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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ON INTEROPERATING
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, USA
DECEMBER 3-4 AND 5-6, 1997
 
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
 
The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis and the Open
GIS Consortium Inc announce an International Conference on Interoperating
Geographic Information Systems, to be held in Santa Barbara December 3-4,
1997, and to be followed December 5-6 by an invitational Workshop.  Topics
to be addressed at the conference include the current state of research in
related disciplines concerning the technical, semantic, and organizational
issues of GIS interoperation; case studies of GIS interoperation;
theoretical frameworks for interoperation; interoperation of data and
metadata; interoperation in GIS application areas, including environmental
modeling; and evaluations of alternative approaches.  The program will
include invited keynote presentations and contributed papers; limited space
will also be available for posters, demonstrations, and exhibits.
 
Proposals for contributed presentations are invited.  They should include
an extended (1,000-word) abstract, and must be submitted by email prior to
September 15, 1997.  Full versions of papers will be due by the conference
date.  Further information on registration will be available shortly via
the NCGIA Web site www.ncgia.ucsb.edu or directly via
www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/conf/interop97/. This site will also be used to post the
program and full papers as they become available.  A CD of the papers will
be issued after the conference.
 
The workshop following the conference will be limited to approximately 30
invited participants.  It will build on the conference proceedings by
focusing on the development of a research agenda, identifying those topics
of interest that will likely yield to concentrated research effort within
short, medium, and long timeframes.  Funds to support participation in the
workshop will be provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation through
NCGIA's Varenius project.  Expressions of interest in participation in the
workshop should also be submitted by email prior to September 15, 1997.
They should include a short resume and short (1,000-word) position paper on
the issues to be addressed by the conference and subsequent workshop.
 
Email concerning the conference and workshop, including submissions or
requests for information, should be sent to [log in to unmask] or to the
Conference Secretariat by phone (805) 893-8224 or FAX (805) 893-8617.