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Geospatial Minds for SocietyJuly 7 - 10, 2015 | Salzburg, AustriaThe GI_Forum 2015 provides a platform for dialogue among geospatial minds in an ongoing effort to support the creation of an informed GISociety. Bearing in mind different perspectives from a variety of professions, presentations, workshops and exhibitions will concentrate on innovations in education, science and technologies, in the spatial domain and their possible contribution to a more just, ethical and sustainable society. Prominent keynote speakers will highlight new developments, offer insights into trends and visions, and at the same time be available for our Young Researchers' Corner for more individualized interaction with young researchers.Themes & Application Fields. GI_Forum solicits contributions in full paper and extended abstract versions in, but not limited to the following topics: 
  • Advances in GIScience 
  • Innovations in geospatial technologies 
  • Monitoring Global Change 
  • Citizenship and education 
  • Empirical research in education 
  • Learning Environments in Primary and Secondary Education 
This year the GI_Forum will host a number of specialty sessions, tracks and workshops: 
  • School on the cloud 
  • Gender, (geo)media prosumption and education 
  • EO-based support of Humanitarian Operations (EO4Hum) 
  • Geoinformation for Public Health 
  • Hydrology GIS 
  • Technical and Human Sensors 
  • Spatial perspective on transportation modelling 
GI_Forum is organized by the Department of Geoinformatics ? Z_GIS in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and runs concurrently with the highly regarded German language conference on Applied Geoinformatics ? AGIT. The two symposia share the innovative AGIT EXPO exhibit and stimulating social events. Submission: Types & Deadlines. GI_Forum 2015 gives authors choices about the type of submission they want to make in order to accommodate a variety of interdisciplinary contributions. Submissions must be in English language. The review is double-blind. Consult the author information guidelines published at the conference website for further details. Publication will be both hardcopy and online (see www.austriaca.at/gi_forum). The publication is included in Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index. Conference stipends: A total of 5 conference stipends are available for outstanding international contributions from MSc/PhD/PostDoc researchers. These stipends are ? 400 each and will typically cover both the conference fees and accommodation during the conference. Stipends are available for full-paper contributions in English only. They are awarded based on the results of an international review process. 
  • February 1, 2015 deadline for submission of full papers, extended abstracts, extended abstracts for poster presentation
  • March 16, 2015 notification of acceptance
  • April 15, 2015 final paper versions
  • June 6, 2015 late deadline for submission of extended abstracts for poster presentation 
Online submissions only will be accepted, starting from December, 1st 2014 at www.gi-forum.org. We are looking forward to your contribution!


School on the Cloud - Special TrackSpecial Track: As we are well into the 21st century, important differentiations have occurred related to the way we view Education and (Geo)ICT. That is, educational processes such as openness, sharing, interpersonal relationships, discourse, personal motivation, tacit over explicit knowledge, as well as the sharing and reusability of learning resources on the web cannot be addressed in the traditional ways now in place. In other words, these processes cannot be dealt with unless we accept the need of new teaching and learning approaches supported by (Geo)ICT technologies in the form of Cloud computing that leads to the educational approach of School on the Cloud, which we want to adress in this special track. Topics: We welcome papers and posters that focus on the (dis)advantages of cloud-based geoinformation for (secondary and postsecondary) learning or cloud-based environments for GI related education. Invited are both best practice examples, or research papers on specific competence models.Types & Deadlines. GI_Forum 2015 gives authors choices about the type of submission they want to make in order to accommodate a variety of interdisciplinary contributions. Submissions must be in English language. The review is double-blind. Consult the author information guidelines published at the conference website for further details. Publication will be both hardcopy and online (see www.austriaca.at/gi_forum). The publication is included in Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index.Contact:Robert Vogler Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS | University of Salzburg