GISIG - established just 15 years ago

HUNAGI is member of GISIG since the mid of the 90's.
From our daily mail - Giorgo Saio wrote today:
"Dear GISIG Members,
Today is a special day for the Association: on October 12th 1992 (more less at this hour) GISIG has been formally constituted :-)We are then celebrating 15 years of life of the Association.We wish to take this opportunity to thanks all the Members that during these years have contributed to the development and success of our Community =D>We are then very pleased in inviting all of you to participate to a series of events scheduled in Genoa next 21-23 November: we are referring to the presentation of the VESTA-GIS project, to the GISIG Assembly and to the ECO-IMAGINE Conference.VESTA-GIS (apologies for the VESTA-GIS partners that already received this communication)We are very pleased to inform you about a new Leonardo da Vinci networking project within the Lifelong Learning Programme: "VESTA-GIS: Vocational Education and Sectoral Training network on GI & GIS Application domains".The expected starting date of VESTA-GIS is November 1st, 2007, for a duration of three years. As you might remember (see our invitation (of last March) to participate in the project), VESTA-GIS reflects the scheme applied within former training and education programme, promoted by GISIG from the initial project for a COMETT UETP (University-Enterprise Training Partnership) which brought to the constitution of GISIG, to arrive to the latest Leonardo projects, including people mobility and networking activities.With this new initiative we intend to renovate such a successful scheme within the new LLP - Leonardo da Vinci Programme which foresees a specific action for Thematic Networks, aiming to pool knowledge in GIS specific domains, to share experience and foster innovation (new approaches) in GIS vocational training. VESTA-GIS and the related tasks will be developed in a Training Framework structured into three leading GI thematic domains, subject of the Thematic Network promoted in these last years by GISIG (Water resources management, Coastal management and Landscape and Natural Environment Protection). That in addition of course to training on GI technologies. VESTA-GIS is an open network : those of you who did not yet join the partnership are welcome as well. At this purpose, please find attached some outlines about the VESTA-GIS project together with (if you are interested in), the adhesion form to join the network. Taking the opportunity offered by the ECO-IMAGINE final Conference "FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF GI FOR ICM" focused on one of the above leading thematic domains (Coastal Management), we are going to organise a first VESTA-GIS event as a dedicated session during the first day of the Conference on 21st November 2007 (see below the announcement). Please check also your possible interest to apply for the Marie Curie grant for the Conference (deadline October 28th). GISIG General AssemblyPlease take note that after the VESTA-GIS session we will continue with the GISIG General Assembly , and the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the GISIG constitution (1992-2007)..You will receive soon the official convocation of the Assemblyand the Agenda.We are very pleased in inviting all of you to these events.For organizational reason, we kind ask you to confirm your participation replying this message within October 31st. Looking forward to meeting all of you in Genoa next November 21st.Kind Regards Giorgio Saio

Dear friends/colleagues,
We are pleased to remind you the ECO-IMAGINE Final Conference:
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF GI FOR ICM Genoa (IT), November 21st - 23rd, 2007.On the ECO-IMAGINE web site ( www.gisig.it/eco-imagine ), you can find:- the announcement of the Conference- the outline of the Conference sessions - the registration formWe are glad to remind you as well that an ESRI Award is organised also within the final event.All the participants interested in applying for the ESRI Award can find detailed information on the ECO-IMAGINE web-site. Finally, we remind you that Marie Curie grants are available for supporting the participation of early stage and more experienced researchers in the conference.The call for grants and the forms to be filled in are available on the above-mentioned web-site.We take the occasion to inform you that the conference is devoted to the memory of Prof. Adalberto Vallega, President of the International Geographical Union, founder of ICCOPS, and scientific promoter of ECO-IMAGINE. In particular, part of the event is dedicated to present some outcome of his scientific work and his research achievements. We kindly ask you to forward this message among your colleagues.Best regards,GISIG & ICCOPS Staff , GISIG - Geographical Information Systems International GroupVia Piacenza, 54 - 16138 Genova ItalyTel. +39 010 8355588, Fax. +39 010 8357190E-Mail gisig@gisig.it http://www.gisig.it "