Veranstaltet wird die Konferenz vom gleichnamigen FOSSGIS e.V., der OSGeo Foundation, deren deutschsprachige Vertretung der FOSSGIS e.V. ist, der OpenStreetMap-Community sowie der Hochschule Anhalt am Standort Dessau-Roßlau.

Sie haben ein interessantes Thema oder eine Anwendung, die Sie auf der FOSSGIS und OSM Konferenz präsentieren wollen?

Ab sofort ist der Call for Papers für Workshops, Vorträge, Poster und Lightning Talks eröffnet. Die folgenden Themengebiete werden genannt:
Ab sofort ist der Call for Papers für Workshops, Vorträge, Poster und Lightning Talks eröffnet. Die folgenden Themengebiete bilden den Rahmen der Veranstaltung:

• Geodateninfrastrukturen & Geoportale
• Software und Anwendungen im Open Source und freie Geodaten-Umfeld
  • Editoren
  • Konverter
  • Karten-Rendering
  • Sensor Web
  • WebGIS und Web Mapping
  • Desktop GIS
  • Metadaten
• Geodatenbanken
• Location-Based-Services
• Sicherheit
• INSPIRE
• Erfahrungsberichte
• Forschung und Lehre
• FOSS Geschäftsmodelle
• Interessante zukünftige Entwicklungen

Die Beitragseinreichung (Vorträge, Workshops, Poster und und Lightning Talks) für die Fossgis 2012 ist vom 07.11.2011 bis 12.12.2011 möglich. Abstracts können ab sofort hier eingereicht werden.

Genießen Sie diesen einzigartigen Mix aus Kompetenz, Kommunikation und Vergnügen. Einen Eindruck vom Vorjahr finden Sie hier.

If you intend to submit an abstract and has not already done so, two days remain!

Best regards.

Dr. David Kuria
for AGSE 2011 Conference LOC Secretariat, Department of GEGIS, JKUAT

Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment Applied Geoinformatics
for Society and Environment 2011
http://www.applied-geoinformatics.org/

With five hundred attendees representing over one hundred countries, the Understanding Risk (UR) Forum was a truly global event that brought together disaster risk management experts and practitioners from around the world.

Eine gedruckte Version ist nach Anfrage bei blyon@worldbank.org erhältlich.

Floods and Droughts: Predicting and Assessing the Risks

WALIS Forum is one of the premier GIS conferences in Australia. WALIS (the Western Australian Land Information System) will be celebrating its 30 Year anniversary with a world-class conference featuring international speakers, workshops on key issues, a fabulous trade exhibition and brilliant Perth hospitality.

The 2011 Western Australian Natural Resource Management Conference（Western Australian NRM Conference）provides an excellent opportunity for those concerned with sustainable management of our natural resources to draw-together knowledge on current best practice in natural resource management.

The combination of ISDE7, WALIS Forum and the Western Australian NRM Conference will offer an exciting program to delegates, and enable digital earth modelers and experts in the spatial sciences and natural resources management industries – providing a brand new opportunity to share their ideas and insights on how we share knowledge and act together globally.

Program
The conference program will cover a broad range of digital earth modelling, natural resources management and geographic information issues. The Conference will involve plenary sessions，parallel sessions, workshops and “coffee house” sessions with specific land care and digital earth themes. A range of innovative sessions that cater to a wide audience also will be held. The Conference will feature a ‘Rapid Fire – Emerging Technologies’ seminar where presenters will be given the opportunity to exhibit or showcase their organisation. If you believe this session will be of benefit and you would like to participate, please make a note in your abstract submission.

Theme and Topics
The overall theme of the Conference is ‘The Knowledge Generation’. Some topics for papers are Digital Earth Vision, Technologies and Applications, Earth Observation Technologies, Population Growth and Infrastructure Development, Managing Land and Water, Emergency Management, etc.

Submissions
Please submit abstracts and biography online via melissah.johnston@walis.wa.gov.au or walis@walis.wa.gov.au. Details of the submission process, including an abstract template and guidelines are available at http://www.isde7.net/call_for_papers
We welcome submissions for shorter papers, ideas for workshops and technical tours and presentations with a commercial focus, in addition to traditional papers.

The conference website is http://disasterresearch.net/.

Call for Papers

Papers are invited on disaster-related themes for oral presentation. Abstracts not exceeding 500 words along with title, author(s) and complete address including e-mail and telephone contact numbers should be emailed to the Convener at drvc2011@gmail.com.

The due date for abstract submission is January 5, 2011.

After submitting the abstract, authors are encouraged to prepare full-length papers not exceeding 5000 words (see template) including Graphs, Tables and Figures in .doc or L A T E X format. The deadline for submitting the full-length paper is January 20, 2011. The selected papers after peer-reviewing would be published in an ISBN volume of high standard. Email intimation of full paper acceptance would be given by latest on January 25, 2011.
Important Dates

Abstract Submission: January 5, 2011
Full length Paper Submission: January 20, 2011
Intimation of Full length paper Acceptance: January 25, 2011
Registration Deadline: February 10, 2011

Registration

Interested participants can register @ Rs.1000 for academicians and professionals and @ Rs.500 for students. The registration fee covers conference bag, publications, lunch, tea and local transport. Accommodation needs should be intimated well in advance and expenses have to be borne by the participants. Registration fee may be remitted either by Bank Transfer or by Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Convener, DRVC 2011, payable at State Bank of Travancore, MG University Campus Branch, Kottayam 686 560, Kerala. Post your registration forms and DD.s to Dr A.P. Pradeep Kumar, Convenor, DRVC 2011, School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 686 560, India.

Click here to download the Registration Form for DRVC 2011.

Regards

Dr. Pradeepkumar

http://disasterresearch.net/

A privileged vantage point for conducting such cross-disciplinary discussions is provided by the phenomenon of agrarian change, which has allowed detailed analyses of the relations between institutions (e.g. property rights, socio-cultural power structures, colonial burdens and their post-colonial incarnations), agri-production technologies, exchange practices and wider rural development. The study of agrarian change has also sparked debates on appropriate technology, structural change, poverty alleviation, distribution of resources, and the functioning of markets. Recently, in the wake of the 2007-8 food crisis and massive land-grab investments in Africa for food and fuel, coupled with continuing smallholder distress and indebtedness in fastgrowing countries such as India and China, agrarian change and food security/sovereignty have become crucial points of debate on development processes and policies at the national and global scales.

The organisers aim to bring together contributions – theoretical and empirical, qualitative and quantitative, from any disciplinary background – that focus on the multifaceted interactions between (groups of) individuals, science and technology, institutional structures, and the different social practices associated with them in development processes. We especially encourage contributions that map these interactions in the context of the current agrarian transformation in developing countries through further integration into global and local branded markets, changing patterns of use and distribution of resources (e.g. due to climate change impacts), and the multi-dimensional sustainability of development processes.

The following is an incomplete list of themes and topics that should serve as a guide to submit papers, and for which one or more leading scholars in the field has been invited to contribute

AGRARIAN CHANGE:

Technological change in agriculture (A)
Production and exchange practices (B)
Agricultural markets: local and global (C)
Value chains, contract farming, fair trade, and the multiple forms of
global demand/production relations (D)
The impact of bio-fuels on agrarian change (E)
GMO’s and the market of seeds (F)
Land distribution and land grabbing (G)
Quality standards and certification (H)

TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT:

Power and institutional asymmetries in the process of development (I)
Gender issues in institutional and technological change to development (J)
Science and technology: producers and users (K)
Change in consumption, structural change and agrarian change (L)
Economic development: evolutionary approaches (M)
Development studies: historical views (N)

Structure of the workshop and paper submission

The Workshop will last from Friday morning until Saturday evening and will be hosted at the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena. The workshop is structured in seven plenary sessions on the main themes and related topics. Each session includes 3 presenters and discussants, among which an invited leading scholar in the field. Sessions are organized in order to have scholars from different disciplines/methodology of investigation presenting on the same topic. The final session of the Workshop will be structured as a panel discussion between leading and younger scholars on each specific theme.

PhD students, young researchers and established scholars are encouraged to participate by submitting and presenting contributions.

Extended abstracts of approximately 1,000 words – including keywords referring to one or more of the Workshop Themes – or full papers should be submitted in electronic form to: dimedev@econ.mpg.de

Please write “Development workshop submission” in the subject field

Key deadlines

Deadline for extended abstract submission: 12 December 2010
Notification of acceptance: 20 December 2010
Full paper submission 23 January 2011
Speakers Registration 23 January 2011
Workshop website: http://dimedev.econ.mpg.de/

Travel, Accommodation, and Fees

No fees will be charged. Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered for all members of a DIME institution (one author per paper, up to a maximum of250€ for travels). Limited funding for travel expenses and accommodation is available for young researchers (PhD students and post-docs) from non-DIME institutions located in the EU (max. 250 euros) and in developing countries (max. 500 Euros).

Please submit a request for travel expenses reimbursement along with your abstract. There will be a few places available at the Max Planck Guesthouse. Lunch and coffeebreaks will be provided for all participants.

For information on travelling to Jena and accommodation please visit the website http://www.econ.mpg.de/english/institute/#visitors.

Scientific and organizing Committee

Saurabh Arora – Eindhoven Technical University, NL
Tommaso Ciarli – Max Planck Institute of Economics, DE
Lucia Cusmano – Insubria University and KITeS Bocconi University, IT
Andrea Morrison – Utrecht University, NL
Maria Savona – SPRU University of Sussex, UK

The theme for GSDI 12 was “Realizing Spatially Enabled Societies.” The conference organizers set out to encourage collaboration to help create an enabling environment that enhances outcomes in societies, economies and the global environment. A peer-reviewed book on this topic was launched during the conference. It focuses on research, emerging trends and critical assessment and it showcases examples of spatial enablement serving societal needs. More than 100 countries are actively developing spatial data infrastructures, and with over 650 attendees, GSDI 12 proved to be a very successful event. Participants listened to experts speak on a wide range of topics including technology, standards, and spatial law and policy. A session at the conference presented by World Bank personnel focused on development of a guide for ‘How to get started with SDIs for developing nations.’ Participants listened to speakers from around the world, shared knowledge and traded experiences.

The 12th GSDI Conference was conducted jointly with the 16th annual meeting of the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia & the Pacific (PCGIAP), representing 56 nations in the region. There was also an inaugural meeting of the International Geospatial Society, a member arm of the GSDI Association for individuals.

GSDI 12 Conference proceedings are available at www.gsdi.org/gsdi12.

The GSDI 13 Conference will take place in Quebec City Canada in May 2012.

Stadtentwicklung ist keine Einbahnstraße, die zu einem „idealen Endzustand“ führt. Änderungen der Rahmenbedingungen wie das Aufblühen oder die Krise von Wirtschaftssektoren, die Änderung gesellschaftlicher Werte oder ökologisch bedingte Herausforderungen erfordern die Anpassung von Zielsystemen und Entwicklungsrichtungen. Auch Änderungen im Infrastruktursystem und gezielte planerische Interventionen („Leuchtturm-Projekte“, Großveranstaltungen, …) führen immer wieder zu grundlegenden Änderungen der Entwicklungsrichtung und -dynamik.

Permanenter Wandel findet statt – oft in Form kontinuierlicher, evolutionärer Entwicklung, mitunter auch in Form großer, tiefgreifender Einschnitte. Das Thema der Veränderung als Voraussetzung für Stabilität von Städten und Regionen steht im Mittelpunkt der REAL CORP 2011.

Wie kann mit „Lebenszyklen und Transformationsprozessen von Städten und Regionen“ planerisch umgegangen werden?

Besonderes Augenmerk soll dabei auf den technologischen Möglichkeiten der Gestaltung von Veränderungen liegen: auf entsprechenden Planungsprozessen und -instrumenten sowie auf Stadt-, Umwelt-, Verkehrs-, Kommunikations- und GIS-Technologien.

Einige der Themen, zu denen Sie bis 23. Dezember 2010 interessante Beiträge einreichen können, sind:

• Lebensqualität als Maßstab erfolgreicher Stadtentwicklung;
• der Einfluss “neuer Technologien” auf die Stadtentwicklung;
• räumliche Aspekte von Innovation, Wissens- und Technologietransfer;
• Management von rapidem Wachstum, struktureller Veränderung, Schrumpfung;
• Nachhaltigkeit durch intelligentes Ressourcenmanagement;
• Stabilität, Sicherheit und Verwundbarkeit moderner Städte;
• vorausschauende Planung unter ökonomisch schwierigen Bedingungen;
• Miteinander statt Nebeneinander: die “Wieder-Durchmischung” von Städten;
• neues Leben in alten Strukturen.

Die REAL CORP 2011 ist eine Kooperation von CEIT ALANOVA (Central European Institute of Technology, Institut für Stadtplanung, Verkehr, Umwelt und Informationsgesellschaft), Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Bauen, Wohnen und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, ISOCARP - International Society of City and Regional Planners, Verein CORP – Compentence Center of Urban and Regional Planning.

Die Veranstalter würden sich sehr freuen, Sie und/oder Ihre MitarbeiterInnen bei der REAL CORP 2011 im Mai 2011 auf der Zeche Zollverein in Essen begrüßen zu dürfen.

Wie gewohnt finden Sie alle Informationen zur REAL CORP 2011 auf www.corp.at.