On World Environment Day June 5th 2007, Norway is greeting the 5th International Symposium on Digital Earth at UC Berkley, on site and live from the host city of Tromsø.
6/1/2007 :: Digital Earth is a visionary concept for "spaceship Earth”. The five days of ISDE5 represent a rich convergence of technological advance, active visionaries and recognition of the paramount need for humans to better understand the Earth.
Norway, the “World Environment Day 2007” host country, will greet the symposium in the opening session on June 5th. The Norwegian Consul General in San Francisco, Are-Jostein Norheim, will address the conference “on site” in Berkley, and also introduce a greeting from the director of the Norwegian Polar Institute, Jan-Gunnar Winther, video transmitted live from the WED host city of Tromsø, Norway.
The theme for this year’s World Environment Day is “Melting Ice – A Hot Topic?”