<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">Dear All,<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,78,121)">FOSS4G Asia 2017 conference is going to be held in Hyderabad, India, 26-29
January 2017</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">. It will
be a gathering of FOSS GIS users, educators and application developers from
Asia as well as strong representation from the world community. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">Find more details from :</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span><a href="http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2017/" style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2017/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:18pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">The conference aims to provide a forum for wide-ranging discussions on
geospatial themes and topics. Papers are invited in areas covering, but not
limited to, the following:<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">FOSS4G</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif"> Roots,
philosophy, open standards, open data, copyrights and others<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">FOSS4G</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif"> technology
which includes development of new tools, customization, databases, language
localization, coding and improvements to existing tools<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">Use of FOSS4G</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif"> in
applications like Biodiversity conservation, climate change research, forestry,
agriculture, ecological sciences, conservation, environment, geology, soil
sciences, rural and urban   development, water resources, coastal and
marine, disaster management, education and e-governance,<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">FOSS4G</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif"> that
includes desktop, web and mobile GIS, Capacity building, and societal use like
Village/ Societal GIS<span></span></span></p>

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will be workshops on Desktop GIS, Image Processing, WebGIS, Geo-Databases
and integration of GDAL etc.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,78,121)">This would be a great opportunity to
 GIS community of Sri Lanka to present their FOSS GIS related work, learn
how  FOSS GIS tools can be used in their domains and linking with the FOSS
GIS community in other countries. The cost is also affordable as it is in
India.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,78,121)">Please consider <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,78,121)">- submitting abstracts<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,78,121)">- present your ideas</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,78,121)">- participating to build community links
while learning & updating yourself<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;background-color:aqua">Call for abstracts is
open until 25</span><sup style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;background-color:aqua"> September 2016</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Cheers</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Nimalika Fernando</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif">(Note : FOSS4G Asis 2014 was held in Thailand and a presentation from
Sri Lanka won the best poster award there. <a href="http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2014/">http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2014/</a>)<span></span></span></p></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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