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GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

AND MANAGEMENT

July 18 � 20, 2007 , Nairobi

The Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS), Kenya chapter invites you to the 1st Conservation-GIS Conference to be held July 18-20, 2007 in Nairobi. The conference is open to all conservationists, environmentalists and GIS practitioners in East Africa who would want to enhance their conservation efforts through use of geospatial technologies.

The theme for this inaugural conference is Geospatial technology for Biodiversity conservation and management.   The Conference will concurrently offer technical training sessions focusing on the latest GIS/GPS/RS technologies.   

Register Now
Registration is open through a registration form available on the SCGIS website www.scgiskenya.org.  Registration deadline is June 22, 2007 .

Conference Charges : SCGIS-Members Kshs.1,500;  Non-Members Kshs.2 ,000;   Students: Kshs. 500

Payment (cash and cheques) should be sent to:

African Conservation Centre, PO Box 62844-00200, Nairobi.  Primary contact is Lucy Waruingi

Technical training sessions: Pre-registration is required.

Optional field trip on July 21 : details to be updated later.

Submit an Abstract
Participants wishing to present papers or posters at the conference should submit an abstract under the above theme and within any of the following sub-themes: Approaches to Biodiversity conservation, Spatial Technologies for supporting Biodiversity Conservation, Enabling Environment for Biodiversity Conservation, Grass-roots Initiatives, Open-source technologies, Data access/spatial infrastructure.

Abstracts Due May 31, 2007
Early submission is recommended, as limited number of presentation slots are available. Guidelines for abstracts are as follows:

�         Include title, author and co-authors, organization, day telephone and e-mail contact.

�         Limit abstract to 200 words summarizing, problem addressed, methodology, results and highlighting the benefits/challenges of the geospatial technologies applied - include up to 5 key words

�          Upload your abstract with your conference registration by May 31, 2007 . You may upload your abstract later if it is not ready at the time you are registering.

The abstracts will be reviewed and notification of acceptance will be sent by June 11, 2007. The full paper is due by June 30, 2007.

Map Gallery
The Map Gallery enables you to display your GIS accomplishments in conservation. If you plan to submit a map or poster submission deadline is June 30. Poster dimensions should not be larger than 46*33 inches (A0). 

Exhibition

Exhibition space will be available at the conference. Details of the exhibition will be posted on the SCGIS-Kenya website later. If you are interested in exhibiting, email conference@scgiskenya.org .

More Information
Details on the schedule, training and other important information will be updated on the website http://www.scgiskenya.org as the conference approaches. If you have any questions please contact the secretariat on email: conference@scgiskenya.org Tel/Fa

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