gSmart: 2nd project meeting at KSUCTA in Bishkek

Successful start of the second gSmart project meeting in the Conference Hall at Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture in Bishkek.

The meeting was very well prepared by the KSUCTA team under the supervision of Akylbek Chymyrov.
19 partner universities will share their experiences after a very productive and constructive cooperation of the project; the meeting has been dedicated to lessons learned in year one, and to ensure quality assurance of mobility.


>> Call 4 will open on September 15, 2014, you will be able to submit your application until 31.10.2014!
PLEASE read carefully the call announcement - it will provide further guidance and information on available scholarships, please seek assistance with your respective CA national contact!

Z_GIS - experts for the spatial view: Z_GIS receiving Special Achievement Award

Z_GIS - experts for the spatial view: Z_GIS receiving Special Achievement Award: At this year's international ESRI user conference in San Diego, the Department of Geoinformatics - ZGIS was recognized with the 'Special Achievement in GIS' (SAG) Award. This honour is bestowed upon institutions for special merits in the fields of GIS, Geoinformatics and related applications.

Z_GIS has been selected as a 2014 award recipient for outstanding contributions to GIS education worldwide. With thousands of alumni and hundreds of current students, Z_GIS has a unique impact on capacity building around the globe. The highly recognized UNIGIS MSc and certificate qualifications distinguish graduates as top professionals in Geoinformatics.

Our congratulations and best wishes to Prof.Dr. Josef Strobl and to Z_GIS family!

gSmart "get-together" at GI_Forum 2014

The University of Salzburg hosts again the international GI community from July 1 - 4, 2014. Several gSmart scholars and partner representatives visited this conference to share insights into trends and visions in GIScience. gSmart scholars took the chance to attend as many workshops as possible, to listen to presentations and to visit the Exhibition. >> GI_Forum 2014: Geospatial Innovation for Society.
The publication of the conference papers is included in Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index which can be accessed via Web of Science™ and Web of Knowledge™ and is freely available online! >> http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/gi_forum

GISCA 2014 Conference successfully completed in Urumqi, China

The Annual ‘GIS in Central Asia’ Conference - GISCA 2014 - unter the motto "Silk Road in space and time: the Urumqi node" has been held in May 29-31, 2014 at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. More than 80 participants came from Central Asian countries, Asia, Africa, Europe and USA.  The main objectives of this English language conference were to bring together GIS academics, researchers and practitioners from the Central Asian and other countries and to encourage international cooperation and knowledge exchange in GIS education.

GISCA 2014 was dealing with a range of themes:
•  GIS for Environmental Management
•  GIS for Disaster and Emergency Management
•  GIS for Regional Sustainable Development
•  GIS for Natural and Cultural Heritage management
•  GIS for Business and Logistics
•  GIS for Public Health
•  New Trends and Technologies in Surveying, Cadastre and Land Management. 
•  GIS and Ecosystem Modeling
•  Education programme in Geoinformatics
•  International networking in teaching and use of GIS technologies
•  Development of Spatial Data Infrastructures.

The GISCA conference series is organized by ACA*GIScience, in 2014 jointly with the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS and supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Salzburg, Trimble, EPU and other partners. 

The next Central Asia GIS conference 'GISCA 2015' is planned to be organized May 14-16 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Conference website: http://gisca14.aca-giscience.org.
Photo Gallery of GISCA 2014

EM gSmart: Third Call for Applications

Join the Webinar on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CEST, to get more information on the Third Call for Applications.

The Erasmus Mundus Action 2 'gSmart' initiative currently launches its third call for scholarship applications. This webinar will offer orientation and advice to potential applicants considering to study at universities in Europe; their supervisors and contact persons at partner institutions across Central Asia. All webinar participants should explore http://em-gsmart.zgis.net in detail before this online event. Questions not answered on this website can be emailed before the webinar to aizhan.assylbekova@mail.ru.

GISCA'14 submission deadline extended!

The GIS-in-Central-Asia conference committee decided to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts and full papers for review until February 20, to allow for additional entries after the holiday season in the region.

Papers are welcome from all application domains of geospatial methods and techniques, in particular from fields which are highly relevant for the themes of land management, environmental studies, resource management, conservation and planning.

The conference is jointly managed by the Institute of Ecology and Geographie, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Urumqi and the Austria-Central Asia Centre for GIScience in Bishkek/Almaty with support from European institutions.

All relevant information can be found on the conference website at http://gisca14.aca-giscience.org!

Erasmus Mundus webinar series continues ...

Supporting the current call for scholarship applications within the Erasmus Mundus 'gSmart' initiative, the joint project coordinators in Almaty and Salzburg proceed with the webinar series introducing European host institutions offering to receive students and researchers from Central Asian partner universities and countries.

After webinars in December featuring the University of Salzburg and the VU Amsterdam, these online info events are continued on Friday, January 10th with the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS) in Villach, Austria. Vice Dean Prof Dr Gernot Paulus will discuss the study programmes offered at CUAS and will be available for questions.

To come well prepared to this online event, interested candidates and academic advisors at partner institutions are encouraged to explore the project info pages at http://em-gsmart.zgis.net in detail, carefully read the project brochure, and then register via https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/187804926.