GeyserValley2009

Organizers

Institute of Computing for Physics and Technology
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS
Kronotsky State Natural Biosphere Reserve
Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Invitation to conference

Dear colleagues!

We invite you to participate in the international conference "Methods of neogeography and virtual environment in visualization of geo-data" (GeyserValley2009).
Conference is devoted to memory of Tatjana Ustinova (1913-06.09.2009), discoverer of the Valley of Geysers.
Conference is organized by Institute of Computing for Physics and Technology (ICPT, Protvino) on the base of Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (IVaS FEB RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) with the support of Federal State Institution "Kronotsky State Natural Biosphere Reserve" and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant 09-07-06042-г).
Conference will take place on September 15-17, 2009 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia, at the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS.
Conference will include outdoor scientific workshop "Situation awareness concept and landslide danger monitoring" in the Valley of Geysers, devoted to 75th anniversary of the foundation of Kronotsky reserve.

GeyserValley2009 will provide a forum for sharing of ideas and results in scientific visualization in geosciences (geology, geography, ecology).
We invite original contributions addressing (but not limited to) one or more of the following topics:
   1. Using methods of neo-geography and open geo-interfaces for visualization of geo-data
   2. Integration and interaction of GIS and open geo-interfaces
   3. Methods of virtual environment and interactive storytelling in visualization of geo-data
   4. Virtual reconstruction of natural objects, static and dynamic visualization in geo-context
   5. Visualization of natural disaster forecasts and aftermaths for situational awareness systems

CFP (Call for papers)
2nd information letter - 15.08.2009
Sponsorship proposal
PROGRAMME - 12.09.2009

Participants

As of August 12, 2009 the following participants confirmed their participation:

Prof. Dr. Evgeny I. Gordeev - full member of RAS, director of IVaS FEB RAS (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy) - Honorary Chairman of Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Alexander S. Bugaev - full member of RAS, head of MIPT chair (Moscow) - Honorary Chairman of Programme Committee
Prof. Dr. Stanislav V. Klimenko - director of ICPT (Protvino), head of MIPT chair (Moscow) - Co-Chairman of Programme Committee
Prof. Dr. Martin Reiser - founding director (pro-tem), Institute for Media Innovation (Singapore) - Co-Chairman of Programme Committee
Dr. Andrey V. Leonov - ICPT (Protvino), MIPT (Moscow) - Chairman of Organizing Committee - Phone: +7 (916) 182-78-02
Prof. Dr. Vladimir A. Galactionov - deputy director of KIAM RAS (Moscow)
Dr. Vladimir E. Gershenzon - director general, R&D Center "ScanEx" (Moscow)
Prof. Dr. Valentina T. Dmitrieva - dean of geography department of MGPU (Moscow)
Dr. Valery A. Droznin - IVaS FEB RAS (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
Evgeny N. Eremchenko - head of NeoGeography R&D Group (Moscow)
Vadim E. Kirichenko - Kamchatkan Branch of PGI FEB RAS (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky), Kronotsky Reserve (Elizovo)
Dr. Vladimir L. Leonov - academic secretary of IVaS FEB RAS (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
Prof. Dr. Ludmila V. Massel - SEI SB RAS (Irkutsk)
Dmitry V. Melnikov - IVaS FEB RAS (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
Dr. Sergey B. Samoylenko - IVaS FEB RAS (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
Aleksandr A. Serebrov - USSR cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union (Moscow)
Prof. Dr. Yuri G. Smetanin - RFBR (Moscow)
Dr. Valery V. Hronusov - head of NeoGeography R&D Group (Perm)
Dr. Victor N. Chebrov - director of KEMSD GS RAS (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
Tihon I. Shpilenok - director of Kronotsky Reserve (Elizovo)

Paper submission

Paper formatting for conference proceedings - according to ACM SIGGRAPH recommendations. Paper submission no later than September 1, 2009. Last revision date - October 1, 2009.

Conference schedule

15.09 – arrival date
16.09 – conference opening, presentations (conference hall of IVaS FEB RAS)
17.09 – outdoor workshop in the Valley of Geysers, conference closing
18-19.09 – additional tours according to participants' wishes