Wednesday May 10^th from 10:00-11:00 am



Prof dr Arthur Mol


Professor Environmental policy and Rector Magnificus/vice-president, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands

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Societal Geo-Innovation: Geo-information and Food Security
. An overview of the current food security issues. The role of geo-information in monitoring and predicting yields and the support of agricultural practices in different regions. Outlook on the role of geo-information given environmental issues.

Thursday May 11^th from 9:00 – 10:00 am

Prof dr Daniel Sui


Professor of Geography and Distinguished Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences, the Ohio State University, USA 
and Division Director for Social and Economic Sciences (SES) at the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Societal Geo-Innovation : Geo-information and Public Health Quality
An overview of the current public health quality issues. The role of geo-information in monitoring and predicting diseases /epidemics and the support of health quality in different regions. Outlook by the new roles of geo-information sciences (see Sui et al. , 2015)

Friday 12^th from 9:00 – 10:00 am


Prof dr Marketta Kyttä

Professor of Land use planning Aalto University, Finland

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Societal Geo-Innovation : Geo-information and Participatory Planning. An overview of the current participatory planning issues. The role of geo-information in supporting such planning practices in different regions. Outlook on geo-information demands for the next generation participatory and knowledge-informed planning.