IGC2008

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== Retrospect of GFOSS Session at the 33rd IGC Geoscience World Congress 2008==
=== IEI-20 Free and open source geospatial software: applications in Earth Sciences and recent development ===
An immense amount of spatial data are collected by earth-scientists every year, e.g. geophysical investigations, remotely sensed data and information acquired during field-work. This information has to be stored, interpreted and, ideally, published and shared within the Earth Sciences community. To tackle this challenge without the help of dedicated geospatial software and networks is unthinkable. Unfortunately, proprietary software-solutions tend to be expensive or downright unaffordable for scientific institutions, particularly in less developed countries and data sharing is impeded by proprietary formats. However, during the last two decades several alternative software packages were developed in the open-source community and are available for free. The functionality of these highly flexible software solutions includes, amongst others, classical GIS and remote sensing task, virtual reality and geospatial data storage and sharing. Furthermore, the open source nature of the software allows for peer review of the programme code and therewith a good understanding of the processes operating on the users' data. This symposium attempted to provide a forum to present and discuss all aspects of scientific work in Earth Sciences which utilises and/or is related to free and open-source geospatial software. Its main intention was to make the geoscientific community aware of the diversity, power and advantages of free and open source geospatial software and to attract new users.
Although the session got only 9 contibutions (5 oral and 4 poster presentations; 2 were cancelled), the authors represented the whole width of the open source community with affiliations at universities, public service, research institutes, industry and high school. Equally broad were the topics of the presentations, covering latest free and open source software development, its use in research, outreach and teaching and spatial data infrastructure, e.g. spatial data storage and its publication and sharing via internet. Surprisingly large was the interest in the session and the audience was about 90-100 people during Paul Wessel's talk about the Generic Mapping Tools. The apprehension that the audience would disperse in the break due to the cancelled talks did not become true and a lively discussion developed about free and open source geospatial software in general and its utilization for geology in particular. The relatively good attendance and a poll to the audience which indicated that only about 20% of the attendees were activily using free and open source software shows that session has been successful and our intention has been achieved.
== Pre-Congress Information below: ==
=== Geoscience Information Super-Session at the 33rd IGC Geoscience World Congress 2008 ===
The Geoscience Information Super-Session has been proposed to and accepted by the organizers of the 33rd Geoscience World Congress 2008 (IGC 2008) http://www.33igc.org/ (6th to 14th August 2008 in Oslo, Norway). This symposium is intended to cover all aspects of geoscience information in four parallel sessions which will last three days.
Two OSGeo-related sessions have been proposed to the topical symposium. One has been included in the framework of the symposium, the other is a possible amendment if interest (number of submitted abstracts) is large enough. The success of both sessions is strongly dependent on participation from the OSGeo community. The IGC will bring together 8000+ geoscientists from all over the world and be an outstanding opportunity to present your OSGeo related work.
For up-to-date details about the congress and abstract submission see http://www.33igc.org/). Don't forget to specify the OSGeo sessions (IEI-20) on your abstract submission :)
Postponed abstract deadline Friday 7th March 2008!
=== GFOSS Session ===
Included as 4.3 in the framework (see below).
Title: Free and open-source geospatial software: applications in Earth Sciences and recent development.
Description: An immense amount of spatial data is collected by earth-scientists every year, including information collected during field-work, geophysical and remotely sensed data, maps, etc. This information has to be stored, interpreted and, ideally, published and shared within the Earth Sciences community. To tackle this challenge without the help of dedicated geospatial software and networks is unthinkable. Unfortunately, proprietary software-solutions tend to be expensive or downright unaffordable for scientific institutions, particularly in less developed countries. 
However, during the last two decades several alternative software packages were developed in the open-source community and are now available for free. The functionality of these highly flexible software solutions includes, amongst others, classical GIS and remote sensing task, virtual reality and geospatial databases. 
 
This symposium attempts to provide a forum to present and discuss all aspects of scientific work in Earth Sciences which utilises and/or is related to free and open-source geospatial software. 
Convenors (preliminary):
 Henning Lorenz 
 Department of Earth Sciences 
 Uppsala University 
 Villavägen 16 
 752 36 Uppsala 
 Sweden 
 e-mail: henning.lorenz AT geo.uu.se
and
 Markus Neteler 
 Fondazione Mach - Centro di Ecologia Alpina
 38040 Viote del Monte Bondone (Trento)
 Italy
 http://www.cealp.it
 e-mail: neteler AT osgeo.org
Contact: Henning Lorenz
=== Public Geodata Session (not implemented)===
Title: The necessity of public geodata in research co-operation
Notes: Open access to geographic data - information available to use, re-use and redistribute without legal or financial constraints - is growing in importance in scientific and research communities. Open source software and open standards for data exchange and query are rapidly accelerating what can be achieved by sharing and recombining data more openly. 
