INPE is a Finalist for the MundoGEO#Connect Award

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It follows a note published on the day (05/03) in the website of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) noting that the INPE is a finalist for the MundoGEO#Connect Award.

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INPE is a Finalist for the

MundoGEO#Connect Award

Friday, May 04, 2012

The popular vote secured the Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – INPE) among the finalists for the MundoGEO#Connect 2012 Award. Winner in 2011, this year INPE is nominated for two categories: “More prominent public institution” and “Best educational and research institution”. INPE’s Director, Gilberto Câmara, was voted again as “Person of the year in geospatial industry”.

The award is an initiative of MundoGEO Portal, which opened online voting to choose the Top 5 in each category. Then, the community vote to elect who should take the big prize of the geospatial industry in every category. To vote, go http://mundogeoconnect.com/2012/en/award/vote/

Voting ends on May 18, yet the awards ceremony will take place on May 29 thru 31, at the Frei Caneca Convention Center, in São Paulo (SP), Brazil, during the MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2012, an event that combines seminars, trade fair, courses and other activities related to the geospatial industry.

Personality

Gilberto Câmara is competing for the second time in the category that elects the best professionals that make the geotechnology market grow sustainably due their innovative work. The INPE’s Director was recently chosen by the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) – which brings together scientists, experts, agencies and companies worldwide – to receive the "Global Citizen Award."

Institution

Created in 1961, INPE has carried out a wide range of studies, such as deforestation, weather, climate change, and origins of the universe. It is now considered a reference in Remote Sensing, Meteorology, Space and Atmospheric Sciences, Space Engineering and Technology, and Earth System Science. Also leads development of open source software for Image Processing and Geoprocessing.

INPE allows Brazil to be capable of producing high quality space science, doing satellites, monitoring Brazilian territory, getting a modern weather forecast, understanding global changes and making Space closer to Brazilian society.

So that citizens enjoy the steady space development benefits, INPE commitment to building satellites to produce data about the planet and developing researches that can transform this data into knowledge, products and services for Brazilian society and for the world.

Source: WebSite of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)