<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page Section1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal>Registrations for the Second Open Source GIS UK Conference
(OSGIS 2010) at Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham is now
activated at <a href="http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis10/os_home.html">http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis10/os_home.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The conference has very much international focus and
holistic outlook bringing together speakers and delegates from government,
academic, industry, software developers, open source communities, geospatial
researchers etc. High profile speakers from all over the world will be giving
presentations and hands on workshops for the conference. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The key aims of this conference are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1. to hear presentations from government, academic, industry
and policy makers on open source geospatial technologies <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>2. to provide platform to network and develop ideas for
future collaborative work in open source GIS <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>3. to understand current developments in open source GIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>4. to act as a focus for open source GIS research and
development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>INVITED SPEAKERS:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># Inaugural Presentation - Professor Ari Jolma (Aalto
University, Finland) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># OGC Invited Presentation -Steven Ramage (Open Geospatial
Consortium)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># Keynote Address - Arnulf Christl (President, Open Source
Geospatial Foundation) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># Plenary Speaker - Tyler Mitchell (Executive Director, Open
Source Geospatial Foundation) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>OSGIS 2010 Workshops -21 June 2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o gvSIG Desktop & Mobile Workshop - (gvSIG Association,
SPAIN) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o OS OpenSpace Workshop (Ordnance Survey, UK) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Databases and Web Mapping, the Open Source Way (Jo Cook,
Oxford Archaeology North) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Workflows for Earth Observation Systems (GEOSS, GMES)
Workshop (CGS, University of Nottingham) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The workshop seats will be allocated on a first come first
serve basis as this is limited by the number of computers we have in the labs
arranged. In order to reserve your place, please register online at <a
href="http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis10/os_registration_2010.html">http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis10/os_registration_2010.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We look forward to welcoming you to the Centre for
Geospatial Science for an interesting conference and future collaborations in
this exciting and rapidly developing research theme. Please contact me for any
information required.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Suchith Anand<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr
Suchith Anand</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Centre for Geospatial Science<br>
The Nottingham Geospatial Building <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU<br>
Tel: (0)115 82 32750<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm"><span
style='color:blue'>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/</span></a><br>
<a href="http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/" target="_blank"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<br/>
<p>
This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment
may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system:
you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the
University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.
</p></body>
</html>