GeoWeb 2009 – Cityscapes and More
GeoWeb 2009 will be held in Vancouver, July 27-31. As always, GeoWeb is concerned with the reciprocal intersection and impact of the Web and Geo, as well as the social, technical and business implications of that exchange. GeoWeb is a very important event, more than any other on the geospatial calendar, offering the opportunity to visualize and contribute to the direction of the industry.
One of those interesting directions, to be hi-lighted at GeoWeb 2009, is the role of information sharing and information infrastructures in the urban landscape (Cityscapes). Considering the recent announcements of significant investments in large capital infrastructure projects such as highways, mass transit, and remediation of buildings for energy conservation and pollution reduction, this focus on urban environments is even more relevant than in the past. All of these initiatives demand information management, and systems that deal easily with 3D information, design information, and the whole process and life cycle of construction. This will demand new approaches and new ways of thinking, some of which were highlighted at GeoWeb 2008, and we look forward to expanding our efforts in 2009.
Of course, non-Urban applications (oceanography, national defense, oil and gas, utilities) will continue to form a key part of the GeoWeb conference, as will pure technology presentations and papers; this is all about collision and intersection. Developments in GeoWeb technologies for national defense will have impact in the urban world. Equally developments in the urban world may have important implications for apparently disparate domains like undersea exploration or the study of the atmosphere.
We will be back at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in beautiful Vancouver (plan your holiday), and we will have a full slate of invited speakers, keynotes, workshops, and technical presentations. There will be a fireworks dinner cruise and, of course, the student contest is back!
GeoWeb 2009 has added some new twists to the format of previous conferences, such as the Science/Academic track on 3D modeling, to be held in the adjacent Segal Center. Whether a Cityscaper or not, we hope you will get your presentations in. We are all very excited about 2009 and hope you are too – so plan to attend the most important event on the geospatial calendar!
