The Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) recently held its 9th annual conference on Geographic Information Science, in Visegrad, Hungary. Highlights include pre-conference workshops organised by AGILE thematic working groups, a keynote address by Prof. Mike Jackson from University of Nottingham, and an industry panel session dedicated to responding to the provocative points made by Jackson. The Best Paper award was given to Natlia and Gennady Andrienko (Fraunhofer Institute AIS, Sankt Augustin), for "Intelligent Visualization and Information Presentation for Civil Crisis Management".

The conference presentations are available at http://www.agile2006.hu.

Also, the AGILE management council announces the appointment of a new chairman, Michael Gould from University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain, and the election of two new members, Irene Compte from University of Girona, Spain, and Sara Fabrikant from University of Zurich.

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