Dear All,
It may be useful to explore submitting topics you would like discussed such as those affecting key areas related to the SDGs:
- Health - facilities, infrastructure etc
- Education - schools etc
- Environment - conservation and wetlands, mangrove swamps, forest degradation
- Agriculture - mapping terrain and key features
- Energy -infrastructure grids
- Water - infrastructure grids
- Oceans - fisheries, surveillance etc
For Policy makers and strategists, GIS is critical in terms of accelerating sustainable development. I am enclosing an Invitation and a call for thematic areas and topics by the organizers of the GIS/RS Conference, see email below:
Dear Colleagues,
In preparation for the GIS/RS Conference on the 27th November – 1st of December 2017, please share with us your suggestions or preferences on Themes for the Discussion Session.
At the 2016 Conference, the following topics allowed for in-depth collaboration and the sharing of knowledge and best practices for the GIS/RS community and experts i.e:
1. Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
2. Open Source and Open Data
3. Mapping Forest Degradation
4. Illegal Fishing and Monitoring
5. Disaster Risk Modelling & Impact Forecasting Tools
Please email your responses and the Topics you like to be discussed at the 2017 Conference to Dr. Wolf Forstreuter i.e wolf.forstreuter@gmail.com and Sachindra Singhsachindras@spc.int
Thank you for your support and we look forward to an informative, innovative and productive discussion session.
Kind Regards,
Sereima
Sereima Kalouniviti
Geoinformatics for Development
Pacific Community (SPC) | Suva Regional Office | Private Mail Bag | Suva | Fiji
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