text:
import * as React from "react";
import { tr } from "../../api/i18n";
import { ILayerInfo } from "../../api/common";
import { Button, Intent, ButtonGroup, Card, Icon, Switch, NonIdealState, Slider, Collapse, Spinner, FormGroup } from '@blueprintjs/core';
import { strIsNullOrEmpty } from "../../utils/string";
import { IVectorLayerStyle, VectorStyleSource } from '../../api/ol-style-contracts';
import { VectorLayerStyleEditor } from '../vector-style-editor';
import { BlueprintSvgIconNames } from '../../constants/assets';

function isBoundsZoomable(layer: ILayerInfo) {
    //TODO: See if WGS84_BBOX [is/can be] surfaced to ILayerInfo
    if (layer.metadata?.geojson_as_vt === true) {
        return false;
    }
    return layer.type != "WMS";
}

interface IManageLayerItemProps {
    layer: ILayerInfo;
    locale: string;
    currentResolution?: number;
    canMoveUp: boolean;
    canMoveDown: boolean;
    onSetOpacity: (name: string, value: number) => void;
    onSetHeatmapBlur: (name: string, value: number) => void;
    onSetHeatmapRadius: (name: string, value: number) => void;
    onSetVisibility: (name: string, visible: boolean) => void;
    onZoomToBounds: (name: string) => void;
    onRemoveLayer: (name: string) => void;
    onMoveLayerUp: (name: string) => void;
    onMoveLayerDown: (name: string) => void;
    onVectorStyleChanged: (name: string, style: IVectorLayerStyle, which: VectorStyleSource) => void;
}

enum OpenPanel {
    None,
    MoreLayerOptions,
    EditVectorStyle,
    WmsLegend
}

const HEATMAP_SLIDER_RAMP = [0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50];

const LAYER_SWITCH_STYLE: React.CSSProperties = { whiteSpace: "nowrap", overflow: "hidden", textOverflow: "ellipsis" };

const ManageLayerItem = (props: IManageLayerItemProps) => {
    const {
        layer,
        locale,
        canMoveUp,
        canMoveDown,
        currentResolution,
        onSetOpacity,
        onSetHeatmapBlur,
        onSetHeatmapRadius,
        onRemoveLayer,
        onMoveLayerUp,
        onMoveLayerDown,
        onZoomToBounds,
        onSetVisibility,
        onVectorStyleChanged
    } = props;
    const [wmsLegendUrl, setWmsLegendUrl] = React.useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
    const [openPanel, setOpenPanel] = React.useState(OpenPanel.None);
    const onToggleWmsLegend = (action: (res?: number) => string) => {
        if (wmsLegendUrl) {
            setWmsLegendUrl(undefined);
            setOpenPanel(OpenPanel.None);
        } else {
            const url = action(currentResolution);
            setWmsLegendUrl(url);
            setOpenPanel(OpenPanel.WmsLegend);
        }
    };
    const toggleOpenPanel = (panel: OpenPanel) => {
        let p = OpenPanel.None;
        switch (panel) {
            case OpenPanel.EditVectorStyle:
            case OpenPanel.MoreLayerOptions:
            case OpenPanel.WmsLegend:
                p = (panel == openPanel) ? OpenPanel.None : panel;
                break;
        }
        setOpenPanel(p);
    };
    const isBusy = (layer.busyWorkerCount > 0);
    if (isBusy) {
        return <Card>
            <Spinner size={30} />

{tr("LOADING_LAYER", locale, { name: layer.name })}

        </Card>;
    }
    const canZoom = isBoundsZoomable(layer);
    let iconName: BlueprintSvgIconNames = "layer";
    if (layer.type == "WMS") {
        iconName = "media";
    }
    const extraActions = [] as JSX.Element[];
    const { extensions } = layer;
    let isWms = false;
    if (extensions) {
        switch (extensions.type) {
            case "WMS":
                {
                    isWms = true;
                    if (extensions.getLegendUrl) {
                        extraActions.push(<Button key="toggle-wms-legend" intent={Intent.SUCCESS} icon="info-sign" onClick={() => onToggleWmsLegend(extensions.getLegendUrl as any)} />)
                    }
                }
        }
    }

    if (layer.vectorStyle) {
        if (layer.type != "KML" && layer.heatmap == null) {
            extraActions.push(<Button key="edit-vector-style" title={tr("LAYER_MANAGER_TT_EDIT_STYLE", locale)} intent={Intent.PRIMARY} icon="edit" onClick={() => toggleOpenPanel(OpenPanel.EditVectorStyle)} />)
        }
    }
    extraActions.push(<Button key="more-layer-options" title={tr("LAYER_MANAGER_TT_MORE_OPTIONS", locale)} intent={Intent.PRIMARY} icon="cog" onClick={() => toggleOpenPanel(OpenPanel.MoreLayerOptions)} />)
    const isWmsLegendOpen = !strIsNullOrEmpty(wmsLegendUrl);
    const layerLabel = layer.displayName ?? layer.name;
    const theVectorStyle = layer.cluster?.style ?? layer.vectorStyle;
    let which: VectorStyleSource;
    if (theVectorStyle == layer.vectorStyle) {
        which = VectorStyleSource.Base;
    } else if (theVectorStyle == layer.cluster?.style) {
        which = VectorStyleSource.Cluster;
    }
    let enableLine = false;
    let enablePoint = false;
    let enablePolygon = false;
    for (const k in theVectorStyle) {
        if (theVectorStyle[k].point) {
            enablePoint = true;
        }
        if (theVectorStyle[k].line) {
            enableLine = true;
        }
        if (theVectorStyle[k].polygon) {
            enablePolygon = true;
        }
    }
    return <Card key={layer.name}>
        <Switch style={LAYER_SWITCH_STYLE} checked={layer.visible} onChange={() => onSetVisibility(layer.name, !layer.visible)} labelElement={<Icon icon={iconName} /> {layerLabel}} />
        <ButtonGroup>
            <Button disabled={!canMoveUp} title={tr("LAYER_MANAGER_TT_MOVE_UP", locale)} intent={Intent.PRIMARY} icon="caret-up" onClick={() => onMoveLayerUp(layer.name)} />
            <Button disabled={!canMoveDown} title={tr("LAYER_MANAGER_TT_MOVE_DOWN", locale)} intent={Intent.PRIMARY} icon="caret-down" onClick={() => onMoveLayerDown(layer.name)} />
            <Button disabled={!canZoom} title={tr("LAYER_MANAGER_TT_ZOOM_EXTENTS", locale)} intent={Intent.SUCCESS} icon="zoom-to-fit" onClick={() => onZoomToBounds(layer.name)} />
            <Button title={tr("LAYER_MANAGER_TT_REMOVE", locale)} intent={Intent.DANGER} icon="trash" onClick={() => onRemoveLayer(layer.name)} />
            {extraActions}
        </ButtonGroup>
        <Collapse isOpen={openPanel == OpenPanel.MoreLayerOptions}>
            <Card>

{tr("MORE_LAYER_OPTIONS", locale)}

                <FormGroup label={tr("LAYER_OPACITY", locale)}>
                    <Slider min={0} max={1.0} stepSize={0.01} value={layer.opacity} onChange={e => onSetOpacity(layer.name, e)} />
                </FormGroup>
                {layer.heatmap && <>
                    <FormGroup label={tr("LAYER_HEATMAP_BLUR", locale)}>
                        <Slider min={1} max={50} stepSize={1} labelValues={HEATMAP_SLIDER_RAMP} value={layer.heatmap.blur} onChange={e => onSetHeatmapBlur(layer.name, e)} />
                    </FormGroup>
                    <FormGroup label={tr("LAYER_HEATMAP_RADIUS", locale)}>
                        <Slider min={1} max={50} stepSize={1} labelValues={HEATMAP_SLIDER_RAMP} value={layer.heatmap.radius} onChange={e => onSetHeatmapRadius(layer.name, e)} />
                    </FormGroup>
                </>}
            </Card>
        </Collapse>
        {isWms && <Collapse isOpen={isWmsLegendOpen}>
            <Card>

{tr("WMS_LEGEND", locale)}

            </Card>
        </Collapse>}
        {theVectorStyle && <Collapse isOpen={openPanel == OpenPanel.EditVectorStyle}>

{tr("VECTOR_LAYER_STYLE", locale)}

                <VectorLayerStyleEditor onChange={st => onVectorStyleChanged(layer.name, st, which)}
                    locale={locale}
                    style={theVectorStyle}
                    enablePoint={enablePoint}
                    enableLine={enableLine}
                    enablePolygon={enablePolygon} />

        </Collapse>}
    </Card>;
}

/**
 * @hidden
 */
export interface IManageLayersProps {
    layers: ILayerInfo[];
    locale: string;
    currentResolution?: number;
    onSetOpacity: (name: string, value: number) => void;
    onSetHeatmapBlur: (name: string, value: number) => void;
    onSetHeatmapRadius: (name: string, value: number) => void;
    onSetVisibility: (name: string, visible: boolean) => void;
    onZoomToBounds: (name: string) => void;
    onRemoveLayer: (name: string) => void;
    onMoveLayerUp: (name: string) => void;
    onMoveLayerDown: (name: string) => void;
    onVectorStyleChanged: (name: string, style: IVectorLayerStyle, which: VectorStyleSource) => void;
}

