Fwd: FW: [sicsa-sga-admin] Invitation to Smart Tourism and the RCUK dot.rural workshop 'Rural needs in Scotland'

[David Corsar]

Hello,

This meeting may be of interest to some of you; apologies for cross posting.

David

On 14/03/2012 10:30, "Mansfield, Sarah" <s.man...@abdn.ac.uk> wrote:

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>From: sicsa-sga-a...@sicsa.ac.uk
>[mailto:sicsa-sga-a...@sicsa.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Thea De Joode
>Sent: 14 March 2012 10:29
>To: sicsa-s...@sicsa.ac.uk
>Subject: [sicsa-sga-admin] Invitation to Smart Tourism and the RCUK
>dot.rural workshop 'Rural needs in Scotland'
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>Dear Colleague,
>
>You are invited to attend the forthcoming workshop, 'Rural needs in
>Scotland', on Friday March 16th. We still have a few places remaining
>and would be delighted if you could register using the link below.
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>http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3070312387
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>I would be grateful if you could also forward this on to your contacts
>and networks.
>
>With kind regards,
>
>Thea
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>This SICSA Smart Tourism and the RCUK dot.rural workshop brings together
>tourism organisations, industry and universities for a one-day event on
>Friday 16th March, to be held at the new University Library, University
>of Aberdeen. The purpose of the workshop is to build relationships and
>stimulate activity to identify future Smart Tourism funded projects.
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>The day will focus on two themes:
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>*Rural activities and tourism*
>     - Existing projects in dot.rural and beyond which explore how the
>     digital economy can support rural activities and tourism, with
>     topics ranging from transport, through cultural heritage to small
>     business support.
>
>*Genealogy and ancestral tourism*
>     - Brightsolid presentation, - the owners of Friends Reunited and one
>     of the leading on-line technology and publishing companies.
>
>     - A visit and guided tour to St Machars Cathedral churchyard by
>     chief archivist Walter Duncan
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>*Schedule for the day*
>     Venue: The University Library, Room 706, Bedford Road, Aberdeen ·
>     AB24 3AA
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>     10.00 - 10.30 - Coffee and registration
>     10.30 - 10.45 - Opening
>     10.45 - 11.15 - Supporting Accessibility and Mobility for Rural
>     SmartTourism - David Corsar, Research Fellow Computing
>     Science/dot.rural DE Hub
>     11.15 - 11.45 - Using Open Linked Data to support Multiple-use
>     cultural archives - Nava Tintarev, Research Fellow (CURIOS),
>     Computing Science/dot.rural DE Hub
>     11.45 - 12.45 - Brightsolid Genealogy - A family business, CTO
>     Malcolm Dobson and Marketing Director John Robertson
>     12.45 - 13.45 - Lunch
>     13.45 - 14.15 - Placebooks: Rural Participation, People and Place -
>     Alan Chamberlain, Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham, Mark
>     Davies, FiT La, Swansea University
>     14.15 - 14.45 - Connecting Rural Enterprise for SmartTourism - David
>     Emele, Research Fellow (ASSURE) Computing Science/dot.rural DE Hub
>     14.45 - 15.45 - Visit and guided tour to St Machars in breakout
>    groups
>     15.45 - 16.30 - Summary and report back
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>     Presentation Abstracts
>1. Supporting Accessibility and Mobility for Rural SmartTourism
>     - David Corsar, Research Fellow Computing Science/dot.rural DE Hub.
>     This presentation will provide an overview of two dot.rural
>     projects focused on improving accessibility and mobility in rural
>     areas.  The Flexible Integrated Transport Services (FITS) project is
>     developing aprototype platform that explores the feasibility of a
>     virtual transport market place to more efficiently match existing
>     demand and supply for transport services in rural areas.  The
>     software is to be trialled with communities in the
>     Aberdeenshire/Moray area.  The Informed Rural Passenger (IRP)
>     project centre as both consumers and suppliers of information.
>      The presentation is developing a transport information ecosystem
>     with passengers at its will discuss GetThere, a mobile passenger
>     informationsystem developed as part of IRP, which is to be trialled
>     with communities in the Scottish Borders area.  The presentation
>     will conclude with a discussion of how these projects could be
>     applied to supporting SmartTourism in rural areas.
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>2. Using Open Linked Data to support Multiple-use cultural archives
>     - Nava Tintarev, Research Fellow (CURIOS), Computing
>     Science/dot.rural DE Hub.
>     Small and geographically distributed communities often have
>     difficulty preserving their distinct culture and identity in the
>     modern world. Projects to collect and preserve knowledge of their
>     background, possibly using digital means, are one way to reinforce
>     the coherence of such communities and can also generate important
>     data to feed academic research and applications, such as tourism.
>     The CURIOS project is investigating how to use open linked data
>     technology to help people easily to produce useful and accessible
>     digital archives. In the talk we will discuss the previous work of
>     our collaborators in the Western Isles and how open linked
>     data could transform the shape and usefulness of such systems.
>
>3. Placebooks: Rural Participation, People and Place - Alan
>     Chamberlain, Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham, Mark
>     Davies, FiT La, Swansea University.
>     New developments in mobile, location and sensor-based or
>     Œubiquitous¹ computing now make it possible for users to move beyond
>     the urban fringes. They herald the expansion of computing from
>     cities into rural locations that have long been marginalised due to
>     the limitations of existing technology. Current digital mapping
>     services largely focus on urban environments with many systems
>     offering rich street views of urban settings, but such views of
>     rural space are largely absent. Placebooks is a Œtoolkit that allows
>     people to create and share community-based maps that reflect their
>     interests and concerns. For example, users are able to sketch routes
>     of their favourite pathways through the countryside. GPS data and
>     community content, relevant to different points on their route, can
>     then augment these routes. Tags and content can also be added to
>     other users routes, adding to the overall body of knowledge.
>
>4. Connecting Rural Enterprise for SmartTourism - David Emele,
>     Research Fellow (ASSURE) Computing Science/dot.rural DE Hub
>     This presentation will provide an overview of the Agent and
>     Semantic Support for Rural Enterprise (ASSURE) project, which is
>     focused on exploring how business networking and agent support can
>     help rural businesses to identify useful connections and potential
>     collaborations. ASSURE is a multidisciplinary research project
>     involving computer scientists and social scientists, which aims to
>     develop a user-driven prototype platform to provide online business
>     networking support forbusinesses in rural areas. The presentation
>     will discuss RCS, an online business networking system developed as
>     part of ASSURE, which is being trialled with user groups identified
>     by Scottish Enterprise.  The presentation will conclude with a
>     discussion of how this project could be applied to support
>     SmartTourism in rural areas.
>
>5. Brightsolid Presentation
>
>If you would like to attend, please register at
>http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3070312387
>
>
>Best regards
>Alan
>
>Alan Settery
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>Smart Tourism Programme Manager
>Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance
>Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
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>Tel:   0131 6509993
>Mob: 07889 181309
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