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<DIV><SPAN class=239265920-15022008>GDEST Africa: exhibitor space available, Cape Town, 17-19 March 2008</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=239265920-15022008></SPAN><SPAN class=239265920-15022008>GDEST 2008: GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA is a</SPAN> conference <SPAN class=239265920-15022008>that </SPAN>will be attended by approximately 100 scientists from the US and Africa who engage in geospatial <SPAN class=239265920-15022008>science and technology </SPAN>analysis<SPAN class=239265920-15022008> and applications</SPAN>. The overall objective of the conference is to engender increased collaboration between and among US and Africa scientists in a number of applied areas using geospatial science, information and technology. The conference will be held from 17 to 19 March in Cape Town, South Africa at the Protea Sea Point Hotel. Although the final agenda is not yet complete, it will have 30-40 presentations, panel discussions and workshops over the three-day period of the conference. Although <SPAN class=239265920-15022008>the
conference is little more than a month away</SPAN>, <SPAN class=239265920-15022008>the conference organizers (U.S. Department of State, Office of the Geographer and Office of the Science Adviser) are </SPAN>seeking the participation of companies and organizations who may wish to have an exhibit at the conference. <SPAN class=239265920-15022008>The conference hosts are providing at no cost e</SPAN>xhibit space <SPAN class=239265920-15022008>and, depending on interest, </SPAN><SPAN class=239265920-15022008>possible participation at the conference by</SPAN> one representative<SPAN class=239265920-15022008> per organization</SPAN><SPAN class=239265920-15022008>.</SPAN> <SPAN class=239265920-15022008> </SPAN>Exhibitors will need to arrange travel<SPAN class=239265920-15022008>,</SPAN> lodging<SPAN class=239265920-15022008>, and booths</SPAN> at their own expense<SPAN class=239265920-15022008>. Rooms at the
conference venue, the Protea Sea Point Hotel, are extremely limited, but other hotels may be found close by. To apply for space as an exhibitor at this conference, contact BY FEBRUARY 27 Paul Bartel from the State Department's Humanitarian Information Unit at <A href="mailto:bartelpp@state.gov" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:bartelpp@state.gov"><FONT color=#0000ff>bartelpp@state.gov</FONT></A> .</SPAN></DIV>
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