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Twee updates vanuit het GWF-team<br>
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We hebben het programma zo goed als rond, te vinden op
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2013/op.htm">http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2013/op.htm</a><br>
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De early bird periode voor GWF is ondertussen verlopen. Wel biedt
GWF ons als OSGeo members/affiliates een 20% korting op de
registratie (ook dagregistraties). Je kunt de link volgen (en
verspreiden in je netwerk) zoals hieronder genoemd in het schrijven
van GWF<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">OSGeo
is pleased to be a part of the Premier Geospatial Industry
Event - <b>Geospatial World Forum</b> as a Strategic
Institutional Partner. Geospatial World Forum is scheduled to
be held from <b>13-16 May, 2013</b> at <b>Rotterdam World
Trade Centre, The Netherlands</b>. On 16<sup>th</sup> May,
OSGeo is also organising a Seminar that will display an
optimal blend of successful open source use-cases and
presentations to enlarge insight in business concepts around
open source software in the geospatial sector. Bring out use
of metadata, as one of the major players in making geospatial
data accessible and explore new opportunities for enterprises
to create appealing applications with a vast amount of open
data that is location oriented.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">What
makes Geospatial World Forum a must-attend event of 2013 is
the fact that this is a key conference which aims at bringing
together key stakeholders of the geospatial eco-system
including technology developers, policy makers and most
importantly end-users of the technology to facilitate
interactions and growth of the industry. Since 2007, the
conference has played the role of a facilitative platform for
harnessing growth of the geospatial sector and establishing
its vital role in several vertical domains like mining and
exploration, governance</span></i><i><span
style="font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">,
</span></i><i><span
style="font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">construction,
utilities, environment, disaster management and the like. The
deliberations at this year’s forum will revolve around the
central theme – <b>Monetising Geospatial Value and Practices</b>
which will highlight the return of investment and social value
that geospatial helps businesses and governments to create in
their work process and output.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">We
welcome all our members to take advantage of this
international platform to network with the industry experts,
learn from innovative end-users, discuss policy issues with
senior decision makers and understand the upcoming technology
trends from the research community at Geospatial World Forum.
As a partner organisation, <b>OSGeo has secured a discount of
20% on the registration fee of the conference for its
members</b>. Please register for the conference using this
link to avail the discounted registration fee: <b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2013/reg/registrationonline_osgeo.asp">http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2013/reg/registrationonline_osgeo.asp</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">Some
key highlights of Geospatial World Forum:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo2"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#262626"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">Ministerial
level participation</span></i></b><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">
from different countries<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo2"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#262626"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">Single
platform that brings Industry leaders of the domain under same
roof providing a varied perspective on the current scenario
and future directions of this industry<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo2"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#262626"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">Expected
participation of <b>1500 delegates</b> from <b>80 countries</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo2"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#262626"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">Conference
organised in partnership with <b>40 leading international
agencies, institutions and private companies</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo2"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#262626"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">More
than <b>400 presentations</b> covering application verticals,
technology domains and policy framework (please view current
speaker line up at <a
href="http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2013/speakers.htm"><span
style="color:#262626;text-decoration:none">http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2013/speakers.htm</span></a>)
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo2"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#262626"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">Over
150 Top level management from end-user organisations from
various sectors and governmental agencies involved with
planning<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1
lfo2"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#262626"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">Exhibition
(covering 2100 sq mtrs area) showcasing the potential and
future directions the technology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#262626">We
look forward to welcoming you in Rotterdam in May.</span></i><br>
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