VESTA-GIS Workshop, Hungary, 18-19 November

09 November 2009, 2:47pm

VESTA-GIS Workshop
18-19 November 2009
Szekesfehervar

GEO is celebrating “GIS Day” regularly during the last decade with an increasing success.

The programme is more and more colourful and the number of participants is growing. The
audience in general is coming from high schools and universities both teachers and students.

During the “GIS Day 2009” special attention will be given for the dissemination of the GI
education and training experiences. This year we will commemorate also the 20th
Anniversary of the installation of the first GIS laboratories in Hungary.

In parallel with the GIS Day traditional programme, a VESTA-GIS workshop will be held for educators, teachers, trainers, tutors interested on the field of GIS to present their lessons learned and good practices.

The workshop invites all the universities, high schools, companies of geoinformation industry in Hungary for a discussion about the experiences and the future plans. A special session will be devoted to the dissemination of results of the VESTA-GIS project, to the introduction of the VESTA-GIS Training metadata and e-Learning portal, to present the mobility schema. The official language is Hungarian, but the few invited presentations in English will be translated.

Preliminary programme

Venue: Szekesfehervar, Pirosalma u. 1-3.
18 Nov 2009 (Wednesday

10:00 GIS Day Opening
- Student’s presentations
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Latest developments
- News from GI industry
13:30 Buffet lunch
14:00 VESTA-GIS session
- Introduction to VESTA-GIS (by invitation only)
- Training needs and offers
- Discussion with companies
- Recommendations
14:00 Exhibition
- Demonstrations
- Geocashing
16:00 Closing

19 Nov 2009 (Thursday) Place
Venue: Szekesfehervar, Budai ut 43.

10:00 VESTA-GIS workshop Opening
- 20 years in GIS Education and Training
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Introduction to VESTA-GIS
- Aims and outcomes
- Course catalogue
- Mobility framework
- Discussions
13:30 Buffet lunch
14:00 VESTA-GIS roundtable
- Recommendations (by invitation only)
- Conclusions

The Faculty of Geoinformatics and its Land and Geoinformation Knowledge Center
(www.geo.info.hu/fttk) will host the workshop with its own conference and accommodation facilities.

More information: Mrs. Szilvia Taupert, mail: fttk@geo.info.hu
Tel: +36 22 516 552

Geo: International