Workshops on Interoperability/Technology and Education/Outreach aspects of Geoinformatics – working towards a National Geoinformatics Community.

September 23 and 24, 2010, USGS-Denver Federal Center
 
 

Building on the experience gathered from previous workshops on geoinformatics, the academic community has the opportunity to be directly involved in planning and coordinating future efforts in geoinformatics
research and learning.  The main objectives of these workshops are to identify the best ways to integrate and share data and knowledge from different fields in the geosciences, focus geoinformatics research and
education priorities, and build a National Geoinformatics Community (NGC). Important to this is to address aspects related to interoperability/technology and education/outreach.  The vision for NGC is to advance geoinformatics at all levels via outreach, advocacy, and fostering communities of practice. The NGC concept has evolved from numerous workshops, town hall meetings, and the work of an exploratory committee in meetings with existing and successful community efforts such as UNAVCO,
IRIS, Ocean Leadership (formerly JOI), and CUAHSI.

 
For further information please go to:  http://ngc.usgin.org/

Please contact Doug Walker (jdwalker@ku.edu) with any questions.