Copenhagen, Denmark: 3 August 2010

GI Norden and Geoforum Denmark are co-sponsoring the first Nordic Workshop exploring the many uses of GIS for public health access, processes, and decision-making.

• Nordic GIS and Health 2010
• Dates: 13th to 14th September 2010, Copenhagen
• GO TO REGISTRATION!

The news announcement about the Workshop comments:

“The objective is to provide an open and participatory forum for advancing the effective use of geographic information system technologies across the domains of public health. GI Norden would like to encourage the exchange of experience and information on successful examples within various fields of using GIS in support of health. Besides, we do aim to facilitate networking among Nordic researchers and practitioners on GIS and health.”

• Meet the Workshop Committee

List of Workshop Speakers

• Keynote speaker, Markku Löytönen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Annette Kjær Ersbøll, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark Disease mapping of the relative risk of death due to lung cancer
• Arvid Lillethun, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway Inspire - specs of European data and services on Human Health
• Birgit Blaabjerg Bisgaard, Niras, Denmark Web GIS for registering traffic accidents at hospital emergency unit
• Charlotte Glümer, Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Denmark The use of GIS in Public Health research
• Darka Mioc, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Online mapping and querying health data
• Emilie Stroh, Arbets- & Miljömedicin, Sweden GIS and exposure assessment
• Henning Sten Hansen, Aalborg University, Denmark The Application of Facility Location Theory in Hospital Service Planning .
• Inger Hargaard, Aalborg Universitet, Denmark Investigation of the applikation of Health-GIS in Denmark
• Jasper Schipperijn, University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Denmark Measuring physical activity among teenagers: using GIS, GPS and accelerometer
• Lars Breum Christiansen, University of Southern Denmark Physical activity, built environment and GIS
• Magnus Karge, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway“Tilgjengelighetsportalen” - a GIS for accessibility and universal design
• Peter Erbs-Maibing, Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Denmark
• Assessment and validation of fastfood outlets using register data and calculation
• Peter Rothstein, SWECO, Sweden Geographical IT as a tool for health promotion
• Rikke Baastrup Nordsborg, The Danish Cancer Society and Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Space-Time Clustering of Testicular Cancer in Denmark
• Søren Tollund Christensen, Informi GIS A/S, DenmarkAggregating demographic and housing information for use in GIS-Health analysis Ulf Silbersky, WSP Samhallsbyggnad, Sweden Identifying how time and geography influence our health .

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Read More about GI Norden

GI Norden is short for "Geographic Information Norden" (Norden = the Nordic countries) and is a Nordic non-profit organisation within the field of geomatics. The organisation's mission is to develop, co-ordinate and promote the member organisations' conclusions concerning international and regional decisions on geographic infrastructure issues. The objectives of GI Norden are to develop the general and professional knowledge of geographic information and promote geographic information as a part of the infrastructure of the Nordic societies.

Read More about Geoforum

Geoforum Denmark is the Danish Association for Geographic Information and is an NGO.

The aim of Geoforum Denmark is to work nationally to promote the benefit of geographic information for the Danish society.Geoforum Denmark was formed by the start of 2001 as a result of merging three older societies. The membership is well consolidated and counts private companies, governmental organisations, municipalities and education institutions as well as private persons - all in wide range of associations with GI.

Geofroum Denmark sponsored the ePSIplus national meeting on PSI re-use in Denmark during 2008

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