Sovzond for details on the IV International Conference "Remote Sensing - the Synergy of High Technologies" by phone +7 (495) 988-75-11, 514-83-39 or e-mail: conference@sovzond.ru.