A special optional feature preceding the 2012 UCGIS Symposium, May 30-June 1, will be a Tuesday afternoon pre-Symposium workshop on Geospatial Semantics, led by staff from the U.S. Geological Survey. The separate fee for this hands-on workshop is $100 and registration is limited to 20 participants. A more detailed description and schedule follow. The workshop begins at 12 noon on Tuesday, May 29th at the Symposium hotel, the Hilton Doubletree, 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington, DC.
To register, send an email message with your name and organization or university to execdir@ucgis.org. Instructions for payment of the $100 registration fee will be sent by reply. Participants will need a laptop that includes a web browser (Firefox preferred). Hotel reservations and registration for the full UCGIS Symposium, which begins on the morning after the workshop, can be found at http://www.ucgis.org/symposium2012/schedule.aspx.