The INSPIRE Conference 2013: The Green Renaissance

As much as the Renaissance movement profoundly affected European intellectual life, its influence felt in art, literature, politics, science, religion, etc., so is INSPIRE influencing the way in which information for managing our planet can be shared and served. 

Alike the Renaissance movement, INSPIRE is slowly, but steadily spreading over Europe and beyond, with on the way, its principles being debated and implemented. 

The aim of this year's INSPIRE Conference is therefore to take stock of this progress. To further exchange views and experiences on how INSPIRE is meeting past and emerging challenges and needs. To identify new opportunities and to finally, reflect collectively on how INSPIRE can further evolve to maximise its benefits for society. 

The INSPIRE Conference 2013 will take place from Sunday 23rd – Thursday 27th June 2013 in Florence, Italy.

Call for papers and posters 

We invite paper and poster proposals on all aspects of INSPIRE and presentations that reflect the three pillars of the conference Showcase on Environment, Capacities and Networking. 

Showcase on Environment

Any demonstration /showcase/potential of INSPIRE use or impact for more efficient implementation or monitoring and reporting of the Environmental Aquis or INSPIRE showcases that are also relevant for other EU actions such as the Resource Efficiency strategy , the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS), Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) ,Group on Earth Observations (GEO)/ Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and other policy initiatives such as Climate Change & CC adaptation, Marine Knowledge 2002 (European Marine Observation and Data Network, EMODNET), Integrated Maritime Surveillance (Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) etc. The showcases can have a subnational to global scope and with an emphasis on cross-border issues.

• Air quality and emissions
• Marine and coastal environment
• Environment and health ( pesticides, noise, genetically modified organisms, air/water/soil pollution)
• Natural disasters
• Environmental Protection and Historical Landscape
• Land management and monitoring: Forestry, Protected sites, Green Belts,
• Greening of the CAP - multi purpose use of farmer parcel information systems
• Nature and Biodiversity
• Waste management
• Environmental impact assessment
• Integrated spatial assessments
• Population and eco-systems
• eGov/eEnvironment services, including apps built on environmental data Transport