The following are the proposed research initiatives for which Specialist Meetings will be held some time during the period from December 1997 to July 1999.  Please note that details are subject to change until the Specialist Meeting is scheduled and formally announced.

Panel on Cognitive Models of Geographic Space
Chair:  David Mark
Brief description from proposal

• Scale and Detail in the Cognition of Geographic Information
• Co-leaders - Reg Golledge and Dan Montello
• Specialist Meeting - May 13-16 1998, Santa Barbara CA
• Cognitive Models of Dynamic Geographic Phenomena and Representations
• Co-leaders - Stephen Hirtle and Alan MacEachern

Specialist Meeting - October 29-31 1998, Pittsburgh PA
• Multiple Modalities and Multiple Frames of Reference for Spatial Knowledge
• Co-leaders - Scott Freundschuh and Holly Taylor
• Specialist Meeting - February 18-20 1999, Santa Barbara CA

Panel on Computational Implementations of Geographic Concepts
Chair: Max Egenhofer
Brief description from proposal

• Interoperating Geographic Information Systems
• Co-leaders -  Michael Goodchild, Max Egenhofer and Robin Feagas
• Specialist Meeting - December 5-6 1997, Santa Barbara
• The Ontology of Fields
• Co-leaders - Donna Peuquet and Barry Smith
• Specialist Meeting - June 10-13 1998, Bar Harbor ME
• Discovering Geographic Knowledge in Data-Rich Environments
• Co-leaders - Jiawei Han, John Herring and Harvey Miller
• Specialist Meeting - March 18-21 1999, Microsoft Research Labs, Redmond WA

Panel on Geographies of the Information Society
Chair: Eric Sheppard
Brief description from proposal
Working bibliography on Geographies of the Information Society
GISOC'99

• Measuring and Representing Accessibility in the Information Age
• Co-leaders - David Hodge and Don Janelle
• Specialist Meeting - November 20-22 1998, Pacific Grove CA
• Place and Identity in an Age of Technologically Regulated Movement
• Co-leaders - Michael Curry and Munroe Eagles
• Specialist Meeting - October 8-10 1998, Santa Barbara CA
• Empowerment, Marginalization and Public Participation GIS
• Co-leaders - Will Craig, DanWeiner and Trevor Harris
• Specialist Meeting - October 14-17 1998, Santa Barbara CA