On Thursday, July 11th, the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) hosted a meeting between a Chinese delegation, led by Prof. Chunli BAI, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and CSIC, to sign a collaboration agreement to promote remote sensing research in China and Spain.
On Thursday, July 11th, the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) hosted a meeting between a Chinese delegation, led by Prof. Chunli BAI, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and CSIC, to sign a collaboration agreement to promote remote sensing research in China and Spain.
This agreement between the National Space Science Centre (NSSC-CAS) and CSIC aims at defining and promoting the cooperation between both Parties, in the common interest research areas of satellite remote sensing and related applications. ICM-CSIC, which hosts the Barcelona Expert Centre (BEC) on Remote Sensing started collaborating with NSSC already a few years ago. The signed agreement will not only boost such collaboration but also offer the opportunity for other CSIC remote sensing groups to collaborate with our Chinese partners.
Another relevant outcome of this visit was CAS offer for CSIC to join the Alliance of National Science Organizations (ANSO), currently chaired by Prof. BAI. The Alliance is an initiative from CAS to coordinate research efforts between different research institutions all around the World to address the main challenges that our society is currently facing. Prof. Yin LI, General Director of the Bureau of International Cooperation, endorsed the idea of co-organizing together with CSIC an ANSO conference on ocean-related research. Finally, CAS has four marine research centres which can be of potential interest to ICM researchers from all four Departments.