Press Release

Integrated Global Observing Strategy(IGOS) Open Session – Live Internet Coverage from Japan

By SpaceRef Editor
November 2, 2001
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Wednesday, 7 November, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (JST)
During the 8th meeting of the Integrated Global Observing Strategy(IGOS)
Partnership in Kyoto, a three-hour Open Session will be held at the Kyoto
International Conference Hall.

The session will be carried live via the Internet at the following
website:
http://www.ceos.org/pages/igosopen.html
The coverage can be accessed using Windows Media Player 7 or a later
version.

Panelists at the Open Session will give presentations in English, and
also answer questions from members of the media and public attending
the event.

In Japanese only, there will also be a two-way online link with the
headquarters of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
in Tokyo, using terminals at the NASDAi public information center on
the 28th floor of the World Trade Center Building in Hamamatsucho. Media
representatives and members of the public are also invited to watch and
take part in the Open Session using this link from Tokyo. Please note
that at NASDAi, the panelists’ presentations will be available only
in Japanese interpretation.

For further information on the IGOS Partnership meeting and the Open
Session, please see the press release issued on 19 October 2001,
available at:
http://yyy.tksc.nasda.go.jp/Home/Press/e/200110/igos_011019_e.html

SpaceRef staff editor.