It’s our pleasure to announce that the ICA received six bids to host the International Cartographic Conference in 2017. Many thanks to all applicants for their willingness to host the conference. Their time and effort spent on preparing the bids is highly appreciated.

The ICA received the following bids (in alphabetical order):

• Czech Republic, Prague
• Ireland, Dublin
• Italy, Florence
• Slovenia, Ljubljana
• Spain, Valencia (we are waiting for the approval of the national representative)
• USA, Washington D.C.

The decision will be made by the executive committee in summer 2012. All details and the call for organisers can be found on the ICC2017 page.