Conference and exhibition of surveying, geospatial information, GIS, mapping, remote sensing and location-based business

Call for papersCall for presenters of training workshops

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THEMEGeospatial Solutions for National Development Planning

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Call for presenters of training workshops

Running in parallel with the conference, there will be four concurrent training workshop streams (Training stream 1, 2, 3 and 4), each offering hands-on training and knowledge transfer over two days (23 and 24 July 2013). These workshops will be conducted in four fully-equipped training rooms.

Training room 1 will be kitted out with a screen, digital projector and notebook PC for the presenter, with chairs arranged cinema style to accommodate 60 trainees.

Training rooms 2, 3 and 4 will each be kitted out with a screen, digital projector and notebook PC for the presenter, and 15 notebook PCs connected on a wireless LAN, to accommodate 30 trainees (two trainees per laptop PC), with chairs and tables arranged classroom-style.

The trainings streams on 23 and 24 July 2013 are arranged in 1-hour training blocks (45-minute training followed by a 15-minute break), and are available for training by both commercial companies and non-commercial organisations, NGOs, institutes, government departments, universities, academia, post grad and undergrad students, etc.

Costs

The cost for a commercial workshop training slot is R5000 + VAT per one-hour block, while non-commercial workshop training slots are free-of-charge.

Call for presenters of commercial training

Vendors of surveying, GPS, GIS, remote sensing and location-based business products, systems and services are invited to host and present commercial training workshops and knowledge transfer sessions for Training streams 1, 2, 3 and 4 on 23 and 24 July 2013 at SASGI 2013.

Call for presenters of non-commercial training

Non-commercial organisations, NGOs, institutes, government departments, universities, academia, post grad and undergrad students are invited to present non-commercial training workshops, knowledge transfer sessions and project presentations for Training streams 1, 2, 3 and 4 on 23 and 24 July 2013 at SASGI 2013.

Important deadline dates 30 May 2013: Submission training workshop proposals 15 June 2013: Notification of acceptance of training

workshop proposals 30 June 2013: Registration of presenters of accepted training

workshops

There will be a significant emphasis at the SASGI 2013 conference and exhibition on education and training, skills upgrading, knowledge transfer, and continuing professional development, and presenters of commercial and non-commercial training are invited to present training workshops at SASGI 2013.

The subject matter and issues covered by the SASGI 2013 conference and exhibition is wide-ranging, with ample opportunity to showcase the latest technologies, applications and solutions.

The overall theme for the SASGI 2013 conference and exhibition is:

Geospatial Solutions for National Development Planning

Within this overall theme there are a number of sub-themes, as follows:

Geomatics in the third millennium Spatially enabling South Africa Facilitating service delivery with geomatics Cadastral surveying, land management and land reform Professional standards and practices Professional development and transformation Geomatics in the mining environment Tools for infrastructure development Positioning, measurement and modelling technologies Remote sensing technologies for decision making Spatial data infrastructure – the road ahead

ThemeThe surveying and geomatics sector holds much leading-edge technology which needs to be shared and showcased to wider communities. As such, the role of supporting technologies in the GIS, ICT, mapping remote sensing and location-based business sectors is acknowledged and welcomed.

Broadly, the SASGI 2013 conference will cover the technologies, applications, solutions and issues facing South Africa and society in general in the following fields:

Surveying (land, hydrographic, construction, mine, photogrammetric, aerial and space-based)

GNSS, GPS, navigation and positioning technologies Geomatics and geographic information science (GIS) Remote sensing and photogrammetry

Mapping and cartography

We invite you to submit and present papers and training workshops that showcase your work, be it theoretical or practical geospatial research, development, technology, applications, methodologies, projects, implementation or roll-out in the fields of surveying, geo-informatics, GIS, mapping, remote sensing and location-based business.

