UNIGIS Amsterdam Newsletter

  December
2005

New structure of the UNIGIS Workshops 2006!
by Mathilde Molendijk

From 2006 onwards, the compulsory workshops of the UNIGIS program will be fully embedded within a UNIGIS Amsterdam conference, to be held annually! Please write down the date for this conference: June 12 – 16, 2006 in Amsterdam (VE 90 near the Vondelpark)!
At this conference you will meet all current UNIGIS students, as well as the alumni of the network. The Conference consists of plenary sessions touching upon current issues within GIS, and separate (still compulsory) workshops on: Spatial Analysis (the famous Workshop II); on Decision Support (the notorious Workshop III); on the MSc. research project and the writing of a thesis; and a special workshop for the alumni. This way we still address the requirements of both workshops, but we facilitate more interaction between all UNIGIS intakes and alumni. At the same time, we will be able to invite prominent international keynote speakers.
We are convinced this new structure is a big step forward to upgrade the quality of the content as well as the social and networking aspects of the workshops.

Attendance to the conference is still a compulsory element in the course curriculum for all current students:

  • students finalizing the first four modules, conclude the certificate part of their study during the conference by participating in the workshop on Spatial Analysis (Workshop II);
  • students finalizing the specialization pathways, conclude this diploma part of their study during the conference by participating in the workshop on Decision Support (Workshop III);
  • students working on their Master of Science thesis are strongly urged to participate in the MSc. workshop where the project outlines of the participants will be presented and talks will be given on research design, including research methods, managing the research, the actual writing process and the assessment.

Alumni of the network are invited to the Conference as well, which all in all will result in an interesting extension and renewal of your geo-networks and geo-knowledge.

Vrije Universiteit, dep. Regional Economics ; De Boelelaan 1105 ; 1081 HV Amsterdam ; Room 3a-38 (Main Building) ;
Telephone: +31 (0)20-5986099
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