GSDI - 10

25-29 February, 2008

Theme:  Small Island Perspectives on Global Challenges: The Role of Spatial Data in Supporting a Sustainable Future

Technical sessions below are linked to the Program Overview. Exhibits will be open from Monday 12:30 through Thursday 14:00. Posters will be on display during the same time period with judging to occur during the lunch period on Thursday. Silent Auction bids will close at the end of the afternoon coffee break on Thursday. All plenary and technical sessions will be held in the Learning Resource Center (LRC) unless otherwise noted.

Monday, 25 February

08:00-
Onsite Registration
07:30
Bus departures from hotels

09:00-10:30
11:00-12:30



Workshop 1 - Building an Accurate GIS
[description]

Workshop 2 - Poverty Mapping
[description] [slides]

Workshop 3 - Practical Skills for Using and Building an SDI
[description] [slides1] [slides2] [slides3]

Workshop 4 - Standards in Action Tutorial: Non-Government Organization Adoptions and Implementations
[description]

Workshop 5a - The Economics of SDI Implementation in Small Island Nations
09:00-10:30 [description] [slides1] [slides2] [slides3]

Workshop 5b - Assessing Infrastructure and Population in the Low-Elevation Coastal Zone
11:00-12:30 [description][slides]

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30,
16:00 - 17:30

Workshop 6 - Roadmap Toward Effective Mainstreaming of GIS
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Workshop 7 - Strengthening and Evaluating SDI in the Caribbean for Sustainable Development
[description]

Workshop 8 - A Spatial Technology Infrastructure Vision and its Practical Implementation
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Workshop 10 - Getting Started with Free and Open Source Software for SDIs
[description]

17:45

Bus departures to conference hotels

Tuesday, 26 February 2008

08:00-

Onsite Registration
07:30
Bus departures from hotels

09:00-10:30
Auditorium

PS 1 - Welcome/Opening: Conference Theme Session Small Island Perspectives on Global Challenges: The Role of Spatial Data in Supporting a Sustainable Future
Moderator: Harlan Onsrud, GSDI Exec. Director

National Anthem  

Welcome from the University of the West Indies
Prof. Clement Sankat, Pro-vice Chancellor and Principal

Jarmo Ratia, President, GSDI Association
GSDI: Twelve Years, Ten Conferences
[abstract]

Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States
[paper]

David Gray, Lead Knowledge Management Officer, World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean Region

Minister of Planning, Housing and Environment, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30
Auditorium

PS 2 - Opening Session - Future Visions for SDI: Corporate Perspectives
Moderator: Santiago Borrero, Pan American Institute of Geography and History

David Maguire, Chief Scientist, ESRI
Where Next for SDI?
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Mark Doherty, Executive Director, Technology Architecture and Strategy, Intergraph
SDI: Fulfilling the Vision?
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Ed Parsons, The Geospatial Technologist of Google
GeoWeb Search: A Complimentary Approach to the Development of Global Spatial Data Infrastructures
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 1 - Regional SDI Initiatives
Moderator:  Suha Ulgen (Switzerland)        

TS 1.1 - Evaluating Spatial Data Infrastructures in The Caribbean for Sustainable Development
Tatiana Delgado Fernandez (Cuba), Joep Crompvoets (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 1.2 - Implementing Features of Regional Spatial Data Infrastructures
Mauro Salvemini (Italy)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 1.3 - SITNA: Evolving Beyond an SDI
Maria Cabello, Andres Valendin (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 1.4 - Creating Spatial Data Infrastructure at Various Levels from Local to National in India
Dr K R Murali Mohan, Dr R Siva Kumar (India)
[abstract] [paper] [slides] [movie]

TS 1.5 - INSPIRE State of Play: Development of the NSDI in 32 European countries between 2002 and 2007
Danny Vandenbroucke, Katleen Janssen, Jos Van Orshoven(Belgium)
[abstract] [paper a, b, c, d, e] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 2 SDI Policy Strategies
Moderator: Roger Longhorn (Belgium)

TS 2.1 - Developing an Open and Participative Spatial Data Infrastructure for Europe: The INSPIRE Progress and the Challenges Ahead
Max Craglia and Alessandro Annoni (Italy)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 2.2 - What do we need laws for? The Use of Regulatory Tools in Establishing an SDI
Laila Aslesen (Norway)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 2.3 - Spatial Enablement of Government and NSDI: Policy Implications
Bas Kok (The Netherlands), Abbas Rajabifard, Ian Williamson (Australia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 2.4 - The Evolution of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Colombia: A High Level Strategy to Support Policy Formulation and Spatial Information Management in the Context of the Colombian Space Commission
Ivan-Dario Gomez, Lilia-Patricia Arias (Colombia)
[abstract] [paper][slides]

14:00-15:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 3 Application of SDI for Disaster Mangement and Development
Moderator: Jacob Opadeyi (Trinidad and Tobago)

