Dear all,

The latest details  of Advancing GIScience with Open Source Technologies 
organised by the ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies at 
AutoCarto 2016, USA   is now at  
http://www.unm.edu/~sfreunds/autocarto2016/Open_Source_Geospatial.html
Thanks to Mike Finn and Silvana Comboim for their leadership.

It is my great pleasure to introduce Prof. Silvana Philippi Camboim as our 
GeoAmbassador.  I first met Silvana when she visited me at the University of 
Nottingham during her UK visit few years back. It was then we discussed initial 
ideas to establish the first Open Source Geospatial lab in South America [1] 
and expand our collaborations.  In May 2014, i participated in the NSDI 
conference and meetings in Brasília, Brazil  . It was also a good opportunity 
for me to see the amazing work Silvana and her colleagues are doing during that 
visit . I see the work that Silvana is doing in Brazil having a great momentum 
for our global activities of "Geo for All" mission. Her dedication and focus 
for expanding geoeducation opportunities in Brazil and globally has always 
inspired me.

Silvana is a true global citizen who has travelled around the world working for 
expanding opportunities for geospatial education for all. It is great pleasure 
that Silvana has succeeded me as the Chair of the ICA Commission on Geospatial 
Technologies. I had the pleasure to work closely with Silvana during my time as 
chair of the commission and I strongly believe that Silvana will build upon the 
work that we have done and take this to higher level.

Details at 
http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/08/geoambassador-of-the-month-prof-silvana-philippi-camboim/

Silvana will be delivering keynote on "Experiences on How Openness Can Help to 
Reduce Inequality" and also chair the Open Discussion on "Future Directions: 
Thinking About the Road Ahead".

We are looking forward to building  strong research and teaching collaborations 
 worldwide in Open Geospatial Science [2]. We are proud to honour Silvana as 
our GeoAmbassodor and we are extremely grateful for her contributions to Geo 
for All.

Best wishes,

Suchith

Dr. Suchith Anand

http://www.geoforall.org/

Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science


[1] http://www.labgeolivre.ufpr.br/?lang=en
[2] 
http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/06/open-consultation-on-the-vision-2030-for-open-geospatial-science/







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