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OGRS2009 Call For Research Papers, Showcases and Labs - Deadline extension<br>
First International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium 2009<br>
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Dates & place: July 8th to 10th, 2009, Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France)<br>
Website: <a href="http://www.ogrs2009.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ogrs2009.org</a><br>
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Dear colleagues,<br>
(our apologies for cross postings)<br>
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>From July 8th to 10th, 2009, during the tenth edition of Libre Software
Meeting, the Research Institute on Urban Sciences and Techniques
(IRSTV) in partnership with the University Of Applied Sciences Western
Switzerland, Prefecture and Council of Region Pays de La Loire will
organize a Research and Innovation Symposium about free and open source
geospatial methods and technologies.<br>
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Main goals of this symposium are :<br>
* to build a panel of new scientific works built on open source models or using open source tools<br>
* to build and discuss a scientific framework about open source technology usage (benefits and limitations)<br>
* to provide a platform to network and develop ideas for future
collaborative works between the academic research world and the
everyday operational world (companies, local authorities ...)<br>
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The symposium will integrate scientific conferences (research papers),
companies and authority testimonies (showcases) and training sessions
(labs).<br>
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Thus, we invite to submit contributions which can be :<br>
* a full paper or extended abstract for the research session,<br>
* an abstract for the showcase session,<br>
* an abstract for the lab session.<br>
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Contributions should address the following overall topics but are not limited to :<br>
* Cartography and advanced styling ;<br>
* Cultural heritage ;<br>
* Earth Observation ;<br>
* From Webmapping to WebGIS ;<br>
* Integrated risk and disaster management for society ;<br>
* GIS and SDI interoperability (data, knowledge, language, ...) ;<br>
* GIS and SDI for participatory learning and action ;<br>
* GIS concept and theory (semantics and ontology) ;<br>
* Landscape and ecology ;<br>
* Spatial Analysis and Integration ;<br>
* Spatial and Spatio-temporal data and analysis ;<br>
* Sustainable Development and Governance ;<br>
* Urban and Environmental Planning ;<br>
* Visual Languages and Querying ;<br>
* Web and desktop convergence in the geospatial field.<br>
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Keynote speakers :<br>
* Cāmara Gilberto, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research<br>
* Neteler Markus, Fondazione Mach - Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Italia<br>
* Steiniger Stefan, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br>
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See committee members on OGRS2009 website : <a href="http://committee.ogrs2009.org/" target="_blank">http://committee.ogrs2009.org</a><br>
Important : submission deadlines has been extended due to several requests from authors<br>
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Research paper submission (see <a href="http://research.ogrs2009.org/" target="_blank">http://research.ogrs2009.org</a>) :<br>
- Full paper :<br>
* Extended submission deadline : April, 3th 2009<br>
* Submit a 500-1000 words abstract and a 12 pages full paper<br>
* Notification to authors: May, 11th 2009<br>
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- Extended abstract :<br>
* Extended Submission deadline : April, 3th 2009<br>
* Submit a 500-1000 words abstract<br>
* Notification to authors: April, 29th 2009<br>
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Lab abstract submission (see <a href="http://lab.ogrs2009.org/" target="_blank">http://lab.ogrs2009.org</a>) :<br>
* Extended submission deadline : April, 3th 2009<br>
* Submit a 500-1000 words abstract<br>
* Notification to authors: April, 29th 2009<br>
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Showcase abstract submission (see <a href="http://showcase.ogrs2009.org/" target="_blank">http://showcase.ogrs2009.org</a>) :<br>
* Extended submission deadline : April, 3 th 2009<br>
* Submit a 500-1000 words abstract<br>
* Notification to authors: April, 29th 2009<br>
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Contacts :<br>
* for research submission : <a href="mailto:research@ogrs2009.org" target="_blank">research@ogrs2009.org</a><br>
* for lab submission : <a href="mailto:lab@ogrs2009.org" target="_blank">lab@ogrs2009.org</a><br>
* for other questions : <a href="mailto:info@ogrs2009.org" target="_blank">info@ogrs2009.org</a><br>
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We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this call to other interested parties of your acquaintance.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
OGRS2009 program committee</div><h1 class="YfMhcb"><br></h1>