[Geo4All] [OSGeo-Discuss] EUROGEO 2017 & Inviting ideas for compiling a book to record "GeoForAll" developments and initiatives

[Franz-Josef Behr]

We (chairing the FOSS4G 2016 Academic Track) just considered if we could 
publish the accepted paper with Springer.

Karl, could this fit into this book series?

Best regards - Franz-Josef


Am 26.10.2016 um 16:08 schrieb Kdonert:
> Dear Colleagues
>
> Glad some of you like the idea :-)
> We (EUROGEO) is negotiating a book series with Springer. We submitted 
> a plan for this and are waiting for their comments. If approved, there 
> will be opportunities to publish there.
> I will share news once we know more.
> The General editor for the series will be Professor Konantinos 
> Koutsopoulos and each book will have its own editor invite authors.
> I believe describing recording and documenting the Geo for All 
> initiative needs to be done by the community itself and we are pleased 
> to offer this possibility.
> We would also like to have one or more sessions at our conference so 
> others can hear about the great work being done.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Karl
>
> Karl Donert
> President EUROGEO
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 26 Oct 2016, at 15:40, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA 
> <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy 
> <mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>> wrote:
>
>> ​Suchith, Karl, I will gladly contribute with this initiative. I'm 
>> not the person to lead the book project but surely I can help with it.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> Departamento de Geomática
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> URUGUAY
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
>> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
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>> *De:* Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
>> <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> en nombre de Suchith Anand 
>> <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> *Enviado:* martes, 25 de octubre de 2016 6:12
>> *Para:* discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>; 
>> geoforall at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Cc:* kdonert at yahoo.com <mailto:kdonert at yahoo.com>
>> *Asunto:* [OSGeo-Discuss] EUROGEO 2017 & Inviting ideas for compiling 
>> a book to record "GeoForAll" developments and initiatives
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>>
>> Professor Karl Donert (President EUROGEO and Director European Centre 
>> of Excellence, digital-earth.eu <http://digital-earth.eu> University 
>> of Salzburg, Austria) has kindly invited me to deliver a keynote 
>> presentation at EUROGEO 2017  in Amsterdam on 2-3 March 2017.  
>> EUROGEO promotes the European dimension in geographical education as 
>> a contribution towards the development of European citizenship. By 
>> doing so, EUROGEO encourages the development of a greater European 
>> awareness through the medium of geography and increases mutual 
>> knowledge and understanding of Europe. Details at 
>> http://www.eurogeography.eu.gridhosted.co.uk/about-2/
>>
>>
>>
>> EUROGEO 2017 will aim to address cross-cutting issues such as:
>>
>>     How does geographical education respond to needs of society and 
>> the world around us?
>>     Does geographical education give young people the necessary tools 
>> they need to think spatially?
>>     How do new technologies and open access to data help engage 
>> youngsters?
>>     How should education respond to the ever-increasing importance of 
>> geographic information?
>>
>> I will aim to actively share GeoForAll ideas at the event and welcome 
>> colleagues to proactively contribute to these important 
>> discussions.You can find details of the conference at 
>> http://www.eurogeography.eu/conference-2017-amsterdam/
>>
>>
>>
>> This is really good opportunity for us to proactively contribute to 
>> these important discussions. Ela from Poland and some of our 
>> GeoForAll colleagues are actively involved in EUROGEO, so this is a 
>> good opportunity for us to further expand collaborations.
>>
>>
>> Topics may include but are not limited to:
>>
>>     early years geography education
>>     geography in primary school
>>     high school developments
>>     curriculum development and change
>>     university level teaching and learning
>>     innovation and change
>>     the use of new technologies
>>     employability and careers
>>
>>
>> Karl also put forward an excellent idea for compiling a book to 
>> record "Geo for All" developments and initiatives. If fact , our 
>> colleagues in various labs are contributing to each of the topics 
>> above from early year geography education to innovation and change, 
>> so it will be great to have a book compiled with all the global 
>> inputs. I would like to welcome inputs from the wider community for 
>> this. We will need one lead person from GeoForAll to lead this book 
>> project. Please let me or Karl (cc in) know if you are interested.
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
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