[OSGeo-Discuss] OGRS2009 Call For Research Papers, Showcases and Labs - Deadline extension

[Olivier ERTZ]

----------------------------------------------
OGRS2009 Call For Research Papers, Showcases and Labs - Deadline extension
First International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium 2009

Dates & place: July 8th to 10th, 2009, Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France)
Website: http://www.ogrs2009.org
----------------------------------------------

Dear colleagues,
(our apologies for cross postings)

 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.

Main goals of this symposium are :
 * to build a panel of new scientific works built on open source models 
or using open source tools
 * to build and discuss a scientific framework about open source 
technology usage (benefits and limitations)
 * 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 ...)

The symposium will integrate scientific conferences (research papers), 
companies and authority testimonies (showcases) and training sessions 
(labs).

Thus, we invite to submit contributions which can be :
 * a full paper or extended abstract for the research session,
 * an abstract for the showcase session,
 * an abstract for the lab session.

Contributions should address the following overall topics but are not 
limited to :
 * Cartography and advanced styling ;
 * Cultural heritage ;
 * Earth Observation ;
 * From Webmapping to WebGIS ;
 * Integrated risk and disaster management for society ;
 * GIS and SDI interoperability (data, knowledge, language, ...) ;
 * GIS and SDI for participatory learning and action ;
 * GIS concept and theory (semantics and ontology) ;
 * Landscape and ecology ;
 * Spatial Analysis and Integration ;
 * Spatial and Spatio-temporal data and analysis ;
 * Sustainable Development and Governance ;
 * Urban and Environmental Planning ;
 * Visual Languages and Querying ;
 * Web and desktop convergence in the geospatial field.

Keynote speakers :
 * Câmara Gilberto, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research
 * Neteler Markus, Fondazione Mach - Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Italia
 * Steiniger Stefan, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

See all committee members on OGRS2009 website : 
http://committee.ogrs2009.org

Important : submission deadlines has been extended due to several 
requests from authors

Research paper submission (see http://research.ogrs2009.org) :
- Full paper :
 * Extended submission deadline : April, 3th 2009
 * Submit a 500-1000 words abstract and a 12 pages full paper
 * Notification to authors: May, 11th 2009

- Extended abstract :
 * Extended Submission deadline : April, 3th 2009
 * Submit a 500-1000 words abstract
 * Notification to authors: April, 29th 2009
 
Lab abstract submission (see http://lab.ogrs2009.org) :
 * Extended submission deadline : April, 3th 2009
 * Submit a 500-1000 words abstract
 * Notification to authors: April, 29th 2009

Showcase abstract submission (see http://showcase.ogrs2009.org) :
 * Extended submission deadline : April, 3 th 2009
 * Submit a 500-1000 words abstract
 * Notification to authors: April, 29th 2009

Contacts :
 * for research submission : research at ogrs2009.org
 * for lab submission : lab at ogrs2009.org
 * for other questions : info at ogrs2009.org
 
We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this call to other 
interested parties of your acquaintance.

Best regards,
OGRS2009 program committee