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2nd OpenWater symposium and workshops - September 16-17, 2013
Open source software and open access tools within the water domain
The OpenWater symposium aims at sharing experiences, tools, training materials and model codes applicable in the water domain. Several open source tools are emerging and initiatives are currently taken to initiate open standards and interfaces. OpenWater will be organised as a series of invited presentations, dedicated workshops, demos and oral / poster presentations.
Abstracts are welcomed in the following areas:
- Interoperability and standards in the water domain
- Repositories and SDI’s
- Open source developments in water science
- Open hardware
- Open access training materials
- Environmental modelling using open source tools
Deadlines
Deadline for extended abstracts has been changed to 24th of June, 2013
Abstracts for poster presentations can be sent by July 31st , 2013
Deadline for registration is September 1, 2013
Deadline for registration for oral presenters is July 1st, deadline for poster presentations is september 1st.
Programme
The OpenWater Symposium and Workshops are focused on the sharing of experiences to support increasing interoperability of new ICT based systems, systems of systems and standards in the water domain. Several initiatives are currently being undertaken to develop open standards and interfaces under GEO, OGC, OpenMI Association and many research projects around the world. OpenWater will be organised as a series of invited presentations, dedicated workshops, demos and oral/poster presentations.
Invited speakers
- Alva Couch, Director of CUAHSI, USA
Toward a Global Water Data Infrastructure: Lessons Learned and Future of the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System
- Daniel Ames, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Open Source Tools for Hydrologic Data Management Sharing and Discovery: Introducing HydroDesktop and the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System
- Anthony Lehmann, UNEP/University of Geneva, Switzerland
Opening the Black Sea to data sharing
- Youssef, Filali-Meknassi UNESCO, Namibia
Making the implicit, explicit: The HOPE Initiative, an example of Water Cooperation
Sessions
- Session 1 & 2: Model development
- Session 3: Data and monitoring
- Session 4: Data infrastructures
- Session 5: Model integration
- Session 6: Model application and uncertainty
Social events
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AperoDino
Call for abstracts
OpenWater abstracts are welcome in the following areas:
- Interoperability and standards in the water domain
- Repositories and SDI’s
- Open source developments in water science
- Open hardware
- Open access training materials
- Environmental modelling using open source tools
Deadline for extended abstracts has been changed to 24th of June, 2013
Abstracts for poster presentations can be sent by July 31st , 2013
Submission of abstracts
Travel / hotel information
Travel
You can find information on the location of Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the campus of Etterbeek
VUB rooms
A limited number of guest rooms from the VUB are available. Rates are between 25-30 euro for a single room and 34-38 euro for a double room.
Committee members
Scientific committee:
- Hans van der Kwast, UNESCO-IHE, NL
- Daniel Ames, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
- Ann van Griensven, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE
- Okke Batelaan, Flinders University, AU
- Andreja Jonoski, UNESCO-IHE, NL
- Gregory Giuliani, University of Geneva/UNEP, CH
- Giorgio Boni, CIMA Research Foundation, IT
- Peter Vanrolleghem, Universite Laval, CA
- Stijn Van Hoey, Ghent University/VITO, BE
- Julien Lhomme, HR Wallingford, UK
- Chris Mannaerts, ITC, TUTwente, NL
- Andrea Emilio Rizolli, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana, CH
- Liu Yongbo, University of Guelph, Canada
- Willy Bauwens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE
Organising committee:
Please book quickly through openwater.vub@gmail.com.