prof. RNDr. Milan Konečný, CSc.

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Professor RNDr. Milan Konecny, CSc (equal PhD) born December 15, 1948, in Vsetin married, 2 children

Department/Faculty/University

• Masaryk University (MUNI) Faculty of Science (SCI MUNI) Department of Geography Laboratory on Geoinformatics and Cartography (LGC) Kotlarska 2 611 37 Brno Czech Republic

Function, current position

• Director of Laboratory on Geoinformatics and Cartography Professor, Tutor, consultant Project manager

Education and academic qualifications

• • Founder and Director of Laboratory on Geoinformatics and Cartography; (1992 – up now) • Founder and Guarant of the Cartography, Geoinformatics, and Remote Sensing study focuses (1992-2022) • Professor of Cartography (2009-up now), • Research leader of the key research project, Dynamic Geovisualization in Crisis Management (MSM0021622418), Masaryk University, Brno. Research Project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (2005-2011). • Coordinator of the project Disaster Risk Reduction EU - China on behalf of the Czech Republic and MUNI (led by the French Ministry of Interior and State Bureau China) (2012-2017), • Leader and representative of MUNI in the Horizon 2020 COST project called 'Mapping and the Citizen Sensor' ( TD1202) (2012-2016) • Research head and Coordinator of the Czech-Chinese Inter-Excellence, Inter-Action project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, entitled Dynamic Mapping Methods Oriented Towards Risk and Disaster Management in the era of big data (2017-2020) • Researcher and Director of EU-China Relations in the HORIZON 2020 EU-China, SieuSoil (Sino-EU Soil observatory for intelligent Land Use Management) project (2019-2022) Membership and Activities in Academic Institutions SCI MUNI Programme Boards • Programme Board of Geography, • Cartography and Geoinformatics, Doctoral Boards • Doctoral Board of Geographical programmes (programmes Cartography, geoinformatics and remote sensing (1992-up now) Supervisor • Ph.D. Supervisors (programme Cartography, geoinformatics and remote sensing) (1992-up now) Boards and councils • Charles University, Prague (1995 – up now) • Technical University, Brno (1997 – up now) • Czech Technical University, Prague (1995 – up now) • University of Palacky, Olomouc (1996 – 2019) • Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (2011 – 2017) Academic Qualifications • September 1967 - June 1973 study of Geography at the Masaryk University (former Purkyne University) in Brno, title - Geographer (Master of Geography) • September 1973 - June 1974 study of Cartography at the Masaryk University in Brno, Title - RNDr. (Rerum Naturalium Doctor) • April 1982 PhD study at the Masaryk University in Brno-CSc.(Candidate of Geographical Sciences)- equel to degree PhD. • May 1984, Masaryk University in Brno, the habilitation - Cartography and geoinformatics - Associate Professor of Cartography • January 1985 - March 1985, Geographical Institute, University of Durham, UK, • 1990 - United Nations FAO organization training courses on the agricultural application of geoinformation technologies in Czech Republic • 1992 - United Nations FAO organization training courses on the agricultural application of geoinformation technologies in Slovakia (as a teacher) • 2007, November: Associate Professor of Military Geodesy and Cartography, Military University, Brno • 2007, Dr.h.c., University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG), Sofia, Bulgaria, • 2008, Honorary Professor, Siberian State Academy of Geodesy (SSGA), Novosibirsk, Russia • 2009, September: Professor of Geodesy and Cartography, Technical University, Brno • 2009, Academician, and Vice-President of International Eurasian Society of Sciences • 2023, High-Level Talent, Henan Province Government, based on Henan University, Kaifeng, recommendation, Kaifeng, China, June 2023

