1. Image Information Mining Conference ESA-EUSC-JRC 2012 DLR Welcome and Introductory Talk Gottfried Schwarz > Lecture > Author Document > Datewww.DLR.de Chart 1

2. Welcome to the German Aerospace Center (DLR) DLR, the German Aerospace Center, is Germany‘s national research center for aeronautics and space. Its research and development work in aeronautics, space, energy, transport, defense and security is integrated into national and international cooperative ventures DLR employs 7300 people; the Center has 32 institutes and facilities at 16 locations in Germany (see http://www.dlr.de)http://www.dlr.de In the financial year 2011, DLR’s budget for research and operations amounted to roughly 796 million Euro, of which about 55 percent came from competitively allocated third-party funds. The Center also administers the space budget for the German government, which totaled some 1147 million Euro. > Lecture > Author Document > Datewww.DLR.de Chart 2

3. The DLR Site at Oberpfaffenhofen The DLR site at Oberpfaffenhofen is one of Germany's largest research centers. The site is home to eight scientific institutes and currently employs approximately 1500 people. The research center's main fields of activity include participating in space missions, climate research, research and development in the field of Earth observation, developing navigation systems and advanced robotics development. > Lecture > Author Document > Datewww.DLR.de Chart 3

4. The Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF) IMF focuses on: Remote sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging with optical sensors Atmospheric spectrometry. IMF employs about 140 people (including guests, etc.) Our image analysis group comprises 7 people (1 per mill of the DLR staff) > Lecture > Author Document > Datewww.DLR.de Chart 4

5. Our Image Information Mining Conference Wednesday: Coffee at 10:50, sandwiches at 13:00, coffee at 15:40 Dinner at 19:00 (bus departs at 18.30) Thursday: Coffee at 10:30, sandwiches at 12:50, coffee at 15:30 Friday: Coffee at 10:30 > Lecture > Author Document > Datewww.DLR.de Chart 5

6. Our Conference Dinner We invite all external conference participants Venue: See your handout package Menu: Please select among 9 options and tell us before 14:00 After dinner transfer to hotels or DLR: - minimization problem to be solved during dinner > Lecture > Author Document > Datewww.DLR.de Chart 6