Events

November 9 | U_lecture webinar Smart City Information Modeling

November 9 | U_Lecture ‘Smart City Information Modelling and Interoperability’ Dr Martin Huber, Condesys Consulting Wed, Nov 9, 2016 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM CET Using a tool called ‘Geographic Information System’ one would expect to get support to model, analyse and control the dynamic phenomena of a geographic region like a city or a country. The mainstream GIS technology delivered in the last 20 years, however, does hardly live up to this expectation. The information concept of GIS is map-centric and maps are static by nature. Information, on the other hand, is a dynamic piece of knowledge exchanged between different …

November 1-2 GeoDesign Summit Europe | Intercontinental Geodesign

November 1-2 GeoDesign Summit Europe | Intercontinental Geodesign The 4th edition of the GeoDesign Summit Europe is held in picturesque Delft with the TU Delft as the local host. Participants will explore together how they, as geodesign professionals, can incorporate GIS into their discipline to build safer, smarter, and more resilient communities. The motto of this year’s event, ‘Intercontinental Geodesign’, will emphasize that geodesign as a tool for collaborative planning and design works across scales, disciplines and continents to find solutions that improve our living environment. Facing global challenges as climate change and overpopulation but helped by modern ways of communication and collaboration, …

June 25-30 | Meet UNIGIS at the Esri conferences

June 25-30 | Meet UNIGIS at the Esri conferences Meet UNIGIS at the biggest GIS event of the year, the Esri User Conference in San Diego. From June 25th until June 30th, you can find UNIGIS in the different exhibition areas during the Esri User Conference: June 25 and 26 at the Esri Education GIS Conference table #E202 June 27 at the Esri Academic GIS Program Fair table #A105 June 28, 29 and 30 at the Esri User Conference booth #2401 We look forward to an exciting event together with you! More information about the different UNIGIS programmes: www.unigis.net.

Summer school opportunities 2016

Cabot Institute Summer School on risk and uncertainty in natural hazards 2016 11 – 17 July 2016 at University of Bristol, UK http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events/2016/cabot-summer-school-2016.html Smart Cities: Designing Places and U rban Mentalities – Vienna Summer School 2016 21 – 29 August 2016 at TU Wien, Austria http://summerschool2016-smartcity.tuwien.ac.at/ N.B. Upon the successful completion of summer schools, ECTS could be awarded towards the Elective subject, both for MSc and UNIGIS professional study programmes.

5-8 July GI_Forum 2016 | registration

GI_Forum 2016 open : spatial : interfaces July 5- 8, 2016 | Salzburg, Austria GI_Forum 2016 provides a platform for dialogue among geospatial minds in an ongoing effort to support the creation of an informed GeoInformation Society. Bearing in mind different perspectives from a variety of professions, presentations as well as workshops and exhibitions will concentrate on innovations in education, science and technologies. The spatial sciences today contribute significantly 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 individually accessible for our …

5-6 July workshop | Geo-Entrepreneurship

Recommendation for UNIGIS students and alumni, AGIT/FOSSGIS 2016 participants! Special offer for this 1,5 days workshop around AGIT 2016 in Salzburg! Build your Geo-business idea and learn how to face certain issues on the way towards market readiness. The participants of this workshop will deal with these issues and experience important skills to bring their business into market. These skills are not only for young entrepreneurs, they are helpful for company projects as well. The workshop will take place during AGIT-week in Salzburg. Also consider visiting www.agit.at/startup Dr. Ian Heywood teaches at the Business School at university of Aberdeen with …

24 June | Celebrating 25 years of UNIGIS UK

Friday 24th June 2016, 1pm (for a 1.30pm start) – 5pm University of Salford, Digital Performance Lab, Salford Quays, M50 2HE Are you a GIS specialist? Are you interested in GIS? Want to learn more about developing a career in GIS? Join UNIGIS UK for an afternoon of activities to celebrate 25 years of online and distance learning in Geographical Information Systems. The occasion will include: a discussion panel with guest speakers from academia and industry, including Professor Bob Barr (OBE), Dr Richard Armitage (University of Salford), and Rob Sharpe (ESRI UK); a poster session showcasing the work of UNIGIS students and …

5-8 July GI Forum | Special rate of €220 for active UNIGIS Students

This year’s GI_Forum motto is “open : spatial : interfaces”. The spatial sciences today contribute significantly 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 individually accessible for Young Researchers. The special rate includes all events of the GI_Forum and the German-language counterpart, AGIT. Registration is open until June 25, 2016! Follow this link to register:http://gi-forum.org/registration. Call for Posters Deadline May 1st Take the opportunity to actively shape the program of the GI_Forum by presenting your work as part of our poster session. A poster …

24-29 May | QGIS International User and Developer Conference Girona (Spain)

This year, the Spanish FOSS4G (Jornadas de SIG Libre) organized by SIGTE (University of Girona) will held the 2nd edition of the International QGIS User and Developer Conference, as well as a QGIS Hack Fest. The conference will take place in May 2016 (24th-29th). During a whole week Girona (Spain) will be the capital of the Free and Open Source Geospatial Technologies. The International QGIS User and Developer Conference wants to be the referential conference, and a meeting point for the family of users and developers orbiting around the QGIS project, in order to gather experiences and sharing knowledge about QGIS. …