Panopto and Viducon selected to Broadcast Exploration of Mars Event for The Niels Bohr Institute

London and Copenhagen – May 4th, 2021 – Panopto, the leading video management system provider, and Panopto partner Viducon, Denmark’s foremost video solutions specialist, today announced they will live stream the Niels Bohr Institute’s upcoming online event on the current NASA mission to Mars with the Perseverance Rover.

The event is expected to be attended by 5,000 invited students from across Denmark and will be streamed live from the National Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen. Viewers will be able to listen to scientists and technicians who are involved in the mission. The Niels Bohr Institutet designed and produced one of the instruments on Perseverance and contributed to two other units. The calibration target ensuring that Perseverance can interpret the pictures sent back to earth by Perseverance has been created in cooperation between the institute and multiple companies.

The high-profile event will take place on May 11th using Panopto’s live streaming platform. Built on modern streaming architecture, Panopto reliably delivers the highest quality video possible to viewers watching on any device. The presenters will be able to share content from multiple cameras or computers and include supporting slides. It is hoped that fresh images from Mars will be included in the presentation.

“We are excited and proud to support this special event,” said Tom Davy, Managing Director, Panopto Global. “Panopto’s scalable video platform is the ideal solution for reaching live student audiences. We hope the event inspires the students to build on Denmark’s future contributions to space exploration.”

“It’s a fantastic source of national pride that Denmark is playing a key role in this important mission,” said Yaron Schwartz, CEO, Viducon. “I’m delighted that Viducon can play a role in sharing the great news.”

”We are excited to be able to make this event available to so many potential students. We hope that this live streaming will make the options visible – as physics student – to take part in the exciting research performed at the Niels Bohr Institute,” says Morten Bo Madsen, lecturer in Astro Physics & Planet Research.

About Panopto

Panopto helps businesses and universities create secure, searchable video libraries of their institutional knowledge. Since 2007, the company has been a pioneer in video capture software, video management, and inside-video-search technology. Today, Panopto’s video management system is the largest repository of expert learning videos in the world. Headquartered in Seattle, with offices in Pittsburgh, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney, Panopto has received industry recognition for its innovation, rapid growth, and company culture. For more information, visit www.panopto.com.

About Viducon

Viducon ApS was established to secure companies and educational institutions success with online video training and teaching. Viducon has partnered with Panopto since 2013 to help organizations take advantage of the full potential of online video. For more information, visit www.viducon.dk.

About the Niels Bohr Institute

The institute represents physics at the University of Copenhagen. At the institute they research and teach within a broad spectrum of the areas of physics. The institute was inaugurated in 1921 by Professor Niels Bohr. Associated are 430 researchers, 70 administrative and technical staff, 100 PhD students and 400 students. The European Physical Society has declared the Niels Bohr Institute for Historic Site of great international importance for the development of physics and research.