[Qgis-user] OGRS2012 :: CALL FOR PAPERS - Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium

[Olivier ERTZ]

See inline below ...

> Hi,
>
>   Thanks for forwarding this CfP.
>
>   I see that the focus is clearly on research and education. Many in our
>   community have a more practical approach, like using OS GIS for solving
>   tasks and supporting processes in local authorities. Are you interested
>   in such "practical" presentations?

Well, you are right, research and education is the focus. Ra&D tends to 
help in the development of practical approaches, thus it makes sense to 
have presentations that exhibits innovation involving research 
activities and local authorities so as to solve and support novel tasks 
and processes.

>   We could probably organize one or more workshops on the use of QGIS.

Workshops hold an educational component which reinforce the education 
side of the symposium, thus does it makes sense to have one or more QGIS 
workshop. You're welcome to submit a proposal in order to participate in 
the reviewing process.

It makes even more sense to have presentations or workshops that exhibit 
real use of open source software within teaching programs, at all levels 
of education.

Best regards,
Olivier
on behalf of OGRS organizing committee

>
>   Andreas
>
>   On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:08:16 +0100, Olivier ERTZ wrote:
> >/
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> />/  OGRS2012 :: CALL FOR PAPERS
> />/  Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium
> />/
> />/  October 24 -- 26, 2012 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
> />/  Hosted by School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD)
> />/
> />/  Website:http://www.ogrs2012.org
> />/  Contact:cfp at ogrs2012.org  <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user>
> />/
> />/  Notice, PDF version of this call is available here :
> />/  http://cfp.ogrs2012.org.
> />/
> />/  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> />/
> />/  (our apologies for cross-postings)
> />/  Dear colleagues,
> />/
> />/  The Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium (OGRS) is
> />/  a meeting dedicated to exchanging ideas on development and use of
> />/  open
> />/  source geospatial software in both research and education.
> />/
> />/  Motivated by the inaugural symposium in Nantes, France, OGRS2012 will
> />/  be held from October 24 -- 26, 2012 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.
> />/  The symposium is hosted and organized by the School of Business and
> />/  Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD), in partnership with EPFL Lausanne,
> />/  University of Lausanne, University of Geneva, which are all academic
> />/  institutions in Western Switzerland, and the Institute for Research
> />/  on
> />/  Urban Sciences and Techniques in France.
> />/
> />/  The main goals are:
> />/  - to build a panel of new scientific research and education practices
> />/  using and contributing to open source initiatives in the geospatial
> />/  fields;
> />/  - to discuss a framework and highlight a rationale about geospatial
> />/  open source technology usage in research and education activities;
> />/  - to provide an innovation platform to network and develop ideas for
> />/  future collaborative work between academia -- from research to
> />/  education -- and other actors of the field (associations, foundations,
> />/  local authorities, industry etc.).
> />/
> />/  For more details, visit the overview page on the website.
> />/
> />/  Keynote speakers :
> />/  - Luc Anselin, Director, Regents' Professor and Walter Isard Chair at
> />/  School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of
> />/  Liberal
> />/  Arts and Sciences and Director at GeoDa Center for Geospatial
> />/  Analysis
> />/  and Computation, Arizona State University;
> />/  - Gérard Hégron, Scientific Director in charge of sustainable city at
> />/  IFSTTAR (French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport,
> />/  Planning and Networks);
> />/  - Helena Mitasova, Associate Professor at Department of Marine, Earth
> />/  and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University;
> />/  - Robert Weibel, Professor of Geographical Information Science at
> />/  Department of Geography, University of Zürich.
> />/
> />/  Submission :
> />/  The symposium will integrate several opportunities for presenting :
> />/  oral presentations, workshops, posters and discussion groups. To
> />/  participate in any of these opportunities, authors are invited to
> />/  submit an extended abstract (1000 to 1500 words, references and
> />/  keywords excluded) through the conference website. The official
> />/  language is English.
> />/
> />/  The international scientific advisory board will review and select
> />/  abstracts for inclusion in the symposium and publication in the
> />/  symposium proceedings. A subset of contributions will be invited to
> />/  submit full papers for possible publication in a special issue of the
> />/  Journal of Spatial Information Sciences (JOSIS), pending a peer
> />/  review
> />/  of full papers.
> />/
> />/  For more details on how to submit a contribution, please visit the
> />/  call for papers page on the website :http://cfp.ogrs2012.org.
> />/
> />/  Important dates :
> />/  - submission deadline for abstracts is May 28, 2012.
> />/  - authors will be notified by June 30, 2012 on program inclusion and
> />/  selection for JOSIS submission
> />/  - deadline to submit full papers is September 30, 2012.
> />/
> />/  We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this call to other
> />/  interested parties of your acquaintance.
> />/
> />/  Best regards,
> />/  OGRS2012 program committee
> />/  _______________________________________________
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