Enabling Global Collaboration in Geoscience

Geoinformatics 2008, Potsdam, Germany

Discovery, integration, management, and visualization of geoscience data with the goal of improving our understanding of the processes that have shaped the earth and our environment over time were highlighted at the Geoinformatics 2008 Conference. Globalization of geoinformatics based research and education in support of meeting societal challenges were a significant theme for the conference.

The Conference provided an international forum for researchers and educators from earth and planetary sciences, and information technology/computer science to present new data, data analysis or modelling techniques, visualization schemes or technologies as they relate to developing the cyberinfrastructure for the geosciences.

The conference was held 11-13 June 2008 at GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) in Potsdam, Germany.

Topics

• Changing Earth: Global challenges and informatics based solutions
• Globalisation of Geoinformatics: Developing Collaboration to Sustain Growth
• Tools and services for the Geosciences
• Dealing with data: Technologies and policies
• Future research directions in geoinformatics

Sponsors

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
U.S. Geological Survey
Geological Society, Geoinformatics Division
British Geological Survey
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
American Geophysical Union, Earth and Space Science Informatics
European Geosciences Union, Earth and Space Science Informatics

Organising Committee

Kristine Asch (BGR, Hannover, Germany)
Sally Brady (USGS, Reston, VA, USA)
Peter Fox (UCAR, Boulder, CO,USA)
Linda Gundersen (USGS, Reston, VA,USA)
Ian Jackson (BGS, Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Jens Klump (GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany)
Peter Löwe (GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany)
Márta Nagy-Rothengass (European Commission, Brussels, Belgium)
A. Krishna Sinha (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA,USA)
Andrea Schwerdtfeger (GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany)
Dogan Seber (SDSC, San Diego, CA,USA)
Lesley Wyborn (Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia)