HHI IOF
GIS Forum
Croatian GIS Association 		Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries University of Silesia

Geographic Information Systems Conference and Exhibition
''GIS Odyssey 2009'', 7th to 11th of September 2009
Croatia: Plitvice, Lika & Zadar

Accommodation and Conference site: Hotel “Jezero” National Park Plitvice

FIRST CALL

PATRON
State Geodetic Administration, Croatia 

Organisers

  • HIZ - GIS Forum, Croatia
  • Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia
  • Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia
  • University of Silesia, Poland – Faculty of Computer Science and Materials Science, Faculty of Earth Sciences
  • SILGIS Association, Poland


Organising Committee

  • Chairman: Davorin Kereković, GIS Forum, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Dr. Zvonko Gržetić, Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia, Split, Croatia
  • Prof. dr. Vlado Dadić, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
  • Dr. Małgorzata Gajos, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
  • Dr. Urszula Myga-Piątek, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
  • Maria Styblińska, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland


Main conference topics
•    GEOINFORMATICS
•    SYSTEMS OF INFORMATICS IN GIS
•    GLOBALISATION, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSITION PROCESS
•    GEODESY AND CARTOGRAPHY
•    SPACE AND INFORMATICS’ LAW & ETHICS
•    HYDROGRAPHY
•    STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT
•    CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
•    DIGITAL HERITAGE
•    POST – WAR AND POST – DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
•    FORMATION AND PROTECTION OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
•    PROTECTED REGIONS – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
•    MUNICIPAL SPACE MANAGEMENT
•    AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
•    WATER AND SEA MANAGEMENT
•    EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
•    EARTH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
•    EUROPEAN CORRIDOR BALTIC SEA - ADRIATIC SEA
•    OTHERS
 

Authors’ guide

All accepted papers will be published in textbook.
The working language of the Conference will be English.
The deadline for sending abstracts is 1st of March 2009.
The deadline for sending papers is 1st of June 2009.
NB - All papers received after 1st of June 2009 will be published in next monography planed to be edited in year 2010.
Programming Committee reserves the right to select papers and adapt their form to presentation.
The deadline for sending posters is 1st of July 2009.

Papers
Paper should be written: in English, in Microsoft WORD, Times New Roman, 11 point small letters
N.B. Please write first name and surname, address of company, institution, university or other, e-mail and tel. number!!!
TITLE OF PAPER (12 point capital letters, bold, centred)
Title of section (dressed to the left margin, 11 point small letters, bold)
Bibliography (dressed to the left margin, 11 point small letters, bold)
Text of bibliography (dressed to the left margin, 11 point small letters, number)
Abstract in English centred, 11 point small letters, bold, max 250 words
Abstract in author’s native language, 11 point small letters, bold, max 250 words
Text of a paper with figures and tables should be not longer than 10 pages.

Poster guide
Poster should be printed in size A1 –portrait version- and posted in tube (roll).
Glossy is recommended.
For other options please contact Organiser in Croatia!
 

Contact persons:
Davorin Kereković,Croatian GIS Forum secretary
Address: 10 000 Zagreb, Prisavlje 12, Croatia
E-mail: davorin.kerekovic@zg.t-com.hr 
tel/fax: 00 385 1 619 69 03, GSM: 00  385   98 384 177

Dr. Małgorzata Gajos
University of Silesia
Faculty of Computer Science and Materials Science
Będzińska 39, 41-200 Sosnowiec,Poland
E-mail: gajos@us.edu.pl

Dr. Urszula Myga-Piątek
University of Silesia
Faculty of Earth Sciences
Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec
E-mail: ump@wnoz.us.edu.pl
 
Maria Styblińska
University of Silesia
Faculty of Computer Science and Materials Science
Będzińska 39, 41-200 Sosnowiec,                                                  
Poland
E-mail: maria.styblinska@us.edu.pl  
 

Honorary Committee:

  • Dr. Zvonko Gržetić, Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia, Croatia
  • Prof. dr. Bonawentura Maciej Pawlicki, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Ivona Marasović, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
  • Prof. dr. Wiesław Banyś, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Jan Ilczuk, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Zygmunt Wróbel, University of Silesia, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Adam Idziak, University of Silesia
  • Dr. Damian Absalon, University of Silesia
  • Krzysztof Mączewski, BGWM, Warsaw, Poland
  • Dr. Vlatko Maček, University of Zagreb, FOI, Croatia

Scientific Committee:

  • Prof. dr. Wojciech Wilkowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Grażyna Szpor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Zbigniew Ustrnul, IMGW, Cracow, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Andrzej Szewc, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Stanislaw Ostaficzuk, Minerals and Energy Economy Research Institute of PAS, Poland
  • Prof. dr. Hans Knoop, University of Hanover, Germany
  • Prof. dr. Anka Mašek, University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Osijek, Croatia
  • Prof. dr. Vesna Dušak, University of Zagreb, FOI Varaždin, Croatia
  • Prof. dr. Hrvoje Stančić, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Prof. dr. Vlado Dadić, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
  • Dr. Mirjanka Lechthaler, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
  • Dr. Andrzej Michalski, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
  • Dr. Renata Pernar, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry, Zagreb, Croatia


Davorin Kereković,Croatian GIS Forum secretary, Address: 10 000 Zagreb, Prisavlje 12, Croatia
E-mail: davorin.kerekovic@zg.t-com.hr 
tel/fax: 00 385 1 619 69 03,GSM: 00  385 98 384 177