Welcome by Science City Davos –
Cutting edge research in a remote place
Britta Allgöwer
10th Intl. Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing
ISPMSRS07, March 12-14, 2007, Davos, Switzerland
Davos is more than …
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skiing,
the WEF,
Hiking,
mountain biking,
cow bells,
shopping,
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… it is home & working place to
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almost 13000 people
… and home to 4 research institutes
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Goals of SIAF
SIAF
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Development of new therapies
ƒ Innovations in allergy vaccination
ƒ Investigation of the mechanisms of
allergic infections
Major Discoveries at SIAF
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Novel allergen-SIT vaccines
Immunologial mechanisms of asthma
ƒ Immunological mechanisms of atopic
dermatitis
ƒ Immune tolerance pathways
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SLF
Highlights: Fundamental Snow Physics
experiment...
Worldwide first non-destructive
structural analysis by X-ray
tomography
and theory...
Numerical finite element
calculation of stress distribution
within snow structure
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ASSIST
Alpine Safety, Security & Informational Services and Technologies
EU 6th Framework Programme Priority "Aeronautics and Space" - STREP
Project partners:
ƒ VCS AG / D (Coordinator)
Goalsƒ Telematica
of ASSIST
/D
Beginning: 1 June 2005
ƒ Gamma Remote Sensing /CH
Duration: 24
months (30and
May 2007)
ƒ Joanneum
Research / A information
ƒ Providing
satellite
rapidly
user
ƒ Tele+ Italia /I
ƒ ASIon
Tyrolean
/ A platforms used by safety and
friendly
the
ƒ SLF Davos /CH
rescue organisations
Present situation:
Goals of ASSIST:
ƒThe preparing
measures
warning),
large amount of available
satellite borne data is (prevention,
(except for meteo forecast) not sufficiently used in
Providing satellite information rapidly and user
friendly on the platforms used by safety and rescue
the area of alpine natural hazards, because
ƒ • intervention
measures (closures,
organisations evacuations,
their potential is not yet well known on the side
of the users
• preparing measures (prevention, warning),
rescue operations)
• the user needs are not yet well known on the
• intervention measures (closures, evacuations,
side of the providers
rescue operations)
the present channels are not
yet suitable (too
post-event measures (event analyses)
ƒ • post-event
measures
(event •analyses)
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complex) for rapid availability of the data
AO
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Today AO investigates & fixes every possible
bone you can brake
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AO Research Institute
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AO Development Institute
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TK System
(medical-technical committees)
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Clinical studies & documentation
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AO Education worldwide
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AO Veterinary
PMOD/WRC
1907
SIAF
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AO Bodies
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SLF
1931/36 Weissfluhj.
AO Foundation/ Inst
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Collaborators
Approx. 25:
Æ 7 PhD students
Æ 3 MSc students
Æ 1 Postdoc
Approx. 30,
Æ 7 PhD students
Æ 4 MSc students
Æ 7 Postdoc
Approx. 120,
Æ 20 PhD students
Æ 10 MSc students
Æ 3 Postdoc
Æ10 traineeships
Æ 5 apprenticeships
AO Institute: 70
Æ 20 PhD students
Æ 20 MSc students
Æ 5 Postdoc
Publications &
Awards
In 2005:
Publication Nr. 1004
Over 600 in the past
15 years
50 – 60 / year
50 – 60 / year
Awards 3 - 6
Congresses &
courses
IPC 2005,
NEWARD 2005;
WMO-Experts;
Workshop Global
Surface Network for
long term Observations of Column,
Aerosol Optical
Properties
Academy of Clinic.
Imunology (2x);
Clinical conferences;
Post graduate
courses;
World Immune
Regulation Meeting
11-15.4.2007
Symposium of the
Society of
Glaciology;
Debris Flow;
IDRC 2006;
Several avalanche
courses &
demonstrations
AO courses (yearly);
Microscopy
Conference;
courses for students
& special events
Overnight (05)
3830
2394
2562
13952
Yearly
Budget
CHF 3 Mio. of which
CHF 1 Mio. 3rd party
money
CHF 2.6 Mio. of
which CHF 1.3 Mio.
3rd party money
CHF 14 Mio., of
which CHF 7 Mio. 3rd
party money
AO Inst. CHF 9.7
Mio.,(1.3 3rd party)
AO-Foundation:
CHF 75 Mio
AO-Foundation: 220
Yearly budget of CHF 90 – 100 Mio
Approximately 400 collaborators
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Who is Science City Davos?
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Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research
(SLF/WSL)
AO Research Institute (Association of Osteosynthesis /
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen)
Swiss Institute of Asthma and Allergy (SIAF)
Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos &
Weltstrahlungszentrum (PMOD/WRC)
Kirchner Museum (Museum of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner)
Swiss Text Academy (Schweizerische Textakademie)
Davos Tourism(DT, Davos Tourismus)
Community of Davos (Landschaft Davos Gemeinde)
Goals of Science City (www.wissensstadt.ch)
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Interdisciplinary platform of knowledge exchange
Innovative courses & conferences
Own research (i.e., evolution of Alpine landscapes / land
use change & disturbances)
Welcome to ISSWEurope 2009: 27.9. – 2.10.2009
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Session on Snow and Remote Sensing
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Image courtesy / copy right
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PMOD (Werner Schmutz)
SIAF (Cecmi Adkis)
SLF (Stefan Margreth)
AO (John Wilhelm)
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