UDMS, the Urban Data Management Society, has organised international symposia at various locations in Europe in order to promote the development of information systems in local government since 1971. An important aim of UDMS has been to provide a forum for people to discuss new approaches, to consider new technologies, and to share practical experiences in the field of urban data management. The focus has been on urban applications, but regional and rural issues have always been well represented and have grown recently in importance.

For the next symposium, the 26^th, at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, the Organizing Committee invites you to submit a paper and take part in this important event.  The International Programme Committee will consider two types of papers:

• Scientific research papers up to 6000 words (peer reviewed by three reviewers).
• Technical papers up to 3000 words.

All papers will be orally presented at the conference and printed in the UDMS proceedings that will be published by Taylor & Francis as a hardbound book

The International Programme Committee would like to address the following overall themes:

• Geo-collaboration in Urban and Regional Environments
• Urban and Regional Computing
• GIS in Urban and Regional Data Management for Sustainable Development

In addition, topics that could be considered with reference to overall theme include:

• Evolution of Urban Data Management to the enterprise level
• GIS role in enterprise Urban Data Management infrastructure
• Urban Data Management as a platform for integrating technologies
• Policies, systems and data management for emergency response
• Risk prevention and spatial planning for sustainable development
• Data harmonisation and standardisation
• 3D as an integral part of Urban Data Management
• The proliferation of remote sensing applications in Urban Data Management
• Systems for measuring changes in the state of urban and regional environments
• Location technologies in Urban Data Management
• Cooperation among local authorities in Urban Data Management
• Public participation systems

Other topics can be addressed provided that the relation with the overall themes is demonstrated.

Important Dates:

• Full paper submission deadline: March 5, 2007
• Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2007
• Final papers delivered by: May 28, 2007
• UDMS 2007 in Stuttgart  October 10-12, 2007
  
  

Submission:

Paper submission instructions are contained on the UDMS/Stuttgart website, .  Participants will be expected to provide full papers by the above referenced dates.  Upon review notification of acceptance will be accompanied by suggestions for revisions for the final paper.   The website submission portal will be available by January 15, 2007.

Submitting a paper will be considered as pre-registration.

Papers will be written and presented in English.

Updated information concerning UDMS 2007 in Stuttgart will be available at the UDMS/Stuttgart website.

For further information:

UDMS Executive Secretary
Mrs. Elfriede M. Fendel
Section GIS technology
OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies
Delft University of Technology
Jaffalaan 9
NL-2628 BX Delft
The Netherlands

e-mail e.fendel@otb.tudelft.nl

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