5th International Symposium on Digital Earth
Conference Announcement:
WHAT: Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth, a bi-annual event centered on 3-D software resources freely available online that address the humanitarian and environmental challenges facing the Earth.
This years symposium – the first to be held in the United States – focuses on indigenous peoples. Participants include key scientists, academia, business leaders and activists from the technology industry, government, the private sector and non-profit organizations.
June 6 will have GIS-related events, including a luncheon at the Conference and an evening Developers Social Hour at the GIS Center, 412 Wurster Hall (conference registration not required for this event).
WHEN: Tuesday, June 5 through Saturday, June 9
WHERE: Most symposium events will take place in Wheeler Hall Auditorium, near the center of the University of California, Berkeley, campus. A map is on the Web at http://www.berkeley.edu/map/. More details are online at www.isde5.org.
WHO: Among the symposium speakers will be:
- Google Earths Michael Jones, presenting the keynote address on Tuesday, June 5.
- Doug Englebart, inventor of the computer mouse, speaking Tuesday, June 5, about technology for change.
- Amnesty International USAs Ariela Blatter, who on Wednesday, June 6, will announce Eyes on Darfur, a new project using newly acquired high-resolution commercial satellite images of Darfur to help protect 12 intact but vulnerable villages on the frontline of the Sudanese conflict.
- A representative of Spot Image of France, talking about a project to combat climate change.
- Chiefs of the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council in Alaska, addressing new governance models on Thursday, June 7.
DETAILS: For further information or to register see www.isde5.org.
Caverlee Cary
Geographic Information Science Center
412 Wurster Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Tel: (510) 642-8737
Fax: (510) 643-3412
URL: gisc.berkeley.edu
