<div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><img src="https://www.cs.ub.bw/redcap/surveys/index.php?pid=258&doc_id_hash=4e0569270786a6f0b0c54dc5c53d6a22e3239711&__passthru=DataEntry%2Fimage_view.php&s=X3DAM3TN33&id=11881" alt="" width="600" height="133" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">Register Now for VizAfrica 2019 Botswana: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="https://is.gd/vizafrica2019" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(45,53,142)">https://is.gd/vizafrica2019</a></strong></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"> </div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">Submit proposals for presentations and posters: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="https://vizafrica.codata.org/2019-Botswana/submit/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(45,53,142)">https://vizafrica.codata.org/2019-Botswana/submit/</a></strong></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"> </div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">The VizAfrica 2019 Data Visualization Symposium will take place from 18th -19th November 2019 at the University of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana.</div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"> </div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">The theme of the symposium is “Application of Data, Information and Scientific Visualization for Resource Management and Sustainability.”</div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"> </div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">Under this theme, the symposium has six strands or sessions:</div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><ol><li><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation</span></li><li><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">Visualization Techniques</span></li><li><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security</span></li><li><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">Data Analytics, Visualization and Internet of Things (IoTs)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">Policy Design, Analysis and Strategic Management</span></li><li><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">E-health and Universal Health Coverage</span></li></ol></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)">All the six strands/sessions have: Research, industry, keynote speeches and panel discussions tracks.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"> </div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">To contribute to the wider adoption of visualization, the symposium brings together various actors to engage. In addition, the Summer School scheduled for 11th-15th November 2019, offer training in data analytics and visualization towards capacity building.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">More information at </span><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top"><a href="https://vizafrica.codata.org/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(45,53,142)">https://vizafrica.codata.org/</a> and <a href="http://www.codata.org/events/conferences/vizafrica-botswana-2019" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(45,53,142)">http://www.codata.org/events/conferences/vizafrica-botswana-2019</a></strong><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Asha</div>-- <div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://codata2019.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold">REGISTRATION OPEN: CODATA 2019 Beijing, 19-20 Sept</a>: Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://vizafrica.codata.org/2019-Botswana/" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold">VizAfrica Botswana, 18-19 Nov: Call for Presentations and Posters</a> - deadline 19 August</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><a href="https://conference.codata.org/Helsinki-CODATA-2019/" target="_blank" style="font-weight:bold">CODATA-Helsinki Workshop on FAIR RDM in Institutions, 20-21 Oct (pre-RDA Event: Call for Presentations and Posters</a> - deadline 6 Sept</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.codata.org/news/338/62/Call-for-Applications-to-Host-International-Data-Week-2021-or-2023" target="_blank"><b>Call for Applications to Host International Data Week 2021 or 2023</b></a> - deadline 30 September</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><a href="http://codata.org/blog/2019/07/01/june-2019-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank">June 2019 Publications</a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a> </b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>