Future of GIScience Workshop at National University of Ireland

Looking at the way the Geographic Information Science (GIScience) is undergoing changes with the transformation in data capture and management systems; there is a need for development of new algorithms, visualization techniques to handle such data. Looking at such aspects, a one day workshop is being organized by National University of Ireland Maynooth under the umbrella of Strategic Research Cluster in Advanced Geotechnologies. This will provide the Irish GIS community with a unique opportunity to listen to and meet these highly acclaimed people.

Brief Programme:

• Applications and Analysis: GeoWeb2.0 and geo collaboration - Paul Longley, University College London
• Representing the Geospatial Future- Michael Goodchild, University of California Santa Barbara
• GIS: the tools of GIScience - David Maguire, ESRI
• Geographic Information Geographic Information – national policy issues and business models policy issues and business models for governments for governments - David Rhind, The City University in London

This is a free to attend workshop, with obligatory registration by email to ncg@nuim.ie. Registration deadline: 15 April 2008.


For more information download the detailed programme in PDF format.