TS 3.1 - The Use of SDI in Aid Management and Donor Coordination
Carmelle Terborgh (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 3.2 - Natural Disaster Prediction/Assessment Modelling for Small Islands with Arc GIS and Google Maps
Amit Jain, Vineet Kumar (India)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 3.3 - The Andean Information System for Disaster Prevention and Relief-SIAPAD: An Initiative for the Development of a Thematic SDI
Ruben Dario Vargas Franco, Martin Molina (Peru), Salvador Bayarri (Espana)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 3.4 - Developer of Geospatial Portal for the Mexico’s Disaster Prevention with Data Infrastructure Approach
Veronica R Totolhua, Oscar Zepeda, Marco Munoz, Lucrecia Torres (Mexico)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30 Room 3
(upper level)

TS 5 Roundtable Session - GSDI Technical Working Group
Organizers: Doug Nebert, Greg Yetman (USA)

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 6 Web Services Trends and Applications in SDI
Moderator: Michael Gould (Spain)

TS 6.1 - Shared Land Information Platform - A Cost Effective Spatial Data Infrastructure Supporting Sustainable Development
Kylie Armstrong, Mike Bradford (Australia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 6.2 - Integrating 3D, Geoprocessing and Location Services into future SDIs
Alexander Zipf (Germany)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 6.3 - The Development of Taiwan Geospatial One-Stop Portal
Jin-Hsiang Shen, Chung-Chi Chang, Yao-Chun Chuang, Kun-Yu Lan (Taiwan)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 6.4 - Distributed Geoprocessing in SDIs - A Forest Fire Risk Mapping Application
Nicole Ostlaender, Roberto Lucchi, Michael Lutz, Anders Friis-Christensen (Italy)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 6.5 - Reconceptualizing User in the Context of Two-Way Spatial Data Infrastructure, Nama Budhathoki, Bertram (Chip) Bruce, Zorica Nedovic-Budic (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 7 Government Policy and Management Issues
Moderator: Roger Longhorn (Belgium)

TS 7.1 - The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions: The Double Role of the Public Sector in making Spatial Data Available
Katleen Janssen, Jos Dumortier (Belgium)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 7.2 - Geographic Information Prices for the Colombian SDI Development
Dora Ines Rey-Martinez (Colombia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 7.3 - Institutional quality management in Dutch SDI
Floris de Bree, Dick Eertink, Peter Laarakker (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 7.4 - Building a Sustainable Land Information Infrastructure in British Columbia
Brian Williams, Roger Balser, Gary Sawayama, Donna Humphries (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 8 Applications of SDI: Internal and Cross Agency Challenges
Moderator: David Danko (USA)

TS 8.1 - Informing Above-ground Geospatial Data Coordination by Looking Down Under: Netherlands Case Study
Lance, Georgiadou, Bregt (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 8.2 - Fostering a Culture of Metadata Production
Terri-ann Campbell (Jamaica)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 8.3 - Marine Geospatial Infrastructure: Workflows and Standards
Andrew Hoggarth (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 8.4 - SDI’s and Knowledge
Andres Valentin and Maria Cabello (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Auditorium B
(right)

TS 9  Organized Session: Disaster Management
Organizers: Suha Ulgen, Jeremy Collymore

16:00-17:30
Room 3
(upper level)

TS 10 Roundtable Session - Sponsored Projects Committee
Organizers: Al Stevens, Carmelle Terborgh

17:45-
Principal's Residence

Opening Reception

20:00-

Shuttles to Hotels

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

08:00-

Onsite Registration
07:45
Bus departures from hotels

09:00-10:30
Auditorium

PS 3 Plenary Session - Future Visions for SDI: National Agency Perspectives
Moderator: Mukund Rao, Past President, GSDI Association (India)

Jacqueline daCosta, Chair, Land Information Council, Jamaica
People,Politics,Technology: Resources for a Successful National SDI
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Dorine Burmanje, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive of the Dutch Cadastre
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Jeff LaBonte, Director General, Data Management and Dissemination Branch, Natural Resources Canada)
SDI Future: Views on the Next Generation of SDI
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

John Naustdal Director, Mapping Division, Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority
Building a Sustainable National Spatial Data Infrastructure using Strategic Alliances as the Success Criterion
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

10:30-11:00

Coffee

11:00-12:30
Auditorium

PS 4 Plenary Session - Future Visions for SDI: Emerging Needs and Approaches
Moderator: Bas Kok, GSDI President (The Netherlands)

John Wilbanks, Director, Science Commons
The Research Web: Accelerating The Pace Of Discovery
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Karen Siderelis, Geographic Information Officer, USGS
Megatrends and Microtrends: The Implications for Spatial Data infrastructure
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Santiago Borrero, Director, PAIGH, Mexico
The SDI Resulting from Current Concepts, Practices and Projects in the Americas
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Karl Steinacker, Co-chair, UN Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI) Project and its Partnerships
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 11 National SDI Initiatives: Latin America and the Caribbean
Moderator: Bheshem Ramlal (Trinidad Tobago)

