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<p class=MsoNormal>CFP - SECOND OPEN SOURCE GIS UK CONFERENCE - OSGIS 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>21- 22 June 2010, Centre for Geospatial Science, University
of Nottingham<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Website: <a
href="http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis10/os_home.html">http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis10/os_home.html</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Centre for Geospatial Science of University of
Nottingham, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (UK Chapter) and ICA Working
Group on Open Source Geospatial Technologies are organizing the Second Open
Source GIS UK Conference on 21-22nd June , 2010 at the University of
Nottingham. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The conference has very much international focus and
holistic outlook bringing together speakers and delegates from government,
academic, industry, software developers, open source communities, geospatial
researchers etc. High profile speakers from all over the world will be giving
presentations and hands on workshops for the conference. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The key aims of this conference are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1. to hear presentations from government, academic, industry
and policy makers on open source geospatial technologies <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>2. to provide platform to network and develop ideas for
future collaborative work in open source GIS <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>3. to understand current developments in open source GIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>4. to act as a focus for open source GIS research and
development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Contributions are invited but are not limited to the
following topic areas:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o State of the Art developments in Open Source GIS <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Open Source GIS in Education <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Interoperability and standards - OGC, ISO/TC 211 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Open Source GIS application use cases : Government,
Participatory GIS, Location based services, Health, Energy, Water, Climate
change etc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Web processing services o Open architectures, open
content <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Case studies of open source implementations <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Open Source GIS Internationalisation and Localisation <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Using Open Source GIS with proprietary software <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Transition to Open Source GIS <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Open Source GIS business models <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Open Source GIS implementation and deployment case
studies <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Sensor Web enablement o Hands-on workshops on using and
developing open source GIS tools <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Abstracts (max 1500 words) are be submitted before 30
January 2010. The OSGIS2010 paper submissions and reviews will be done through
EasyChair Conference system. Authors will submit their papers through <a
href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=osgis2010">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=osgis2010</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The conference registration will be activated on February
2010. In order to reserve your place, please register online. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>IMPORTANT DATES:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Abstracts Submission deadline: 30 January 2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Notification of acceptance: 15th February 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Final papers delivered by: 15 March 2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>o Notification of acceptance: 30th March 2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>INVITED SPEAKERS: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># Inaugural Presentation - Professor Ari Jolma (Helsinki
University of Technology, Finland) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># Keynote Address - Arnulf Christl (President of the Open
Source Geospatial Foundation) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># Plenary Speaker - Tyler Mitchell (Executive Director of
the Open Source Geospatial Foundation) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>OSGIS 2010 WORKSHOPS:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># gvSIG Desktop & Mobile Workshop- (Prodevelop,SPAIN)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># OS OpenSpace Workshop (Ordnance Survey, UK) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal># GEOSS Workshop (CGS, University of Nottingham) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The workshop seats will be allocated on a first come first
serve basis as this is limited by the number of computers we have in the labs
arranged. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We look forward to welcoming you to the Centre for
Geospatial Science for an interesting conference and future collaborations in
this exciting and rapidly developing research theme. Please contact me for any
information required.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Suchith Anand<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dr Suchith Anand</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Centre for Geospatial Science<br>
The Nottingham Geospatial Building <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU<br>
Tel: (0)115 82 32750<o:p></o:p></p>
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