THE ECO-IMAGINE EVENTS

The initiative will develop along 48 months and will be structured in:

  1. One initial Conference, to introduce the general themes, the partners of the initiative and the Working Groups
  2. A series of three thematic Conferences focusing, by means of background papers and presentations on the issues and the state of the art relevant to each Working Group
  3. A series of three Training Courses including: i) tutorials; ii) case studies; iii)simulation exercises; iv) field trips, in order to practically approach the themes discussed and to introduce to the use of GIS for ICM
  4. A final Conference that sums up the working groups, also by the presentation of successful ICM programmes, and summarises/makes a balance of the whole initiative, by synthesising the progress of each Working Group, the state of art in comparison with the start of the activity, the eventual projects or collaborations arisen.

A Virtual Permanent Conference on the Web is running along the project, to act as tool for network building and to ensure integration among the research groups contributing and the events

The event development is planned as follows:

(Initial) conference: "GI and GIS for ICM"
13th - 15th May 2004, Sevilla (ES):
Convenor: University of Sevilla


Conference: "Coastal Governance, Planning and Design and GI"
16th - 20th November 2004, Genova (IT)
Convenors: GISIG/ICCOPS


Training Course: "The Waterfront Management and GI"
31st May - 6th June 2005, Lisboa (PT)
Convenors: GISIG/ICCOPS in collaboration with USIG - Association of Geographical Information Users; LNEC - National Laboratory of Civil Engineering; Portuguese Hydrographic Institute


Training Course: "Coastal Governance, Planning and Design and GI"
21st - 26th November 2005, Nice (FR)
Convenor: University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis


Conference: "Building Coastal Knowledge and GI"
13th - 17th June 2006, Cork (IE)
Convenor: University College of Cork


Conference: "The Waterfront Management and GI"
14th - 18th November 2006, Genova (IT)
Convenors: GISIG/ICCOPS


Training Course: "Geo-spatial Technologies"
23rd - 28th July 2007, Aberdeen (UK)
Convenor: University of Aberdeen


(Final) conference: "Future Perspectives of GI for ICM"
21st - 23rd November 2007, Genova (IT)
Convenors: GISIG/ICCOPS