GeoWeb 2008 1st Student Contest
Vancouver, BC, CANADA, December 10, 2007 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are announcing their 1st Student Contest. The annual GeoWeb conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada from July 21-25th, 2008 with the meetings being held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. GeoWeb is one of the only annual conferences focusing exclusively on the convergence of GIS and the Internet, and the economic potential associated with the convergence of XML, web services and geographic information systems. The GeoWeb 2008 conference welcomes both public and private organizations to meet, discuss and learn about today’s most innovative geospatial technologies.
The theme for the GeoWeb 2008 conference is Infrastructure: Local to Global. This implies the GeoWeb has a local or community dimension as well as a global one – that the integration of local infrastructures will give rise to a global infrastructure – that global aggregators will drive the creation of local infrastructures.
To advance the development of the GeoWeb, we are sponsoring a contest, which is open to all full time students attending an educational institution anywhere in the world. The objective of the contest is to materially advance the development of the GeoWeb with either:
1) A theoretical solution or
2) A piece of software (All software must be open source and free of any royalties or other encumbrances)
Contest Submittals
Students must register at www.geowebconference.org by Friday, April 2nd, 2008.
Contest Requirements
Contest entrants will be required to complete a registration form verifying their status as full time students and these details will be verified before any award is granted.
Costs
Please note that any costs associated with the submittal for this contest is at the expense of the student.
Selection Process
The selection of the contest winner(s) will be made by a GeoWeb committee consisting of leading figures in the GIS industry and will be notified by Friday, April 27th, 2008.
Prizes
Winners of the contest will be brought to the GeoWeb 2008 conference in Vancouver, Canada, and all legitimate expenses* will be paid by the contest supporters. A cash honorarium will also be provided.
*The contest supporters will arrange transportation to/from Vancouver, lodging and meals while in Vancouver, however reserve the right to refuse any expenses they believe are unreasonable.
Complete information on the Student Contest and conference may be obtained at www.geowebconference.org.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.
+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com
