Austria - Central Asia Centre for GIScience

enerGIS'10 Staff Development Workshop

September 20^th, 2010 - September 24^th, 2010

Tajik Agrarian University named after Shirinsho Shotemur (TAU)
Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Topics of the workshop

The Staff¹ Development Workshop enerGIS provides the participants an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based on energy relevant issues concerning Central Asia.

¹ University lecturers and administrators, NGO or technical experts interested in:

• applying GIS technologies to energy issues or other projects.
• applying the acquired skills later on in Central Asia.
• building up a collaborative network (coordinated by ACA*GIS).

GIS is able to support decision-making processes by assisting the management of renewable energy resources like biomass, hydro, solar or wind energy.

Workshop language: English, no translation provided.

Aim of the workshop

1. Theoretical and practical introduction to GIS and GPS.
2. Gain understanding for the motivation behind renewable energy sources.
3. Ability to evaluate concrete energy potentials using GIS (ESRI ArcGIS).

Workshop Committee

Academician Prof. Dr. Josef Strobl, Director of ÖAW/GIScience, Austria.

Academician Prof. DVSc Izzatullo Sattori, Rector of TAU, Tajikistan.

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Winklehner, President of Eurasia-Pacific Uninet.

Central Asian contributions

by participants are strongly encouraged. We encourage our Central Asian participants to submit GIS-related application studies that highlight the local needs and local achievments regarding GIS and/or energy. These will be presented on September 22^nd, 2010 and included in the workbook.

Important deadlines for participants from Central Asia EPU partner universities:

• August 15^th, 2010: End of registration period.
• August 30^th, 2010: Notification of acceptance.

Important deadlines for Central Asian participants presenting local application sudies during the Wednesday conference session (15 min. presentation or poster) and for lecturers (45 min. presentation) - to be included in the workbook:

• June 30^th, 2010: Deadline for extended abstracts (1000 words).
• July 17^th, 2010: Notification of acceptance and review of submitted extended abstract.
• August 15^th, 2010: Deadline for final version of extended abstract (to be published on the website) and for first version of presentation slides or poster.
• August 30^th, 2010: Review of presentation slides/completed poster.
• September 10^th, 2010: Handover of final version of presentation slides/poster.

The Dushanbe Declaration

Download the declaration here [pdf]

Announcement/Invitation folder

Download the invitation folder here in English [pdf] and in Tajik [pdf]. Translation: Zamira Kadirova.

Extract of the progam in Russian [pdf]. Translation: Zamira Kadirova.

The Organisation Team wishes an enjoyable workshop:

• Gilbert Ahamer, ÖAW/GIScience
• Rainer Prüller, TU Graz
• Clemens Strauß, TU Graz
• Carolina Lehner, EPU

(c) enerGIS'10