About the Conference
Every autumn the Danish National GIS Conference, Kortdage, is held. Kortdage means Map Days. The conference is arranged by Geoforum Denmark. The Conference is a multi purpose event and lasts for three days.

There will be a total of 4 key note speakers, 42 abstract based oral presentations, 4 intensive debate and education sessions, and furthermore 16 presentations from our sponsors. All organized in 19 sessions.

The language in the sessions will generally be Danish, but it will be possible to have discussions with most participants and speakers in English.

The presentations will reflect the status and latest development with in:

• Governmental strategic use
• Standardization
• Technical use
• Research

The Conference has during time developed itself to become the central meeting point for exchange of experience and networking within the GI area in the Denmark. 450-500 participants is expected.

What makes Denmark interesting?
Along with the other Nordic countries Denmark belongs in the international top, when it comes to digital driven/based communication and administration between the citizens and companies and the public administration. This situation can simply be described as the result of two main reasons. One reason is the high number of people with permanent Internet access. Another reason is the governmental efforts in taking advance of the ongoing technological evolution.
During last few years the understanding and the focus on the geographic dimension has increased outside the professional circles and is now becoming a natural and important part in services and collections of base information.

About the Programme
A committee has selected this year's programme. The committee counts people from private companies, municipalities, governmental institutions, and universities. This is reflected in the selection of both keynote speakers and abstracts.
The programme will be launched in late June. There will be three parallel sessions, and the biggest problem for the participants normally is to decide which papers to miss.

About the Participants
The participants are more or less all kind of people professional related to Geographic Information. From private companies, education system and public administration, you will meet technical experts, technicians, senior lectures, sales people, project managers and leaders.

About the Exhibition
Around 27 companies will be presenting themselves and their services and products during the days of the conference. The room for the exhibition is also used for serving fruit and coffee during the conference. The atmosphere is informal, friendly and lively.
Our sponsors are responsible for the main part of the exhibition. Please contact us for more information regarding the exhibion.

About Aarhus
The conference is being held at SAS Radisson, Aarhus. Aarhus is Denmarks second largest city, where the beats, but never too fast for the heart to enjoy it. Aarhus is located in Jutland, and is easy to reach from many places. You can in Aarhus either by car og train. But Aarhus is also a city with clearly visible roots, founded, as it was, by the Vikings in the 8th century. Once you have arrived, you will find the facilities to be excellent.
Geoforum Denmark will of course be helpful with planning your travel. Please contact the secretariate when needed.  

Yes, I would like to participate...
Registration of participants will open on August 5th 2010.

For more information...
Please enjoy the pages of the conference website (in Danish) to get a visual impression of the conference or contact the Geoforum secretariate for more specific questions. 

Geoforum Denmark welcomes you!