<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><div dir="ltr"> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7276456013"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv7276456013yqt1278534397" id="yiv7276456013yqtfd87346"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><div>Hi all,<br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><div
style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><div class="yiv7276456013y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7276456013"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">The deadline for submitting abstracts or full papers for the 27th International Cartographic Conference (ICC2015) which will be held from 23 to 28 August 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has been extended to 22 November 2014.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Please visit <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.icc2015.org/call-for-papers.html">http://www.icc2015.org/call-for-papers.html</a> for more detailed information. I will especially encourage your submissions in T5 theme on SDI, Standards,
Ontologies, Data Integration and quality; Metadata, Open Source GIS.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">We encourage your participation for the Pre-conference workshop on <span style="font-weight:bold;">Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open
2015)</span> jointly organised by the Commission on Geoinformation Infrastructures and Standards and the Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies on Friday, 21 August 2015 at Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Rio de Jaineiro, Brazil. Details at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2014/09/pre-conference-workshop-on-spatial-data-infrastructures-standards-open-source-and-open-data-for-geospatial-sdi-open-2015/">http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2014/09/pre-conference-workshop-on-spatial-data-infrastructures-standards-open-source-and-open-data-for-geospatial-sdi-open-2015/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Also please note that there is a new instrument of <span style="font-weight:bold;">ICA Research Scholarships</span>, which may be used for your possible involvement in ICC2015 or the pre-conference workshop of our commission. Details
at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://icaci.org/presidents-blog-ica-research-scholarships/">http://icaci.org/presidents-blog-ica-research-scholarships/ </a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best wishes,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Suchith<br clear="none"></div><div> </div> </div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>