Professional experience

• 2000 - 2023: representative of Masaryk University in Nemoforum Association 2015- 2023: Vice-President of International Eurasian Academy of Science (IEAS) for international cooperation, Coordination of European and Asian activities of IEAS 2002 – 2019: Founder and member of the Global Society Dialogue EU 2018: PangeaWorld Fellow, Irvine, California, USA, 2018 Research of environmental and knowledge economy relations 2003 - 2017: founder member of Global Marshall Plan EU 1996 - 2017: Geographical Information Systems International Group (GISIG), EU 2006 - 2015: Vice President of the International Society for Digital Earth ( ISDE) 2015: Acting President of ISDE 2010 – 2014: President of the European Regional Center of International Eurasian Academy of Science (IEAS) 1995 – 2011: vice-president, president, and past president of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) 2004 – 2007: representative of Czech Republic in the Board of Experts of EU Directive – INSPIRE (Infrastructure Spatial Information for Europe) 1999 – 2006: a member of the International Steering Committee ISDE 1999: a founder member of NEMOFORUM (A platform for discussion, cooperation, and coordination of information and property-related activities in the Czech Republic and EU)

Teaching activities

• Domestic Length of teaching experience: 48 years. Master's and Bachelor's program: - introduction of a new field of study: Cartography, geoinformatics and RS (1992 – until now), - lectures: Geomorphological mapping, Quaternary, Geography of the Czechoslovakia (1976 – 1981), Cartography and topography (1982-87), Basics of cartography and geoinformatics, or Geographic Cartography (1989 up to date), Geographic Information Systems (1985 up to date), National Spatial Information Infrastructures and Global Spatial Data Projects (1995 up to date), Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Crisis Management (from 2011 up to date, especially abroad ; supervision of graduates, bachelors, doctoral students and postdocs, membership in committees for SZZ and diploma thesis defenses: chairman of committees for cartography, geoinformatics and RS at home university (1991-2023), Doctoral program: see ISU - lectures: National Spatial Information Infrastructures, Technical seminar I - IV. International Participation in teaching outside MU - selected requested lectures at universities and institutes: - 2003, Germany, Ulm: Informatization Programmes: dreams, truths and perspectives. FAW Ulm. - 2004, Mexico, Mexico City: Information and Development: Territorial Information In the 21st Century. Pan American Institute for Geography and History (PAIGH). - 2006, Germany, Munich: The Challenges to Cartography in the SDI World. Bundeswehr Faculty, Munich. - 2006, Bulgaria, Sofia: Research Frontiers in Cartography and Geoinformatics. UACEG. - 2006, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Contemporary Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro). - 2006, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Contemporary Cartography and Geoinformatics II. State University of Rio de Janeiro(Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro). - 2006, China, Beijing: Cartography and Geoinformatics In Early Warning and Crises Management. Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science. - 2006, China, Fuzhou: New GIS Research Frontiers and Perspectives. Fujian Normal University, Institute of Geography. - 2006, China, Fuzhou: Development of the Digital Earth, and its Application. Fujian Normal University, Institute of Geography. - 2006, China, Fuzhou: Cartography and Geoinformatics in Early Warning and Crisis Management Situation. Fujian Normal University, Institute of Geography. - 2007, Brno: Global spatial data projects and sustainable development. University of the Third Age MU Brno. - 2008, Brussels, Belgium: Cartography and geoinformatics potentials. Infrastructure and GIS, Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Cities, Experts Consultation Workshop organized by the Unit "ICT for Sustainable Growth" of European Commission. - 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria: Global Trends of Cartography, Doctor Honoris Causa Speech. - 2008, Novosibirsk, Russia: GI Aspects in Crisis Management, Geo-Sibir 2008, keynote speech + Round Table: Education – 2008. International from 2010 Vienna University, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Department of Geography and Regional Research, Vienna Austria, Guest Professor (2010, 2011, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (2011) The Sekirbayev East Kazachstan State Technical University, visiting professor (2011, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) The Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Department of Geography, visiting professor, guarantee ot the study stream Geoinformatics and Regional Development (2011-2016) The Henan University, College of Geography and Environmental Science, School of Environment and Planning, Kaifeng, visiting professor (2013-2016) and (2023-2024) The Shenzhen University in Guangdong, Shenzhe, China visiting professor (2017- 2018) The China Petroleum University, Qingdao (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) The Nanjing Normal University, School of Geographical Science (2020) Last Invited lectures Xian University, Xian, China, Geography (2023) Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (2023) Qingdao Petroleum University, common seminar devoted to Agenda 2030 with Melbourne University, CASM, and FIG (2024) Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2024) Shanghai Tongji University (2024) Shanghai, University of Engineering Science (2024) Shanghai Polytechnic University (2024) Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (2024) University of Geoscience, Beijing, China (2024) Nanchang University, Nanchang, China (2024) Nanjing Normal University, China (2024) The Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM), Beijing (2024)

