[REFLEXIONS_QC] First International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium (OGRS 2009)

[Thierry Badard]

Call For Papers - OGRS2009
First International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium 2009

Dates & place: July 8th to 10th, 2009, Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France)
Website: http://www.ogrs2009.org
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Dear colleagues,
(our apologies for cross postings)

 From July 8th to 10th, 2009, during the tenth edition of Libre Software 
Meeting, the Research Institute on Urban Sciences and Techniques (IRSTV) 
in partnership with the University Of Applied Sciences Western 
Switzerland, Prefecture and Council of Region Pays de La Loire will 
organize a Research and Innovation Symposium about free and open source 
geospatial methods and technologies.

Main goals of this symposium are :
* to build a panel of new scientific works built on open source models
   or using open source tools
* to build and discuss a scientific framework about open source
   technology usage (benefits and limitations)
* to provide a platform to network and develop ideas for future
   collaborative works between the academic research world and the
   everyday operational world (companies, local authorities ...)

The symposium will integrate scientific conferences (research papers), 
companies and authorities testimonies (showcases) and training sessions 
(labs).

Thus, we invite to submit contributions which can be a full paper for 
the research session or an abstract for the labs session. Notice, the 
call for showcases will also be launched during January 2009.

Contributions should address the following overall topics but are not 
limited to :
* Cartography and advanced styling ;
* Cultural heritage ;
* Earth Observation ;
* From Webmapping to WebGIS ;
* Integrated risk and disaster management for society ;
* GIS and SDI interoperability (data, knowledge, language, ...) ;
* GIS and SDI for participatory learning and action ;
* GIS concept and theory (semantics and ontology) ;
* Landscape and ecology ;
* Spatial Analysis and Integration ;
* Spatial and Spatio-temporal data and analysis ;
* Sustainable Development and Governance ;
* Urban and Environmental Planning ;
* Visual Languages and Querying ;
* Web and desktop convergence in the geospatial field.

Keynote speakers :
* Câmara Gilberto, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research
* Neteler Markus, Fondazione Mach - Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Italia
* Steiniger Stefan, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

See committee members on OGRS2009 website : 
http://www.ogrs2009.org/doku.php?id=committee

Research paper submission :
* Full paper deadline : March, 1th 2009
* Submit a 500-1000 words abstract and a 12 pages full paper
* Notification to authors: April 12th, 2009
* Final paper due: June, 1st, 2009
* See http://www.ogrs2009.org/doku.php?id=cfpmenu:research

Lab abstract submission :
* Submit a 500-1000 words abstract before : March, 22th 2009
* Notification to authors : April 12th, 2009
* Final documents, material and tutorial aure due for : June, 1th, 2009
* See http://www.ogrs2009.org/doku.php?id=cfpmenu:labs

Contacts :
* for research submission : research at ogrs2009.org
* for lab submission : lab at ogrs2009.org
* for other questions : info at ogrs2009.org

We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this call to other 
interested parties of your acquaintance.

Best regards and best wishes for the coming new year,
OGRS2009 program committee

-- 
Prof. Thierry Badard, Ph.D.
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Professeur au Département des sciences géomatiques
(http://www.scg.ulaval.ca)
Chercheur régulier au Centre de Recherche en Géomatique
(http://www.crg.ulaval.ca)
Chercheur régulier du Réseau de Centres d'Excellence GEOIDE
(http://www.geoide.ulaval.ca)
Chercheur collaborateur de la chaire de recherche
industrielle en base de données géospatiales décisionnelles
(http://mdspatialdb.chair.scg.ulaval.ca)
Responsable du projet de formation sur les normes
internationales en géomatique
(http://standards.scg.ulaval.ca)
Administrateur des projets open source GeOxygene et GeoKettle
(http://oxygene-project.sourceforge.net &
  http://www.geokettle.org)
Membre votant de la fondation OSGeo
(http://www.osgeo.org)

Département des sciences géomatiques
Faculté de foresterie et de géomatique
Pavillon Louis-Jacques Casault
1055, avenue du Séminaire
Local 1343
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
Canada

Tél.: +1.418.656-7116 - Fax: +1.418.656-7411
Courriel : Thierry.Badard at scg.ulaval.ca
Web: http://geosoa.scg.ulaval.ca
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