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<p>Dear <span style="color:black">Suchith, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">Many thanks for spreading the word. The potential institute is supposed to help bridge academia and industry and benefit both sides. You might be interested to read the summary of our first workshop:
<a href="http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/workshop/workshop-summary/">http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/workshop/workshop-summary/</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 10:15 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Wang, Shaowen" <shaowen@illinois.edu>, "geoforall@lists.osgeo.org" <geoforall@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Final CFP (go.illinois.edu/gsi-cfp2): Second NSF Workshop on Conceptualizing a National Geospatial Software Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Dear Shaowen,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Thank you for sharing this info. I have shared the call with my lists and contacts and I hope you get some good position papers. This is a great initiative
and I am looking forward to the outcomes from the project.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">I have a query. As I understand it is taxpayer funded (NSF) project for a national Geospatial Software Institute (GSI), did all project members and others
involved in the project declare if they had any conflict of interest (esp. if any of them have received any funding/sponsorship from any GIS or other software vendors currently or in the past)? This will help to create clear transparency guidelines for
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<p style="font-stretch: normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Thank you for this great initiative for establishing a national Geospatial Software Institute (GSI). I am sure this will be role model for other countries
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Wang, Shaowen <shaowen@illinois.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2018 19:19<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Geo4All] Final CFP (go.illinois.edu/gsi-cfp2): Second NSF Workshop on Conceptualizing a National Geospatial Software Institute</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently funded a project (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gsi.cigi.illinois.edu&d=DwMFAw&c=OCIEmEwdEq_aNlsP4fF3gFqSN-E3mlr2t9JcDdfOZag&r=S1KebYgn6znC8VXKHnTF65DRayOdn2wztd_U7c7qQlA&m=3SK4T-qMZAkiz_2jg0cO7Wft4tTqsmf7KSbYZXUVsYc&s=Rzh1a9LOcmrRjq4nHjj1BRtawMt2vNiWvYQJOJGl09g&e=">http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu</a>)
to conceptualize a national Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) as a long-term hub of excellence in geospatial software that can serve diverse research and education communities. We have strong momentum to conceptualize the GSI after the first workshop:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gsi.cigi.illinois.edu_workshop_agenda_&d=DwMFAw&c=OCIEmEwdEq_aNlsP4fF3gFqSN-E3mlr2t9JcDdfOZag&r=S1KebYgn6znC8VXKHnTF65DRayOdn2wztd_U7c7qQlA&m=3SK4T-qMZAkiz_2jg0cO7Wft4tTqsmf7KSbYZXUVsYc&s=IPW1P1GgdnDmLSKLT2nX77peyrRIkDajVFwJXSzMXiY&e=">
http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/workshop/agenda/</a> that was a great success. The second workshop will take place in Chicago, IL, USA on July 15-17, 2018. July 15<sup>th</sup> is intended for an ice-breaking event on the evening so that most participants will
be ready for the morning program on July 16<sup>th</sup>. We plan to wrap up the workshop by 1pm on July 17<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are inviting position papers:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__go.illinois.edu_gsi-2Dcfp2&d=DwMFAw&c=OCIEmEwdEq_aNlsP4fF3gFqSN-E3mlr2t9JcDdfOZag&r=S1KebYgn6znC8VXKHnTF65DRayOdn2wztd_U7c7qQlA&m=3SK4T-qMZAkiz_2jg0cO7Wft4tTqsmf7KSbYZXUVsYc&s=qDtFkb7AVeCdjJtDNkBMiqGQ4U6-QzBdCty5-opad0w&e=">
http://go.illinois.edu/gsi-cfp2</a> due on <b>June 1, 2018</b>, and look forward to your submissions.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;background:white">If your position paper is selected, you will receive NSF travel support to attend the workshop.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> Your help for spreading the word is greatly
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks & best, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-Shaowen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Shaowen Wang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Professor and Department Head
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Affiliate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> Computer Science, Information Sciences, Urban & Regional Planning
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.geog.illinois.edu&d=DwMFAw&c=OCIEmEwdEq_aNlsP4fF3gFqSN-E3mlr2t9JcDdfOZag&r=S1KebYgn6znC8VXKHnTF65DRayOdn2wztd_U7c7qQlA&m=3SK4T-qMZAkiz_2jg0cO7Wft4tTqsmf7KSbYZXUVsYc&s=dAJfwurmCwTE35b54NCW7JY88a0eTb2Cggb1N9RjAtQ&e=">
www.geog.illinois.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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