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<h2 align="center"><img alt="" src="http://www.rocketcitygeospatial.com/templates/images/logo.gif" border="0"/><br/><font face="Tahoma" size="4"><font size="5"><br/>SAVE THE DATE<br/></font>October 15-17, 2007<br/>The First Annual<br/><font color="#000099"><a href="http://www.rocketcitygeospatial.com">Rocket City Geospatial Conference</a></font></font><br/>
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<td><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Please plan to join us at the first annual <a href="http://www.rocketcitygeospatial.com">Rocket City Geospatial Conference</a> in Huntsville, Alabama at the Huntsville Marriott Hotel on the grounds of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. </font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;
mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Tahoma">The objective of the conference is to focus attention on the breadth of geospatial technology research and application development represented in the northern Alabama region and Huntsville in particular. Many local businesses and government agencies are developing some of the finest technology in the world to support applications from infrastructure management, emergency response, and homeland security to the integration of
virtual reality with geographic information for missile defense.</font></span></td></tr>
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<td> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">Some of the <a href="http://www.rocketcitygeospatial.com/overview/">topics</a> we will offer in our workshops and breakout sessions during this 3-day event will include:<br/></font>
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<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Emerging technology for discovery, visualization and access to geospatial information </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">GIS Certification, Job Classification, Workforce development </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Homeland Security: Emergency Preparedness & Response </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Metadata, or lack thereof: "The largest crisis in GIS today" </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">North Alabama's Niche in the Geospatial World </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Open Source vs. Open Standards: Clearing up the confusion </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Emerging Technologies: Ubiquitous computing; Sensors Web; GeoRSS; Microsatellites </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Integration of GIS and "Virtual Reality" in Battlefield Management </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Interoperability & OGC Specifications </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Technology transfer from NASA or DoD to civilian use and partnerships with SMDC as well as other federal agencies</font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Mobile Geospatial Solutions and Field Service Management </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">State issues: Data sharing, council formation, etc. <br/>...<a href="http://www.rocketcitygeospatial.com/overview/">and more</a></font></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul></td></tr>
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<td><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Coming soon, we will announce a call for presentations and provide more information on sponsoring the conference. Our workshops will be designed to enable attendees to obtain education credits.<br/>We expect a large attendance from the Northern Alabama region as well as the southeastern United States. <br/><br/>In the meantime, please feel free to contact </font><a href="mailto:joe.francica@directionsmag.com"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Joe
Francica</font></a><font face="Tahoma" size="2">, Conference Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Directions Media, 256-650-0205, or any of the members of our conference committee: </font>
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<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Chris Johnson, Vice President, US Space and Rocket Center - GTAC </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Peter Batty, CTO, Intergraph Corporation</font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Dr. Mike Botts, Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville & OGC </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Jay Arnold, Vice President, 3001, Inc </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Steve Perkins, GIS Manager, City of Huntsville </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Tim Heinse, Sr. GIS Database Manager, Amtec Corporation & the US Army Garrison at the Redstone Arsenal </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Beverly Richey, GIS Analyst, Boeing </font>
<li><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Radahji Mani, Founder, GISbiz Inc. <br/><br/>Feel free to pass along this newsletter so that they may <a href="%BASIC:SUBLINK%">subscribe</a> to further announcements.<br/>Or you may <a href="http://newsletter.directionsmag.com/users/unsub.php?Mem=108907&ConfirmCode=787c9aeb4df182ef09f92dade39be35a">unsubscribe</a> from this list.<br/></font></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Conference hosted
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