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
Email Contact
www.urisa.org
847-824-6300