We are pleased to inform you that the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission is organizing a one-day Dialogue Session at the 2013 Geospatial World Forum (http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/). The objective of the Dialogue Session is to share the experiences of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in developing innovative solutions based on INSPIRE (http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu) and Open Data policies, and make recommendations on how to exploit the opportunities further. We are looking
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A warm welcome to HUNAGI, the Hungarian Association for Geo-information, who confirmed its interest to participate in the smeSpire Network, with special emphasis on sharing knowledge and experience as well as fostering network development and user involvement mobilizing the Hungarian SMEs and other market players. HUNAGI was established in 1994 as non-profit, interdisciplinary umbrella GI association with the mission goal to foster and facilitate the availability, accessibility and usability of
Giacomo Martirano presented some preliminary outcomes of the smeSpire business model at the Eurogi workshop “The future of the Data-Economy: Business strategies and models for spatial data” held in Lisbon (PT) the 16th of November 2012. Participate to the discussion created in the smeSpire Group on the INSPIRE forum. View the presentation in the Publications & Media section
The smeSpire project will be widely disseminated at ASITA 2012, the biggest geomatic event in Italy. Join us at the stand n. 4 of Epsilon Italia
Fondazione Graphitech, within the project VISION – “VIsualisation SImulation and visual cOmputing techNologies”, is organizing a Workshop to be held in Brussels on the 4th December 2012: EU position and future potential including recommendations for Horizon 2020 Workshop. This event has been designed to attract senior representatives from industry and leading research institutions across the EU in the fields of computer graphics, visualisation, simulation and visual computing, and to engage
The smeSpire project has been widely disseminated at the ESRI European User Conference 2012 in Oslo from 15 to 17 October. In virtue of the ESRI adhesion to smeSpire Network, during the presentation “SDI & INSPIRE Business: A New Approach for SMEs” emphasis has been given to the ArcGIS for INSPIRE Solution Pack, fostering new opportunities to/for the smeSpire Network members as well as to/for the geo-ICT SMEs looking for
On the 15-16 October, JRC organised a workshop in Ispra for INSPIRE Member States Contact Points, to share experiences in assessing the costs and benefits of implementing the INSPIRE Directive. During the first day JRC presented an overview of smeSpire project to participants, also to ask their availability in supporting smeSpire partners in studying and analysing GeoICT sectors in the 12 countries represented by the project. Participant Contact Points appreciated
Created a new smeSpire open group in the INSPIRE forum
The smeSpire project will be widely disseminated at the Esri European User Conference 2012. The conference will take place on October 15-17 in Oslo (NO). A presentation “SDI & INSPIRE Business: A New Approach for SMEs” by Joerg Schaller and Giacomo Martirano will take place Tuesday 16 of October at 11.25 within the SDI and Mapping Breakout Session. Fore more details please visit the conference website http://www.esri.com/events/euc/index.html