SASGI 2013 Conference and Exhibition: 08h00 to 17h00, Tue & Wed 23 & 24 July 2013OPTRON VIP Partners Conference: 12h30 to 18h30, Mon 22 July 2013 Party time with live music surprise: 17h00 to 20h00, Tue 23 July 2013Venue: Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa

Register to present a training workshop at http://eepublishers.co.za/article/sasgi-2013-register-to-present-a-training-workshop.html or email Chris Yelland, chris.yelland@ee.co.za

Call for papers

Presenters (i.e. one person per paper presented) may attend the conference on the day of presentation at no cost, but if the presenter wishes to attend the full conference and hospitality functions (refreshments, lunches, cocktail party, etc.), then a reduced delegate fee of R1650 + VAT applies.

Key dates and deadlines

Call for papers and presenters: Commencing 13 March 2013

Submission of final full-text papers for approval for inclusion in the conference proceedings and CD: Closing 18 June 2013

Submission of PowerPoint presentations (.ppt or .pptx) for inclusion in the conference CD: 12 July 2013

Papers will be selected on the basis of their significance, relevance, correctness, originality and clarity following a review process (see below).

Upon acceptance, the final papers will be published in the printed Proceedings of the SASGI 2013 Conference (ISBN 978-0-620-56780-0) as well as on the conference CD and website.

The selection process

The process for those wishing to submit and present a paper at the SASGI 2013 conference is as follows:

Following a formal call for papers commencing 13 March 2013, the title, the principal author, abstract / synopsis, brief CV of the presenter of the proposed paper, and final full-text paper in editable MS Word format must be submitted by 18 June 2013.

The abstracts and papers received will be reviewed and selected by the SASGI 2013 papers committee based on their stature, significance, relevance, correctness, originality, clarity, availability of space, and other considerations.

Authors and presenters will be advised of the outcome of the selection by 24 June 2013.

Final full-text papers of approximately 3000 to 4000 words and complying with the specified template and style-sheet (see below) will then be collated and submitted to the printer for the printed Proceedings of the SASGI 2013 Conference.

Authors are invited to submit papers of approximately 3000 to 4000 words relevant to the themes and subject matter of SASGI 2013 for presentation

at the SASGI 2013 Conference.

Powerpoint slide presentation of not more than 15 slides per presentation are required by 12 July 2013 for inclusion in the conference CD.

Presentations at the conference without a full-text paper that has been reviewed and accepted by the SASGI 2013 papers committee for publication in the conference proceedings, will not be allowed.

Content of papers and presentations

Papers should be approximately 3000 to 4000 words in length, relevant to the themes and subject matter of the conference, of general interest and relevance to the target audience.

While it is accepted that proprietary technologies, products and services may be described, papers should be generic in nature and should not have an overtly self-serving or commercial content. Authors and presenters should aim to serve the needs of readers and conference delegates, provide appropriate solutions, and share knowledge and experience.

Template and style-sheet

Papers must follow the defined paper template and style-sheet, available for download from the conference website.

Presentations

Authors will be allocated a 20 minute slot at SASGI 2013 conference to present their papers and will be provided with a digital projector, screen, laser pointer, podium, microphone, remote mouse and notebook PC with the latest version of PowerPoint for their presentation. Presenters may also use their own notebook PCs if preferred. Due to time limitations, the 20-minute presentations will be limited to 15 slides.

Copyright

Copyright of papers presented at the SASGI 2013 conference is vested in SAGI, EE Publishers and the author(s), and the papers will be published in the official conference proceedings, CD and website. Selected papers may also be published in PositionIT magazine.

SASGI 2013 Conference and Exhibition: 08h00 to 17h00, Tue & Wed 23 & 24 July 2013OPTRON VIP Partners Conference: 12h30 to 18h30, Mon 22 July 2013 Party time with live music surprise: 17h00 to 20h00, Tue 23 July 2013Venue: Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa

Register to present a paper using the on-line paper submission system at: http://eepublishers.co.za/article/sasgi-2013-call-for-general-papers.html or email Clare van Zwieten, clare.vanzwieten@ee.co.za

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