In 2012 we are celebrating the twenty-year anniversary of the launch of ERS-1 and TOPEX/POSEIDON. To mark this occasion the European Space Agency, in collaboration with the French Space Agency, CNES, is organising an exceptional Symposium on "20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry". The main event will be held over 6 days, from Monday 24 to Saturday 29 of September 2012, in Venice-Lido, Italy and will be supported by other partner agencies and organisations supporting the development of altimetry. Read more