PAKISTAN SPACE & UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH COMMISSION
(SUPARCO)
Symposium on “Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) & its Applications”
The inaugural of Symposium on “Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) & its
Applications” and first ever international exposure of “BeiDou Navigation Satellite System” was held
here on Tuesday, 25 September 2012 at Sheraton Hotel, Karachi.
The symposium was jointly organized by Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research
Commission (SUPARCO) and China Satellite Navigation Office (CSNO).
Chairman SUPARCO, Maj Gen (Retd) Ahmed Bilal hosted the event, while Mr Zhang Jianxin,
Consul General, China was the chief guest of the ceremony.
Chairman SUPARCO, in his welcome address said that GNSS has tremendous applications in
the field of surveying & mapping, construction & deformation monitoring, transport & aviation
management, mining & agriculture, computerized land management and plate tectonics studies etc. This
technology is emerging in Pakistan with great success and enormous pace.
He further said that GNSS symposium and exhibition is the first milestone for a regularized
development of this technology in Pakistan. Presently serving the nation in the communication satellite
applications and remote sensing applications, SUPARCO is now stretching to GNSS and its
applications. SUPARCO is intended to initiate the GNSS based Continuously Operating Reference
Station Network which is known as CORS Network initially as prototype very soon.
An exhibition on “BeiDou Navigation Satellite System” was also organized by China Satellilte
Navigation Ofiice (CSNO). BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, developed by China is emabarking to
the world for the first time. Pakistan is the first stop for demonstrating its technology, applications &
services.
The symposium was well attended by entrepreneurs and the news media.
SUPARCO Headquarters, SUPARCO Road, P.O. Box. 8402, Karachi-75270, PAKISTAN
Ph: 4690765- 79 (Ext: 2249) Fax: 92-21-4644928, 4694941 E-mail: am.pr@suparco.gov.pk