This Commission will be both academic and practical. The aim is to encourage a more active engagement between cartographers and other individuals/groups in society engaged in new (and often ephemeral) mapping activities.

In 2011-2015 we will:

• investigate the emergence of Neocartography and develop a web site to act as a shop window and reference point for researchers and practitioners in this area
• organise sessions at future ICA conferences (commencing with ICC2013 in Dresden) and collaborate and with representatives of other disciplines and ICA Commissions in meetings and seminars (eg Maps and Society)
• organize specialist conferences/workshops on topics related to Neocartography. These would be local meetings to encourage ICA participation from groups who might not normally do so
• encourage publication in this area, specifically publication in what may be considered traditional cartography journals - such as the Cartographical Journal, Society of Cartographers Bulletin, and Cartographica
• support research into, creation of, and dissemination of information about appropriate web-tools
• hold joint meetings with mapping and allied communities. In the first four years these might focus upon participatory community mapping and map design.

Chair: Steve Chilton
Centre for Learning and Teaching Enhancement
Middlesex University
The Burroughs
Hendon NW4 4BT
United Kingdom

Co-Vice-Chair: Manuela Schmidt
Dept of Geoinformation and Cartography
Vienna University of Technology

Tel: +43 (1)58801 12613
Email: manuela.schmidt@tuwien.ac.at
Twitter: lesewesen Skype: schmidt.manuela

Co-Vice-Chair: Andrew Turner
FortiusOne
Washington, DC

Email: ajturner@highearthorbit.com
Twitter: ajturner