LACAE at the Athens Science Festival 2017

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“Shaping our future” is the theme this year for the Athens Science Festival 2017.

For a 3rd year in a row, LACAE will participate in the Technopolis event from 29th  March to the 2nd of April 2017.  You can find us there on Wednesday – Friday from 09:00 till 14:00 and  Saturday – Sunday from 11:00 to 16:00.

The LACAE team, ‘meteorologists in action’,  has prepared spectacular experiments that will give you the chance to create a tornado into a bottle, inflate balloons without getting tired, make your own clouds and realize the greenhouse effect by using simple materials. You will also have the opportunity to become a meteorologist, forecasting the weather for the following day and of course play many Meteo-games where the winner is decided by the weather.

Visitors wondering about satellites and  earth observation, how they impact our lives and the way they shape our future, will have the chance to answer their questions and find out what the European Union through the Copernicus programme offers to the European citizens.  LACAE people, members of  CAN-HelP (Copernicus Academy Network of Hellenic Partners) will present how Copernicus satellites (Sentinels 1-6) provide free and open data and services that improve the quality of our life.

You are welcome to come interact, play, learn and get to know us!

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LACAE creates a strategic partnership for Copernicus Academy in Greece

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LACAE, as member of the Copernicus Academy network, made a strategic decision to join forces with a number of Greek institutions and private organizations with proven Copernicus related activity and interest, in order to create a strong partnership that will better serve the Copernicus Academy objectives  in Greece.

This new partnership, named Copernicus Academy Network of Hellenic Partners (CAN-HelP), aims to empower the next generation of researchers, scientists, and entrepreneurs with suitable skill sets that will enable them to use Copernicus satellite data and information services to their full potential, through targeted actions such as  dedicated lectures , post-graduate scholarships, trainee-ships, seminars, workshops, presentations, webinars, personnel exchanges, Copernicus public awareness events and the collaboration with other European Copernicus Academy members.

CAN-HelP is a continuously expanding initiative that welcomes new partners who believe they can contribute to this on-going effort. Currently this effort is supported by the following institutions:

  • The Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment (LACAE), of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • The National Observatory of Athens
  • The University of the Peloponnese
  • Greek GEO office
  • FORTH/PRAXI Network

Last but not least, CAN-HelP will also be actively involved in educational activities, for young students currently in school, aiming to raise their awareness and to stimulate their interest into the field of satellites, earth observation and remote sensing, thus hoping to inspire the future generation of scientists.

A dedicated  website for the purposes of CAN-HelP will soon be made public.

LACAE , becomes member of Copernicus Academy Network

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LACAE  has recently became a founding member of the Copernicus Academy Network.

This network of European universities, research institutions, and private non-profit organisations,  is a new initiative of the European Commission, aiming to attract new potential users for Copernicus satellite data and information by stimulating awareness, promoting knowledge transfer and skills development.

Specifically, the goal of the Network is to develop lectures, training sessions, traineeships as well as educational and training material that will empower the next generation of researchers, scientists, and entrepreneurs  to take advantage of the free data and services provided by the Copernicus Sentinel satellites.

As an integral part of the recently released European Space Strategy, the Copernicus Academy has the ambition to contribute in the effort of unleashing the vast potential of Copernicus Sentinel data and service information for the benefit of the citizens of Europe and the future of our Planet.

 

LACAE co-organizes the MEDCLIVAR 2016 Conference in Athens, from 26-30 September

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The Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment(LACAE) of the National and Kapodistrian university of Athens, in collaboration with the National Observatory of Athens, the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research and the Mariolopoulos – Kanaginis Fountation for the Environmental Sciences, co-organizes the MedCLIVAR 2016 conference.
The Conference will be held from 26 to 30 September 2016 at the University of Athens, main building (PROPYLAEA-University of Athens, 30 Panepistimiou Str.), located in the Athens city centre.

It is  the fourth conference in a series organized by MedCLIVAR, following MedCLIVAR2011 (Lecce, Italy), MedCLIVAR2012 (Madrid, Spain), MedCLIVAR2014 (Ankara, Turkey).
This sequence of conferences is fundamental for the mission of MedCLIVAR which aims to promote better communication among different scientific disciplines and to develop a multidisciplinary vision of the evolution of the Mediterranean climate through studies that integrate atmospheric, marine, and terrestrial climate components at time scales ranging from paleoreconstructions to future climate scenarios.
Visit MedCLIVAR 2016 conference site