Research activities

• Field of Expertise: research, education, project preparation, and management, capacity building, expert activities (evaluation of the project of the 5th and 6th Framework Program of the European Union in the fields of GIS, remote sensing, digital cartography, wireless transmission of spatial data, crises management, sustainable development, and global environmental assessment; management of international organizations: International Cartographic Association, eight years as a vice-president, four years as a president, and four years as a past-president, founder and 12 years chairman, now 8th years up to now deputy chairman of the Commission on Cartography for Early Warning and Crises Management) steering and advisory board committees member of the Information Society Forum EU in Brussels, Digital Earth in Beijing, Global Map in Japan, GSDI in USA; expertise for the Czech Ministry of Informatics and Ministry of Environment; familiar with conditions and life in Japan, India, China, EU, Africa and the Americas; participation in the preparation of the Copernicus and INSPIRE EU projects, and main directions of UN activity - AGENDA 2030 and the Sendai framework. Expert opinions (especially under the heading of ICA) on the creation of Global Geospatial Data Management (GGIM) for their implementation. Formulation and use of global data, or knowledge ecosystem. Positive reactions and "keynotes" at important foreign conferences or their leadership (4-8 per year), face to face and online teaching (most recently Kazakhstan, China), membership in editorial boards of impactful journals (e.g. IJDE – Taylor and Francis). Researcher and co-organizers of three polar expeditions (Svalbard) (1985, 1988 and 1990) Member of Editorial Boards of International Scientific Journals International Journal on Geographical Information Science, Taylor and Francis (1993-1 Geoinformatica, Kluwer Academic Publishers (from 1999 till now) The Electronic Journal of Polish Agricultural Universities, section Geodesy and Cartography, Wroclaw (from 2002 till 2013) International Journal of Geoinformatics, Geoinformatics International, Thailand. ISSN 1686-6576. (from 2004 till now) Brazilian Journal of Cartography - RBC, SBC - Brazilian Society of Cartography, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, ISSN0560-4613 (printed version), ISSN 1808-0936 (on-line version) (from 2006 till now) GIS Development Journal, New Delhi, India (2006-2010) International Journal on Digital Earth, Taylor&Francis, Beijing, P.R. China (from 2007 till 2023 ) (registered on WoS) Geography, Environment,. Sustainability, MGU, Russia (from 2007) (on Scopus) Kartografija i Geoinformacije, Journal of the Croatia Cartographic Society, Intergrafika, TTŽ Zagreb (on Scopus) International scientific journal for theory, research and practice of geography and related disciplines FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA. http://www.foliageographica.sk. University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia, IČO 17070775 ISSN 1336-6157 (hard copy) ISSN 2454-1001 (online) (on Scopus) International Scientific Journal: Micro Macro & Mezzo Geo Information, ISSN: 1857-9000 (printed version) | EISSN: 1857-9019 (electronic version) | UDC: 528:004 l . Published MMM-GI. Geo-SEE Institute. North Macedonia. «Vestnik of the Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies (SSUGT). Novosibirsk, Siberian Region, 1996 – onward. ISSN 1818-913x © SGUGiT.

