[CODATA-international] Fwd: Invitation to Geo4All Webinar on 5th May 2016 on Humanitarian Mapathons for Children

[Simon CODATA]

Subscribers to the CODATA International list may be interested in the Open Geospatial Science & Applications webinar announced below on 'Humanitarian Mapathons for Children’.

With very best wishes,

Simon.

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> Dear colleagues,
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> On behalf of Geo4All , we would like to welcome you to the "Open Geospatial Science & Applications" webinar series. Thanks to Dr. Rafael Moreno and colleagues at University of Colorado Denver for organising the Geo4All webinar series. If you are interested to do a webinar for the Geo4All webinar series please contact Rafael (email- rafael.moreno at ucdenver.edu ) and he will be happy to discuss ideas.
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> Webinar details below:
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> Date and Time : May 5, 2016 (Thursday) at 1:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time (7:00 AM US/Canada Mountain Time)
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> Topic : Humanitarian Mapathons for Children
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> Presenters: Maria Antonia Brovelli, Marco Minghini, Aldo Torrebruno (Politecnico di Milano), and Tyler Radford (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
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> Talk abstract:
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> This webinar will provide an introduction on humanitarian mapathons for children, which represent a remarkable educational experience as they combine geography and awareness about our world, technology and humanitarian aspects. Following the successful experiences of Politecnico di Milano (Italy), the most important educational and technical aspects of humanitarian mapathons with children will be outlined. The purpose is to provide the GeoForAll community, and specially the teachers involved (at all levels), with some practical instructions on how to set up and run their own mapathons. The webinar is organized in collaboration with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) under the umbrella of the United Nations Open Geospatial (UNOGeo) initiative of which GeoForAll and OSGeo are partners. 
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> See webinar description in the Geo4All webinars page: http://www.geoforall.org/webinars/ 
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> Please join us here (PC, Mac, or Cell phone)  https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/350696659  
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> Recording and slides will be posted in the Geo4All webinars page after presentation: http://www.geoforall.org/webinars/ 
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> For more details of the webinar series, contact University of Colorado Denver FOSS4G Lab at http://geospatial.ucdenver.edu/foss4g/ 
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> The background of this webinar is at https://hotosm.org/updates/2016-03-09_200_kids_map_swaziland_for_malaria_elimination  
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> Thanks to Maria, Marco and all Politecnico di Milano colleagues for thier excellent work. They have been leading all our humanitarian mapathons (Nepal, Japan, Equador) [1], [2] and it will be a great opportunity to hear and learn from thier experiences.
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> So please join this Geo4All webinar on 5th May 2016.
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> Best wishes,
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> Suchith
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> Dr. Suchith Anand
> http://www.geoforall.org/ 
> Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science 
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> [1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/04/humanitarian-mapathons-for-japan-and-ecuador/ 
> [2] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2015/04/mapping-response-contributions-for-nepal/ 
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