Call for Participation: February 2009

Recommended Topics and Themes
- Current trends in Geospatial Technology
- Spatial Information Infrastructures (SDI)
- GI Policy and Society, e-Government
- Early warning systems, vulnerabiltity mapping
- Natural Resources Management and Monitoring
- Disaster and Risk Management, Flood Modelling
- Case studies
- Participatory GIS, voluntary geographic information
- Sustainable use of resources, and human habitat, environment
and health
- Digital Terrain Modeling, 3D
- Lidar Processing
- Distributed and mobile services
- GI oriented Education

Further topics can be submitted!


Contribution options
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Currently we envisage the following options:

- Full paper for oral presentation and publication (5000 words,
max. 10 pages)
- Extended Abstract for oral session presentation
- (Poster Presentation)
- Workshop

In order to be included in the conference proceedings, you as author
must be fully registered by May 22, 2009.


Registration fee
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Fee: Euro 80,00

The registration includes materials, proceedings, plenary sessions,
workshops, tea and coffee during breaks.


Preliminary Timeline
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Date: July 13 - 18, 2009
Location: Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
Conference language: English

January 23, 2009: 1. Announcement and Call for Participation:

February 06, 2009: 2. Announcement and Call for Participation / Call for
Papers

February 20, 2009: Submission of abstracts (online)

Starting February, 23, 2009: internal review and selection, arrangement
of sessions

March 27, 2009: Notification of acceptance

until June 04, 2009: Final digital submission of camera ready
manuscripts


Schedule
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- Sunday, July 12, 2009, Arrival

- Monday, July 13, 2009, Start of Summer School
* Registration
* Opening Ceremony
* Plenary Sessions
* Opening Reception

- Tuesday, July 14, 2009: Plenary Sessions, Workshop

- Wednesday, July 15, 2009: Plenary Sessions, Excursion

- Thursday, July 16, 2009: Plenary Sessions, Workshop, social program

- Friday, July 17, 2009: Plenary Sessions, Farewell Meeting

- Saturday, July 18, 2009: Facultative excursion or Departure

- Sunday, July 18, 2009: Departure


Further details will be soon announced.


Best regards on behalf of the PG team members

Dr. Franz-Josef Behr


(c) Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences (SUAS)