[UN SPIDER] Joint Symposium of ICA Working Group on Cartography in Early Warning and Crises Management (CEWaCM) and JBGIS Geo-information for Disaster Management (Gi4DM)

[Georg MAGERL]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the following Symposium and inform
you that the deadline for the submission of abstracts has been extended to
15 November 2008:


Joint Symposium of ICA Working Group on Cartography in Early Warning and
Crises Management (CEWaCM)  and JBGIS Geo-information for Disaster
Management (Gi4DM)

entitled:

"Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Emergency Management:
Towards Better Solutions"

to be held from 19-22 January 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic

For more information: http://c4c.geogr.muni.cz/index.html

Furthermore, we are pleased to announce that UNOOSA through the UN-SPIDER
Programme will provide air tickets to two participants to attend this
meeting. Preference will be given to young researchers/professionals that
have been accepted to present in the symposium and have submitted the full
paper, that are from a developing country, and that have been specifically
nominated by their institution or department to participate in  this
international meeting.

If you are interested in being considered for one of the two air tickets
please inform the organisers when submitting your abstract:
c4c at geogr.muni.cz. Please also attach the endorsement from your institution
or department to participate in this meeting.

Best regards,

Georg MAGERL

Associate Expert
Office for Outer Space Affairs / UN-SPIDER
United Nations Office at Vienna
P.O.Box 500
A-1400 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Tel:  +43-(1)-26060-4472
Fax: +43-(1)-26060-5830
E-Mail: georg.magerl at unoosa.org
http://www.unspider.org

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