January 25, 2012 (Des Plaines, IL) – URISA is pleased to announce its Sixth Caribbean GIS Conference taking place November 12-16, 2012 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The conference theme is " Spatial Technologies - Critical Thinking for Critical Times". The Conference Program is developed through a Call for Presentations. Abstract submissions are reviewed and discussed by a group of volunteer committee members representing the Caribbean region and others with a keen interest in advancing technology solutions in the area.

The committee welcomes the submission of individual papers, complete sessions, and lightning talks and has proposed a list of suggested topics for consideration (note that all abstracts received will be reviewed and considered for the conference program regardless of the list below):

• Mobile technology in action
• Raising public awareness – New ways of showing the public what we do and how we do it
• Best practices and lessons learned
• GIS in Emergency Management
• GIS for Disaster Management
• Land Information Management
• The best idea we had this year was…
• Going viral – using YouTube and other social media
• Web interfaces –  from querying to editing
• Utilizing GIS for Landuse Planning
• GIS in the ‘Cloud’
• Innovative Health GIS Applications
• The Use of Enterprise GIS Applications
• Open Source GIS – A viable alternative
• Demographic Analysis – GIS makes the task easier
• PPGIS- let’s get everyone involved
• Spatial Planning – a new understanding
• Future Role of the GIS Professional
• The use of GIS in Energy Conservation Initiatives
• GIS and Climate Change Adaptation in Small Island Developing States
• Addressing Woes
• Database and Data Management Challenges
• Standards & Standards Implementation Issues and Experiences
• Data Sharing, Open Data or Data Warehousing
• Solving Funding Issues
• Collaboration, Coordination and Cooperation tips and tricks
• Environmental Monitoring, Modeling or Analysis
• GIS-The Currency of Modern Businesses

Abstract submissions will be accepted until Monday, April 2, 2012.  

The link to the Call for Presentations and general conference information is:   http://www.urisa.org/carib2012

Contact:
Wendy Nelson
Executive Director - URISA
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847-824-6300