Welcome as we get started on the journey towards 2011 for the 7th Symposium for the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) to be held in conjunction with the Western Australian Land Information System (WALIS) Forum.

"The Knowledge Generation"

Dates to be determined shortly!

The ISDE is a non-political, non-governmental and not-for-profit international organisation, principally for promotion of academic exchange, science and technology innovation, education, and international collaboration. The purpose of the society is to promote international cooperation on the Digital Earth vision, and enable the Digital Earth technology to play key roles inter alia, in economic and social sustainable development, environmental protection, disaster mitigation, natural resources conservation and improvement of human being's living standard.

WALIS is a dynamic partnership of government agencies working with business, education and the general community to manage and promote the State of Western Australia's (WA) geographic information.  Established by the WA Government in 1981, WALIS is responsible for coordinating across-government access and delivery of the geographic information held by state Government agencies.  WALIS achieves this through committees and the WALIS Office.

The WALIS office has won the right to host the ISDE 7 Symposium and given our experience with running the WALIS Forum Conferences, we promise to deliver a fantastic event with over 1000 delegates.  WALIS Forum was established in 1984 and has developed into one of the largest and well-known spatial events in Australia.

As one of the premier GIS conferences in Australia, it attracts over 800 delegates from a diverse range of professions.  Held every 18 months, the Forum provides an opportunity to address issues related to all aspects of location-based information.

By holding the ISDE7 and WALIS Forum as a combined event, an exciting program will be on offer.  The two industries of digital earth modellers and the spatial sciences industry will come together to share ideas, insight and lessons learned on the way to becoming so important for the world we live in.

If you have any ideas or suggestions as we start planning this journey, please contact the WALIS Office on +61 8 9273 7046 or email.