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Call for Abstracts Announced for 2016 URISA GIS and Health Symposium

Des Plaines, IL, February 10, 2016 -- The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), in partnership with the American Public Health Association (APHA), invites abstract submissions for the 2016 GIS and Health Symposium. The theme for this year's Symposium is “Mapping the Way to Healthy Communities”. The event will take place June 1-3, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Abstract submissions are due on March 15, 2016.

The Symposium program will be developed, in large part, from abstracts submitted by the community through this Call. The Committee welcomes the submission of individual papers, complete sessions, and panel discussions on a variety of topics. We are specifically interested in abstracts related to the following topics.

Individuals will be asked to further classify their proposal by indicating the applied methods and data sources for each submission:

For further details and the online abstract submission form, http://www.urisa.org/URISAHealth

Contacts:

Wendy Nelson
Executive Director - URISA
Email Contact  
www.urisa.org   
847-824-6300
@URISA

Mark Your Calendar:

GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference - February 22-25, 2016 - Savannah, GA

URISA's 2016 GIS and Health Symposium - June 1-3, 2016 - Washington, DC

URISA Leadership Academy - August 1-5, 2016 - Chicago, Illinois

URISA's 2016 Caribbean GIS Conference - September 5-8, 2016 - Barbados

GIS-Pro 2016: URISA's 54th Annual Conference - October 31-November 3, 2016 - Toronto, Ontario Canada