The
First International Symposium on Geo-information for
Disaster Management
Delft,
The Netherlands
March 21-23, 2005
The
fundamental goal of the Symposium is to tackle Disaster
Management
problems in their entirety, considering:
- Technology
(both software and hardware applicable for Disaster Management)
- User
requirements for geo-information (both management and mobile users)
- Information
providers (data and standards)
Objectives
- To
establish the state-of-the-art in Disaster Management
- To
review tools, software, existing geo-information sources,
organizational structures and methods for work in crisis situations
- To
outline drawbacks in current use, discovery, integration and exchange
of geo-information
- To
make suggestions for future research directions
Keynote speakers
- Michael Goodchild (University of
California, Santa Barbara):
Geo-information science for disaster management
- Richard Guillande (CSC, GeoSciences
Consultants s.a.r.l, Bagneux, France) Fast Delivery of geo-information
for disaster recovery after the Tsunami in South East Asia
- Dick Schoof (Director-General Safety, on behalf of the Minister of
the Interior and Kingdom Affairs, the Netherlands): Geo-information and
disaster management from the perspective of a responsible national government
- D. Muhally Hakim (Bandung Institute of
Technology, Indonesia): Local geo-information support for disaster
management for Banda Atjeh
Important
deadline
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Late registration: |
February 1 - March 15, 2005 |
Intended
audience
Researchers,
developers, users and geo-information providers are cordially invited.
Wider participation is sought. To create an appropriate atmosphere for
work and discussions between different professionals, two types of
sessions are intended: technical sessions devoted to research and development, and practical
sessions for users and managers.
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