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The AGI conference is the biggest independent Geographic Information conference in the UK.  This year #Geomob has been brought on board to organise the Geoweb stream. In 2008, the 2 day residential conference based in Stratford upon Avon attracted over 600 delegates who participated in more than 50 workshops, presentations and debates.

I have been working very hard behind the scenes to bring in Web2.0 and neogeography content.  To kick things off, I am extremely pleased to say that Andrew Turner, author of the O’Reilly “Introduction to Neogeography” and CTO of GeoCommons.com, will be giving the geoweb keynote at the conference. Andrew is focused on collaboration and user-generated content around location and time. He is actively involved in open-data projects such as OpenStreetMap and VoteReport , as well as open-source projects like Mapstraction and GeoPress.

So, feel like sharing a stage with the godfather of neogeography? The AGI call for papers is open for another fortnight and I want as much geoweb content as possible, get your paper or workshop proposal in here: http://bit.ly/42sg9g

Steven Feldman, AGI GeoCommunity Chair said “It is very exciting that we will have a full Geoweb stream within what is already a diverse and captivating conference enabling hundreds of policy makers and geo-professionals in public sector, utilities, and retail to learn more about how these new, nimble approaches can transform the application of location within their organisations and enable new services. I believe that combining a mini Where 2.0 with the UK’s largest mainstream GI conference is a significant step for the GeoCommunity and represents a great benefit for all involved.”

There is an event page at #geomob: http://gmdlondon.ning.com/xn/detail/2456365:Event:3626

Keep your eyes peeled for updates, and if we land some sponsorship I might be able to offer some reduced rate day passes to #geomob members.