Within the Open Source Geospatial development community, simple protocols for data exchange, discovery and reuse are developed iteratively through the best practise of experts. Collaborative production of metadata models and ontology maps for different domains enable kinds of re-use and discovery that restore a spirit of research to data investigation. Academics and scientists may find striking new realisations once their data can be combined in as many different ways with as many different data sets as possible.
Public geodata is largely that whose collection and maintenance is paid for by the state. New technologies allow for a more distributed data truthing and gathering process by locals familiar with the terrain. Between the public domain model whose financial support is being threatened in the US; and the European model which has largely featured a proprietary, "cost-recovery" attitude towards data maintenance; there is a middle way. This symposium will look at methods for practically avoiding the negative effects on data availability and reuse that a proprietary, protective licensing policy towards geographic data may cause. It provides a forum to explore the barriers and facilitators around reuse of geographic information. 
The symposium also effects to gauge interest within the geomatics community in establishing an precedent for Earth Sciences interoperability of data and standards across Europe. In the US, the Conservation Commons ( http://conservationcommons.org ) and Information Commons for Science ( http://informationcommonsforscience.org/ ) may be strong models to look forward to.
=== Framework for a Geoscience Information Super-Session ===
Overall coordination: Ian Jackson, John Broome and Udo Strauss
OP Opening Plenary Session (half day)
Overall coordinators to Chair
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			</B>(minutes)</FONT></FONT></P>
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			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>GIS-S-
			OP.0.1</FONT></FONT></P>
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		<TD WIDTH=214>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Opening
			keynote</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=94>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>TBA</FONT></FONT></P>
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		<TD WIDTH=115>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>45</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
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			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>OP.0.2</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=214>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Keynote
			on data capture and acquisition</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=94>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>TBA</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
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			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>30</FONT></FONT></P>
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			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>OP.0.3</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=214>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Keynote
			on information management</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=94>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>TBA</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=115>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>30</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
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			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>OP.0.4</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=214>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Keynote
			on information dissemination and delivery</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=94>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>TBA</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=115>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>30</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
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			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>OP.0.5</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=214>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Keynote
			on Information technology and systems</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=94>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>TBA</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=115>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>30</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
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		<TD WIDTH=88>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>OP.0.6</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=214>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Keynote
			on 3 and 4D modelling and visualisation</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=94>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>TBA</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=115>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>30</FONT></FONT></P>
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GIS-S-CP Closing Wrap-up Plenary Session (quarter day)
Session coordinators to facilitate
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			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Two
			hour open discussion to conclude the Super-session. Discussion
			items will include hot topics and cross-cutting issues raised in
			the Sub-Sessions, plus actions, plans and networking opportunities
			for the future and a post mortem on the Super-Session itself and
			how it may be improved for IGC34. The Session coordinators will
			form a panel to facilitate discussion and throughout the whole
			Super-Session attendees will be encouraged to submit written
			questions in advance to provide material for the discussion.</FONT></FONT></P>
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GIS-S-1 Session One: Data Capture and Acquisition
Coordinator: Guy Buller
Possible Sub-Sessions:
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		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Provisional
			Sub-Session Title</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Convenors</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>GIS-S-
			1.1</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Advances
			in digital data capture in geological mapping</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Guy
			Buller and Colm Jordan</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>1.2</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>The
			increasing contribution and opportunities presented by remotely
			sensed data: geophysics, digital elevation data, and sensor
			networks</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Eric
			Grunsky and Tom Cudahy</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>1.3</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Putting
			new life into old data – digital conversion and exploitation of
			paper records</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Mary
			Carter and Jørgen Tulstrup</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>1.4</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>(other
			sub-sessions may result following abstract submission)</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>TBA</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
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GIS-S-2 Session Two: Information Management
Coordinator: John Broome
Possible Sub-Sessions:
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		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Provisional
			Sub-Session Title</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Convenors</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>GIS-S-
			2.1</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>If
			you can’t find the data, why bother collecting and keeping it? -
			the importance of good metadata</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Per
			Ryghaug and Jerry Giles</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>2.2</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Data
			models and architectures</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Boyan
			Broderic and John Laxton</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>2.3</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Interoperability
			and exchange formats – developments in XML, GML, GeoSciML, OGC,
			ISO and other standards</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Simon
			Cox and Lars-Kristian Stölen</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>2.4</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>What
			should we call that rock? – the critical role of thesauri,
			vocabularies, ontologies and dictionaries in digital systems</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Peter
			Davenport and Clinton Smyth </FONT></FONT>
			</P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>2.5</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Spatial
