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Vespucci Initiative Summer Institutes 2008
Vespucci Summer Institutes are designed to take a different form to other high-level training by adopting a ‘thinking-not-tinkering’ approach, where participants from a range of backgrounds (and not just GISc) are encouraged to contribute their ideas to topics facilitated by leaders in the field. Set in the picturesque Tuscan countryside, the venue ensures you have the time and space to give our topics serious thought. We also think we have the only meeting room in the world with WiFi and its own wood-fired pizza oven!
This year the institutes run over two weeks, where attendance is available for either or both.
Week 1 (9-13 June): “The Geo-sensor Web” with topic leaders including Dr Mike Botts (Univ Alabama Huntsville and editor of the OGC’s Sensor Specification), Alexandre Robin (SPOT Image), Gilberto Camara (director Brazil Space
Agency-INPE) and (Vespucci co-founder) Prof. Antonio Camara (yDreams.com).
Week 2 (17-20 June): “GI Science supporting Virtual Globes” includes Dr Gilberto Camara, Ed Parsons (Google) and the welcome return of Prof. Mike Goodchild (U.California Santa Barbara), as well as the participation from founders Mike Gould, Werner Kuhn, Max Craglia and Cristina Capineri. Week 2 will follow on directly from a specialist meeting over the weekend and promises to be a groundbreaking event.
For further information and details of both week’s programmes please visit the Vespucci website:
