A combined GSDI 14 and AfricaGIS 2013 conference is planned for November in Ethiopia, and a deadline for abstracts is fast approaching. The conference theme is ÛÏSpatial Enablement in Support of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction.Û
Earthzine (earthzine.org) was established in 2007 as an outreach activity for the GEO (Group on Earth Observations) and GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) initiative. As a newly adopted publication of the Oceanic Engineering Society, we seek contributions to bolster Earthzine’s coverage of oceans-related activities.
A Call for Papers has been issued for the 2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), to be held in October in California’s Silicon Valley.
In an online seminar, Don Walsh will review the history of deep ocean exploration going back to William Beebe in the 1930s up through Jim Cameron’s March 2012 dive to the bottom of the deepest place in the World Ocean.
The University of Nottingham, U.K., has announced a Special Issue in Remote Sensing: ÛÏEarth Observation Technology Cluster: Innovative Sensor Systems for Advanced Land Surface Studies.Û The deadline for manuscript submissions is May 31, 2012.
Earthzine.org, an IEEE-sponsored online scientific journal, is soliciting articles of 800 to 3,000 words for its third 2012 quarterly theme on Atmospheric Chemistry. We seek contributions from all regions of the globe, addressing current issues, techniques and applications related to Atmospheric Chemistry measurements and their broad application to global change issues and policy.
The OBSERVE project, funded by the European Commission under its FP7 program, is organizing a competition aimed at promoting the use of Earth Observation data in the Balkans.
Be a part of the next step toward reaching the Millennium Development Goals during the 2nd GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop in August. Beginning Aug. 28, The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Science and Technology Stakeholders will gather at the University of Bonn, Germany, for the four-day workshop called “GEOSS: Supporting Science for the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond.”
Students in NASA’s student research program, DEVELOP, using satellite data to address community concerns, are preparing to present the results of their projects from the spring term with a virtual poster session on March 22, 2012.
A Workshop on Defining, Measuring, and Communicating the Socio-economic Benefits of Geospatial Information/GEOSS will be held in Boulder, Colorado, June 12 – 14, 2012.
