Symposium on Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Emergency Management “Towards Better Solutionsâ€
Recent large natural and anthropogenic disasters have clearly shown various shortcomings and failures in existing technologies and policies for efficient early warning and emergency response. Many barriers exist in making data available, providing the most appropriate data and making systems co-operate.
Most geo-data currently available is designed, stored, and managed by organizations that normally have distinct mandates. The presentation of data is adapted to the needs and tasks of particular groups of users. Early warning and emergency management requires different types of systems.
The systems have to be user-centered and ensure that every person (professional or citizen) receives the information that will help him/her to avoid losses of life and damages of critical infrastructures.
Geoinformatic techniques have already proven that they could significantly facilitate emergency management. Methods and approaches used in cartography can greatly help in presentation of data by adapting the visualization with respect to the context of the user, and enhance the decision-making process with visual analytics and simulations.
This Symposium will tackle topics related to Early Warning and Emergency Management considering:
- Technology (both software and hardware applicable for Early Warning and Emergency Management);
- User requirements for geo-information (both management and mobile users);
- Information providers (data and standards).
The fundamental goal of the Symposium will be:
- To establish the state-of-the-art in Early Warning (EW) and Emergency Management (EM);
- To review tools, software, existing geo-information sources, organizational structures and methods for work in crisis situations;Â
- To outline drawbacks in current discovery, integration, visualization, analysis and exchange of geo-information;
- To investigate the role of the citizens in EW and EM;
- To make suggestions for future research directions.
Registration is to be performed online on the event’s website. The delegates participation fee is €340 for registration performed prior to 15 January 2009 (€355 after this date). Specific fees are available for students and accompanying persons.
Event email: c4c@geogr.muni.cz