/**
 * @hidden
 */
export const ManageLayers = (props: IManageLayersProps) => {
    const {
        locale,
        currentResolution,
        onSetOpacity,
        onSetHeatmapBlur,
        onSetHeatmapRadius,
        onRemoveLayer,
        onMoveLayerUp,
        onMoveLayerDown,
        onZoomToBounds,
        onSetVisibility,
        onVectorStyleChanged
    } = props;
    const [layers, setLayers] = React.useState(props.layers);
    React.useEffect(() => {
        setLayers(props.layers);
    }, [props.layers]);
    if (layers.length) {
        return

            {layers.map((lyr, i) => {
                const cannotMoveUp = (i == 0 || layers.length <= 1);
                const cannotMoveDown = (i >= layers.length - 1 || layers.length <= 1);
                return <ManageLayerItem
                    key={`manage-layer-${i}`}
                    layer={lyr}
                    locale={locale}
                    canMoveUp={!cannotMoveUp}
                    canMoveDown={!cannotMoveDown}
                    currentResolution={currentResolution}
                    onSetOpacity={onSetOpacity}
                    onSetHeatmapBlur={onSetHeatmapBlur}
                    onSetHeatmapRadius={onSetHeatmapRadius}
                    onRemoveLayer={onRemoveLayer}
                    onMoveLayerUp={onMoveLayerUp}
                    onMoveLayerDown={onMoveLayerDown}
                    onZoomToBounds={onZoomToBounds}
                    onSetVisibility={onSetVisibility}
                    onVectorStyleChanged={onVectorStyleChanged} />;
            })}

;
    } else {
        return <NonIdealState
            icon="layers"
            title={tr("NO_EXTERNAL_LAYERS", locale)}
            description={tr("NO_EXTERNAL_LAYERS_DESC", locale, { tabName: tr("ADD_LAYER", locale) })} />
    }
}

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text:
Published January 13, 2015 2:33pm EST
Obama to Launch Two Television Ads in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa – Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is launching two biographical television ads this week, focusing on early voting Iowa in the first commercials of his presidential campaign.
Obama aides planned a conference call later Monday to discuss the new commercials, featuring a Republican lawmaker who worked with Obama in the Illinois State Legislature and a Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe.
Both Tribe and Republican Sen. Kirk Dillard are featured in the new commercials.
Each of the commercials are 30-second spots and will air this week.
"We are beginning the next phase of our grass-roots operation in Iowa," spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday.
The first commercial, titled "Choices," focuses on the decision Obama made after graduating from Harvard Law School in which he turned down lucrative offers from law firms and instead move to Chicago.
The other spot, titled "Carry," focuses on Obama's work in the Illinois Legislature, where Dillard praises him for pushing new ethics legislation, expanding child care and health coverage, as well as expanding tax credits fro the working poor.
"Senator Obama worked on some of the deepest issues we had and was successful in a bipartisan way," Dillard says in that spot.

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text:
The New Sims 4 Stories Feature Has Me Making Sims I'd Never Create On My Own
Gita Jackson
Making Sims can take a long time. You have to hand-pick their personality traits and lifetime ambitions, which means you actually have to sit down and think about a particular character to play. That can take a while, and when I'm feeling particular, it's taken at least an hour. It can be really easy to just pick the same traits over and over when you just want to play a new Sim, but it also means that I have a half dozen nearly identical Sims in my towns. A recent update to The Sims 4 has made this process a lot easier, though, thanks to a little personality quiz.
After last week's update, when you open up Create A Sim, you'll get a prompt to create your Sim's "Story," which does a little more than just picking a few traits for them. It'll also pick a career and some skills, and sometimes, it'll make you a vampire. You can still make a Sim the old-fashioned way, and you can also make tweaks to your Sim after you've completed the quiz, but after making a few Sims this way, I've gained an appreciation for rolling the dice.
Here's a Sim I whipped up in literally a few seconds. I answered a few questions about what this Sim likes to do on the weekend, whether or not they're into romance, or if they like gardening—the questions are random, and you can always skip over one if you keep getting the same few questions over and over. I got a Young Adult Sim with points in the DJ Mixing and Video Gaming skills. She's a Hot-Headed Serial Romantic who likes music and hates children. I actually almost never play Sims that have these Skills or Traits, and the idea of working with this character instead of making yet another painter has made me more excited to play. I can just imagine the kind of life she'd live—a jet-setting DJ who doesn't want to settle down. Maybe she's a bit of a diva.
It's so easy to get in a rut making the same Sims over and over—if you already know what parts of the game you think are fun, you want to return to them. There's a lot of game in The Sims 4, though, and when all your lots are full of the same Sims who have the same interests and the same goals, the game feels very stagnant. These new Stories encourage me to explore parts of the game that I haven't looked at for ages.
I was so inspired by making just that one Sim, who I dubbed Janae, I decided to use the Stories feature to make the rest of her family. Her mom Beth wants a huge house, but is lazy and just a teeny bit evil. Beth is married to Kendrick, a Snob who loves the outdoors. Although Janae is trying to live up to her materialistic family's expectations, her older sister Aniyah is a noncommittal slob who is trying to figure out if she can get another undergraduate degree. It took about 10 minutes to make all these Sims with distinct personalities.
I'm sure I'll make a few Sims the old-fashioned way here and there—I've been wanting to make the leads from Fire Emblem: Three Houses—but right now, this is the easiest way to jump in the game and start playing. More than that, it gets me in touch with parts of The Sims 4 I haven't explored. It doesn't quite feel like a brand-new game, but it has found a new way to surprise me.
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This is one of the largest UFOs you will ever see and it might belong to a belligerent species of aliens.
YouTube channel UFOvni2012 is at it again with the remarkable discovery of an enormous unidentified object hiding amid the gas and dust in the Orion Nebula. The nebula can be found just south of Orion's belt, so you can say it's his sword.
The fact that a telescope was able to photograph this obscure object from so far away attests to the UFO's incredibly large proportions. If it were to enter the Solar System, it would definitely cause some gravitational waves as its size dwarfs that of our planet by a magnitude to over 100. Such an object could not have been constructed by a civilization that did not attain at least a Type II on the Kardashev scale. If the unidentified object in the photo is an artificial craft of some type, its builders would probably look like gods compared to us.
The Orion constellation is one of the most memorable constellations in the night sky and it also has a great backstory. The mythological Orion was a great hunter with a pride to match his abilities. After boasting that he could slay any wild beast on the face of the Earth, the great hunter was ironically killed by a small scorpion.
The unidentified object was spotted hiding in the Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42 is one of the brightest nebulae and on clear nights, you can see it with the naked eye. Located at a distance of around 1,350 light-years away, this nebula is an enormous region of gas and dust some 24 light-years across.
One of the most studied and photographed regions in the sky, the Orion Nebula has offered astronomers insight on how stars and the planets orbiting them form. In the field of UFOlogy, the nebula has also provided some valuable information about the species of aliens that inhabit our galaxy, their history and reasons to interact with mankind.
One popular theory regarding the inhabitants of the planets in the Orion constellation claims these extraterrestrials are combative and their expansionist policy has allowed them to colonize multiple areas in their vicinity and even further.
According to extra-dimensional channeler Lyssa Royal, most Orions have a Vegan ancestry while a smaller proportion originated from the Lyra star system.
"Orions have a reputation for possessing an aggressive nature and have been involved in many destructive wars," she wrote. "Note that the masculine energy is associated with the evolution of beings from the star systems of Orion, which are related to Earth, whereas inhabitants of the Sirius star system, also very much involved with Earth, carry the feminine energy or polarity."
Possessing highly-advanced technology, the Orions have also achieved a higher understanding of consciousness and spirituality. But their warring nature pretty much determined their path towards favoring technology over mind, physical weapons over mental prowess.
It's been claimed that the Orions are the original creators of the Grey alien archetype, giving us a clear indicator of their ruthlessness and inscrutable plans. The same theory posits that the Orions are at war with the entities we call the Elohim, arguably the oldest group of aliens in our known universe.
Having been the first to achieve immortality, the Elohim must be immensely powerful and wise. They can be seen as the original creators, the seeders of life in the cosmos. If the Orions are in a direct conflict with these beings, it would seem they have the technology to match the Elohim, so a UFO the size of Jupiter might be one of their own space-populating arks, craft meant to disseminate their message, mentality and lineage. Or it could be some star-destroying weapon capable of obliterating entire solar systems.
If we can look at the wars of man to get a better picture of what conflict might mean, we can easily imagine the violence of a cosmic war that engulfs regions far greater than mankind's battlefields. In the eventuality the recently-photographed unidentified object is an actual weapon, let's hope they have no plans for us.
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import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
import { Logger } from '../../providers/logger/logger';
import { PersistenceProvider } from '../../providers/persistence/persistence';
import { BwcProvider } from '../bwc/bwc';

import * as _ from 'lodash';

@Injectable()
export class AddressBookProvider {

  constructor(
    private bwcProvider: BwcProvider,
    private logger: Logger,
    private persistenceProvider: PersistenceProvider,
    private translate: TranslateService
  ) {
    this.logger.info('AddressBookProvider initialized.');
  }

  private getNetwork(address: string): string {
    let network;
    try {
      network = (this.bwcProvider.getBitcore().Address(address)).network.name;
    } catch (e) {
      this.logger.warn('No valid bitcoin address. Trying bitcoin cash...');
      network = (this.bwcProvider.getBitcoreCash().Address(address)).network.name;
    }
    return network;
  };

  public get(addr: string): Promise<any> {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      this.persistenceProvider.getAddressbook('testnet').then((ab: any) => {
        if (ab && _.isString(ab)) ab = JSON.parse(ab);
        if (ab && ab[addr]) return resolve(ab[addr]);

        this.persistenceProvider.getAddressbook('livenet').then((ab: any) => {
          if (ab && _.isString(ab)) ab = JSON.parse(ab);
          if (ab && ab[addr]) return resolve(ab[addr]);
          return resolve();
        }).catch((err: any) => {
          return reject();
        });
      }).catch((err: any) => {
        return reject();
      });
    })
  };

  public list(): Promise<any> {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      this.persistenceProvider.getAddressbook('testnet').then((ab: any) => {
        if (ab && _.isString(ab)) ab = JSON.parse(ab);

        ab = ab || {};
        this.persistenceProvider.getAddressbook('livenet').then((ab2: any) => {
          if (ab2 && _.isString(ab)) ab2 = JSON.parse(ab2);

          ab2 = ab2 || {};
          return resolve(_.defaults(ab2, ab));
        }).catch((err: any) => {
          return reject(err);
        });
      }).catch((err: any) => {
        let msg = this.translate.instant('Could not get the Addressbook');
        return reject(msg);
      });
    });
  };

  public add(entry: any): Promise<any> {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      var network = this.getNetwork(entry.address);
      if (_.isEmpty(network)) {
        let msg = this.translate.instant('Not valid bitcoin address');
        return reject(msg);
      }
      this.persistenceProvider.getAddressbook(network).then((ab: any) => {
        if (ab && _.isString(ab)) ab = JSON.parse(ab);
        ab = ab || {};
        if (_.isArray(ab)) ab = {}; // No array
        if (ab[entry.address]) {
          let msg = this.translate.instant('Entry already exist');
          return reject(msg);
        }
        ab[entry.address] = entry;
        this.persistenceProvider.setAddressbook(network, JSON.stringify(ab)).then((ab: any) => {
          this.list().then((ab: any) => {
            return resolve(ab);
          }).catch((err: any) => {
            return reject(err);
          });
        }).catch((err: any) => {
          let msg = this.translate.instant('Error adding new entry');
          return reject(msg);
        });
      }).catch((err: any) => {
        return reject(err);
      });
    });
  };

  public remove(addr: any): Promise<any> {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      var network = this.getNetwork(addr);
      if (_.isEmpty(network)) {
        let msg = this.translate.instant('Not valid bitcoin address');
        return reject(msg);
      }
      this.persistenceProvider.getAddressbook(network).then((ab: any) => {
        if (ab && _.isString(ab)) ab = JSON.parse(ab);
        ab = ab || {};
        if (_.isEmpty(ab)) {
          let msg = this.translate.instant('Addressbook is empty');
          return reject(msg);
        }
        if (!ab[addr]) {
          let msg = this.translate.instant('Entry does not exist');
          return reject(msg);
        }
        delete ab[addr];
        this.persistenceProvider.setAddressbook(network, JSON.stringify(ab)).then(() => {
          this.list().then((ab: any) => {
            return resolve(ab);
          }).catch((err: any) => {
            return reject(err);
          });
        }).catch(() => {
          let msg = this.translate.instant('Error deleting entry');
          return reject(msg);
        });
      }).catch((err: any) => {
        return reject(err);
      });
    });
  };

  public removeAll(): Promise<any> {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      this.persistenceProvider.removeAddressbook('livenet').then(() => {
        this.persistenceProvider.removeAddressbook('testnet').then(() => {
          return resolve();
        });
      }).catch(() => {
        let msg = this.translate.instant('Error deleting addressbook');
        return reject(msg);
      }).catch(() => {
        let msg = this.translate.instant('Error deleting addressbook');
        return reject(msg);
      });
    });
  };

}


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Vapnö mosse är ett naturreservat i Holms och Enslövs socknar i Halmstads kommun i Halland.

Området är 227 hektar stort, skyddat sedan 2001 och ligger strax väster om Åled och Oskarström.

Vapnö mosse är ett myrkomplex omgivet av ek- och bokskog. Här finns kärr och skogar. I denna miljö finns många sällsynta våtmarksarter såsom orkidéerna myggblomster och mossnycklar. Öster om myren finns ljunghed bevarad och här växer den rödlistade hårginsten som är Hallands landskapsblomma.

I området förekommer orre och nattskärra. Norr om mossen finns gammal bokskog. På trädstammarna växer många sällsynta lavar som till exempel liten lundlav, liten ädellav, almlav och mussellav. Öster om mossen växer en tallskog som är över 200 år gammal.

Källor
Vapnö mosse, Länsstyrelsen i Hallands län

Naturreservat i Halmstads kommun
Natura 2000-områden i Hallands län
Naturskyddsområden bildade 2001

