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
