Call for Presentations for CalGIS

The educational programme is developed through a review of submissions received through the Call for Abstracts. The committee welcomes the submission of individual papers, posters, complete sessions, and lightning talks and has proposed a list of suggested categories for consideration: Education, Health, and Community with a focus on serving geospatial information needs and the application of GIS within the community, and the areas of education and health; Natural Resources, Water, and Agriculture Technical Applications covering the application of geospatial technologies in the broad areas of natural resources, water, and agriculture; Risk and Emergency Management covering the application of geospatial technologies in the broad areas of risk management, mitigation, and planning or responding to emergency situations; Technical Applications including presentations on specific applications of geospatial technology. This track includes the use of emerging technologies, web applications, and open source applications and Government and Policy focusing on laws, regulations, policies, and standards which affect the geospatial community. It is intended to include presentations or discussions on how the geospatial community can effectively respond to requirements that affect our work. The open General Geospatial which is an open track for presentations and discussions on geospatial topics of interest to the geospatial community.