[OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting everyone to contribute for keep building the global research agenda for Geospatial Data Science

Suchith Anand Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
Sun Aug 13 02:30:18 PDT 2017


Dear colleagues,

Research Data Alliance (RDA) https://www.rd-alliance.org         is  a global community-driven organisation launched and supported by the European Commission together with partners from other regions of the world. RDA has the goal of building the social and technical infrastructure to enable open sharing of research data across geographical boundaries and disciplines. The RDA Plenaries are working meetings held every six months in different places around the world focused on helping move the community forward in creating tangible deliverables that improve data sharing across disciplines, technologies, and countries.


The 10th RDA Plenary meeting will be held in Montrèal, Canada, 19-21 September 2017 .I would like to welcome those interested in expanding Geospatial Data Science to join Geospatial IG of RDA .  The Geospatial IG will be  meeting  at Montreal to keep building ideas for the global research agenda for Geospatial Data Science .  Details at https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/geospatial-ig.html


The meeting objectives are to :

* Discussions on Geospatial Data Science - Vision 2030 [1][2]
* Plan next steps from OpenCitySmart and UrbanGeoBigData [3] [4]
* Ideas for Education programs for Geospatial Data Science
* Discuss Ideas for starting new WGs in Transport Data


The draft agenda is at
https://www.rd-alliance.org/ig-geospatial-rda-10th-plenary-meeting


I look forward to welcome you all for productive discussions and actions for keep us building  the global research agenda for Geospatial Data Science.

Best wishes,

Suchith


[1] http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/publication_pdfs/uk_v15i18-058-059-Op951AF3.pdf

[2] http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/science-applications

[3] https://www.devex.com/news/how-nasa-and-the-un-are-using-location-intelligence-to-build-smart-cities-in-developing-countries-89721

[4] http://www.nasaeuropachallenge.com






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