			data infrastructures and strategies for geoscience information</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>François
			Robidas and Jan Kooijman</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>2.6</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Data
			repositories – their role in the information life cycle and the
			future global information infrastructure</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Frank
			Brassil and ? </FONT></FONT>
			</P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>2.7</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Looking
			after the ground truth – the problems and opportunities in
			managing physical collections (paper records, core and fossils
			etc)</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Mike
			Howe and ?</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>2.8</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Managing
			the transition from map making to database building</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Dave
			Soller and Staffan Zetterlund</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>2.9</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>(other
			sub-sessions may result following abstract submission)</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>TBA</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
GIS-S-3 Session Three: Information Dissemination and Delivery
Coordinator: Ian Jackson
Possible Sub-Sessions:
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			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Provisional
			Sub-Session Title</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Convenors</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>GIS-S-
			3.1</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Geological
			maps in the digital era: Quo Vadis?</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Kristine
			Asch and Koji Wakita</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>3.2</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Uncertainty
			in GIS and 3D modelling – approaches to quantify and represent
			error in interpreted digital datasets</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Gina
			Ross and Alan Willocks</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>3.3</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Decision
			support systems: best practice in using GIS and geoscience data to
			help society’s problems</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Robert
			Tomas and Bobo Nordahl</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>3.4</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Accessing
			and sharing geoscience information: the problems and issues of
			disseminating geoscience data in a digital era (including digital
			rights management, licencing, IPR, copyright, public sector data
			for free or a fee, and liability)</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Ian
			Jackson and Jarmo Kohonen</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>3.5</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Dynamic
			delivery of information: harnessing the real time power of the
			internet </FONT></FONT>
			</P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>John
			Broome and Bernhard Wagner</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>3.6</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Geoscience
			information for the developing world</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Anna-Karren
			Nguno and Max Fernandez</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>3.7</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>(other
			sub-sessions may result following abstract submission)</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>TBA</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
GIS-S-4 Session Four: Information Technology and Systems
Coordinator: Udo Strauss
Possible Sub-Sessions:
<TABLE WIDTH=572 BORDER=1 BORDERCOLOR="#000000" CELLPADDING=7 CELLSPACING=0>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Number</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Provisional
			Sub-Session Title</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Convenors</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>GIS-S-
			4.1</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>How
			much more space and speed will we need? – issues relating to the
			current and future provision of digital storage and network
			performance</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Ian
			Ainslie and Sten Troelstrup</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>4.2</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Digital
			standards, security and authentication of web-based database</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Ryoichi
			Kouda and Udo Strauss</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>4.3</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Free
			and open-source geospatial software: applications in Earth
			Sciences and recent development</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT COLOR="#ff0000"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Henning
			Lorenz and Markus Neteler</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>4.4</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>The
			application of high performance computing, GRID and simulation
			technology in geoscience</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Rob
			Woodcock and Louis Moresi</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>4.5</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>(other
			sub-sessions may result following abstract submission)</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>TBA</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
GIS-S-5 Session Five: 3 and 4D modelling and visualisation
Coordinator: Andy Howard
Possible Sub-Sessions:
<TABLE WIDTH=572 BORDER=1 BORDERCOLOR="#000000" CELLPADDING=7 CELLSPACING=0>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Number</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Provisional
			Sub-Session Title</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Convenors</B></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>GIS-S-
			5.1</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>From
			2D to 3D – moving geological surveys from a mapping to modelling
			culture </FONT></FONT>
			</P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Andy
			Howard and Harvey Thorleifson</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>5.2</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Visualisation
			and immersive technologies for model presentation and virtual
			field reconnaissance</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Richard
			Berg, Andreas Kuehni and Jacques Vairon</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>5.3</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Multi-dimensional
			modelling in sparse data environments</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Eric
			de Kemp and Patrick Ledru</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>5.4</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Integrating
			geological and geophysical datasets for 3D modelling</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Catherine
			Truffert and ?</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>5.5</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=278>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>(other
			sub-sessions may result following abstract submission)</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=186>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2><I>TBA</I></FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
GIS-S-6 Session Six: Short-Sharp-Share
Coordinator: Harvey Thorleifson
<TABLE WIDTH=605 BORDER=1 BORDERCOLOR="#000000" CELLPADDING=7 CELLSPACING=0>
	<TR VALIGN=TOP>
		<TD WIDTH=64>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>GIS-S-
			6</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=511>
			<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>A
			Special Session lasting no more than 90 minutes, comprising short
			(5 minute, 2 slide maximum) talks on any topic in geoscience
			information. The talk time limit will be ruthlessly applied! The
			talks may be proposed to the Session coordinators after the issue
			of the final IGC33 programme and at any time during IGC33 before
			the beginning of Session Six. The aim is to have a rapid, succinct
			and impromptu sharing of information, which will also provide an
			opportunity for those who missed the IGC submission deadlines, or
			want to react to issues, raised elsewhere during the IGC, or not
			covered in the Super-Session, or who are perhaps making their
			first talk at a major conference and for whom a short talk will be
			less daunting.</FONT></FONT></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
For up-to-date details about the congress and abstract submission see http://www.33igc.org/). Don't forget to specify the OSGeo sessions on your abstract submission :)
--daoane 14:39, 16 April 2007 (CEST)
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