Several more update on events from the JISC GECO team
1) *Collaborative by Nature: Interoperable Geospatial Approaches to the Environment*
This event, organised by the IGIBS and NatureLocator projects, will focus on how environmental research data can be made interoperable across sectors and will take place on Friday 11th November 2011 at the Welsh Government Buildings, Cathays Park, Cardiff.
A broad range of speakers from the academic, public and private sectors will be taking part and we expect the event to generate some very interesting discussion and a particular opportunity to gain some insight into the developing plans for how the devolved government of Wales is rolling out INSPIRE.
There will be an opportunity to see the first demonstration of IGIBS' innovative work to enable UK access management technology to secure public sector services in combination with academic sector services. You will also be able to find out about NatureLocator's LeafWatch phone application which has been tracking Leaf Minor Moth damage to Horsechestnut trees across the UK this summer.
As usual we will be blogging and tweeting from this event so do keep an eye on the JISC GECO blog (http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/) and Twitter stream (@jiscgeco) for more information.
2) *Beta Launch of New Geospatial Technology Tools*
"Because everyone will eventually have 'an App' in their pocket that uses GPS!"
JISC is pleased to announce the launch of several new BETA products and tools centred around geospatial technology and aimed at Universities, Colleges and Schools. Come along and experiment with these soon-to-be-released products at a special one day event on Monday November 28th at Ravensborough College (next door to the Millennium Dome) in London. We encourage students, researchers and teaching staff from all disciplines to attend and sample these fantastic new tools so that we can further their usefulness to everyone in Academia. Come along and discover how Geo really is part of everyday work and play :)
So, what can you expect?
Well, we have a fantastic set of geospatial tools and projects including these highlights:
Are you a student? You'll want to see the #Gemma project (University College London) and their cool new Android and iPhone apps that help collect data for research projects and assignments and then present your data as colourful maps. Want to impress your teachers and get a better grade on your next assignment? Want to use your smartphone for data collection? Then you need to check this event out.
Are you a researcher? You'll want to see how the Halogen2 (University of Leicester) project have build cross-disciplinary geo links between DNA data and other scholarly datasets: archaeology, genealogy, history.... Welcome to the future of cross-disciplinary research!
Are you a teacher? You'll want to see the new handbook that GeoSciTeach (Institute of Education) is producing on how to integrate geospatial tools into class activities. See how they used mobile phones to conduct a lesson at Kew Gardens, making the great outdoors into an interactive teaching and learning space. In short, you're not cool unless you've got geospatial in school!
Best of all the day is finished up with an evening Awards party (in the Millennium Dome!) for the projects and all their hard work. Come shake hands with these projects, toast their success and find out who will win Geospatial project of the Year!
For a Draft Agenda for the event please see:
http://code.google.com/p/jiscgeo/wiki/ProgrammeMeetingAgenda
See you there.
Please use the hashtag "#jiscGEO" to talk about this event on your favourite social network.
To register for this event please use the following link (Day 1 is the 'Show and Tell' Day described above for these projects - though you are welcome to stay on and learn more about geo on the other event days):
https://www.eventsforce.net/jisc/147/home
3) *Materials from recent events*
Thank you to all who attended our most recent events on INSPIRE and Green Energy Tech. As we work on making audio from both events available we thought it would be a good time to remind you that you'll find presentations and materials from these events on the GECO website alongside materials from our earlier health and DevCSI events:
*GECO Events Page*: http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/events/
*Green Energy Tech workshop (#e3vis) - Oct 2011*
- Liveblog: http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2011/10/13/jisc-gecosteev-green-energy-tech-workshop-liveblog/
- Slides (audio to follow): http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/events/jisc-geco-steev-green-energy-tech-event-e3vis/
*INSPIRE for the Social Scientist (#geoukda) - Oct 2011*
- Liveblog: http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2011/10/07/inspire-for-social-sciences-event-liveblog/
- Slides and links: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news-events/events.aspx?id=2951
*DevCSI / GECO Open Mapping Workshop - Aug 2011)
- Liveblog: http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2011/08/25/devcsi-geco-open-mapping-workshop-liveblog/
- Slides and related materials: http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/events/devcsi-jisc-geco-open-mapping-workshop/
*Open Source Geo & Health (#gecohealth) - Aug 2011)
- Liveblog: http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2011/08/09/open-source-geo-and-health-liveblog/
- Slides and related materials (more to be added shortly): http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/events/open-source-geo-and-health-gecohealth/
Many thanks,
Nicola Osborne
JISC GECO Project Team
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