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Connected Creativity
A portrait of daily life at the NXP research labs
Jos Jansen
Jos Jansen Publish Direct, Netherlands, 2011. 76 pp., full color, 8x10".
In 2010, documentary photographer Jos Jansen was granted permission by NXP, a global semiconductors company, to spend a number of days in their central research labs. Like a fly on the wall, he captured the daily life of NXP researchers at work. The result is an intriguing anthropological glimpse into the world of innovation.
'Connected Creativity' was inspired by the book 'Natlab', created in 1989 by the famous Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken. This documentary, commissioned by Philips Electronics in the Netherlands, was a photo book on daily life at their renowned corporate research department. It was captured in the characteristic black-and-white style of Van der Elsken.
Interestingly enough, twenty-two years later Jos Jansen had the opportunity to revisit the former 'Natlab' in order to document in his own style how people and things had changed in the meantime.
The book 'Connected Creativity' consists of 76 pages and was designed by Marcel Heijnen, a Dutch graphic designer living and working in Singapore. The book was printed primarily as a gift for the NXP researchers. From the entire edition of 600 copies, only 100 are available for sale. They are priced at € € 29.
Softbound [Signed] €29.00
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In 1961, CERN created a Directorate to prepare, with the Director General, the main policies concerning the management and the scientific and technical activities of laboratories. This Directorate comprised three different directors : Applied Physics, Administration and Research. We can define a first period between 1961 and 1965. The Directors of Research were Gilberto Bernardini (1960-1961), Victor Frederick Weisskopf (1960), Gianpetro Puppi (1962-1963) and Bernard Gregory (1964-1965).
In 1963, CERN added technical management to the Directorate. But in 1966, the administration of CERN changed, the Directorate disappeared and its four Members were replaced by seven Directors of Departments. The new Departments were formed by regrouping the existing divisions. The Director-General and the Directors of Departments formed a Board of Directors, which dealt with all important problems connected with the running of CERN. The Director of Research (Directorate Member) was replaced by the Accelerator Research Division for one year. It had a leader, A. Schoch, and was the only division without the supervision of a Departmental Director.
In 1972, with preparations for physics at the SPS machine, a Coordinator of the Experimental Programme began to work with the Director-General : Herwig Schopper (1972), then John H. Mulvey (1973-1975).
In 1976, the internal organisation of CERN changed again, with two Directors-General : J.B. Adams, Executive Director-General (1976-1980), and Leon Van Hove, Director-General of Research (1976-1980), and a new Directorate (two members of this Directorate, Erich Lohrmann (1976-1978) and Volker Soergel (1979-1980), left some files about programmes of Research).
In 1981, CERN had once more only one Director-General, Herwig Schopper (1981-1988), and a new Directorate consisting of Directors with executive functions. Two Directors were responsible for the Research : Robert Klapisch (1981-1986) and Erwin Gabathuler (1981-1982). In 1982, they had to supervise four divisions : Theoretical Physics, Experimental Physics, Experimental Physics Facilities and Data Handling. They were succeeded by Ian Butterworth (1983-1985), John J. Thresher (1986-1991), Pierre Darriulat (1987-1993) and Walter Hoogland (1989-1993). With Carlo Rubbia, Director-General from 1989 to 1993, the Directors of Research formed the Coordinating Committee for Research in 1990, which had the same authority over four divisions : Theoretical Physics, Particle Physics Experiments, Electronics & Computing for Physics and Computing & Networks. In 1992, Pierre Darriulat was Director of the On-Going Research and Walter Hoogland Director of the Future Research. In 1994, Lorenzo Foà (1994-1998) was the only Director of Research while H. Wenniger was Research/Technical Director (1994-1998).
The collection "Directors of Research" contains files concerning construction, equipment and experiments on the SC machine (Synchro-Cyclotron), the PS machine (Proton Synchrotron), the SPS machine (Super Proton Synchrotron), the LEP machine (Large Electron Positron) and the LHC machine (Large Hadron Collider). Some other files talk about computing & networks management and scientific & technical cooperation.
The 600 MeV synchro-cyclotron was the first accelerator built at CERN. Originally, it was conceived as an intermediate device until the PS was operational and to train European physicists on big accelerators. It was commissioned successfully in 1957, with its first proton beam : this date can be regarded as the starting point of the active scientific life of the organisation. It was used for experiments stretching from particle physics to nuclear physics and chemistry, and a large number of teams performed their first experiments at CERN. Rapidly, the SC machine established itself as a research tool in its own right with an important particle physics and nuclear structure programme using muons and pions. In parallel, it supported ISOLDE, commissioned in 1967, a facility in which an isotope separator for studying radio-active elements was placed on-line with the extracted proton beam of the machine. Particle physics experiments constituted the first real scientific successes for CERN. The SC machine was closed in 1990.
The 28 GeV proton synchrotron was a proton accelerator that came into operation in 1959 at CERN. It was a gigantic machine for that time. With it, a completely new energy range would be opened up and CERN was to become the place where European high energy physics would be done in the years to come. European scientists would work under conditions comparable to those in the United States. Space in the North and South experimental halls were equipped with six bubble chambers (hydrogen) and the East hall was commissioned in 1963 to accommodate all this equipment and a programme of electronics experiments.
In 1970, a new bubble chamber (heavy liquids), called Gargamelle, was commissioned at CERN. Conceived by Lagarrigue in 1964, its construction started under the general supervision of CEA Saclay at the end of 1965. It was installed in the South-East Area. In 1973, it made one of CERN's major physics discoveries, the "neutral current" a new kind of particle interaction. Filled with 18 tons of heavy liquid (neon or propane), it recorded the rare interactions of elusive particles called neutrinos. In 1976, CERN decided to move Gargamelle to the West Area for experiments with the SPS machine. After some repairs, the bubble chamber was again operational in September 1977. Gargamelle was stopped in 1979 because of a heavy programme of repairs.
Another major device was initiated by CERN in 1968 : the Omega spectrometer. It was completely separate from the accelerator which provides it with beams of particles. It combined a superconducting magnet with a variety of electronic detectors (spark chambers, Cerenkov counters,...). Initially built to work with the PS machine, it produced its first results in 1972. Then, it became one of the principle experimental facilities of the SPS machine.
In 1973, BEBC (Big European Bubble Chamber) (hydrogen) was commissioned in the West hall. It used very new technologies, especially for the magnet (superconductivity). It was filled with 30 cubic meters of liquefied gas, and recorded the interactions of elementary particles. The sensitivity of the liquid gas was controlled by a huge piston. Each time the piston expanded, a burst of particles was photographed. The BEBC produced 3 000 kilometers of film. As from 1977, BEBC carried out experiments with the SPS machine (WA experiments).
In 1980, in view of the availability of beams of antiprotons, CERN approved the construction of LEAR (Low Energy Antiproton Ring). This new device was ready in 1982, in the South hall of the PS machine. This ring was used to provide a stable antiproton stream. It received antiprotons issued from the antiproton accumulator and decelerated in the PS machine. The successful completion of this project opened a new field at CERN to a different range of experiments and experimenters.
The same year, the EHS (European Hybrid System) was ready. Included in the SPS programme, it was a particle detector which aimed to combine the technologies of bubble chambers and spectrometers in such a way as to maximize the advantages of each technique and minimize their inconveniences. Essentially it consists of a rapid cycling bubble chamber as the target and detector and a series of particle detectors.
1976 is the date of the start of operation of the fourth accelerator of CERN. The 400 GeV super proton synchrotron is a circular accelerator, 7 km in circumference, buried underground. It was built originally to accelerate protons - and still does so - but it has since operated as a proton-antiproton collider, a heavy-ion accelerator, and an electron/positron injector for LEP. As a proton-antiproton collider in the 1980s, it provided CERN with one of its greatest moments - the first observations of the W and Z particles, the carriers of the weak force.
Various experiments are carried out using the SPS. The NA experiments correspond to detectors installed in the North Area, in Prevessin (the French site of CERN). The WA experiments (West Area) are carried out on the site of Meyrin. Emulsion Experiments (EMU) were associated with some of the NA or WA experiments. In June 1978, a project for operation with colliding beams of protons and antiprotons was approved : the ppbar Committee was responsible for the design of the experimental area to locate the future UA experiments in the long straight-section 5 in the SPS tunnel.
In 1985, the Kendrew committee produced a report on the future of British participation at CERN. It suggested that Britain should reduce its contribution to CERN. In 1986, a committee of eminent Europeans nominated the Abragam Committee (external scientists and industrialists) to investigate CERN to prepare the administrative modernisation of the Organisation and the staff policy. Another workgroup, presided over by Carlo Rubbia, studied the scientific and technological future of the Laboratory. These two committees validated the program of research and plans about the future of CERN, particularly for the LEP.
When the LEP machine began operation in the summer of 1989. It was the largest particle collider in the world. In a ring 27 km in circumference, buried about 100 m underground, bunches of electrons and positrons (antielectrons) race round in opposite directions as they are accelerated to almost the speed of light.
OPAL and DELPHI were the two first detectors to be approved by CERN in 1982 for the future LEP; then came ALEPH and L3, which had been approved by the CERN in 1982 for the future LEP.
OPAL (Omni-Purpose Apparatus for LEP) was a classic polyvalent detector. Commissioned in 1989, it used tested detector techniques.
DELPHI (DEtector with Lepton Photon and Hadron Identification), ready in 1989-1990, was a special detector used to identity leptons, photons and hadrons. It incorporates a technology which had never been used on a large scale.
ALEPH (Apparatus for LEP pHysics) was a solid-state microstrip detector and the simplest of the detectors : it had a minimum of components and emphasized performance and reliability. It was installed closest to the collision region to give information on very short-lived particles.
L3 (which drew its name from being the subject of the third letter of intent for a LEP experiment) was the largest of the detectors and was distinguished by having its magnet on the outside of the detector volume. It aimed for great accuracy in many of its measurements on the particles emerging from the collisions.
The LAA project (Lepton Asymmetry Analyser) was approved by CERN in 1986. This compact fast tracking detector, using very small diameter scintillating optical fibres with a novel electro-optical readout, aimed the development of new detection techniques in future hadron colliders.
In 1989, a first CERN / ESA (European Space Agency) workshop was proposal with the Olympus programme. It was an experimental communications satellite, a project on physics data distribution by satellite. In 1990, the satellite project was named Cheops.
In December 1994, the CERN Council officially approved the construction of CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - a technologically challenging superconducting ring, which will be installed in the existing LEP tunnel - to provide proton-proton collisions at energies 10 times greater than any previous machine. In keeping with CERN's cost-effective strategy of building on previous investments, it is designed to share the 27-kilometre LEP tunnel, and be fed by existing particle sources and pre-accelerators. The LHC will use the most advanced superconducting magnet and accelerator technologies ever employed.
ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) is an experiment for recording proton-antiproton collisions at the LHC. The detector design has been optimized to cover the largest possible range of LHC physics. Its goal is to explore the fundamental nature of matter and the basic forces that shape our universe. Its is the largest collaborative effort ever attempted in the physical sciences (150 participating institutions in 2000).
CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) is, with ATLAS, the largest polyvalent detector of the LHC. It will identify and measure muons in the outer layers of the detector, which requires a strong magnetic field inside the detector.
ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) became the third collaboration approved the same year, but with different goals : the LHC will accelerate not only protons, but also the high energy beams of lead-ions currently in use by SPS experiments. It is this capacity which ALICE is designed to exploit as the LHC's only dedicated heavy-ion experiment.
The LHCb (Large hadron Collider beauty) is the fourth detector, designed to catch low angle particles. Its key elements will be its measurement of charged particle tracks, and its ability to identify different kinds of particles. Totem is an experiment dedicated to the measurement of total cross section, elastic scattering and diffractive processes at the LHC.
The Data Handling Division of CERN (DD) provides off-line programming support for a number of experiments thanks to a Computer Centre with several central computing services like IBM and DEC and specialized computing services. This support is organized by the Computer Time Allocation Group (Cocotime). In 1990, Data Handling Division became Computing and Networks Division (CN) until 1998, when his name changed again to Information Technology Division (IT).
In 1989, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposed to build a Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) in order to maintain its leadership position in the scientific field of high energy physics. It was installed in Dallas. In 1991, CERN and SSC Laboratory decided to define areas of mutual scientific and technical cooperation. Finally the USA abandoned the SSC.
In 1993, four universities (Grenoble (2), Karlsruhe and Darmstadt) proposed the creation of a European Scientific Institute, installed in Archamps to profit from the proximity of physicists and accelerator technologies of CERN. The CERN Accelerator School agreed to help in forming the programme of lectures and selecting the CERN lecturers.
Most of the material is written in French and English. Several documents are written in German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Danish and Dutch.
"History of CERN" edited by J. Krige, Elsevier Science, 1996.
Geneva, the 16th August 2002, Revised 2012.


