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This page reports a list of other events, such as presentation of papers to International Conferences and personal interviews to expert of the sector:

Date and LocationMONET partnersEvent NameMain ParticipantsObjectiveResults for MONET 
17th February, 2009, UME Head Quarter, Madrid, SpainISDEFEPersonal interviews with Spanish Military Unit (UME) for EmergenciesUME members.Presentation of MONET in order to involve them first during MONET proposal submission phase and after during the beginning of the project phase to collect their impressions and view about the objectives planned.The involvement achieved from them for MONET project is as observers.
17th March 2010, UME Head Quarter, Madrid, SpainISDEFEPersonal interviews with Spanish Civil Guard (Communications Department)UME members.To obtain from them their ideas and suggestions about MONET functional and operational requirements. One of the missions of Civil Guard is to deal with Spanish Borders Surveillance, and our interest where to involve them to define the Border Control Scenario.The involvement achieved from them for MONET project is as observers.
12th April 2010, Fire Brigade Office, Madrid, SpainISDEFEPersonal interviews with Madrid Fire BrigadeHead of Unit of Madrid Fire Brigade.Double finality:
a) explaining to them more in detail technical aspects of the project;
b) collect valuable information for the definition of Forest Fire Scenario and requirements. 
They provide crucial end user requirements included in MONET reports (weight of nodes, necessity of relay nodes, number of required fire fighters, operational procedures of fire brigades etc).
12th April 2010, Fire Brigade Office, Madrid, Spain
ISDEFEPersonal interviews with Madrid Medical Services SAMUR Head of Unit of Madrid Fire Brigade.Double finality:
a) explaining to them more in detail technical aspects of the project; 
b) collect valuable information for the definition of Public Safety Scenarios and requirements. 
They provide crucial end user requirements included in MONET reports (voice requirements between hospitals and ambulances, number of required medical services, operational procedures of medical services, etc).
14th April 2010 and 14th June 2010, ISDEFE offices and Barajas Airport, Madrid, SpainISDEFEPersonal interviews with AENAThe first interview with two experts in Airport Systems, and the second interview with operations control manager of Barajas airport1) Gather information about current technologies used in communications within the airport, needs and possible MONET requirements.
2) Obtain information about operational procedures, current positioning systems and communications used for airport control, maintenance and emergency operations.
They provide crucial information relating Airport Control scenario definition and specific related requirements.
16th-18th June 2010, Florence, ItalyUNIS, CRATFuture Network & Mobile Summit 2010 International conference audience, with strong interest on EU FP7 projects.Presentation of the MONET concept.MONET concept presented to the international research community.
20th-22nd September 2010, Portoroz, SloveniaURSZRNineteenth International Electrotechnical and Computer Science ConferenceElectrical and computer science experts.Presentation of the MONET concept and usage the MONET art in the field of public warning systems.MONET concept presented to the international research community.
6th-10th December 2010, Miami, USAUNISIEEE Globecom 2010Satellite and ad hoc network community on a global scale.Paper Presentation and networking with ad hoc network research community. Chair Ad-Hoc Routing session (UNIS).Bringing new ideas and state-of-the art of ad hoc networks to the project.
24th March 2011, Toulouse, FranceASTREADS Astrium Internal presentation Astrium managers and engineersIdentification of possible synergies with other activities, internal dissemination and possible identification of future activities in line with MONETDiscussion on-going for future activities to pursue MONET investigations
7th-8th June 2011, Brussels, BelgiumASTR, TEKPSCE Forum Public Safety key players: users, industrial, operators and institutional representativesGather PSC feeling about future communication systems – to be in line in MONET and to keep in mind users requirements and key issues for Public Safety communityDiscussion about a possible presentation of MONET results during a next Forum (target in June 2012)
April-May 2011, PortugalTEKAd-hoc meetings Portuguese Navy, Portuguese Army, Public Safety PoliceTo present the project, its objectives and achievements to potential end-users and gather their feedbackProject and challenges awareness by the end-user community
17th-20th May 2011, Budapest, HungaryCRATISI General Assembly and ISI-ICT meetingSatellite segment expertsTo assess the status and the future of satellite projects in FP7, being representative of MONET, which is one of the few on-going satellite-related projectsMONET concept presented to the international satellite-segment research community
21st October 2011, SpainISDEFEPresentation to Civil protectionCivil protection membersDissemination of the progresses and current status of MONETThe involvement achieved from them for MONET project is as observers
18th November 2011, SpainISDEFEPresentation in INTA (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial)INTA membersDissemination activity of MONET scope and usefulness MONET concept presentation in INTA in order to obtain their support for the field trial in such premises