International Balkan GIS Conference to Be Held in Sofia

How Geographic Information Systems Can Help Meet These and Many Other Challenges Will Be a Topic of the International Balkan GIS Conference Organized in Sofia Hotel Balkan

On November 13 the Conference on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will bring together representatives of the European Satellite Center, the European Association for Emergency Calls (112), the Ministry of Environment and Water, the Ministry of the Interior and a number of GIS experts. All of them will discuss how, through Geographic Information Systems, we can more effectively address the challenges we face in areas such as emergency management, environment, security, infrastructure and more.

The event is held on the occasion of World GIS Day in Bulgaria, which is officially organized by ESRI Bulgaria - the leading GIS company in the country and a representative of the international GIS pioneer Esri, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. GIS Day partners are a record over 40 organizations, and hundreds of representatives of the state administration, business, the non-governmental sector and the academic community will share experiences and ideas within the conference.

Among the international speakers who will take part in the prestigious forum is Adriano Baptista, Director of Operations at the Satellite Center of the European Union (SatCen EU). It will present the application of GIS technologies for the needs of timely, reliable and effective support to the common security and defense policy of the European Union. Adriano Baptista will show live satellite-based geo-information systems used by Satellite Center for real-time monitoring, planning, risk analysis and security management in Europe.

Francisco Nobre, Vice-President of the European Emergency...