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<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Thank you for sharing the summary of previous excellent workshop. Great to know that the institute is aimed to help bridge academia and industry and will benefit
both sides.</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">I think this is good idea. Having many industry players</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">will ensure healthy competition to</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">help accelerate innovation opportunities for all.</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">“Fake news “
</span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"> “Fake Science” are
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">becoming big problems globally, so we all need
to be very </span><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">attentive on all developments</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">I
do have concerns with some vendors starting to trademark “science” for marketing their</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">products etc</span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">,</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">thereby “science” is being misused . I have raised this issue through an open letter [1] . </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">As the vendors are very powerful and with lot of money power they can buy influence . </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">I
think it is important that all advisors and staff involved in all public funded projects declare any conflict of interest with any vendors (</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">funding/sponsorship
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">) to ensure transparency and good practices. </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;">Thanks.</span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#454545;">[1] <a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/geospatial-ig/post/open-letter-importance-scientific-freedom-and-public-good" id="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189LPlnk38657" class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189OWAAutoLink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#e4af0a;">https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/geospatial-ig/post/open-letter-importance-scientific-freedom-and-public-good</span></a></span><br>
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<div id="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt;" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Wang, Shaowen <shaowen@illinois.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 05 June 2018 23:23<br>
<b>To:</b> Suchith Anand; 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</font>
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<p>Dear <span style="color:black;">Suchith, </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:
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http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/workshop/workshop-summary/</a>. </span><span style="color:#454545;"></span></p>
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</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</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;">Dear Shaowen,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#454545;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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;color:#454545;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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 the future.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#454545;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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 to follow.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#454545;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#454545;"></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2018 19:19<br>
<b>To:</b> geoforall@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<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="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189x_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=" id="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189LPlnk70668" class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189OWAAutoLink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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=" id="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189LPlnk71561" class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189OWAAutoLink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
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>.</span></p>
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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
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<p class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">Shaowen Wang</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">Professor and Department Head
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<p class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar</span></p>
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<p class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">Affiliate Professor</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;"> Computer Science, Information Sciences, Urban & Regional Planning
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<p class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;"> CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies</span></p>
<p class="ydpe9efbdfyiv8946509189x_xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
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