Call for presentations - SOFOR GIS Conference

The 6th SOFOR GIS Conference will encompass topics related to the use of GIS and other geospatial technologies in forestry and natural resource management. We welcome contributions in the following areas: Digital image processing GPS Socioeconomic analysis Environmental planning Habitat analysis Soils / soil management Forestry inventory / management Landscape change Water resources management Geodatabase management Landscape ecology Wildlife / Fishery management Geospatial technologies Recreation management Urban forestry Submission of Abstracts (due September 15, 2007) Please submit your abstract to the email address below: (We accept only electronic submission, thank you.) Program Chair: Dr. Songlin Fei University of Kentucky soforgis@gmail.com Please put “SOFOR Submission - Your Last name” in the subject of your email, and include all the required information in the body of the email (not as an attached document). Include the following information in your submission: (1) the type of submission - Oral Presentation or Poster, (2) the title of the submission, (3) the author(s) and their affiliations, (4) the corresponding author’s mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and email address, and (5) the abstract in 250 words or less. Acceptance notices will be sent electronically to submitting authors by October 31, 2007. We hope that contributors making an oral presentation will develop a paper for the conference proceedings. Final version of the proceedings’ papers will be due March 28, 2008. Guidelines will be provided. Oral presentations will be given 25 minutes, with an additional 5 minutes allotted for questions. Posters will be displayed throughout the conference. A plaque will be given to the best student presentation and best student paper. Vendor-sponsored evening presentations will be considered. Please inquire.

The link address is: http://soforgis.net/2008/files/2008_call.pdf