Entries by Sonia Rivest

GeoComputation 2017 – Call for extended abstracts

GeoComputation 2017, the 21st edition of this international conference, will be held in Leeds, UK, from September 4th to September 7th, 2017. The call for extended abstracts is open until April 10th. The conference themes are : – Artificial intelligence and machine learning methods for geographical research – Complex systems analysis – Georeferenced text and [...]

The Convergence Network Director named Chief Editor of Geomatica

The Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) is happy to announce that Dr. Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi is the new chief Editor of its journal, Geomatica. Dr. Mostafavi brings extensive and diverse experience in geomatics and with publications and will lead the Geomatica publication team over the next few years.

Call for short papers – Pre-conference workshop of the 20th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science 2017

Under the theme Bridging space, time, and semantics in GIScience, you are invited to submit a short paper to the Pre-conference workshop of the 20th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science 2017. The workshop will be held on May 9th, in Wageningen, The Netherlands. Deadline for submission: Ferbuary 28th, 2017. The topics of the [...]

Research and innovation mission in Ontario

The Québec Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation invites key participants from the information and communication technologies sector, interested in the Ontario market, to participate in a research and innovation mission in Ontario. The mission, directed by Marie-Josée Blais, Assistant Deputy Minister, will take place on February 27th and 28th 2017. For more information and [...]

Economic mission in Israel and the West Bank

The Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation (MESI) invites enterprises and organizations interested in Israel and the West Bank to be part of the Prime Minister Economic Mission, to be held from May 19th to May 25th. The mission will include the following themes: – Information and communication technologies – Life sciences and medical technologies [...]

3D Australia Conference 2017

The 3D Australia Conference 2017 will be held in Melbourne, October 24th – 27th. The conference groups 3 major events: – 3D Cadastres symposium and training – October 24th – 1st International IAG workshop on BIM-GIS Integration – October 25th – 12th 3D Geoinfo Conference 2017 – October 26th and 27th Deadlines for submission: – [...]

Book Series “Observation des surfaces continentales par télédétection”

The French version of the book series Land Surface Remote Sensing, Observation des surfaces continentales par télédétection is now available from ISTE Editions. This series is designed for those who wish to discover or intensify their knowledge of remote sensing applied to continental surfaces. Each book of this series contains a dozen chapters. This series is the result [...]

Call for Abstracts – Earth Observation Summit 2017

The Earth Observation (EO) Summit 2017 brings together in one exceptional event the 38th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS), the 17th Congress of the Association Québécoise de Télédétection (AQT) and the 11th Advanced SAR (ASAR) Workshop. This EO Summit 2017 is an international event to be held in Montréal from 20 to 22 June [...]

CRM Networking Industrial Workshops – Data analysis, modelling and decision-making support

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) is organizing several networking events within the framework of the Institutes Innovation Platform (IIP), an initiative of the NSERC. You are cordially invited to participate in the next event, on the topic of Data analysis, modelling and decision-making support. This event will take place on Friday, January 27, 2017 [...]

New project related to sustainable buildings funded by IC-IMPACTS

The Network of Centers of Excellence IC-IMPACTS (India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability) announced the funding of a project that will study the linkages between the Urban Heat Island effect and building energy demand. This 2-year project will allow for the deployment of low-cost sensor networks for detecting urban [...]

Call for Presentation CIDCO Conference 2017

CIDCO Conference 2017 is the fourth edition of this biennial event. It will be held in Rimouski from May 8 to 10, 2017. The 2017 CIDCO conference includes a call for presentations on state of the art research and applications in hydrography. It will also include an education and capacity building focus. The call for [...]

SKI Canada Conference (Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada)

The Convergence Network invites you to participate in the SKI Canada Conference, which will be held from February 23rd to February 25th, 2017 in Banff, Alberta. The first Call for Papers is currently open. Deadline November 1st. For more information and to register: SKI Canada 2017.

Special Sessions EO Summit 2017

The Earth Observation (EO) Summit 2017 brings together in one exceptional event the 38th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS), the 17th Congress of the Association Québécoise de Télédétection (AQT) and the 11th Advanced SAR (ASAR) Workshop. This EO Summit 2017 is an international event to be held in Montréal from 20 to 22 June [...]

Hacking Health Quebec – Health Innovation Marathon November 4th – November 6th

The Convergence Network invites you to participate in the Health Innovation Marathon, organized by Hacking Health Quebec, that will be held November 4th-6th at the Alphonse-Desjardins Building of Université Laval. More than a hundred participants (health professionals, programmers, designers, entrepreneurs, citizens, etc.) will work together to find solutions and innovations for health-related problems. For more [...]

New series of books “Land Surface Remote Sensing”

We are pleased to inform you of the publication of a series of books entitled “Land Surface Remote Sensing” with ISTE-Elsevier editors (September, 2016):  Optical Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces Microwave Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces Land Surface Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Forest Land Surface Remote Sensing in Continental Hydrology Land Surface Remote Sensing [...]