UDMS 2006
25TH URBAN DATA MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM
May 15-17, 2006, AALBORG, DENMARK
Http://www.udms.net

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS

UDMS, the Urban Data Management Society, has organised international
symposia at various locations in Europe in order
to promote the development of information systems in local government since 1971.
An important aim of UDMS has been to provide a forum for people to discuss
new approaches,
to consider new technologies and to share practical experiences in the
field of urban data management.
The focus has been on urban applications but regional and rural issues have
always been well represented
and have grown recently in importance.
For the next symposium, the 25th , that will be held at Aalborg University,
the organising committee
invites you to submit a paper concerning the topics listed below.

THEME 1): COOPERATION AMONG LOCAL AND REGIONAL/NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
TOPICS:
- Structuring of the administrative system
- Local administration reform
- International cooperation
- EU initiatives and projects

THEME 2): INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TOPICS:
- GIS support to cross-sectoral approach
- Requirements for data, technology and organisation

THEME 3): ACCESS, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF URBAN AND REGIONAL DATA
TOPICS:
- Geospatial portals
- Integration of data from multiple sources
- Data availability and transparency issues
- Data interchange
- Environment and security
- Interoperability
- Enterprise GIS- datamodeling

THEME 4): SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURES
TOPICS:
- Spatial data infrastructures, especially at the regional and local
level
- Data infrastructures for location based services

THEME 5): E-GOVERNANCE
TOPICS:
- Spatially-enabled e-governance
- GIS components of e-government

THEME 6): APPLICATIONS
TOPICS:
- Disaster and risk management
- Real time GIS, especially for environmental monitoring and control
- GIS for tax assessment
- Modeling/Simulation in urban planning
- Cadastral systems
- Urban and rural planning and management
- Remote sensing

THEME 7): THE THIRD DIMENSION
TOPICS:
- 3D urban and regional data modeling
- 3D applications

THEME 8): PARTICIPATORY SYSTEMS
TOPICS:
- Community engagement
- Public participation GIS

THEME 9): TELEGEOMATICS

TOPICS:
- Location methods
- Location based computing and services
- Real time guidance
- Traffic information

All accepted papers will be published and distributed to all
participants at the symposium.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Abstract submission deadline: September 30, 2005

Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2005

Paper delivered by: January 15, 2006

UDMS 2006 dates: May 15-17, 2006

SUBMISSION:

People interested to submit a paper for the event, are asked to deliver an
abstract of at least 1000 words with
reference to the theme/topic and a short Curriculum Vitae via our website
www.udms.net following the instruction
provided or by e-mail as attached files in Word-format, to the UDMS
Executive Secretary
Mrs Elfriede M. Fendel, e-mail e.fendel@otb.tudelft.nl, by September 30, 2005.

Papers should be written and presented in English.

All information concerning UDMS 2006 will be available at the UDMS web site.

For further information:
UDMS Executive Secretary
Mrs. Elfriede M. Fendel
Section GIS technology
OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies
Delft University of Technology
Jaffalaan 9
NL-2628 BX Delft
The Netherlands
e-mail e.fendel@otb.tudelft.nl

Sending in a paper will be considered as pre-registration.

CONFERENCE FEE
- Conference fee, excluding conference
dinner 275 Euro
- Reduced fee for students and retired, excluding conference
dinner 225 Euro