The theme for this conference is Spatial Data Infrastructure Convergence: Building SDI Bridges to Address Global Challenges.
The 11th edition of the GSDI Conference will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Click on the picture below to see a video about the GSDI 11 World Conference.
Geographic information technologies and spatial data infrastructure play critical roles in allowing governments, local communities, non-government organizations, the commercial sector, the academic community and common people to make progress in addressing many of the worlds most pressing problems. The approaches in building spatial data infrastructure within and among nations are in many respects converging. This conference will explore the convergence towards best standards, practices and processes among nations while at the same time explore ever evolving and exciting new approaches to the offering of geographic data and services in meeting real world needs.
The Netherlands is famous for its bridge-building, We invite you to come and build bridges with and among your peers to support mutually beneficial spatial data infrastructure for all. Expect to ...
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interact with top level international speakers,
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learn about and share local, European and global experiences in building spatial data infrastructure, and
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engage in networking with counterparts.
Partners in organizing this conference include the GSDI Association, Geonovum, Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, EUROGI, Space for Geoinformation Innovation Program (RGI) and Delft University of Technology.
Three major components of this conference include:
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Dutch SDI Results and Challenges,
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the Third INSPIRE Conference, and
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the Eleventh International Conference of the GSDI Association.
While some conference sessions and tracks are being organized by the separate associations, the call for papers applies to all interested parties from any disciplinary sector and the vast majority of workshops, paper sessions, social events and business meetings offered throughout the week are open to all conference registrants.