I had the privilege of meeting Maria at FOSS4G Como, and I have to say that actually Maria is making the world a better place, and one of those people who engage the others to do the same!<br />So, on doubt! A very deserved award!<br /><br />Congratulations!!!<br /><br />Toni<br /><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma; font-size: 11px; color: #2e3a69;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Antoni Pérez Navarro</span> <br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació</span> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</span> <br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: #4d4d4d;">aperezn@uoc.edu <br />22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona) <br /></span><font size="2" color="#4d4d4d">https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonipereznavarro<br /></font><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: #4d4d4d;">@tonipereznavarr</span><br /><br /> <br /><img style="margin: 0px -10px 4px; border: none;" src="https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif" alt="Universitat Oberta de Catalunya" /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; color: #969798;">Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; color: #969798;"><br />Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />--- Missatge original de labrinos@eled.auth.gr per a maria.brovelli@polimi.it amb còpia a discuss@lists.osgeo.org,ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org enviat el 21.09.2015 10:03<br /><br />
<pre>Dear Maria,<br /><br />Accept my congratulations for the special award you were given. I would like<br />also to thank those who took this decision because they did the right thing.<br />They gave the right prize to the right person. I think that the recognition<br />of your hard and excellent work from the scientific community deserves more<br />than the prize itself.<br /><br />I wish you all the best in the future<br />Nikos<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Dr. Nikos Lambrinos<br />Associate Professor<br />Dept. of Primary Education<br />Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki<br />Greece, GR-54124<br />Tel. +30 2310 991201<br />Email: labrinos@eled.auth.gr<br />Web pages: http://labrinos.webpages.auth.gr/digital_geography/<br /> http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org<br />[mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Sven Schade<br />Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 10:53 AM<br />To: maria.brovelli@polimi.it<br />Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org<br />Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Congratulations to Professor Maria Brovelli<br /><br />Fantastic! Well deserved, Maria!!<br /><br />Congrats and warmest regards,<br />Sven<br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org<br />[mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand<br />Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 6:16 AM<br />To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org<br />Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Congratulations to Professor Maria Brovelli<br /><br />Dear All,<br /><br />I am very happy and proud to share the excellent news that our good friend<br />and philosopher Professor Maria Brovelli has won the prestigious Sol Katz<br />Award 2015[1] at the FOSS4G conference in Seoul. On behalf of "Geo for All"<br />community[2] we are ?very happy and is great recognition for the many many<br />years of her selfless contributions to Open Principles and education.<br /><br />Maria has been working at the Politecnico di Milano since 1994, first as<br />researcher, then as Associate Professor and finally as Full Professor. She<br />is currently teaching Digital Cartography, Geographic Information Systems<br />(GIS) and Internet GIS. In 1997, she started the Laboratory of Geomatics,<br />placed at the Como Campus of the Politecnico di Milano and up to 2011 she<br />has coordinated its activities as Head of the Lab. She has been involved in<br />Politecnico governance by covering several service activities. Currently<br />(since January 2011) she is Vice Rector of Politecnico di Milano for the<br />Como Campus.?<br /><br />Maria is also charter member of OSGeo, a member of its Committee "Education<br />and Curriculum", and is on the Advisory Board for the Geo For All<br />initiative. She is member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society<br />of Photogrammetry and Surveying (SIFET) and member of the Bulletin Editorial<br />Board. In 2010 she hosted the WebMGSevent in Como, an international<br />workshop on 'Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessing and Services'. Her details<br />at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria?<br /><br />The slides of her acceptance presentation at<br />http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/mariabrovelli/2015-sol-katz-award<br /><br />On behalf of "Geo for All" community our congratulations to Maria and her<br />wonderful family.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />Suchith<br /><br />[1] http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz<br />[2] http://www.geoforall.org<br /><br /><br /><br />This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and<br />may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in<br />error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. <br /><br />Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this<br />message or in any attachment. 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