The symposium will review the outcomes of the GlobWetland project and many other activities and initiatives worldwide which are generating remotely-sensed information products for wetlands, and it will assess what can and cannot be done to support Ramsar implementation with existing technology and identify future challenges for the Earth Observation community.  

dates: 19-20 October 2006  
location: Italy  
additional: Frascati  
contact: Carmen Comparetto, European Space Agency  
phone: 39-6-941-809-12  
fax: 39-6-941-809-92  
e-mail: ESA.Conference.Bureau@esa.int  
www: http://www.congrex.nl/06a11/