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As Britain’s Association for Geographic Information reaches a turning point in its journey, we asked its chair, Anne Kemp, where it is heading
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An Action Working Group (AWG) has been established to help the AGI ensure Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is supported as a core benefit to AGI members (see http://www.agi.org.uk/education-and-cpd/). The CPD AWG will ‘bring focus to expanding the CPD programme through increasing the range of services offered to members and strengthening the association between all of our membership services and activity with the CPD scheme’.
The working group has six key areas of work:
As part of our first aim, the AWG have undertaken a member survey during January to gauge members views, and we are beginning to analyse the results. Some initial trends are the requirement for a development pathway (our third aim will develop a competence framework to support a pathway of professional development), as well the need for a range of CPD activities such as events, seminars and webinars, focussing on technical and non-technical skills.
The AWG will finalise analysis of the survey and provide an update to all members. We aim to provide regular feedback on our progress, and welcome ideas from the members. We will provide regular information here http://www.agi.org.uk/agi-cpd-awg/
If you have any questions, comments or feedback please contact us at cpd@agi.org.uk
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16th - 18th September 2013: East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
The period for submission of papers for the AGI GeoCommunity '13 conference is now open. We encourage all of our members, and indeed non-members, to submit a paper on an area of interest to you. If your paper is selected, you will be invited to deliver this paper at the conference on either 17th or 18th September. The call for abstracts is structured around the topic idea areas identified here.
To start with, we are simply asking for abstracts. These are summaries of what your talk will be about. We are requesting that these abstracts should be submitted electronically by the due date.
The topics are suggested to provide some ideas to shape the event and spark the imagination of contributors. AGI GeoCommunity is your conference, so please get involved. The conference programme is built from the content we receive. If we don't receive content that matches your particular interests then we will have no chance to include it. So why not make a submission yourself. These topics are not meant to form a 'straitjacket' so please feel free to submit a paper on a subject not listed here.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: Friday 29th March 2013
AGI GeoCommunity is the largest and most comprehensive independent conference in the UK digital mapping and data calendar. The conference provides tangible insight and leadership in current geographic information and location based issues via a range of keynote addresses and conference papers, a showcase exhibition, as well as by hands on training and face to face delegate networking. The event is already a 'must attend' for decision makers, practitioners and thought leaders from all aspects of the public and private sectors.
AGI GeoCommunity '13 will open on Monday the 16th September with the popular pre-conference 'Icebreaker' evening event and offer two full days of thought leadership, practical education, knowledge transfer and real world best practice and case studies.
AGI GeoCommunity '13 will also offer a select number of sponsorship spaces to showcase new products and services and network with delegates both at the sponsors' exhibition pods and in the conference sessions and social events. Companies that are AGI members can get additional booking discounts. The conference format will offer our sponsors an unrivalled opportunity to meet and network with the key practitioners and influencers across government and the commercial sectors.
To register as a delegate and to see costs for AGI GeoCommunity '13, click HERE.
To register as a sponsor and to see costs and benefits for AGI GeoCommunity '13, click HERE.
To submit an abstract at AGI GeoCommunity '13, click HERE.
Following on from the AGI GeoCommunity '13 conference, the FOSS4G 2013 conference will run from the 17 th to the 21 st September in the same venue. As a delegate at AGI GeoCommunity '13 you are able to receive a 10% discount when booking to attend FOSS4G 2013. Please contact Claire Gilmour for the discount code.
Yours Sincerely
Claire Gilmour
AGI Events Manager
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Dear Member,
The AGI are committed to ensuring you maximise benefits for being a member. A key part of this is our support for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) – the means by which people maintain and enhance their knowledge and skills related to their professional lives and careers. For further details of the current AGI CPD Scheme, please see: http://www.agi.org.uk/education-and-cpd/
Our first aim is to understand what members want from AGI with regard to CPD. We have developed a short survey to gauge member views, and we would welcome your feedback.
Please complete this short survey.
The AGI have established a CPD Action Working Group (AWG). The aim of the working group is ‘to bring focus to expanding the CPD programme through increasing the range of services offered to members and strengthening the association between all of our membership services and activity with the CPD scheme’.
The working group has six key areas of work (further details can be found here):
To thank you for your input, we have a prize of a luxury hamper to give away to a randomly drawn member who has completed the survey – so be sure to respond by Friday 25th January 2013 to be in with a chance of winning!
Share Article The Annual UK GEOforum lecture will take place on Thursday 24th January at 18:00 at the lecture hall at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 12 Great George Street, Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3AD. This lecture is free of charge and open to all, although registration is required. Please contact cmallett@rics.org to attend.
The guest speaker this year is Mark Ovenden, and the title of the lecture is 'How Beck's diagram re-mapped the modern world'.
Further details can be found HERE.
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