The organisers are grateful for the generous financial support of the following:
The European Science Foundation (ESF) provides a platform for its Member Organisations to advance science and explore new directions for research at the European level.
Established in 1974 as an independent non-governmental organisation, the ESF currently serves 80 Member Organisations across 30 countries.
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, the National Library of Wales, is one of Wales's leading cultural institutions, and its principal source of recorded knowledge. It is a body of international standing, and contributes to a worldwide network of knowledge providers. The Library set up a programme to digitise its collection in 2001 by establishing a dedicated digitisation team. Since then this team has been responsible for digitising a wide range of materials from the Library's extensive collection and have contributed to many digitisation projects over the years. The Library's knowledge and expertise in the field is substantial.

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The overall aim of the Forum is to promote spatially-orientated research across the University and act as a focus for leading international scholarship in this field.
The forum is designed to develop the use of technologies and themes across the university sector irrespective of School or cluster. The School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaleoecology has been selected by the university to host: