AGSE 2012: Geoinformation - Catalyst for planning, development and good governance

An interdisciplinary, international forum for sharing knowledge about the application of Geoinformatics with focus on application and on developing countries.

AGSE 2012 will take place July 16 - 20, 2012, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, chaired by Prof Dr Alias Bin Abdul Rahman FKSG and Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Behr, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Register and submit your contribution in fields like:
  • Environmental Issues, Sustainable Development, Millennium Development Goals
  • Photogrammetry, Earth Observation Systems, Information Extraction
  • Spatial Data Infrastructures
  • Internet-based applications
  • Sustainable Development, Tropical Forests
  • LIDAR Data Analysis
  • GIS and Education
  • Geoinformatics and Health
  • Cartography and Geovisualisation
  • Geoinformation Policy and Society, e-Government
  • Open Source Solutions and Tools
  • 3D and city models
  • Alumni experiences and professional development

Here some more ideas for your contribution.
Workshops are an essential part of AGSE. For 2012 we planned so far:
  • Spatial Analysis with Open Source - gvSIG and SEXTANTE (D. Schröder, HFT Stuttgart, Germany)
  • ILWIS - advanced topics (Md. Zahid Hasan Siddique, lnstitute of Water Modelling, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
  • Raster based analysis using R statistical software (S. Pareeth, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
  • Python in three hours (V. Wendlik, HFT Stuttgart, Germany)
  • Implementing OGC conformant webservices using PostGIS and GeoServer (R. Kettemann, HFT Stuttgart, Germany)
  • Application of MODIS 1 km LST product for characterisation of UHI (Arathyram R.S,m National Remote Sensing Center,ISRO Hyderabad)
  • An Introduction to Ecological Niche Modelling Using DIVA GIS (Sooraj N P, MSc.MPhil, Activ Environmental Services, Cochin)
  • Strategic process management for introducing GIS (F.-J. Behr, HFT Stuttgart, Germany)
  • Fuzzy logic analysis (Pulsani Reddy, India)
  • Atlas making and atlas reading – What are the skills required? (Gertrud Schaab, HS Karlsruhe, Germany)

News

  • May 09, 2012: Announcing a WorldCafe Session on first day of AGSE 2012
  • January 21, 2012: Call for participation for AGSE partner conference "Summer School on Environmental Informatics, 9-13 April 2012".
  • August 21, 2011: AGSE 2011 is over. Successfully with 130 participants.
  • August 12, 2011: The final programme is available here.
  • August 10, 2011: Sample poster is avaialble here.
  • July 25, 2011: Gold sponsoring by ESRI Eastern Africa Ltd.(http://www.esriea.co.ke), Silver sponsoring by Oakar Services Ltd. (http://www.osl.co.ke/)
  • July 07, 2011: Author guidelines / Template File can be downloaded here.
  • March 12, 2011: AGSE partner conference "Disaster, Risk and Vulnerability Conference 2011 (DRVC 2011)" started successfully with more than 70 contributions.

Proceedings 2011

Proceedings 2011

Proceedings 2010

AGSE Proceedings Frontpage

Proceedings 2009

Proceedings 2011
Programme 2011 Programme 2010 Programme 2009

Testimonials

  • Thank you for organising such a wonderful AGSE 2009 and giving us a chance to revisit our memory lane. I enjoyed the same and extend my sincere gratitude and hope that this would be a regular event in the near future. S. S. Y., India
  • Creo que la computacion en el Peru y en particular en Arequipa ha iniciado un camino de transformacion positiva que ya no tiene retorno. Realmente es un esfuerzo muy loable. E. C.-V., Peru
  • He podido disfrutar de la calidad academica de las ponencias y de la organizacione ustedes. Muchas gracias. S. B., Peru
  • Thank you for the great time in Peru. It was good to see all of us again and learn some interesting applications and technology as well. P. A., Canada
  • The infrastructure is great, the auditorium is superb, and the workshops have been really successful. A. P., India
  • Thank you very much for such an important opportunity. K. G., El Salvador

Hints concerning funding for German Scientists

Members of German Universities (Fachhochschule und Universitäten) should analyze the "Kongress- und Vortragsreisenprogramm" of DAAD, http://www.daad.de/ausland/foerderungsmoeglichkeiten/ausschreibungen/11450.de.html. Applications have to be submitted 4 months before the congress starts!

A list of funding opportunities for NGOs, CBOs and researchers, compiled by Giacomo Rambaldi, can be found at http://www.iapad.org/funding_sources.htm. We expect this might be helpful for some of the participants!