Message-ID: <v01540b09aedbc5f872ef@[207.38.252.43]> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:10:32 -0500 From: Max Freund <mailto:mfreund@INTERPORT.NET> Subject: March 1997 Int'l Conf. on Satellite Imagery and the News Media To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Of potential interest to you techies out there...--Max
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>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 13:55:15 -0500
>From: mailto:simpson@american.edu
>Subject: March 1997 Int'l Conf. on Satellite Imagery and the News Media
>
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>
>___Hold This Date !!!!!___
>
>Tuesday March 4, 1997
>
>International Conference on:
>
>PRACTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY PROJECTS
>FOR NEWS MEDIA AND NGOs
>
>American University, Washington DC USA
>
>sponsored by:
>American University's Project on Satellite Imagery and the News Media
>Radio-Television News Directors Association
>SPOT Image Corporation
>Society of Environmental Journalists
>US Geological Survey
>American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
>
> -- ATTENDANCE LIMITED TO 101 --
>_there is no charge for the conference, but you must register in advance
> -- see below for details_
>
>Here are some highlights:
>
>Panel One: --- Tracking International Events Using Imagery and
>Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Focus: News coverage of military
>developments; international refugee movements; proliferation of weapons
>of mass destruction; early warning of famines and environmental
>disasters; investigating pollution plumes, etc.
> -- Q&A with audience
>
>Panel Two: --- GIS and Imagery in Urban News Reporting. Focus:
>Mapping environmental justice issues; floods; storms; crops; fires;
>crime; voting patterns; detecting lost toxic waste dumps; tracking
>economic growth, etc.
> -- Q&A with audience
>
>Panel Three: --- Legal, ethical and regulatory issues stemming from
>use of these technologies. Focus: Today's collision between First
>Amendment law and satellite licensing regulations; ethical use of
>advanced technologies; post-Cold War national security policy; privacy
>issues; trade secrets; intellectual property concerns.
> -- Q&A with audience
>
>Light lunch with featured speaker
>
>
>
>Afternoon Seminar: -- SPOT Image Corp.'s hands-on training for
>journalists, editors and producers interested in practical news media
>uses of imagery
>
>
>PLUS !!!!!
> -- Vendor exhibits throughout the conference
> -- Directory of Remote Sensing and GIS Experts available for interviews
>or consultation with the news media
> -- Other goodies yet to be announced
>
>FOR INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER:
>
>Send name, address (etc.), news medium and institutional affiliation to:
>
>Project on Satellite Imagery and the News Media
>School of Communication
>American University
>Washington DC 2016-8017 USA
>
>1 202 885-2099 -- fax
>1 202 885-2037 -- voice
mailto:>simpson@american.edu --email >
> -- international visitors welcome ! --
>
>You may also wish to visit our WWW site at:
>HTTP://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/earthnews
>
>
>
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