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On 19 April, navigation experts, decision makers, academia and entrepreneurs met at the annual conference "Global Navigation meets Geoinformation" at the ESA's Operations Centre in Darmstadt. The conference hosted two panel discussions about geodata in the Digital Age and the future of digital value creation. The "European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC)" and the "Copernicus Masters" regional competitions were opened at this event with the presentations of last year's winning teams.
From left to right: Sascha Heising, FabSpace Darmstadt; Prof. Dr. Werner Enderle, ESA/ESOC; Dr. Carsten Ott, Hessen Trade&Invest GmbH; Dr. Hansgerd Terlinden, HLBG; Mark Weinmeister; Hessian State Secretary for European Affairs; Dr. Frank Zimmermann, cesah GmbH; Sigmar Keller, Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH; Hans Weigandt, Hessian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Regional Development; Dr. Ralf Borchert, HLBG; Dr. Paolo Ferri, ESA / ESOC