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Dear all,<br>
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The latest details of Advancing GIScience with Open Source Technologies organised by the ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies at AutoCarto 2016, USA is now at
<a href="http://www.unm.edu/~sfreunds/autocarto2016/Open_Source_Geospatial.html" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk394502">
http://www.unm.edu/~sfreunds/autocarto2016/Open_Source_Geospatial.html</a> <br>
Thanks to Mike Finn and Silvana Comboim for their leadership.<br>
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It is my great pleasure to introduce Prof. Silvana Philippi Camboim as our GeoAmbassador. I first met Silvana when she visited me at the University of Nottingham during her UK visit few years back. It was then we discussed initial ideas to establish the first
Open Source Geospatial lab in South America [1] and expand our collaborations. In May 2014, i participated in the NSDI conference and meetings in Brasília, Brazil . It was also a good opportunity for me to see the amazing work Silvana and her colleagues
are doing during that visit . I see the work that Silvana is doing in Brazil having a great momentum for our global activities of “Geo for All” mission. Her dedication and focus for expanding geoeducation opportunities in Brazil and globally has always inspired
me.<br>
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Silvana is a true global citizen who has travelled around the world working for expanding opportunities for geospatial education for all. It is great pleasure that Silvana has succeeded me as the Chair of the ICA Commission on Geospatial Technologies. I had
the pleasure to work closely with Silvana during my time as chair of the commission and I strongly believe that Silvana will build upon the work that we have done and take this to higher level.<br>
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Details at <a href="http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/08/geoambassador-of-the-month-prof-silvana-philippi-camboim/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk731242">
http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/08/geoambassador-of-the-month-prof-silvana-philippi-camboim/</a> <br>
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Silvana will be delivering keynote on <b>“Experiences on How Openness Can Help to Reduce Inequality”
</b>and also chair the Open Discussion on <b>“Future Directions: Thinking About the Road Ahead”</b>.<br>
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We are looking forward to building strong research and teaching collaborations worldwide in Open Geospatial Science [2]. We are proud to honour Silvana as our GeoAmbassodor and we are extremely grateful for her contributions to Geo for All.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Suchith<br>
<br>
Dr. Suchith Anand<br>
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<a href="http://www.geoforall.org/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk899860">http://www.geoforall.org/</a> <br>
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<b>Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science</b><br>
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[1] <a href="http://www.labgeolivre.ufpr.br/?lang=en" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk860056">
http://www.labgeolivre.ufpr.br/?lang=en</a> <br>
[2] <a href="http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/06/open-consultation-on-the-vision-2030-for-open-geospatial-science/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk819647">
http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/06/open-consultation-on-the-vision-2030-for-open-geospatial-science/</a> <br>
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