GIS-Forum "Education. Science. Production "-2013

GIS-Forum "Education. Science. Production "-2013 was held from 1 to 3 April 2013 in Kharkov (Ukraine) on the basis of Kharkiv National University VN Karazin. Forum organization helped businesses of Ukraine - the company "Intetiks", "GISINFO" "Navigation and geodesic center." Support to the Forum provided charitable fund to promote GIS technologies "GIS-Association of Ukraine."

The purpose of the Forum was to support constructive dialogue between distributors of software and GIS data, potential consumers, scientists, and educators in the field of GIS and future GIS professionals.

In GIS-Forum was attended by 85 people from 30 organizations in Ukraine and Russia. The Forum program meet the stated objective. Forms of participation in this event were varied - a report on the breakout session, poster, report, presentation of the technology or process equipment at the exhibition, workshops for learning how to use the software product or prototype technology. All the events and issues have been divided by days: Day 1 - "Science", the second - the "Production", and the third - "Education", ie each day was devoted to the category of participants. Rounding out the program of work each day - case "round" table and in which everyone participated.

The format of the forum selected by the organizers very well, which made it possible to group activities on the themes and forms of participation. Active participation of all stakeholders - developers of software and technology, and software users, educators, researchers, and students. As part of the GIS Forum held a competition for the best student research work.

As part of the first day of the forum "Science", Malysheva NV a report, prepared with the participation of its members support the sector mapping forest department analyzes the FBI "VNIILM" Zolin TA Raychenko NE, NA Vladimirova entitled "Building an interactive map and electronic atlas for information support of the Department of Forestry RUSSIA."

The presented research results were of great interest to the forum and received high marks. Members of the FBI report "VNIILM" is marked, they received a certificate, signed by Deputy. head of the organizing committee, the Dean of the Faculty of Geology and Geography, Kharkiv National University. VNKarazin, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, VA Peresadko.

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