This Conference is organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), together with the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE), the Ethiopian Mapping Agency (EMA) and the GIS Society of Ethiopia (GSSE). It aims to bring together scholars and professionals from the African and international geo-spatial information science community to present latest achievements, discuss challenges and share experience. The Conference is organized around four themes: food and water security; energy resources; disaster risk reduction; and marine and coastal management.
dates: 25-29 October 2010 venue: UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa location: Addis Ababa (Adis Abeba), Ethiopia contact: Aida Opoku-Mensah e-mail: [email protected] www: http://www.aarse2010.org/documents/brochure.pdf
