The main objectives of this English language conference are to bring together GIS academics, researchers and practitioners in the Central Asian countries and encourage international cooperation and knowledge exchange in GIS education.
Additional key themes of the conference are:
GIS for Environmental Management
GIS for Disaster and Emergency Management in Central Asia
Health GIS
Educational programmes in Geoinformatics
Development of Spatial Data Infrastructures
New trends and technologies in GIS&T
International networking in teaching and use of GIS technologies for Environment and Emergencies
In 2011, GISCA is focused on the theme of "Geoinformatics: Managing Environment, Resources and Risk". GIScience as a conceptual foundation, Geoinformatics as a methodology and GIS as software are powerful instruments for linking information from different sources by location. This is exactly what is needed to manage our environments and natural resources, and to assess risks arising from natural, technical and social factors.
