ation of Earth Observation and Geo-Informatics, the Rec- 
tor of ITC and a professor in the field of Photogrammetry, 
Remote Sensing and GIS of Wageningen Agricultural Uni- 
versity and of Delft Technical University. 
Article 5 
Nominations for the Award shall reach the President of 
ISPRS not later than four months prior to the Congress at 
which it will be presented. The Jury may itself nominate 
candidates. Candidates may not be nominated by them- 
selves. 
Article 6 
The Jury may decide not to present any award. Decisions 
are made by simple majority vote. In case of a tie, the 
meaning of the chairman is the decision. The decision of 
the Jury is final. 
The Gino Cassinis Award 
Preamble 
In 1999 the Italian Society for Surveying and Photogram- 
metry (SIFET) established an award in honor of Professor 
Gino Cassinis and his school, students of which included 
Professors Luigi Solaini, Mariano Cunietti, Giuseppe 
Inghilleri and Giovanna Togliatti, who also made a signifi- 
cant contribution to ISPRS. Gino Cassinis was teacher of 
Applied Mathematics, Geodesy and Photogrammetry at 
the University of Pisa and at the Technical University (TU) 
of Milan, from the 1920s to the 1960s. In Milan he was also 
the Rector of the TU and the Mayor of the city. 
Regulations 
Article 1 
The Award shall be known as The Gino Cassinis Award 
and shall normally be granted at each Congress of the 
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote 
Sensing (ISPRS). 
Article 2 
The Gino Cassinis Award shall consist of a certificate and 
SwF 2,500, from the Italian Society for Surveying and 
Photogrammetry. Presentation shall be made at an appro- 
priate event, preferably a plenary session or General 
Assembly of the Congress. 
Article 3 
The recipient shall be a person who has significantly 
enhanced the mathematical and statistical foundations of 
the photogrammetry, remote sensing or spatial information 
Sciences in the 4 years preceding the Congress. All nomi- 
nations shall be supported by appropriate documentary 
evidence of the candidates work. 
Article 4 
Nominations for The Gino Cassinis Award shall reach the 
President of ISPRS not later than 6 months prior to the 
Congress at which it will be presented. Candidates may 
not self-nominate. 
Article 5 
The Jury of The Gino Cassinis Award shall consist of: 
- The President of ISPRS (Chair of Jury) 
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- The Secretary General of ISPRS 
- The President of SIFET or its nominee. 
The Jury shall decide no later than 4 months before the 
ISPRS Congress. The decision shall be made by simple 
majority. The Jury may decide not to present an Award. 
The decision of the Jury shall be final. 
Article 6 
No Members of ISPRS Council or the Jury shall be eligible 
to receive the Award. 
Best Young Author Awards 
Prizes for Best Papers by Young Authors are grants of 
2,500 Swiss Francs awarded by the Japan Society of Pho- 
togrammetry and Remote Sensing (JSPRS) and the Joint 
ISPRS/EARSeL workshop, that was held in Valladolid in 
1999, to make it possible for the winners to attend the 
Congress. The Best Young Author Awards will be pre- 
sented in the Opening Ceremony on 17 July. 
Best Poster Awards 
In order to emphasise the importance of poster presenta- 
tions, a poster award will be handed to the two best 
posters in each technical commission session. The Con- 
ference Awards Committee will present a certificate to the 
author(s) of the two best posters for the poster sessions 
that are coined to each of the Commissions. Inter-techni- 
cal commission sessions will be assigned to the commis- 
Sion that most closely reflects the nature of the session. 
Hence a total of 14 best poster awards will be presented 
to the two best posters reflecting the work of the seven 
commissions. Posters will be judged on technical content 
as well as the quality of the presentation and presentation 
materials. Only presentations that have papers or sum- 
maries published in the proceedings of the conference will 
be eligible for awards. The awards ceremony will take 
place on the last day of the conference, the best posters 
will receive a certificate of merit handed out by the presi- 
dent of the commission. The Best Poster Awards will be 
presented at the Closing Ceremony on 23 July. 
CATCON 
CATCON is the name of a software contest organised by 
the ISPRS Commission VI working group 2: Computer 
Assisted Teaching (CAT) and is sponsored by CCS (Central 
Computer Service) of Japan, and a total of 500,000 yen 
(about 4,500 US dollar) will be awarded to the winners of 
the contest. 
Gold Award (3,000 Swiss Francs) 
Silver Award (2,500 Swiss Francs) 
Bronze Award (1,500 Swiss Francs) 
The main objective of the contest is to promote the devel- 
opment and dissemination of good/user-friendly software 
packages, WWW contents as well as data sets for com- 
puter assisted teaching. In general, the software, WWW 
contents or dataset is prefered to be non-commercial and 
preferably to be provided to the users free of charge. 
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