Source: David Stevens by way of Santiago Borrero Dear Colleagues,
This is a final call for all those interested in applying and be considered to be invited to this first expert meeting. Deadline for application is 31st May 2011. Information can be found at http://www.un-spider.org/crowdsource-mapping We did want to thank the more than 100 applicants that have already applied. These applications are already being reviewed by the Organizing Committee. We are looking for very specifc profiles to bring together for this first discussion: more specifically we are aiming at bringing together 30 leading experts representing crowd-sourcing communities, space agencies, disaster management and civil protection agencies, NGOs, private companies, and regional and international organizations. If you are an expert currently working in any of the relevant areas (disasters, crowd-source mapping, space-based information) and would like to participate in the meeting please do consider applying. We are looking for experts that either already work with crowdsource mapping or have been considering how their work could leverage on this opportunity (specifically for disaster risk reduction and emergency and humanitarian response). For this first expert meeting we will be focusing on getting a feedback from experts from the disaster management community regarding how information has to be generated and/or tailored to ensure that it can be used effectively; on novel potential applications and products which could be elaborated by the crowd-sourcing communities that can support preparedness and emergency response, and; how to build upon existing solutions to facilitate the sharing of information to the emergency management community. Additionally, we will also be discussing strategies on how to adequately address intellectual property and copyright concerns. This programme is still being elaborated and if you would like throw in your thoughts please join us at the following Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/space-based-information-for-crowdsource-mapping Thanks again for the extraordinary interest in this event and we are sure the end result will benefit the work we all carry out together. And please do forward this e-mail to any expert you personally know and that you think should be involved in this event Regards David David STEVENS Programme Coordinator UN-SPIDER United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Vienna - Beijing - Bonn Tel.: +43-1-260605631 Skype: tazarkount - Mobile +43 - 699 1459-5631 E-Mail [email protected] _______________________________________________ SDI-LatinAmericaCaribbean mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-latinamericacaribbean -- Por favor, no me envíe documentos con extensiones .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .mdb, mdbx OpenOffice es libre: se puede copiar, modificar y redistribuir libremente. Gratis y totalmente legal. http://GaleNUx.com es el sistema de información para la salud --------------------------------------///-------------------------------------- Teléfono USA: (347) 688-4473 (Google voice) skype: llamarafredyrivera _______________________________________________ Talk-co mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-co
