FreeGIS.net ate the GEOSPATIAL WORLS FORUM 2013
http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/

This year, he edition 2013 of GEOSPATIAL WORLS FORUM takes part in Rotterdam from May 13th to May 16th .This year the topic is: "Monetising the Geospatial Values & Practices".
R3 GIS ,who ‘s  the technology partner of  FreeGIS.net, will have a report at the workshop organized by the project SMESPIRE http://www.smespire.eu/.
SMESPIRE is a support action of the FP7 program in order to promote the business opportunities offered by INSPIRE  to European  PMI of Geo-ICT (see also  newsletter  December 2012).
R3 GIS put  emphasis on the fact that the geographic data has been very important during the last years, also for small to medium-sized public bodies and  for the  SMEs. R3 GIS aims to highlight  that the  needs of these actors  for the data exchange with the outside world by using of standard data and specifications, are the objectives of INSPIRE.
Therefore, the development of solutions that are easy to install and have affordable  costs –and that are  able to accelerate the adoption of the  specifications INSPIRE  are certainly the right response to the needs of the  SMEs in the geo-IT.
A well-defined and standardized configuration reduces the required  investments  to re-create web INSPIRE services and spread the adoption of INSPIRE among organizations that would otherwise be excluded for technical or financial reasons . In addition, the possibility of using the  INSPIRE services in a standardized way and to easily combine them  with your data set-by  using the OGC and INSPIRE standards , will allow SMEs the access to geographic data across Europe, reducing costs and difficulties in obtaining data from different organizations.
FreeGIS.net is an example of how a small business can create new business opportunities by  investing in the development of "INSPIRE compliant" technologies.

Available on the website ASITA, www.asita.it, the application for sending papers for the Conference 2013.

The 17th edition of the National Conference ASITA takes place in Riva del Garda (TN), from  5 to 7 November 2013.
There will be a lot of  new  things for to this edition, including the return of the poster sessions and a new formulation of the issues that come along  with explanatory cards and keywords for each topic.
(http://www.asita.it/it/la-conferenza-asita/invio-abstract-2013/temi).