<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dear All,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt">It may be useful to explore submitting topics you would like discussed such as those affecting key areas related to the SDGs:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><font size="3">Health - facilities, infrastructure etc</font></li><li><font size="3">Education - schools etc</font></li><li><font size="3">Environment - conservation and wetlands, mangrove swamps, forest degradation</font></li><li><font size="3">Agriculture - mapping terrain and key features</font><br></li><li><font size="3">Energy -infrastructure grids</font></li><li><font size="3">Water - infrastructure grids</font></li><li><font size="3">Oceans - fisheries, surveillance etc</font></li></ul><div><font size="3">For Policy makers and strategists, GIS is critical in terms of accelerating sustainable development. I am enclosing an Invitation and a call for thematic areas and topics by the organizers of the GIS/RS Conference, see email below: </font></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff">Dear Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u> <u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff">In preparation for the GIS/RS Conference on the 27<sup>th</sup> November – 1<sup>st</sup> of December 2017, please share with us your suggestions or preferences on Themes for the Discussion Session.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u> <u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff">At the 2016 Conference, the following topics allowed for in-depth collaboration and the sharing of knowledge and best practices for the GIS/RS community and experts i.e:<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u> <u></u></font></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3016272445091048225MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:15.546667098999023px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">1.<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="gmail-m_3016272445091048225MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:15.546667098999023px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">2.<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">Open Source and Open Data<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="gmail-m_3016272445091048225MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:15.546667098999023px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">3.<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">Mapping Forest Degradation<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="gmail-m_3016272445091048225MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:15.546667098999023px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">4.<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">Illegal Fishing and Monitoring<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="gmail-m_3016272445091048225MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:15.546667098999023px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">5.<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.959999084472656px">Disaster Risk Modelling & Impact Forecasting Tools<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff">Please email your responses and the Topics you like to be discussed at the 2017 Conference to Dr. Wolf Forstreuter i.e <a href="mailto:wolf.forstreuter@gmail.com" target="_blank">wolf.forstreuter@gmail.com</a> and Sachindra Singh<a href="mailto:sachindras@spc.int" target="_blank">sachindras@spc.int</a><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff"><u></u> <u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff">Thank you for your support and we look forward to an informative, innovative and productive discussion session.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px"><span 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