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many instances conducted with national member organisations, affiliates and
industry, are conducted to contribute to the transfer of knowledge and to foster
the advancement of the discipline.
Acknowledgements This chapter was prepared with inputs from colleagues from the ICA
international community. Thanks to Dr. Suchith Anand (Chair, ICA Open Source Geospatial
Technologies Working Group), Dr. Antony Cooper (Chair, ICA Geospatial Data Standards
Commission), Professor Dr. Philippe de Maeyer (Chair, ICA Management and Economics of
Map Production Commission), Dr. David Fairbairn (former ICA Secretary-General/Treasurer),
Assoc. Professor Dr. David Fraser (Chair, ICA Education and Training Commission), Professor
Dr. Georg Gartner (President ICA), Professor Elri Liebenberg (Chair, ICA History of Cartography
Commission and former Vice-President of ICA), MakramMurad-al-shaikh (ESRI, Inc.), Professor
Dr. Ferjan Ormeling (former Secretary-General/Treasurer ICA, Vice-Chairman of the UN Group
of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEN) and Convenor of the UNGEGN Working Group for
Training Courses in Toponymy) and Professor Dr. Michael Peterson (former Chair, ICA maps and
the Internet Commission).
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