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March 1997 Int'l Conf. on Satellite Imagery and the News Media
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 13:55:15 -0500 From: 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 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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