The Restaurant Bar and Grill in Manchester was the setting on 21st March for the first Money in Space round table. The Money in Space series of round tables is a UK Space Agency funded project to explain the benefits of space technology and space data to a wider audience. The attendees at this first round table represented all aspects of construction and land use as well as Downtown in Business, Comoo, ESA Business Applications and NSC Board Members Bob Morris and Will Chambers.
Following an introduction by Frank McKenna and brief overview of the space industry by Bob Morris, Alan Cross started the discussions by talking about how space generated data was being used in construction and land use. This led to a lively debate on a wide range of industry issues and potential solutions. Delyth Edwards also explained the success of the Daresbury business incubation centre.
NSC Chairman Bob Morris “It was great to hear about some of the day to day industry issues and to see just how the attendees realised the benefits they could get from using existing data especially when Alan was able to relate such relevant case studies. There is now a vast amount of space data available and this means that there are also many opportunities for local companies to develop applications and services using this data and we would like to talk to them too.”
Any companies or organisations interested in space technology or the use of space data and would like to learn more should contact bob.morris@thensc-uk.com