[Ica-osgeo-labs] Importance of Academic inputs to Geoinformation policies

[Suchith Anand]

Dear Silvana,

Apologies for the delay in reply as i  was down with chicken pox and recovered only this week. It has been a pleasure to meet and discuss ideas with you and other colleagues in Brazil. It is great to also know about the new legislation on Geoinformation being developed in a truly democratic process with inputs from all sections of the society. It will be something which i hope other countries can also learn ideas from.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Silvana Camboim [silvanacamboim at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 5:58 PM
To: Suchith Anand
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Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Importance of Academic inputs to Geoinformation policies

Dear Suchith:

Your talk was truly motivational for all the audience. Everyone was excited with your motivation. Our community is living a very special moment, because for the first time we are building an entire new legislation on Geoinformation in a democratic process, including participation of society, government, industry and the academia.

I would like to thank you for coming here to Brazil and share important insights in this process. Also, I hope this partnership of OSGeo Labs network continue to give us many opportunities to spread the word and create collaborative links across the globe.

Best regards,

Silvana Camboim
Federal University of Paraná/Brazil


2014-05-29 4:03 GMT-03:00 Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>:
Dear All,

Earlier this week, i had the opportunity of participating in the NSDI meetings in Brazil. Details at http://www.planejamento.gov.br/jornadainde/index.asp

I would like to thank the Ministry of Planning, Government of Brazil for organising this excellent event and also for their kind invitation for keynote presentation where i shared the developments in Open Geospatial Science and Applications and its importance for widening education opportunities, new jobs creation and innovation ecosystems in Geoservices. Details at http://www.planejamento.gov.br/jornadainde/evento.asp?evt=2

I would like to share some of the things i learned from our colleagues in Brazil which i think is relevant to the wider community.

1. There are fast paced developments happening in Geospatial domain and it is important the countries should keep updating their Geoinformation policies to reflect this and take advantage of the new opportunities. I am pleased to see countries like Brazil are well tuned to global developments.
2. It is important to have inputs from the academic community and i was pleased to see this bringing together of key people from government and academia to discuss ideas and good practices.
3. Education and Capacity building is key for expanding opportunities.

I am looking forward to building  strong research and teaching collaborations in Brazil and worldwide in Open Geospatial Science.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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