The smeSpire project has been presented in the context of the 2nd. Italian Open Data Day held in Rome on February 27, 2014. Some results from the on-line hackathon organized by smeSpire were also presented. The second Italian International Open Data Day was a great success thanks to the participation and cooperation of all the Italian players in the field: from local Public Administrations to small and medium businesses, associations

During the NASA WorldWind Virtual Globe Technology Webinar, hosted by mundogeo on Thursday February the 13th and presented by Mr. Patrick Hogan and Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli, the smeSpire project and its final challenge have been presented in conjunction with the NASA WorldWind challenge to a wide audience of interested users and potential challengers. &nbsp

The Scottish smeSpire-day will take place on Wednesday 23rd April 2014, Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh. Environmental Data Thinkshop: Opportunities for Small Business Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are invited to a one day “Thinkshop” to debate how we can exploit the environmental data being freed up by the INSPIRE Directive for business growth.  Cameron Easton (Projects Manager with GiStandards Ltd)who was responsible for INSPIRE in the Scottish Government will moderate a

We cordially invite you to gain insight into the smeSpire network on the premises of the Technical University of Munich. Main organizer will be PSU Professor Schaller UmweltConsult GmbH. The German smeSpire-day will take place on 21 February for 2014. There you will learn about best practices concerning the INSPIRE implementation and find out about ways how to develop new, profitable business ideas for your company. Download the SmeSpire-Day Germany

The SmeSpire Consortium in collaboration with SUNSHINE, i-Scope, C-Space and eENVplus projects is proud to launch the first SmeSpire Challenge to stimulate new business ideas originating from the INSPIRE implementation process having geo-ICT SMEs as key players. The award ceremony will be at the INSPIRE Conference 2014, Aalborg, Denmark, 16-20 June. The challenge is structured into two tracks: “Best Practices for INSPIRE” and “Open Source Software for INSPIRE”, encouraging submissions

The second Czech – Slovak Conference titled “Inspirujme se…otevřeností” (“Let’s inspire…by open data”) was held at the Hotel Tatra , Bratislava, Slovakia on 27 and 28 November 2013. The event attracted a large number of participants and was organized thanks to the cooperation of CENIA (Czech Environmental Information Agency) the Slovak Environment Agency and the support of environment ministries of both countries. The event was closed by the smeSpire project

The Geo-ITC SMEs community of Spain is invited to participate in smeSpire through a post on the IDEE (Spanish Spatial Data Infrastructure) blog. More information. &nbsp

Another strategic achievement of the smeSpire network has been made, thanks to the liaison established today with ATIGN (Association Tunisienne de l’Information Géographique Numérique). As a first concrete step of this cooperation, the GEOTUNIS 2014 event (http://2014.geotunis.org/), which will take place in Hammamet from 2 to 6 of April, will represent a great opportunity to create fruitful and long lasting synergies between ATIGN and smeSpire network members. &nbsp

A campaign entitled “Vogliamo anche l’Italia nel registro INSPIRE | We want Italy in the INSPIRE Register” started on Monday 10th of February 2014, subscribed by citizens, professionals, companies and institutions. Click here for further details (in italian) &nbsp

The Eighth INSPIRE Conference will be held from 16 to 20 June 2014 in Aalborg, Denmark. Aalborg University: Workshops on 16-17 June 2014. Aalborg Conference Centre: Conference Sessions on 18-19-20 June 2014. For further information, please visit the official event site &nbsp