Invitation

      Invitation to the
      3rd International Seminar on
MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION RELATED TO WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Version dated 18 april 1991
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related to water, the environment.
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INVITATION to participate to the
      3rd International Seminar on
      Management of Information related to Water and the Environment

      organized in the framework of the
      UNESCO International Hydrological Programme
                        (UNESCO - IHP)
      at the Royal Museum for Central-Africa
      near Brussels (Belgium)
      on 14 - 15 November 1991
Attendance free of charge!

Background information:
  In the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme Phase IV,
  the Working Group for M.2.1 and M.2.2 deals with water-related information
  in a broad sense and concentrates on:
  - Promoting, explaining, and using internationally available
    bibliographic data bases related to water and the environment.
    This includes the use of data bases on CD-ROM
    (Compact Disk Read Only Memory)
    and by online access.
  - Guiding those who are planning to set up their own (national)
    water-related information systems,
    perhaps in a later stage to be connected
    with international information systems.
    (The use of Micro CDS/ISIS software plays a major role here,
    including the handling of factual data bases.)

UNESCO-IHP offers a series of seminars on these topics.
Previous seminars were organized in
London, UK (1989) and Dubrovnik, YU (1990).

This seminar will take place in the period that the
   Training Course on
   Management of Information in Science and Technology (MIST)
takes place in Brussels.
This assures the presence of experts in the field
as well as about 15 trainees from various countries.

Organizers:
  W.W. de Mes
       (Rapporteur to UNESCO-IHP)
  P. Nieuwenhuysen
       (Chief Rapporteur to UNESCO-IHP, Free University of Brussels)
  F. Provost
       (Rapporteur to UNESCO-IHP, Free University of Brussels)

More information can be obtained from:
    Secretariat Seminar
    W.W. de MES
    Rapporteur UNESCO-IHP
    Loevestein 24
    2703 JC Alphen a/d Rijn
    The Netherlands
    Tel Home: 31 1720-45223
    Telefax: 31 1720-74935
or by e-mail from
    Paul NIEUWENHUYSEN
    (Chief Rapporteur to UNESCO-IHP, Free University of Brussels)
    Internet e-mail: PNIEUWEN@RC1.VUB.AC.BE

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:

    Lectures:

       Information is important
       (A. Aureli, UNESCO - Water Sciences Division)

       UNESCO and information related to water and the environment
       (P. Nieuwenhuysen, Free University of Brussels)

       Retrieval from internationally available
       water-related data bases
       (W.W. de Mes, Rapporteur to UNESCO-IHP)

       Urban Drainage Bibliographic Data base under CDS/ISIS
       (M. Sicevic, Jaroslav Cerni Institute, Belgrade)

       Information services to external users
       provided by the Free University Brussels (VUB)
       (F. Provost and P. Nieuwenhuysen,
        Free University of Brussels)

       Micro CDS/ISIS to manage water-related
       bibliographic information
       (P. Vanouplines and P. Nieuwenhuysen,
        Free University of Brussels)

       Conversion of data for import in
       Micro CDS/ISIS data bases
       (H. Besemer, PUDOC Wageningen, and P. Nieuwenhuysen)

       Factual data bases under CDS/ISIS
       (M. Fernandez, Royal Museum for Central Africa)

 Others...

 Lecturers are also expected from
 IRC in The Hague and from KIT in Amsterdam

    Posters
    Demonstrations
    Product reviews
    Hands-on practice (for instance Georef on CD-ROM,...)

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