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On this IoT WebTalk, aviation and mobile industry experts from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Skyward, A Verizon company and Vodafone discuss the importance of remote identification (Remote ID) for drones, the current regulations and plans, and how mobile network operators are leveraging mobile connectivity and delivering on these regulations to achieve identification in the drones ecosystem.
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Introduction to Remote ID: The Principles, Current Regulations and Future Plans in the USA
Jay Merkle, Executive Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
European Regulations on Remote ID and Future Plans
Natale Di Rubbo, Drone Project Manager, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Mobile Connectivity for Drones remote identification: Skyward's initiatives in the US
Eric T. Ringer, Co-founder and Director of Aviation Technology, Skyward, A Verizon company
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Mobile Connectivity for Drones remote identification: Vodafone's initiatives in Europe
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Panel Discussion (See Q&A content below)
Natale Di Rubbo
Drone project manager, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Since 2016 Natale Di Rubbo has been the rulemakings officer for drone regulations and has coordinated the team in charge of developing the proposal for the new European drone regulation.
From early 2020 he has been the EASA project manager for all activities related to drone operations in the open and specific category.
Before joining the EASA, Natale was employed as an Air force officer at the Italian Military Airworthiness Authority, and had the role of project certification manager for several manned and unmanned military aircraft.
Natale graduated as Electronic engineering at the University Federico II of Naples and attended a Master in International Relations and Affairs at the University of Roma Tre.
Jay Merkle
Executive Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Prior to being named the new Executive Director of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Peter "Jay" Merkle was the Deputy Vice President (DVP) of the Program Management Organization (PMO) within the Air Traffic Organization (ATO). The PMO is responsible for all NextGen program activity; all National Airspace System (NAS) communications; navigation, weather, surveillance and automation modernization programs; and all service life extensions to legacy NAS sensors, communications and navigation aids. Given the tight coupling between successful automation program delivery and current system operation, the PMO also leads and manages all second-level automation engineering efforts. Lastly, the PMO works with FAA operations and aviation users to ensure globally interoperable solutions for NextGen.
Prior to that position, Merkle was the Director of Program Control and Integration, AJM-1, in the PMO for the ATO. In that capacity, he led the PMO in developing effective, timely, and innovative solutions to evolving business needs. The focus areas were program control, cross-cutting analysis and integration, and special initiatives.
Since joining the FAA, Merkle has served as the Manager of Systems Integration for Portfolio Management and Technology Development within the NextGen organization. He also has held positions as the Lead Engineer for tower, terminal, and en route automation systems, as the Chief System Engineer for En Route and Terminal Domains, and as the Chief Architect for NextGen at the Joint Planning and Development Office.
Merkle has over 30 years of extensive experience in engineering and program management. He started his career as an engineer working in cockpit and crew station design on several aircraft, including the C-17 large transport aircraft. Merkle holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Eric T. Ringer
Co-founder and Director of Aviation Technology, Skyward, a Verizon company
Eric T. Ringer is co-founder and Director of Aviation Technology at Skyward, a Verizon company.
In his role as Director of Aviation Technology he leads the product and engineering teams developing 4G LTE & 5G products for aviation.
Prior to Skyward, Eric was a systems engineer at contractors for both NASA and Sikorsky.
Dr Eric Murray
Principal Engineer, Vodafone Group Technology Networks Architecture
Dr Murray is Principal Engineer within Vodafone Group Technology Networks Architecture, where he has worked since 2014. He is responsible for identifying and developing new technologies and innovations of interest to the Vodafone Group of companies, and evaluating them in proof of concept trials.
As part of a small team, Dr Murray was responsible for developing the original "Flying CrowdCell" demonstrated at MWC'17, and later for trials demonstrating the benefits of cellular connectivity for drones, including the Radio Positioning System – Vodafone's network-based drone tracking technology.
More recently, Dr Murray was responsible for testing the Wavelength MEC (Mobile Edge Computing) offering from AWS as part of their collaboration with Vodafone. His current role is to develop standardised APIs to support novel use cases for Vodafone's networks, such as drone authentication.
Barbara Pareglio
Senior Director, IoT Technology, GSMA
Barbara has over 20 years of experience in the mobile industry. She has been part of the GSMA Internet of Things Programme since 2014, working on several aspects of the IoT such as the development of the Mobile IoT Technologies (LTE-M, NB-IoT), GSMA IoT Security Guidelines, GSMA Drone Interest Group and looking at a variety of emerging technologies, like machine learning/AI and edge computing, for helping the mobile industry to create trusted solutions for the IoT. Before joining the GSMA Barbara worked in R&D in several areas of telecommunications, including Intelligent Networks, IMS, Service Enabling and M2M/IoT. She also participate in and actively contributed to several standards.
The GSMA Internet of Things Programme help operators to fully realise the opportunity in the IoT, operators must deliver secure IoT networks as well as scalable value added data services for the world's industry and machines beyond connectivity. This is to be achieved by industry collaboration, appropriate regulation, optimising networks as well as developing key enablers to support the growth of IoT.
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How will legacy drones, and drones that are not enabled with remote identification, be allowed to operate after the applicability date of the UAS regulation?
Natale Di Rubbo, EASA: The EU Regulation 2019/945 includes an add-on remote identification that can be retro-fitted to the legacy drones.
Is the direct remote identification system mandatory for all drones independently from which area they operate?
Natale Di Rubbo, EASA: In general drones are required to be equipped with a remote identification system, however EU Member States may identify geographical zones where remote identification is not mandatory.
How can the cellular technology help enable scalable operations?
Jay Merkle, FAA: Cellular networks cover more than 98% of the populated areas of the United States. Their existing infrastructure will help to enable command and control and remote ID functions for VLOS and BVLOS operations in areas most likely to be serviced by UAS. Due to their ability to handle a large user base, cellular networks may be an ideal candidate for scalable multi-aircraft operations across the national airspace system.
What role can mobile connectivity play in remotely identifying drones?
Jay Merkle, FAA: Remote identification is already an inherent capability in mobile connectivity. Cellular networks use a number of methods to track and identify mobile users. By leveraging SIM card technology and identification protocols, UAS may also leverage this capability.
What could the mobile industry be doing today to aid in advancing complex UAS operations (standards, research, etc.)?
Jay Merkle, FAA: Performance-based testing is the key to understanding the capabilities and limitations of the cellular network to support UAS operations. It is important for the mobile industry to inform the government of the limitations of these systems to support airborne users as well as the interference basis to terrestrial users. The FAA and FCC are key players in the regulatory process and will benefit greatly from operational test data captured by the service providers.
Press articles recently mentioned that Network Tracking interval requirements will be relaxed due to network capacity concerns in the R-ID rule. How is the FAA working with MNO's to define these aspects?
Jay Merkle, FAA: The Remote ID NPRM proposed that UAS would transmit remote identification messages through the internet to a Remote ID USS at a rate of at least once per second. At this stage, any recommendations by MNOs should have been submitted during the comment period. We are currently working to finalize the rule based on the comments we've received. However, we cannot comment on the content of the final rule.
self separation, DAA, collision avoidance, etc. What is FAA position on relationship between UAS RID & safety uses?" background="yes" colour="blue"]
Jay Merkle, FAA: RID will give the same type of information as cooperative surveillance produces. The positions of the aircraft in the airspace at a particular time. RID will enable the broad set of tools to analyze the actual behavior and safety risks in the airspace. For Example, we will be able to correlate pilot reports of UAS in near real time with the UAS in the area to determine if a safety risk was present, or even if there was a UAS In the area at all." While ASTM did not develop their RID Standard to address traffic management, the inherent capabilities in the system that are required for RID can be used to support a traffic management system.
Can you elaborate on how Telecom and Aviation companies are collaborating?
All speakers: Answered in panel discussion from 52min 10sec to 56min 40sec.
What would happen if a drone operator used a standard mobile broadband SIM in their drone to communicate with UTM?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: Our knowledge of the drone identity is based on the SIM, so if the SIM used in the prepaid phone is not registered as a drone SIM with us, then we could not provide an identifier to the U-space. It is always up to U-space to decide how to manage a drone. In this case, we would be saying to U-space that we do not have any additional knowledge of who is operating the drone, or even that it is a drone. However, the drone could still communicate with U-space to confirm its identity, but this would be transparent to our network.
Is Vodafone proposing that every drone be equipped with a Vodafone SIM?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: Not at all. Most drones would not need to support N-RID, and there would be nothing to stop a drone that did need to support this to use, say, a satellite link instead of cellular. So cellular is just one option. Using the Vodafone network would provide additional advantages to both drone and U-space operators as described in the presentation, but all standards and protocols used will be open and can be implemented by other cellular networks.
Is 4G enough to BVLOS operations?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: Geographical coverage from 4G is already very high in most Western European countries at ground level, and is usually even better at height as there are less obstacles between the cell site and the drone. So if a drone has coverage at ground level, it will very likely have coverage for a reasonable BVLOS mission around that location. Whether the throughput available is sufficient for the drone depends on the nature of the mission.
Does 5G really make a difference to drone performance?
Eric T. Ringer: There is a lot of service we can provide to drones on 4G LTE. We'll see the greatest benefits to drones from 5G for applications where traits of 5G shine. That includes applications like high definition video streaming taking advantage of mmWave spectrum. As the number of connected drones increases, 5G's ability to handle a high density of connections is another way 5G could be beneficial.
Is network coverage considered a material issue for a scalable R-ID infrastructure?
Natale Di Rubbo, EASA: Network remote-identification in support of U-space will be firstly deployed in the area where higher traffic is expected that in general should be urban areas where, depending on the final technology that will be chosen, the network coverage may not be an issue. Then gradually it is expected that the area covered by U-Space may expand, however this will be possible only in the area where an adequate network coverage is ensured.
Jay Merkle, FAA: There are many areas in the US where network coverage is not available. For this reason the FAA included a broadcast mode of RID to augment network coverage.
Will the same Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system work for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) carrying only cargo and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) carrying passengers ? If not what differences will there be?
