UDMS 2000 : 22nd URBAN and REGIONAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM

September 11-15, 2000
Congress Centre Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

http://www.geo.tudelft.nl/GISt/UDMS2000/UDMS2000.htm
or http://www.udms.net

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS

UDMS, the Urban Data Management Society, organises international symposia at various locations in 
Europe in order to promote the development of information systems in local government. An important 
aim of UDMS has been to provide a forum for people to discuss new approaches, to consider new 
technologies and to share practical experiences in the field of urban data management. 
Traditionally the focus has been on urban applications. However, regional and rural issues have 
always been well represented at UDMS. 

During the 21st Urban Data Management Symposium, held in Venice in 1999, it became clear that UDMS 
should broaden its scope. To an increasing degree urban development has its effect on regional and 
rural zones and vice versa. Especially in the densely populated parts of Europe cities, industry 
and infrastructure need more and more space. The impact of this expansion on rural areas should be 
studied and visualised using new spatial information technologies.
Therefore UDMS has decided to focus also on regional and rural aspects at the beginning of a new 
century.

>From an economic point of view land becomes more and more scarce and therefore more and more 
valuable. From the countries in Central Europe we learn how important it is to solve the land 
market problems in order to establish a free market economy. Since 1996 UDMS has also paid 
attention to developments in Central Europe. As membership of the European Union is now the main 
aim of these countries, it becomes even more important to discuss these issues.

For more details: http://www.geo.tudelft.nl/GISt/UDMS2000/UDMS2000.htm

The general theme will be Urban and Rural Data Management Common Problems - Common Solutions?

Topics:
* Organisation of the technical services of local and regional authorities 
* Cadastre and Land Administration 
* Shared use of geographic information 
* Metadata services clearing house 
* Environmental information 
* Public Service Delivery: the role of local and regional authorities and private companies 
* Integrating GIS into an urban and rural information system 
* New technologies for urban and rural planning and management 
* Urban risks and disaster management 
* New technologies for infrastructure 
* Co-operative urban information systems 
* Tele-geoprocessing and the use of telecommunications for urban and rural management and monitoring 
* Using Internet, Intranet and Extranet technologies 
* One line permitting 
* Intranets and Extranets for Local Authorities. 
* Environment Monitoring 
* GIS for public participation and information to citizens 

Board of UDMS:
* Massimo Rumor (President) Padua, Italy [log in to unmask] 
* Robert Laurini (Vice-President) Lyon, France [log in to unmask] 
* Jørgen Rasmussen (Treasurer) Odense, Denmark [log in to unmask] 
* Ken Jones (Program Coordinator) Oslo, Norway [log in to unmask] 
* Theo Bogaerts (Member) Delft, The Netherlands [log in to unmask] 

National Representatives:
* Antonio Arnaud, Portugal [log in to unmask] 
* Jerzy Gazdzicki, Poland [log in to unmask] 
* Josef Hojdar, Czech Republic [log in to unmask] 
* Matti Holopainen, Finland [log in to unmask] 
* Michael J. Kevany, USA [log in to unmask] 
* Dave King, United Kingdom [log in to unmask] 
* Erich Wilmersdorf, Austria [log in to unmask] 

Important Dates:
* Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2000 
* Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2000
* Camera ready paper due: June 15, 2000
* UDMS 2000 dates: September 11-15, 2000
* Seminar Land Markets and Land Consolidation in Central Europe (September 11-12, 2000)
* 22nd Urban and Regional Data Management Symposium (September 13-15, 2000)

Submission:
People interested to submit a paper for the seminar and/or the symposium, must proceed as follows. 
For plenary the full text and for parallel sessions an abstract of 1500-2000 words together with a 
short Curriculum Vitae and the full address should be sent in. You are also kindly requested to 
indicate the topic of your choice. Papers and abstracts should be delivered preferably in English. 
However it is also allowed to send in papers and abstracts in French or German. Please note that 
the presentations should be given in the English language.
Sending in an abstract will be considered as pre-registration for the Seminar and/or the Symposium.
Those documents must be sent preferably by e-mail as an attached file in Word97-format to the 
DMS executive secretary Mrs Elfriede M. Fendel [log in to unmask] by March 1, 2000 
mentioning:

* presentation Seminar Land Markets and Land Consolidation in Central Europe 
or
* presentation UDMS 2000 

In case e-mail is not possible please deliver your text on diskette to:
Mrs Elfriede M. Fendel
Department of Geodesy
Delft University of Technology
Thijsseweg 11
NL - 2629 JA Delft
The Netherlands
e-mail [log in to unmask]
Information concerning the conference fee will be available during January 2000 on the 
UDMS web site http://www.udms.net



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