Prof. Dr. Martin Raubal
Department Civil
Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, ETH Zurich
Switzerland

Biography
Martin Raubal is Professor of Geoinformation-Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. He was previously Associate Professor and Vice-Chair at the Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Junior Professor at the University of MÌnster. Martin received his Ph.D. in Geoinformation from Vienna University of Technology in 2001 with honors. He holds a M.S. in Spatial Information Science and Engineering from the University of Maine and a Dipl.-Ing. in Surveying Engineering from Vienna University of Technology. Martin’s research interests lie in the areas of mobile GIS & LBS, spatial cognitive engineering, mobile eye-tracking, and GIS for renewable energy analysis. His teaching includes courses on GIS, cartography, geovisualization, location-based services, temporal aspects of GIS, spatial cognition and wayfinding, and research methods. Martin is currently a council member of AGILE (Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe) and was a board member of UCGIS (University Consortium for Geographic Information Science) from 2008-11. He serves on the editorial boards of Transactions in GIS, Journal of Location Based Services, Journal of Spatial Information Science, and Geography Compass. He has authored and co-authored more than 90 books and research papers published in refereed journals and conference proceedings.

Abstract
The AGILE Perspective on Geocapacity Building

Recent developments regarding the evolution of geospatial technologies have large implications for GI education and research. A competitive geospatial workforce must keep up-to-date with these developments resulting in a need for considerable capacity building through industry engagement with education and training initiatives. In this talk I will highlight important issues that need to be tackled in order to strengthen geocapacity building, from the perspective of AGILE, the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe.