This will be the tenth anniversary of the biennial European GIS in Education Seminar - EUGISES. After very successful meetings in the Netherlands (1998), Hungary (2000), Spain (2002), Austria (2004) and Poland (2006), it will come to the campus of the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, the United Kingdom in 2008. The basic purpose of the seminar remains unchanged, an occasion for all of those interested in the teaching and learning of GIS in Europe (and beyond) to meet to share ideas, best practice, innovation, the odd confession and possibly a drink or two. The social aspect will be important as this will be a meeting of old and new friends with a shared interest and passion.

Delegates will be able to submit full technical papers and posters and more importantly will have the chance to participate in the discussion of this presented work. The papers will be presented in a single stream through the seminar to ensure that all delegates can attend any session.

Date and Venue

EUGISES 2008 will run from Sept 11 (Thursday) – Sept 14 (Sunday) 2008. It will be held on the beautiful campus of the Royal Agricultural College, set in the Cotswold Hills in South West England. All seminar events, meals and accommodation will be provided on the campus, except for the "cultural event" on Saturday, where you will have a chance to experience something special to this part of England.

Cirencester can be reached easily by public transport, with Kemble mainline train station just 5km from the campus. There are good roads and bus services from London (about 2 hours) and from Heathrow International airport (about 1 hour).

Structure of the meeting

Following in the footsteps of the previous EUGISES meetings, this seminar aims to gather people from all over Europe, and some guests from outside Europe, in an informal setting to discuss GIS education. A limited number of keynote speakers will be invited to introduce the main seminar themes. There will then be a wide range of papers and posters on all topics relating to GIS education. There will be ample opportunities to discuss GIS education related issues with each other at formal and informal meetings throughout the daily sessions and at the evening social events.

The meeting will start with a welcoming address and an ice breaker party on the Thursday evening. The main presentations will run from 9:00am to 6:00pm on Friday and Saturday. There will be a conferences dinner on the Friday night on the campus and a social evening somewhere else… on Saturday. On Sunday morning there will be a summation meeting and future planning meeting, with the seminar formally finishing at lunch time.