EuroGEOSS is hosting a conference on information systems and multi-disciplinary applications of science and technology.    "EuroGEOSS: advancing the vision of GEOSS".  EuroGEOSS is organizing it second workshop/conference which will be held in Madrid, Spain from Jan 24-27, 2012.  (read more). Conference flyer downloadable here.  Registration is free but compulsory : please register on the conference website now ! The initial work of the EuroGEOSS project is to improve interoperability of European information systems in biodiversity, drought and forestry. The challenge for addressing issues such as climate change, food security or ecosystem sustainability is that they require multi-disciplinary collaboration and the ability to integrate information across scientific domains. EuroGEOSS demonstrates the added value to the scientific community and to society of making existing systems and applications interoperable and useful within the GEOSS and INSPIRE frameworks. EuroGEOSS – advancing the vision of GEOSS Conference provides a forum for developers, users and decision-makers working with advanced multi-disciplinary information systems to improve science and decisions for complex societal issues.
	Areas of interest for the Conference are: Information systems for supporting multi-disciplinary research Data quality and provenance across disciplines Information systems and modeling for biodiversity, drought, forestry and related societal benefit areas Case studies of multi-disciplinary applications and outcomes Impacts and analyses of societal benefits of earth observation information
	These issues are not only the focus of EuroGEOSS, but also of other major research projects.  A Call for Participation in the EuroGEOSS Conference is extended for presentations and papers on research and development progress from both information systems developers and user applications/case studies. To encourage a global vision from this workshop, international participation is solicited from developed and developing countries. The link to the conference agenda is provided below. For additional information, please contact Dr. Jay Pearlman (jay.pearlman@ieee.org).