CARTOGRAPHY and GEOINFORMATICS for EARLY WARNING and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Towards Better Solutions

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25.2.2009

ABSTRACTS - PDF file (5,5MB).

30.1.2009

List of participants now available in PDF format

25.1.2009

WEB PAGES OF THE SYMPOSIUM WERE CLOSED, THANKS ALL FOR PARTICIPATION

16.1.2009

FINAL PROGRAMME now on PROGRAMME page

13.1.2009

ROUND TABLE on Spatially Enabled EW and EM will be held on Tesday Jan 20th - more information here

30.12.2008

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE and PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME now on PROGRAMME page

27.12.2008

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS now under the Symposium Topics on PROGRAMME page

15.12.2008

TEMPLATE for PAPERS is now available on Authors page - please read carefully the Guidelines

10.12.2008

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30.11.2008

For authors - deadline for advanced registration was postponed to December 8th - more information on REGISTRATION page in section Registration fees and Deadlines.

29.10.2008

Deadline for Abstracts was postponed to November 15th

26.9.2008

Important dates

25.9.2008

CAL for PAPERS (pdf)

24.9.2008

PASSPORT and VISA requirements are now available on REGISTRATION page

24.9.2008

Information for exhibitors is available in exhibitors section of PROGRAMME page

23.9.2008

Information on accommodation is now available on LOCATION page

22.9.2008

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22.9.2008

on-line REGISTRATION FORM is now available (also through registration page in menu above)

18.9.2008

Invitation for sponsors and exhibitors with broader information about the Symposium is here

15.9.2008

Lists of organizing and scientific committee members are now available on Organizers page

10.9.2008

Information about TOPICS and guidelines for authors are now available on Programme page through menu above

9.9.2008

The title of the Symposium has been changed

25.8.2008

All your questions concerning the Symposium will now be answered through a new e-mail address: c4c@geogr.muni.cz

13.8.2008

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10.6.2008

The title and date of the Symposium has been changed

12.2.2008

First info about the Symposium has been released

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We would like to invite you to participate in

Joint Symposium of ICA Working Group on Cartography in Early Warning and Crises Management (CEWaCM) and JBGIS Geo-information for Disaster Management (Gi4DM)

entitled

Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Emergency Management: Towards Better Solutions

CALL FOR PAPERS (pdf)

The Symposium will be held in Prague under the auspices of His Magnificence Prof. Dr. Petr FIALA, Ph.D., Rector of the Masaryk University, Brno and under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the European Union with participation of three ministries of the Czech government - Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and Ministry of Industry and Trade - Fire rescue Service of the Czech republic, general directorate, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and in close cooperation with the Joint Research Centrum in Ispra, Italy and EC DG Enterprise. The symposium is supported by international organizations like ICA, ISPRS, ISDE, UNOOSA, UNESCO, JB GIS, and local research and professional organizations such as CAGI, Czech Cartographic Society and NEMOFORUM.

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Recent large natural and anthropogenic disasters have clearly shown various shortcomings and failures in existing technologies and policies for efficient early warning and emergency response. Many barriers exist in making data available, providing the most appropriate data and making systems co-operate. Most geo-data currently available is designed, stored, and managed by organizations that normally have distinct mandates. Under normal circumstances, these organizations operate largely independent of each other. The presentation of data is adapted to the needs and tasks of particular groups of users. Early warning and emergency management requires different types of systems. The systems have to be user-centered and ensure that every person (professional or citizen) receives the information that will help him/her to avoid losses of life and damages of critical infrastructures.

Geoinformatic techniques have already proven that they could significantly facilitate emergency management. Methods and approaches used in cartography can greatly help in presentation of data by adapting the visualization with respect to the context of the user, and enhance the decision-making process with visual analytics and simulations.

This Symposium will tackle topics related to Early Warning and Emergency Management considering:

Technology (both software and hardware applicable for Early Warning and Emergency Management)
User requirements for geo-information (both management and mobile users)
Information providers (data and standards)

SYMPOSIUM TOPICS

The fundamental goal of this Symposium will be:

To establish the state-of-the-art in Early Warning and Emergency Management
To review tools, software, existing geo-information sources, organizational structures and methods for work in crisis situations
To outline drawbacks in current discovery, integration, visualization, analysis and exchange of geo-information
To investigate the role of the citizens in EW and EM
To make suggestions for future research directions

Selected papers, presented at the symposium will be suggested for publication in a Springer Book:

"Cartography and Geoinformatics for Disaster Management: developments and trends"

ORGANISING COMMITTEES

DEADLINES
Extended abstract submission:	15. 11. 2008	(guidelines here)
Notification to authors:	28. 11. 2008
Full paper submission:	31. 12. 2008	(guidelines here)