Professional stays abroad

• • Visiting Professor: Beijing, China, 1992 (1 week), Durham, U.K. 1995 (3 months), Ulm, Germany, 2000 (1 week), Taipej (Taiwan-China), 2003 (1 week), Tokyo, Japan, 2005 (1 week) • Keynote (invited Speeches): Beijing 1999 (Digital Earth), Cape Town 2000 (GSDI, Global Spatial Data Infrastructures), New Delhi 2000 (Map India), Hiroshima 2000 (Global Map), Cartagena 2001 (GSDI), Ulm 2000 (Sustainable Development and Info Society) Beijing 2002 (ICA Conference), Guangzhou 2002 (Digital City Forum), PrepCom WSSD Johannesburg in Bali, 2002, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johanesburg in side event Global Mapping, 2002, NSDI Conference in Malaysia, 2002, Belo Horizonte 2003, Beijing 2004 (SinoMap), dozens more, the last four: Cartography and GIS conference, Nessebar, 2022 Bulgaria, FBAS, 2023, Beijing, China and Cartography for EW and Crises Management, ICC, Cape Town, South Africa, and 3D Real Scene and Smart City Construction Seminar, Qingdao , China, 2024.

Other academic activities, research projects, grants

• Overview and Examples of Domestic and International Reseacrh Projects 2019-2022: HORIZON 2020 EU-China, SieuSoil (Sino-EU Soil observatory for Intelligent Land Use Management). Call: H2020-SFS-2018-2020 (Sustainable Food Security), Topic: SFS-38-2018, Type of action: RIA,Proposal number: SEP-210522327 (Chinese partners leader Institute Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science) 2017 – 2020: Czech Coordinator of Czech China INTER-Excellence, INTER-ACTION: Dynamic Mapping Methods Oriented to Risk and Disaster Management in the Era of Big Data (Masaryk University and Nanjing Normal University) 2012 – 2017: EU-China DRM project - member and representative of Masaryk University and Czech Republic in high level project between EU and in Disaster Risk Management 2011-2015: TEMAP - Technology for Access to Collections of Maps of the Czech Republic: methodology and software for the protection and use of cartographic National Cartographic Heritage (NAKI - DF11P01OVV003). Ministry of Culture of Czech Republic. 2005–2011: Dynamic Geovisualization in Crises Management. (MSM0021622418). Masaryk University, Brno. Research Project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. 2010 - 2011: FLOODRISK – Flood Monitoring and Risk Evaluation Basad on Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System. Program CONTACT, ME 10098) financed by the Czech Republic's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. 2001-2007: INSPIRE - Infrastructure of Spatial Data for Europe, Joint -Research Centre EU - JRC. 2001-2004: Geographical Information and Agricultural Vocational Training in Europe - GISA2E. (EU – Leonardo da Vinci). 2002-2004: URBAX2. (EU – Leonardo da Vinci - I-02-B-F-NT-120197). 2004-2006: Digital Elaboration and Map Perception for Ecology. (Hosei University, Tokyo). 2002-3: China-Czech Republic intergovernmental cooperation: 1. "A new approach to cartographic visualization for mobile devices", and 2. "Interactive introduction in map use". Masaryk University Brno and Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing. 2002, Roma, Italy FAO, United Nations, Projects preparation, observation, investigation and brain storming on Land Use and Land Cover oriented projects intending to realize AfriCover digital maps and DB (SDI) for sustainability in Africa (supported by Italian government). 1997-2001: Administration Data Boundary Service (ABDS) for the CEEC. (EU – DG III.). 1997-2001: Pan European Link for Geographical Information - Panel GI. (Project EU - INCO-COPERNICUS no.977136). 2001-2002: WirelessInfo. (EU - INCO-COPERNICUS - IST-1999-21056). 1999-2002: GIS Placement. (CZ/00/A/F/PL/13418) 1998-1999: Floodplain. (EU - PHARE-CREDO). 1995-1998: Creation of GIS in the Czech Republic: state-of- the-art, barriers of growth, conditions of optimal development and applications in international context. (GA205/95/0894) (project initiated first steps of SDI creation in Czech rep.)

Major publications

• NEUMAN, František. Coordinate Description of Analytic Relations. Mathematica Bohemica. Praha: Matematický ústav AV ČR, 2006, roč. 1/2006, 131/2/2006, s. 197 - 210. ISSN 0862-7959. info

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