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Final call for papers and training workshops
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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS AND TRAINING WORKSHOPS GISSA Ukubuzana 2012
Conference and exhibition of geo-informatics, ICT, surveying, remote sensing and location-based business
An African Dialogue:
Geomatics for Infrastructure Development and Service Delivery 
On behalf of Lerato Senoko of the SA Department of Science and Technology, and Magda Roos of the the SA Council for Geoscience, this is the final call for papers and training workshops for the GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 conference, with the deadline for submission of abstracts extended to Friday 6 July 2012.
The conference details are as follows:
DATE: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 2, 3 & 4 October 2012.
TIME: 08h00 to 17h00; with cocktail party and gala banquet thereafter.
VENUE: Emperors Palace, Jones Road, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa.
WEBSITE: Click here to visit the GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 website
GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 is primarily aimed at leaders, academics, professionals, technologists, technicians, students and companies in the public and private sectors involved with or interested in geographic information science (GIS), information and communication technology (ICT), global positioning systems (GPS), surveying, remote sensing, and location-based applications and business.
Click here for themes and detailed subject matter covered by GISSA Ukubuzana 2012
______________________________________________________________________________ Final call for papers: Closing date for abstracts extended to Fri 6 July 2012 Authors are invited to submit full-text general papers, short papers and poster papers of approximately 3000 words, 1000 to 2000 words, and 1000 to 5000 words, respectively, relevant to the themes and subject matter of the conference. General papers, short papers and poster papers submitted for presentation at GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 will be selected on the basis of significance, relevance, correctness, originality and clarity following a peer-review process by the GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 general paper, short paper and poster paper committee.
Upon acceptance, the final peer-reviewed general papers, short papers and poster papers will be published with an ISBN in the printed Proceedings of the GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 Conference (ISBN 978-0-620-52913-6), as well as on the conference CD and website. A 30-minute slot (25 minutes with 5 minutes Q & A) for general papers, a 10-minute slot (8 minutes with 2 minutes Q & A) for short papers, and a poster paper session will be allocated at the conference to present the papers.
Important deadline dates
- 6 July 2012: Submission of abstracts for review
- 11 July 2012: Notification of acceptance of abstracts
- 13 August 2012: Submission of full-text papers for peer-review
- 10 September 2012: Submission of final peer-reviewed papers for inclusion in the conference proceedings and CD
- 17 September 2012: Registration of presenters of accepted papers
- 25 September 2012: Submission of PowerPoint presentations for conference CD
- 1 October 2012: Mounting of poster papers in the poster paper gallery by the authors
For further information on GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 general paper, short paper and poster papers, please contact Lerato Senoko, SA Department of Science and Technology, lerato.senoko@dst.gov.za ______________________________________________________________________________ Final call for presenters of training workshops:
Closing date for proposals extended to Fri 6 July 2012
Commercial training
Vendors of GIS, ICT, GPS, surveying, remote sensing and location-based business products, systems and services are invited to host and present commercial training workshops for Training streams 1 and 2 on Day 2 and 3 of GISSA Ukubuzana 2012. Non-commercial training Non-commercial organisations, academia, postgraduate and undergraduate students are invited to present non-commercial training and knowledge transfer sessions, project presentations and short papers for Training stream 3 on Day 2 and 3 of GISSA Ukubuzana 2012. Showcase your technology, application and solutions at the GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 training workshops, and use your classroom skills to lead a group of attendees through your chosen topic(s). Without being prescriptive, click here for some suggested topics aligned with the general theme of GISSA Ukubuzana 2012.
Special conference price for presenters
The presenter of a training workshop (one presenter per workshop) may attend the conference on the day of the workshop free-of-charge, and may attend the full conference at the reduced price of R3200 + VAT. Important deadline dates
- 6 July 2012: Submission training workshop proposals
- 13 July 2012: Notification of acceptance of training workshop proposals
- 10 September 2012: Submission of training material content by presenters
- 17 September 2012: Registration of presenters of accepted training workshops
For forther information on the GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 training workshops please contact Magda Roos, SA Council for Geoscience, mroos@geoscience.org.za
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