Tech All Stars connects twelve of the best web entrepreneurs from accelerators and web camp competitions across Europe with top EU funding sources, successful entrepreneurs, and hot networking opportunities. Tech All Stars is THE event for Europe's best and brightest startups.

Tech All Stars is organized by the European Commission Information Society and Media and will be held in June 20th - 21st 2012 in London. The winner will also be invited to the Digital Agenda Assembly plenary on June 22nd in Brussels.

Startups must apply for a spot at Tech All Stars. 12 of the best startups will be selected to participate.

We are looking for tech startups that are registered within the EU and are ready to change the world! There are a few criteria that you must meet to participate:

Your startup is:
•registered within the EU
•less than 3 years old
•has raised less than 1,000,000 Euros in external capital

Tech All Stars is reserved for accelerator graduates and web camp winners. However, we're also taking 'wildcards'. Wildcards are hot tech startups that may not have gone through an accelerator or web camp, but have a FANTASTIC startup anyway. We want to give everyone a chance at glory!

*Why are we doing this?*

We want to foster an environment of growth for startups in the EU. Tech All Stars increases visibility for startups in the European market and provides a forum for presenting startup ideas to angel investors, top executives, mentors, and VCs. We're looking for tomorrow's startup superstars within the EU tech community. Tech All Stars is a good opportunity to engage with new startups that are working on innovative technologies.

[Check it out at]http://www.techallstars.eu

3rd Oil & Gas Workshop

The 3rd OGEO, Oil & Gas Workshop will take plave in Perth, Australia on 14th September 2012.

After two successful workshops at ESA-ESRIN in Frascati, please join us in Sept. 2012 in Perth, Australia for the 3rd workshop on Earth Observation for the Oil & Gas industry.

With ever more Earth Observation systems (satellite and airborne) available, novel and advanced methods of working with the EO data are required. Extracting the maximum value from the derived products and integrating the results with other geo-information has become an opportunity for the Oil & Gas industry to improve business procedures and add value to existing approaches. Industry wide applied practises and commonly accepted procedures will help to standardize the Earth Observation methods and support their business value.

The one day workshop is scheduled to coincide with another Oil & Gas industry event in Perth from the 11th to the 13th of September, which will see many O&G industry professionals in Perth – with a number of them having an interest in Earth Observation as a tool to maintain and improve good business practises.

Draft Programme

Environment // MetOcean // Geomatics // Infrastructure

Session1:

OGEO – overview
ESA – GMES programme
OGP – OilSpillResponse JIP update

Session 2:

Environment: amongst others - updates on using satellite data for coastal monitoring

Session 3:

MetOcean: amongst others - how new satellite data can improve ocean forecasts

Session 4:

Geomatics: amongst others - how shallow water bathymetry can be retrieved accurately form high res. optical satellite data

Panel discussion

Panel on utilisng EO resources for the O&G industry and proposing new initiatives

Starting at 8:30 – 17:00 ; Morning/Afternoon Tea and Lunch will be provided

Approx. 16 presentations @ 15 min + 5min question time

2* 30min Tea break
60 min Lunch break

Thur: 13th of Sept. 18:00+ – Ice-Breaker – details to follow
Fri: 14th of Sept. 19:30+ – Workshop Dinner – details to follow
Sat: 15th of Sept. – Social programs can be arranged

More information at www.esa-ogeo.org

New Public Face for OGEO

Today, the OGEO Portal presents a new public face ;-)

We shall post news of the OGEO activities and maintain awareness of the group activities. For more information go to the links on this page and feel free to provide views and feedback via the contact link.