[OSGeo BC] Fwd: Call for Papers - 6th Northern BC GIS Conference

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI - Anyone else on this list planning to attend or present here?   
Anyone especially talking about open source?

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> From: "Tanya Barrett" <tanya_barrett at telus.net>
> Date: January 14, 2008 7:52:11 PM PST (CA)
> Subject: Call for Papers - 6th Northern BC GIS Conference
> Reply-To: "Tanya Barrett" <tanya_barrett at telus.net>
>
> Announcing the sixth...
>
>
> Northern BC GIS Conference
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> June 4, 2008
>
> at the University of Northern British Columbia
> in conjunction with
>
> Forest and Resources Expo 2008
> www.nbcgis.bc.ca                                       
> www.forestandresources.org
>
> USERS CONFERENCE
>
> You are invited June 4, 2008 to the sixth Northern BC GIS  
> Conference. This conference will be held in conjunction with Forest  
> and Resources Expo 2008 inPrince George, B.C. For the sixth time,  
> there will be a GIS section at the Expo with GIS seminars,  
> presentations and a users conference to be held on June 4 prior to  
> the main Expo with extra vendor presentations during the Expo itself.
> These sessions will be organized by the Northern BC GIS User Group  
> which consists of GIS and GPS users from the public and private  
> sectors, education and interested individuals.
>
> CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
>
> The Northern BC GIS Conference wishes to invite you to participate  
> in our conference by submitting papers, poster presentations or  
> conducting workshops.
>
> PAPERS FOR PRESENTATION
>
> We are requesting papers for presentation at the 2008 GIS Users  
> Conference. Knowledgeable users are applying GIS and related  
> technologies in innovative ways and we would like to hear about it!  
> Presentations should be planned to fit within a 30 minute time  
> slot, including time for questions and discussion.
>
> POSTER SESSIONS
>
> Poster presentations provide "show and tell" and allow for one on  
> one interaction. If you are interested in doing a poster  
> presentation, please send us a brief description of your poster  
> presentation with the space required to display it.
>
> WORKSHOPS
>
> We would like to offer a few workshops at our conference. If you  
> are interested in offering a workshop, please provide a brief  
> description of the details as well as the time and number of people  
> required.  The workshops will be offered the day before the  
> conference (June 3rd) in the GIS Lab at UNBC.
>
> LETTERS OF INTEREST
>
> The conference committee will select presenters, posters and  
> workshops from the abstracts submitted by  March 2, 2008.
> The abstracts should be no more than 200 words and must include the  
> title, author, affiliation, mailing
> address, e-mail address, phone and fax.
> Send your information to:
>                         Birthe P. Miller,  c/o Ministry of Forests
> 2000 South Ospika Blvd., Prince George, B.C. V2N 4W5
>                         Phone: (250) 614-7434      Fax: (250) 614-7435
>                         E-mail: Birthe.Miller at gov.bc.ca
> CONTACTS
>
> For more information e-mail or contact one of the following  
> committee members:
>
> Birthe P. Miller  Birthe.Miller at gov.bc.ca  or      Tanya Barrett   
> tanya_barrett at telus.net
>
> ______________________________________________________________________ 
> ________________
>
> Please feel free to forward this email on to anyone you think would  
> be interested!
>
> See you June 3 & 4th!