Dear All, It may be useful to explore submitting topics you would like discussed such as those affecting key areas related to the SDGs: - Health - facilities, infrastructure etc - Education - schools etc - Environment - conservation and wetlands, mangrove swamps, forest degradation - Agriculture - mapping terrain and key features - Energy -infrastructure grids - Water - infrastructure grids - Oceans - fisheries, surveillance etc 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: Dear Colleagues, In preparation for the GIS/RS Conference on the 27th November – 1st of December 2017, please share with us your suggestions or preferences on Themes for the Discussion Session. 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: 1. Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 2. Open Source and Open Data 3. Mapping Forest Degradation 4. Illegal Fishing and Monitoring 5. Disaster Risk Modelling & Impact Forecasting Tools Please email your responses and the Topics you like to be discussed at the 2017 Conference to Dr. Wolf Forstreuter i.e wolf.forstreuter@gmail.com and Sachindra Singhsachindras@spc.int Thank you for your support and we look forward to an informative, innovative and productive discussion session. Kind Regards, Sereima [image: SPC] Sereima Kalouniviti *Geoinformatics for Development* *Pacific Community (SPC) *| Suva Regional Office | Private Mail Bag | Suva | Fiji Tel: +679 3249 299 | Fax: +679 337 0040 <337%200040> | Email: sereimak@spc.int Web site: gsd.spc.int OR www.spc.int For attachments over 1Mb please use my Dropbox https://www.yousendit.com/ transfer.php?action=dropbox&dropbox=SereimaKalouniviti9511547 -- *Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala T* *P. O. Box 17862* *Suva* *Republic of Fiji* *Cell: +679 7656770; * *Home: +679 3362003* *Twitter: @SalanietaT* *"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour." Aristotle*