Josef Strobl

Josef Strobl is professor and head of the Department of Geoinformatics — Z_GIS at the University of Salzburg. He is leading study programs like the international MSc in Applied Geoinformatics and the Copernicus Master in Digital Earth as well as the UNIGIS network of transnational distance education programs www.unigis.net. He is a member of the EUROGI Executive Committee and serves on the boards of numerous other international associations. Josef Strobl has established the Research Studio ‘iSpace’ within the Research Studios Austria Gmbh, and as a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) chairs the ÖAW Commission for Geographic Information Science. As the founder of the annual AGIT / GI_Forum Geoinformatics symposia he always looks forward to meet friends and colleagues at these and other events!