Natale Di Rubbo, EASA: (In Europe) Remote identification system will not be linked to the type of the operation but to the area where the drone operates. For example in the areas where the U-space will be deployed, all drones will be required to have a network identification system. Therefore for the purpose of remote identification, there is no difference between a drone, a cargo or a UAM carrying passengers.
Jay Merkle, FAA: (In the US) We expect that the initial UAM will participate in Air Traffic Management (ATM) rather than UTM. Both Advanced Air Mobillity (AAM) and Upper E occur in airspace where Air Traffic Control (ATC) provides separation services so the structure, performance, and information will of necessity be different and so they are not just like UTM. Participation in the UTM is voluntary and the first AAM operations will occur within the ATC system for separation. The expected tempo or the limitations of remote/autonomous operations will make many choose the AAM (including UAM) and Upper E flight rules and technology to support their business cases.
Looking forward over the next 10 years, does the panel see the work for UTM being subsumed into an integrated UTM/AAM and upper E and ultimately ATM?
Natale Di Rubbo, EASA: The U-space approach that is now proposed for EU regulation introduces the first building blocks to ensure, in the future, a more integrated system where unmanned aircraft and manned aircraft can safely fly in the U-space. So indeed, safe integration with ATM is the end objective of the work done on U-space at EU level.
Jay Merkle, FAA: When we talk about UTM, AAM and Upper E we consider the vehicle, the manner in which it is operated and the airspace in which it will operate. The Airspace includes the interaction between the vehicles participating in the flight rules as well as with other aircraft. The basic premises of UTM will extend to advanced AAM and to Upper E. Those principles are that there will be digital interaction via, at a minimum, a network to support operations of participating aircraft and that there will be cooperative separation between the operators to support the flight rules. UTM is clearly leading the way in terms of this federated information exchange model and the establishment of rules. All will be based on a federated public-private partnership with FAA-approved community-based rules tailored to the characteristics of each environment. Both AAM and Upper E occur in airspace where ATC provides separation services so the structure, performance, and information will of necessity be different and so they are not just like UTM. Participation in the UTM is voluntary and in fact in Upper E today and the first AAM operations will occur within the ATC system for separation. The expected tempo or the limitations of remote/autonomous operations will make many choose the AAM (including UAM) and Upper E flight rules and technology to support their business cases.
How can the cellular network determine the location of the drone as accurately as a GPS feed from the drone itself?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: The network receives telemetry from the cellular modem that tells the network how strongly it can hear neighbouring cell sites. This information can be used together with knowledge of the network configuration to estimate the location of the device (in this case, the drone). It will not be as accurate as GPS, but it does not need to be. Rather, it is an independent estimate of the drone's location that can be used to verify that the drone is not spoofing its location.
How does the Vodafone identify an unauthorized aerial UE, for example a prepaid phone that is attached to a drone and used when aerial?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: Our knowledge of the drone identity is based on the SIM. If the SIM used in the prepaid phone was not registered as a drone SIM with us, then we could not provide an identifier to the U-space. However, the drone could still communicate with U-space and could signal its identity (transparently to our network) using N-RID. In this case, we would be saying to U-space that we do not have any additional knowledge of who is operating the drone, or even that it is a drone. It is always up to U-space to decide how to manage a drone.
How do you make sure a SIM is on a specific drone and cannot be used in another drone?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: If the SIM is removable, then we can't generally prevent this, and may not want to anyway if we are providing a set of SIMs to a fleet operator. It is possible to lock a SIM to a device (identified by IMEI) but I don't think that is necessary. Remember that drone identity is primarily established by encrypted communications between the drone and U-space, which is transparent to our network. The identity we provide to U-space is only intended to verify this and, in this case, may or may not match the identity signalled by the drone itself, dependent on whether we identify only the operator (who may operate multiple drones and have just moved SIMs between them) or the drone itself. If two different drone operators swap SIMs, then the identity we signal would not match that signalled by the drone. If the identity we provide to U-space does not match that signalled directly by the drone, it is up to U-space to decide how to manage that drone.
With SIM/eSIM being rolled out for IoT use-cases, could we not also imagine some software-based implementation for creating identity registries instead?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: For the foreseeable future, something that implements SIM functionality in the modem will be required, even for cellular IoT use cases and even if that functionality is implemented purely in software. As far as the network is concerned, if it behaves like a SIM, it is a SIM, and the proposed scheme would work. Connectivity via a cellular network requires secure authentication, and we are proposing that this internal identifier be used to verify the identity signalled by the drone to U-space. These do not need to be the same identifier, but must be cross-referencable.
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Maybe as a follow-up question on SIM/eSIM, isn't it also true that both LTE and 5G move really strongly towards IP or IP-like traffic solutions, that enable a larger range of identity management/authentication choices?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: Currently, our 4G and 5G networks are only used for IP data transport, so any client/server scheme based on IP will work over a cellular network. It's just encrypted data to us. But for a device to be able to use the cellular network, we must first securely establish its identity for ourselves, and this enables us to provide a "second opinion" as to the identity of the device (to trusted external systems). This is the scheme that is being proposed.
What is the accuracy of drone position measured by the infrastructure?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: The accuracy is dependent on the cell site density, so varies from maybe 50 metres in urban areas to a few hundred metres in rural areas. This is accurate enough to verify that the drone is not significantly spoofing its GPS location to U-space. U-space would make this decision, as we do not see the GPS location signalled by the drone.
Do MNOs agree to be transparent on transport medium to Network Remote ID services? Do they have any idea about how to augment this service to better position themselves?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: Yes, that was described in the presentation. N-RID authentication mechanism is just encrypted data to our network, so is between the drone and the U-space. But we can provide additional verification of the drone identity and location to U-space if it wants to be sure it is not being spoofed. We can also provide an indication of the cellular coverage that a drone might experience in a given area to aid mission planning.
How critical is mmWave and 5G to ensure reduction of neighbor cell interference when using cellular?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: In Europe, 5G deployments do not yet use mmWave as the spectrum is not available. For sub-6 GHz spectrum, there is not much difference between 4G and 5G as far as interference is concerned in these bands. So whatever interference mitigation techniques we use for 4G would also be applicable to 5G.
Mobile networks have advantages beyond just identification. How to make it compatible those other data-oriented requirements with identification? Will it be necessary to use more than one system onboard the drone?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: Only one cellular modem / SIM is required per drone, but how that modem interfaces with other systems depends upon these systems. The only requirement is that IP is used for data transport by the on-board system. For our own trials, we typically interface a Raspberry Pi microcomputer to the modem, and use one of the many interface options offered by the RPi to connect to the other on-board systems, such as the flight controller or camera.
What about roaming between different MNOs to keep remote id service working, in case coverage from serving operator becomes weak?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: In Western Europe, it is pretty unlikely that a drone would have a good signal from one operator and a poor signal from another. It is more of an issue at ground level, but differences in network topology and the effects of terrain shadowing are less significant for a drone flying above most terrain features. However, even if we wanted to allow drones to connect to different networks, national roaming (roaming onto other networks in the same country as the SIMs home network) is not allowed by most European regulators. So regulation would also need to change.
Are you aware of the aviation community initiatives to guarantee positive identification, location and other parameters associated to a drone operation?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: As described in the presentation, authentication between client (i.e. drone) and server (i.e. U-space) is just encrypted data to us. So we don't really care what scheme is used. What we can provide is a "second opinion" on the identity of the device (i.e. drone), and the U-space can use this to verify the identity signalled by the drone as it chooses. Of course, if the primary mechanism to establish identity is "guaranteed", then U-space may feel it does not require such verification. But history is full of many "secure" schemes that turned out not to be so secure after all. The advantage of 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) is that two schemes need to be compromised, not just one.
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Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: As described in the presentation, authentication between client (i.e. drone) and server (i.e. U-space) is just encrypted data to us. So we don't really care what scheme is used as we'd expect this to be E2E encrypted. What we can provide is a "second opinion" on the identity of the device (i.e. drone), and the U-space can use this to verify the identity signalled by the drone as it chooses. If APIs become an established way of achieving this, then we would work to standardise this through, for example 3GPP.
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Host Identity Protocol (HIP) offers IP-friendly end system identifiers supporting mobility, multihoming, mutual authentication & end-to-end encryption. What do you use as a data services unique identifier for UAS RID & other apps of your network?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: First point to note is that the protocol that the drone uses to establish its identity to the U-space is transparent to our network – we just see encrypted data and don't really care what they are saying to each other. The second point to note is that our networks are designed so that the IP address allocated by us to a device ensures that that device is anonymous – a server cannot identify a device just from its public IP address and that will always be the case. However, what we can offer is to provide a second identifier to trusted systems (such as U-space) that allows it to verify whatever identity was signalled transparently to us, and that was the scheme described in the presentation.
To MNOs: What progress is being made on standardizing network providers for supporting UTMs globally? And as an example the API methodology that Vodafone is proposing?
Dr Eric Murray, Vodafone: There is still much uncertainty around when and in what form U-space / UTM systems will start to be deployed. So we are still primarily working on demonstrating capability to regulators and the drone industry using what are essentially proprietary protocols. We don't see it as our place to drive development of such standards – this would take considerable resources on our part and we are aware that much of the UTM functionality could be achieved just using the cellular network as a secure bit pipe. This would be just a tiny part of the overall market, and would not get much attention from us. If regulators and the drone industry in general are interested in our ideas, then we would be open to working towards standardised solutions, perhaps through 3GPP or the TMForum.


In the wake of September 11, 2001 and the many terrorist attacks that have occurred since then, there has been much debate about the degree of diversity that Western nations can tolerate. In Multiculturalism and its Discontents, Kenan Malik looks closely at the role of multiculturalism within terrorism and societal discontent. He examines whether it is possible—or desirable—to try to build a cohesive society bound by common values and he delves into the increasing anxiety about the presence of the Other within our borders.
Kenan Malik is a writer, lecturer, and broadcaster. He is the author, most recently, of From Fatwa to Jihad. A presenter on BBC Radio 4's Analysis, he is also the director of Index on Censorship.


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Science and Engineering of Climate Change
EDHEC ビジネススクール(EDHEC Business School)
Climate Change and Sustainable Investing 専門講座 における 4 の 1 コース
Global warming is one of the most significant challenges of the century and tackling it in the most effective way requires a good understanding of its physical, social and financial aspects. The Science and Engineering of Climate Change course offers an introduction to the science of climate change and to the existing technologies to mitigate its effects. Are we sure that the climate is changing? How confident are we that climate change is anthropogenic? Are we heading for a climate catastrophe? Why are greenhouse gases associated with global warming? What options do we have to cope with these facts? Which of the many proposals are realistic, and which are just wishful thinking? By the end of this course, you will have the necessary conceptual tools to provide your own answers to these questions. This MOOC is divided into four modules. With the first two you will understand how scientists measure climate and its evolution, how climate models work and how greenhouse gases within the atmosphere play a central role in determining the climate. The last two modules introduce the main technologies that can be used to reduce carbon emissions and carbon concentration in the atmosphere, and, in the light of the facts explained in the first part of the course, explain how these technologies can be best combined. The MOOC is for those who want to understand not only the basics of climate-change science, but also what we can really and effectively do to curb the present trend in the planet's temperatures. No previous knowledge is required.
Good overview on Climate Change and covering diverse aspects on the engineering and science behind it.
It is a very complete course, with a very professional and qualified teacher.
Non-Fossil Energy Sources
Bio Fuels13:20
Wind Energy17:01
Solar Energy15:22
How Nuclear Fission Works13:22
The Safety of Nuclear Power Plants8:35
Nuclear Energy - What Happened at Chernobyl?18:30
Nuclear Energy - Fusion9:01
RICCARDO REBONATO - EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL
Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School, Scientific Director of EDHEC Risk Climate-Change Institute
In this session, we're going to understand the principle behind the usage of bio fuels for energy production, and we are going to distinguish between corn and sugarcane based biofuels. We're going to understand why the energy efficiency is so different. We're going to look at some of the externalities that they impose and this is probably the main purpose of dwelling at some length on this aspect. We're going to touch on the political aspect of subsidies because it is an example which I think is very important and it is a transferable example. So I am not of course, I do not have other the time or the competence to look in detail at every possible source of energy that could be either renewable or reduce emission of CO2. We have looked at wind, we've looked at solar, we looked at nuclear and we're looking at biofuels, there are many others. I am bringing up the biofuels not because they are a game changer, but they came because they exemplify some considerations which are transferable and should be kept in mind when looking at different initiatives. So what is the idea behind biofuels? Well, the idea biofuels came in the 1970 from Noble laureate, Melvin Calvin. And his idea was not to use crops, he did not want to use crops because he said crops should be used to feed people, and I think it was a very good point as we shall see later on. And he wanted to create genetically modified plants exactly for use of producing fuels. Professor Calvin's idea did not come to fruition, but two crops are currently used as biofuels, one is corn and one is sugar cane. The original motivation to produce energy from biofuels had nothing to do with reducing the CO2 emissions, it was in the 1970s. The motivation then was more geopolitical and economic. The idea was to reduce the US dependence on expensive and politically tricky input, import of oil. At the current moment the US partly because of shale oil and other sources is no longer a significant importer of oil and therefore that motivation is no longer there. However, we have become more conscious about not sending emissions, CO2 emissions to the atmosphere and that is why there has been a renewal of interest in the year 2000s about biofuels. In theory, the idea today is to obtain a carbon-neutral source of energy. In reality, the topic has become enmeshed with the politics of agrobusiness as we shall see. First thing to understand, why is burning of biofuels CO2 neutral? Doesn't the burning of anything send CO2 in the atmosphere? Yes it does. However, as we have seen many times when I burn biofuel, I'll have it as now but has grown in the last year, in the last few years. I am basically bringing back into the atmosphere, spewing back into the atmosphere carbon that was subtracted one or two years ago. So I am not sending into the atmosphere carbon that was sequestration by plants millions of years ago as it happens when they burn a fossil fuel. We've seen the carbon cycle that will say key thing to understanding all of this. We have seen plant respiration and that is the continuous flux, but we have also seen that plants and biomass stores carbon as it grows. So burning of this simply releases spec what is just be taken out. So in theory it is carbon neutral. Why did I say in theory? Well, at the present moment, about 1.5 to 2 billion people in the world have no access to commercial energy, therefore they burn plants for cooking and heating. Now this is carbon neutral as long as they use locally grown plants. Why locally grown? Because there is no cost of transportation, and without use of fertilizers. If there is no use of fertilizers and there are locally grown plants, then yes, it is really carbon neutral. However, modern farming techniques require fertilizers, require transportation, require agricultural equipment, and therefore a realistic calculation of the net CO2 balance must take all these different sources into account. Fertilizers cost a lot of CO2 emissions. Okay, we got the big picture. We're going to talk about coal and sugarcane. The two major biofuel producers at the moment are US and Brazil. In the US, corn is grown and the starch is first converted into sugars. In Brazil, sugarcane is grown and sugar is obtained directly and that's why it's called sugarcane. In both cases, sugars are converted into alcohol through fermentation, which is the same process which you make whiskey. The direct use of edible products, corn or sugarcane for the production of fuel is called Phase one. That also phase two, which is the the idea of using the whole plant, not just the sugar to make cellulosic ethanol. This is a development stage, we won't go too much into that. So let's compare corn and sugarcane. There are three ways of comparing a biofuel. We can compare the CO2 equivalent emission for a certain amount of energy produced after all the attending costs are taken into account. We can compare the energy required to produce ethanol, the stuff that is burned, and the energy that ethanol produces. And finally, we can look at this cost relatively to gasoline. Let's look at the three measures of efficiency in turn. On the basis of the energy-equalized all-in cost of production, only sugar cane reduce you to a mission by a significant amount compared to gasoline. With corn-produce ethanol, you could just as well put gasoline in your car. Also on the basis of the energy required to produce ethanol, only sugarcane brings a significant benefit. On the basis of castrated to gasoline is 1.4 liters of ethanol produce the same energy as one liter of gasoline. So to make the comparison, I should do 1.4 to 1. Unfortunately, oil prices are volatile so making a price comparison is not very telling because of the volatility of oil prices. Thing to remember however, is that sugarcane, ethanol always cost less than corn ethanol for the same energy produced. Why does corn score so low? Well, first of all there are lots of CO2 emissions needed to bring ethanol to your car. The CO2 cost to this production and over transmission chain depends on the precise energy mix. For a typical US energy mix, C02 emissions from ethanol either a few percentage worse, or 15% better than gasoline on the same energy basis. So it is really not a game changer. However, US legislation starting with the Farm Bill of 2002, mandated a goal of 9 billion gallons of ethanol to be used by 2009, and 36 billion by 2022. The total corn production in the US is 11 billion bushels per year in 2012. This means that 30% of the corn production has to be diverted to the production of corn based ethanol. Melvin Calvin had a point when he was trying to find a genetically modified plant to use for biofuel. And this also gives a good example of what we will discuss later over shortcomings of mandating a policy, a policy based on a mandatory standard and furthermore, the fraction of corn production diverted to fuel grows over time. This is a huge impact on the price of basic food input and on land usage. Now, how does this situation develop and persist? As I said, the origin of a corn production mandates is in the Farm Bill of 2002. In the run up to the 2004 election, the prospect for ethanol were hyped to capture the vote of the corn-belt states. And both parties, the democrats and republicans outbid each other in their corn enthusiasm. By the time it became clear that ethanol actually is not very efficient and it does not have particularly green credentials, it has become politically impossible to remove the huge subsidies and the production quotas for the corn-belt voters. So, corn quotas have become political untouchables. Why is the sugar cane different? Obtaining ethanol from sugarcane is much more efficient. It is a one third, one third, one third. One third of sugarcane (leaves and stems) are left on the field. And as we have seen, leaving organic matter in the field is a way of achieving some sequestration. One third is a liquid which is very high in sugar, and the rest, which is called bagasse is burned to run the ethanol making factory, and this is a big advantage. Brazilian law mandates that at least 20% of ethanol should be mixed with gasoline for car usage, and at this level at 20%, there is no modification needed for the car engine. And the Brazilian Ethanol program is now viable without subsidies that were originally granted in the 1970s. And Brazilian car makers have been very smart because they have created flexi-fuel car engines that can run on any mix of gasoline and ethanol. For all these reasons, the ratio of energy input to energy produced for US and Brazilian ethanol is about 8 to 1. So what is the big message that I wanted to drive home from this brief discussion? Subsidies are an important if expensive tool to encourage climate-reducing technology. We will look at policies and optimal policies later on, but it gives us a first flavor. Some subsidies are targeted to focus industries, or sectors wind energy. Other subsidies favor a group of potential voters, for instance, drivers and farmers. The latter subsidies are almost politically impossible to remove, so one is to be very careful before going down this route. As a consequence, they can become costly and ineffective. So my point here is not the subsidies should not be used, but that one should be very careful in how they are used, how they are designed, and as we shall see in the future session, how they should be a part of a mix of policies. [MUSIC]


