Abstract: Satellite-based navigation and tracking have become a routine feature of modern society and everyday life and their use is still growing, with the EU’s new satellite system Galileo expected to be operational in 2013. Positioning, navigation and tracking are used to decrease risks especially in logistics and to optimize work flow, but it is questionable whether this is always the case in international legislation about tracking, or the lack of it, cause problems when doing tracking abroad? From a technical standpoint is a tracking system likely to increase the security of a valuable consignment or would these merely provide an additional resource to potential thieves?

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Dr Jyri K. Rajamaki received his M.Sc. (Tech.) degree in electrical engineering from Helsinki University of Technology, Finland in 1991, and Lic.Sc. (Tech.) and D.Sc. (Tech.) degrees in electrical and communications engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in 2000 and 2002 respectively. From 1986 to 1996 he works for Telecom Finland (Telia-Sonera today) being e.g. Development Manager. From 1996 to 2006 he was with the Safety Technology Authority of Finland where his main assignment was to make the Finnish market ready for the European EMC Directive. Since 2006 he has been a Principal Lecturer at Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Espoo, Finland, where he also serves as a Head of Laurea’s Data Networks Laboratory /SIDLabs Networks/. His research interests are electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) as well as ICT systems for private and public safety and security services. He has authored more than 40 scientific publications. Dr. Rajamaki has been an active actor in the field of electrotechnical standardization. He was 17 years the secretary or a member of Finnish national committee NC 77 on EMC, ten years a member of NC CISPR and he represented 15 years Finland at IEC, CISPR, CENELEC and ETSI EMC meetings. He was also the Chairman of Finnish Advisory Committee on EMC from 1996 to 2006. Dr. Rajamaki has been the scientist in charge for several research projects funded by EURESCOM and Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, industry. He is currently the Scientific Supervisor of three Tekes projects (RIESCA, SATERISK and MOBI).