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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><IMG SRC="./Documentos/Subsecretario-CIT.jpg" NAME="gráficos2" ALT="Gaspar Peral Ribelles.Subsecretario. Conselleria de Infraestructuras y Transporte." ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=131 BORDER=0></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Gaspar Peral
Ribelles</B><BR><I>Undersecretary. Conselleria d'Infraestructures i
Transport</I></FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">"<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif"><SPAN LANG="en-GB">We
are approaching the fifth edition of the gvSIG Conference, a year
that no one can forget, marked by the economic crisis.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P LANG="en-GB" ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif">In
these difficult moments when collaboration is most important, we cope
with the adversities together with the aim of coming out strengthened
by them. We continue moving ahead together. This is part of the gvSIG
project and through this approach we keep on growing. This is our
slogan for the fifth edition of the gvSIG Conference: We keep
growing.</FONT></P>
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<P LANG="en-GB" ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif">gvSIG
is a continuously evolving project that is constantly adapting to
reality. As a result of this continuous process of transformation a
non-profit organization has been established: the "Association
for the promotion of free geomatics and the development of gvSIG"
or better known as "Association gvSIG.”</FONT></P>
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<P LANG="en-GB" ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif">We
want to recall that using free software is not the same as adapting
its philosophy of shared knowledge to the development of a new
business model; a new model that opens opportunities to many
companies in the sector, especially to small and medium sized
companies.</FONT></P>
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<P LANG="en-GB" ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif">From
those companies that have chosen to discontinue being specialist in
brands and become specialists in technologies, to those that have
incorporated the collaboration in their portfolios and in this way
are able to transform weakness into opportunities; those that are
prepared to face the new challenges of the Knowledge Society.</FONT></P>
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<P LANG="en-GB" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif">This
reflection, this wager for this new business model has been carried
out by the founding companies of the Association.</FONT></P>
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<P LANG="en-GB" ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif">It
is an association that is clearly and decidedly supported by the
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. We hope that it will be an
open and democratic association where all those who follow its
principles are welcome. An association that we are convinced will
ensure the sustainability and evolution of the gvSIG <FONT COLOR="#000000">project.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif"><SPAN LANG="en-GB">Without
further ado we invite you to Valencia these days and hope that
together with the traditional hospitality of our city, this
conference may be useful and satisfactory for you. </SPAN></FONT>"</P>
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