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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:19:02 +0000
From: Rui Pedro Juliao <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: GIS PlaNET'98 Announcement
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Dear Madam/Sir,
Would you like to know why GIS PlaNET'98 (http://www.gisplanet.org)
will be the GI conference of this year ?
Here are some news about the Conference & Exhibition:
 
A.  About 200 presentations grouped into 4 main categories:
	· Natural related applications
	· Human related applications
	· Geographic Information Technology
	· Data Modeling and Representation.
 
B.  8 Technical workshops:
	1. Broadcast and Entertainment
	2. Geomarketing
	3. Landscape Ecology
	4. Education
	5. Remote Sensing
	6. Interoperability
	7. Spatial Analysis and Decision Support Systems
	8. NET GIS (GI delivery through the web)
 
C.  Special sessions (partners & sponsors) are also offered:
	· GI Project Life-cycle (GITA)
	· Workshop on GPS (URISA)
	· Spanish Virtual Cities - case studies (AESIG, CTT, Un. Girona)
	· Challenges and future developments of GI infrastructures
		 (CNIG/SNIG)
	· Leonetwork workshop (GISIG) and GISIG General
		Assembly
	· GIS what's next on the planet? (Terracarta)
	· Portuguese Intergraph users' meeting
	· Portuguese ESRI users' meeting
	· Portuguese Autodesk users' meeting
	· GIS in Local Government (CM Oeiras)
	· Sharing Geo Information: The pulp industry case (CELPA).
 
D.  European Day:
	· Special Session promoted by the European Commission and EUROGI to
		discuss and present GI related policies and their role in the 5th
		Framework Program.
 
E.  The 1300 m2 exhibition is sold out and will be showing latest
	advances in GI technologies by leading companies represented at
	international level, among which are:
		· Intergraph
		· ESRI
		· Autodesk
		· Smallworld
		· Bentley
	 Some additional space is being negotiated with the Lisbon Congress
	Center. If you need more information about the exhibition please
	contact us.
 
F.  A special keynote by Bill Gates from Microsoft presenting his
	view of the Information Society is scheduled for Wednesday
	(12:00-13:00), broadcasted from EXPO'98 (GIS PlaNET exclusive).
 
G.  A free entrance to EXPO'98 (http://www.expo98.pt) - The last
	world exhibition of the 20th century - is given to all participants.
	More than 150 countries are represented at EXPO'98 showing their
	cultures and particular view of the Oceans (the main theme of
	EXPO'98 - The Oceans: A heritage for the future).
 
GIS PlaNET'98 will offer you five days entirely dedicated to the
development of a Geographic Information Society as well as an
opportunity to benefit of the Lisbon cosmopolitan environment. If you
are in the GI business you should not miss this event.
 
If you are planning to attend GIS PlaNET'98, please make your
pre-registration through our web site
(http://www.gisplanet.org/regist~2.htm).
 
Best PlaNET regards,
 
Joao Geirinhas
GIS PlaNET 98 Organizing Committee - http://www.gisplanet.org
President of USIG - Portuguese GIS Users Association
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GIS PlaNET 98            Phone:  +351.1 387-1573 Travessa
Estevao Pinto   Fax:    +351.1 387-2140 P-1070 Lisboa, Portugal
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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