19-Mar-2010

What is Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP)?

Tempus-110The user-driven Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP) and the product-driven Telecommunications Applications element, are dedicated to development, implementation and pilot operations of innovative services, utilising space assets to meet the needs of users and the market.

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[-] News

01 March 2010

Etihad Airways will install new state-of-the-art technology on its long and ultra long haul aircraft which can monitor the condition of passengers who display signs of sickness that might require immediate medical attention.

16 February 2010

At the meeting held on 2nd February at ESA HQ Paris, Dr. Kalandadze and Dr. Nanava, from the National Centre for Tuberculosis in Georgia presented the main results of the Satellites For Epidemiology (SAFE) project.Interviews with the Georgian National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases

15 February 2010

ESA and the European Defence Agency are furthering their combined efforts into the study of satellite services for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), through the signing of two new contracts.EDA Annual Conference - Press Conference
EDA/ESA study signature (part 1) EDA/ESA study signature (part 2)

[-] Upcoming events

12 April 2010

BONUS EEIG, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation and European Space Agency invite you to the “Information and Communication Technology Services for Environment, Safety and Security in the Baltic Sea” workshop.

14 April 2010

On 13th and 14th April 2010,ESA and the Enterprise and Business Development office at the University of Leicester in the UK will hold two IAP workshops on Enhanced Mobility - the focus of the new Ambassador Platform hosted by the ESA centre at Harwell in Oxfordshire.

[-] Open tenders

23 April, 2010

A demonstration project is to be carried out to validate the functionality of satellite-based health services and demonstrate its interoperability with terrestrial-based services .

31 December, 2012

The overall goal of the ARTES Element 20 programme can be summarised as "the development of operational services for a wide range of users through the combination of different systems".

[-] Recent activities

The objective of this project is the development and validation of a tele-assistance service, using multiple space assets, for professional clinical users in remote locations using a compact device for vital-sign monitoring and remote diagnosis. It is based on a previous ESA-backed project, which resulted in the deployment of a telemedicine system for commercial aviation applications (TEMPUS)

Hitchhiking on international trade and travel, foreign species that act as vectors of disease (e.g. mosquitoes, ticks) may establish themselves in new environments world-wide if conditions are favourable. VECMAP aims at assessing the feasibility of developing a tool and associated service for automated mosquito mapping and forecasting.

"Management Centre for the Transport of Hazardous Goods in the Alpine Region" is an activity dedicated to the identification of users and requirements for the definition of services regarding the transport of Hazardous goods in the Alpine region.

 

Showcases

FlySafe precursor service

Bird strike risk- reduction with aircraft

Tempus

Medical help aboard aircraft

Help Civil Protection

Health Early Warning System in Angola

Last Update: 05 Mar 2010