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Dear colleague, you know that we were busy with scientific program for ICC2007 for a long time. In this connection we shall be very glad to hear your opinion about the Conference from the scientific point of view. It is very interesting for us, what sessions (besides your own Com.) you have visited, what themes were the most successful, what was interesting or new for you, participants reactions, questions, discussions, some new suggestions, all you can remember. Of course, the information about your own Com. is interesting too. If you have some ideas about Map Exibition it will be interesting too. We would like to gather such information from the most part of partcipants. It will be systemized and analyzed. The main results will be published. We hope for your understanding.
Best wishes, Scientific Committee.
You can use for your answers: rusobgeo@mail.ru or kirash1@yasenevo.ru

14th General Assembly ICA

Dear National ICA members

      On Saturday August 4 (09-17) and Thursday August 9 (09-12), 2007, the 14th General Assembly of the International Cartographic Association will be held in Hotel Cosmos in Moscow, Russia, the site of the 23rd International Cartographic Conference (ICC).
      During this General Assembly the new 2007-2011 ICA Executive Committee will be elected, as well as new commission chairs and there will be a vote on a change in the statutes. There will be a proposal for the 2007-2011 budget.
According to the statutes, all member states have to hand in a national report about national developments in cartography and GIS in their country. These national reports should be available prior to the ICC Until the deadline of March 4, 2007 member states can propose candidates for:
      - ICA president, Secretary-General and Vice President (only one representative from each member state may serve on the executive committee simultaneously)
      - ICA commissions, commission chairs and their terms of reference (when a commission is proposed, this proposal should also contain its terms of reference and a nomination for its chairperson)
      Prior to the General Assembly the ICA Secretariat should also be informed about the names of the delegates each member state will send to the GA, and who will be supposed to vote on behalf of their organisations.
      The ICA secretariat will send out more detailed information on the General Assembly (agenda, minutes of the previous meeting) in the coming months, and the names of the candidates proposed for the EC or for commission chairs will be incorporated with their relevant CV's and views on the ICA website, as soon as they come in.
      Information on the 23rd International Cartographic Conference will be circulated by the local organizing committee, and will also be available on the conference website (http://www.icc2007.com/)

Sincerely,
Ferjan Ormeling
Secretary-General

INTERCARTO – INTERGIS 13
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIES:
GIS THEORY AND PRACTICE

12 – 24 August 2007
Khanty-Mansijsk, Yellowknife (Canada)

INFORMATION LETTER

International Cartographic Association, Federal Service of Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, Government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomus Region, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Ugor State University in Khanty-Mansijsk, NPC Monitoring (Khanty-Mansijsk) together with Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) and the NWT Centre for Geomatics - Government of the Northwest Territoriesare arranging an international conference INTERCARTO-INTERGIS 13 in Khanty-Mansijsk and Yellowknife (Canada) in 2007.

      The main topics of INTERCARTO-INTERGIS 13:
            1. Geoinformational insurance of sustainable development of territories (incl. geopolitical processes and management of territories) with special focus on northern territories
            2. Geospatial information on experiences of oil and gas extraction adequate to sustainable development criteria
            3. Medical-Geographical aspects of sustainable development (mapping, indicators etc.)
            4. Sustainable development and tourism (problems and perspectives)
            5. Geospatial information on natural and cultural heritage of the Arctic.
            6. Geospatial data on aborigine traditional knowledge on land management and environment monitoring practices.
            7. Geospatial information on nature capital of pristine territories.
            8. Education for sustainable development.

      For registration we need to know: your full name, place of employment, academic degree and status, address, phone, fax, e-mail, paper’s title, the speaker, co-authors.
      An exhibition is also planned to be held during the conference. Reference directions: GIS projects, technology, software and hardware, digital maps and other products, training aids, consulting, books and periodicals. If you would like to take part in the exhibition, please, fill out and send an Exhibition Participant’s application form no later than February 15, 2007. Payment terms and conditions will be set individually for every participant.
      Conference working languages: Russian or English (on demand), English only in Yellowknife.
      Conference participant’s registration fee:
            - Russian Federation: 50 $,
            - Others: 110 $.
      Submit paper for publication: April 15 2007 to Yulia Smolko (SYV@npc-monitoring.ru). Please send the copy to Olga Kotova ( ocat@geogr.msu.su ).
      Contact: InterCarto 12 Organizing Committee
      Address 628012 Khanty-Mansijsk, Studencheskaya 2, NPC Monitoring Yulia Smolko
      Phone: (34671) 58987 58985 58880
      Fax: (34671) 27595
      E-mail: SYV@npc-monitoring.ru

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE SESSION

      On January 17, 2007 the session of the Organizing Committee on preparation and carrying out of the 23-rd International Cartographic Conference and the 13-th General Assembly (GA) of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) took place under presidency of Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.
      Minister of Transport Mr. Igor Levitin has noted that a previous International Cartographical Conference in Moscow took place more than 30 years ago (in 1976) and carrying out of the conference in 2007 is an important sign of recognition of the country cartographical branch accomplishments by the world community.
      Dr. Alexander Borodko, Head of the Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography of the Russian Federation has delivered a report on the work of the National Committee of Cartographers of the Russian Federation performed on preparation of the ICA 23-rd ICC and 13-th GA in Moscow. The Organizing Committee has approved the Russian National Committee work in the given direction.
      Having considered a draft plan of carrying out the ICA 23-rd International Cartographic Conference and the 13-th General Assembly in Moscow, members of the Organizing Committee have put forward a number of proposals to the draft plan and have approved the draft plan of preparation works.
      The Organizing Committee has decided to elaborate the draft plan of preparation and carrying out the ICA 23-rd International Cartographic Conference and 13-th General Assembly in Moscow and to submit it for approval to Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Mr. Igor Levitin.
      The next session of the Organizing Committee is planned to have place in the middle of March, 2007.