Hello everyone! We would like to share some highlights about this unique, curated experience for family, friends, and community members to learn about the history and living culture of Nansemond Indian Nation. In contrast to our pow wow (coming up in August), this event will have several focused, interactive spaces for children and adults to learn lessons through hands-on participation.


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29 October Workshop: Practical implementation of climate-related financial disclosures and their relationship to the SDGs
High-Level panel: Impact of sustainability and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development on financial and non-financial enterprise reporting
Presentation, Dmitry Kyko, Deputy Minister of Finance, Belarus
30/10/2019 – 567KB – Agenda item High-level panel: Impact of sustainability and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development on financial and non-financial enterprise reporting
Presentation, Maria Ria Nonyana-Mokabane, Chief Director, Consumer and Corporate Regulation Division, Legislative Drafting, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa
Presentation, Andrew Death, Deputy Director, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom
Presentation, Thomas Verheye, Principal Adviser, Green Finance and Investment, European Commission
30/10/2019 – 1486KB – Agenda item High-level panel: Impact of sustainability and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development on financial and non-financial enterprise reporting
Presentation, Reto Zemp, Committee Issuer, Accounting, Auditing and Disclosure, International Organization of Securities Commissions
Presentation, Jonathan Labrey, Chief Strategy Officer, International Integrated Reporting Council
Presentation, Mario Abela, Director, Redefining Value, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Presentation, Chungwoo Suh, Member, International Accounting Standards Board
Presentation, Madelyn Antoncic, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, United States of America
Agenda Item 3. Practical implementation, including measurement, of core indicators for entity reporting on the contribution towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals: Review of case studies
Presentation, Tatiana Krylova, Head of Enterprise Branch, UNCTAD
30/10/2019 – 680KB – Agenda item 3. Practical implementation, including measurement, of core indicators for entity reporting on the contribution towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals: Review of case studies
Presentation, Donna Street, Director of Research and Educational Activities, International Association for Accounting Education and Research, Chair and Professor, Department of Accounting, School of Business, University of Dayton, United States
Presentation, Nermeen F. Shehata, Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Business, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Presentation, Felipe Janica, Partner, Ernst and Young Colombia and Financial Accounting Advisory Services Leader, Ernst and Young LATAM
30/10/2019 – 1111KB – Agenda item 3. Practical implementation, including measurement, of core indicators for entity reporting on the contribution towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals: Review of case studies
Presentation, Colin Banning, Director General and Founder, TGB Consulting
Presentation, Julie Ansidei, Head, Strategy and Sustainable Finance Unit, Autorité des marchés financiers, France
Presentation, Vania Maria da Costa Borgerth, Brazilian Development Bank, Brazil
Presentation, Juan Pablo Morataya, Executive Director, Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility in Guatemala (CentraRSE), Guatemala
Presentation, Richard V. Rothenberg, Executive Director, Global AI Corporation, United States
Presentation, Jimmy Greer, Head of Sustainability, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Presentation, Zhang Ye, Vice-President, China Metallurgical Group Corporation, China
Presentation, Svetlana Ivchenko, Vladimir Skobarev, Head, Social Policy Department, Nornickel, Russian Federation; Partner, Head of Corporate Governance and Sustainability, FBK Grant Thornton, Russian Federation
Presentation, Tetiana Iefymenko, Liudmyla Lovinska, Academy of Financial Management, Ukraine
Presentation, Tom Giddings, Sustainability Data and Reporting Manager, DS Smith, United Kingdom
Presentation, Ken Williamson, Partner, Ernst and Young, United Kingdom
Presentation, Alan McGill, Partner, Global Sustainability Assurance Leader, Price Waterhouse Cooper, United Kingdom
Presentation, Sora Utzinger, Responsible Investment Analyst, Aviva
Presentation, Seema Jamil-O'Neill, Head, Accounting and Reporting Policy Team, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom
Presentation, Søren Schiønning Andersen, Director, Business Statistics, Statistics Denmark
Presentation, Gerbrand Haverkamp, Executive Director, World Benchmarking Alliance
Presentation, Mathieu Verougstraete, Economic Affairs Officer, Financing for Sustainable Development Office, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Agenda item 4. Review of current developments in international standards of accounting and reporting in the public and private sectors
Presentation, Caroline Aggestam Pontoppidan, Professor, Copenhagen Business School
31/10/2019 – 176KB – Agenda item 4. Review of current developments in international standards of accounting and reporting in the public and private sectors
Presentation, Chiara Del Prete, Chair, Technical Expert Group, European Financial Reporting Advisory Group
31/10/2019 – 1042KB – Agenda item 4. Review of current developments in international standards of accounting and reporting in the public and private sectors
Presentation, Xu, Huaxin, Head of Secretariat, Asian–Oceanian Standard-Setters Group
Presentation, Lebogang Senne, Technical Director, Pan-African Federation of Accountants
Presentation, Holger Daske, Professor, University of Mannheim Business School and Chair, Accounting and Capital Markets, Mannheim
Presentation, Sara Alsarghali, University of Mannheim Business School, Mannheim
Presentation, Vicky Rock, Kev Pertaub, Director for Public Spending at Her Majesty's Treasury, United Kingdom; Head, Whole of Government Accounts, Her Majesty's Treasury, United Kingdom
Presentation, Luzvi Chatto, Member, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board
Presentation, Vladimir Zharinov, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-President, Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Russian Federation
Presentation, Alex Metcalfe, Head, Public Sector, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Agenda item 5. Other business
Institutional challenges in accounting and experiences of Accounting Development Tool implementation
01/11/2019 – 447KB – Agenda item 5. Other business. Institutional challenges in accounting and experiences of Accounting Development Tool implementation
Presentation, Tatyana Rybak, Head, Accounting, Reporting and Audit Regulation Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Belarus
Presentation, Lucas Gómez García, Director of Follow-up and Evaluation of Public Policy, Department of National Planning, Colombia
UNCTAD-ISAR Workshop
Practical implementation of climate-related financial disclosures and their relationship to the SDGs
Keynote address, Patrick de Cambourg, President, Autorité des normes comptables (ANC)
29/10/2019 – 174KB
Presentation, Mardi McBrien, Managing Director, Climate Disclosure Standards Board
Presentation, Madelyn Antoncic, CEO, SASB Foundation Board
29/10/2019 – 1562KB
Presentation, Thomas Verheye, Principal Advisor Green Finance and Investment, European Commission
Presentation, Richard Martin, Head of Corporate Reporting, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Presentation, Manjula Chummun, Head of Finance, Sustainability, Tesco
Presentation, Mario Abela, Director, Director, Redefining Value, World Business Council of Sustainable Development (WBCSD)