Dear HOT community,
We have already got in touch with several of you (hence HOT's presence
on the agenda), but I wanted to also extend the invitation to the *GeOnG
conference *to the whole community. This is the *Forum of Geographic
Information for Relief and Development* we hold every two year since
2008. This year's theme is "*Turning data into actionable knowledge*",
we will focus on how data is collected, analyzed and shared in order to
make it relevant for decision makers. The conference will be held next
*September 22^nd -23^rd * at the Congress Centre Le Manège, in
*Chambéry* (France, 1hr from Geneva).
Last edition saw almost 130 participants from 60 different organizations
come to the conference, and many major organizations (including UNHCR,
OCHA, MSF, MDM, ACF, CNES, MapAction, British Red Cross, ACAPS, etc.)
have already confirmed for this year
<http://www.cartong.org/geong/2014/participants>.
We are still working on the agenda
(http://cartong.org/geong/2014/agenda) but we can already give you an
insight on the sessions we are planning:
* Our introductory *keynote speaker*, *Dr. Philippe Calain *from
Médecins Sans Frontières-CH, will discuss ethical challenges
regarding data management.
* A *plenary session *with executive speakers will tackle this year's
theme.
* *Round tables *will look at specific topics and practical issues.
These include: epidemiology data, crowdsourcing & volunteers, access
to satellite imagery/products, innovative data sharing, maintaining
indicators over time, integrated systems, data for donors, etc.
* *Training workshops*, which are a key feature of GeOnG, will be an
opportunity to discover and learn more about innovative tools as
well as data management essentials such as ArcGIS, QGIS, ODK 2.0,
Excel forms, designing multi-actors surveys, CartoDB, GeosJON, how
to use OSM data, R, HXL, dataviz tools, etc.
* We are introducing this year the *speed geeking*, a session that
will allow project managers to present their ideas to small group of
interested participants (a bit like speed dating), and thus have
high-quality feedback and inputs.
OpenStreetMap will be eminently present throughout the conference, with
HOT members present, a rountable on crowdsourcing featuring several
projects (like the Lubumbashi project conducted with MSF-UK Jorieke will
present) and several workshops on OSM tools. Participatory mapping and
open data will be key topics of the conference, and we'd be glad to have
many HOT members bringing their insights and experiences to the conference!
If you wish to join us and take a part in the discussion, you can
register on our website: http://cartong.org/geong/2014/inscriptions
You still have *9 **days to benefit from the reduced Early birds rates*!
In the meantime, feel free to disseminate this invitation to your
colleagues and network.
All the team hope to see you next September 22^nd -23^rd in Chambéry!
--
Martin Noblecourt
m_nobleco...@cartong.org | Bureau/Office: +33 (0)4 79 26 28 82 | Skype:
martin.noblecourt
CartONG - Mapping and information management for humanitarian
organizations | Cartographie et gestion de l'information pour les
organisations humanitaires
Message: 6 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:31:29 +0200 From: Jorieke Vyncke
<jorieke.vyn...@gmail.com> To: Rod Bera <r...@goarem.org> Cc:
"hot@openstreetmap.org" <hot@openstreetmap.org> Subject: Re: [HOT] geOng
2014 Message-ID:
<CAEO7yf6-BdD7pBwPa1X6dFCcuwP6h7T3T03kC=F85r=7bxc...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Rod, I will be there. Are
you coming too? It would be nice to meet you, and others! Best, Jorieke
2014-08-21 10:24 GMT+02:00 Rod Bera <r...@goarem.org>:
Hi all,
We're part of the menu at the geOng 2014 (see
http://www.cartong.org/geong/2014/agenda, roundtable 2)
Who's attending on HOT's behalf?
Rod
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