Event: CoastGIS 2013: Monitoring and Adapting to Change on the Coast - The 11th International Symposium for GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management
Date: June 18 to 21, 2013
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Venue: University of Victoria
Details
CoastGIS 2013 aims to bring together professionals in the fields of marine and coastal Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing and cartography. This international event scheduled for 18-21 June 2013 and will take place at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
“The goal then and now was to focus on how information technologies, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), are used in coastal zone management, science and research. Over the years with the forthcoming CoastGIS 2013 being the eleventh in the series of conferences new topics were added to the list of themes covered by the conferences, including marine and coastal spatial data infrastructures (SDIs), marine spatial planning, public participation in coastal decision making and socioeconomic issues. [source: coastgis2013.ca]
CoastGIS Conference series originated at the University College Cork in Ireland in order to provide knowledge of GIS and related technologies for researchers in the fields of marine science and coastal zone management. The first one took place in 1995 and was originally planned as a one time event, however it has been held frequently all over the world since then and is the second time this event has been held in Canada, back in 2001 it was hosted by Dalhousie University in Halifax.
“CoastGIS 2013 (coastgis2013.ca) will be held in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Given that Canada is arguably the birthplace of GIS and geomatics and that Canada boasts the longest coastline in the world it is fitting that CoastGIS returns to Canada after 12 years. ” [source: coastgis2013.ca]
Conference Topics
- Coastal and marine processes
- Communities and socio-economics
- Decision-support and policy
- Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
- Marine Spatial Planning
- Ocean observation systems
- Risk management
- Visualization
Conference Links
Conference Site – http://www.coastgis2013.ca
Registration Information – http://coinatlantic.ca/index.php/registration
Program – http://coinatlantic.ca/index.php/program