TS 11.1 - Towards the Implementation of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Trinidad and Tobago
Bheshem Ramlal (Trinidad and Tobago)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 11.2 - SDI in Chile: National System of Coordination of Territorial Information (SNIT), State of the Art and Projections
Alvaro Monett (Chile)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 11.3 - Geographic Information System on the Internet (PROSIGA)
Juan Ernesto Rickert, Jorge Horacio Machuca (Argentina)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 11.4 - The Implications of SDI Development to the Family Land Communal Tenure Structure in Trinidad and Tobago
Charisse Griffith-Charles (Trinidad and Tobago)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 11.5 - Status of Spatial Data infrastructure Construction for Brazil
Luiz Paulo Souto Fortes (Brazil)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 12 SDI and Land Administration Initiatives
Moderator: Siva Kumar (India)

TS 12.1 - E-Governance Solutions: How SDI Forms a Foundation
Mukund Rao (India)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 12.2 - SDI Supported Land Administration and Management: The Single Agency Model of Hungary
Gabor Remetey-Fulopp (Hungary)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 12.3 - The Current Status and Development Direction of Korea Land Information System (KLIS)
Hyung Bok Kim, Dong Soo Ha, Hyung Tae Kim (Republic of Korea)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 12.4 - Mainstreaming Spatial Data Infrastructures in Land Management and Administration
David Siriba, Hussein Farah (Kenya)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 13 Application of SDI for Disaster Management and Development
Moderator: Eric Wood (USA)

TS 13.1 - Improving Disaster Management in Jamaica Using Spatial Data Infrastructure
Damian S. Graham (Jamaica)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 13.2 - Open Access Geospatial Information in Decision Support for Environmental Resource Management and Climate-related Disaster Risk Mitigation in SIDS
Martin van Brakel (Malaysia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 13.3 - Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Management in Part of Lagos N.E.
Olusegun Adeaga (Nigeria)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 13.4 - Municipal Level Geo-Information Usage in Disaster Mitigation - A Case Study of Ratnapura Municipality of Sri Lanka
Homindra Divithura (Sri Lanka)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Auditorium B
(right)


TS 14 Organized Session: Development Partners Supporting Sustainable Geoinformation
Organizer: Roger Longhorn, Moderator: Bruce McCormack
[report] [Longhorn slides] [EUROGI slides]

14:00-15:30
Room 3
(upper level)

TS 15 Roundtable Session - Industry Advisory Committee
Organizer: Carmelle Terborgh

15:30-16:00

Coffee

16:00-17:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 16 National SDI Initiatives
Moderator: David Maguire (USA)

TS 16.1 - The Danish e-Government Initiative Versus INSPIRE Implementation: Synergy or Conflict
Jes Ryttersgaard (Denmark)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 16.2 - Mapping and SDI Perspectivesin India: Technology, Applications and Policy Considerations
Maj Gen RS Tanwar (India)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 16.3 - CartoCiudad: Integration and Harmonization of Official Digital Geographic Information exploited by OGC Services through the Spanish National SDI
Alicia Gonzalez Jimenez, Sebastian Mas Mayoral, Angel Garcia San Roman, Ana Velasco Tirado (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 16.4 - Technical Architecture and Implementation Plan for GDI-DE
Andreas Wytzisk, Voges Uwe, von Domming Andreas (Germany)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 17 SDI and Land Administration Initiatives
Moderator: Francis Harvey (USA)

TS 17.1 - Universal Land Registry to Support Independent Economic Development in Tanzania
Martin Huber (Switzerland), Klaus Mithofer (Kenya), Peter Schar (Switzerland), Oscar Mukasa (Tanzania), Francis Harvey (United Kingdom)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 17.2 - Assessing Poverty, Risk and Vulnerability: A Study on the Flooded Households in Rural Bangladesh
Md. Israt Rayhan, Ulrike Grote (Germany)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 17.3 - Migrating to an Integrated Digital Spatial Data Infrastructure System for Parcel Management in Jamaica
Fabian Webb, Milton Saunders (Jamaica)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 17.4 - Implementing the Core Cadastral Domain Model
Rick Nyarady (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 18 Application of SDI for Disaster Management and Development
Moderator: John Moeller (USA)

TS 18.1 - The Role of Spatial Information in Rebuilding a Sustainable Future for Aceh
Paul Harris (Australia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 18.2 - The Development of NSDI as part of Afghanistan Reconstruction
Eric Wood, Mark Sorensen (USA), Mohammad Fahim Zaheer (Afghanistan), Saud Amer (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 18.3 - The Design and Implementation of a National Disaster Risk Management Geospatial Portal
Farhad Samadzadegan (Iran), Abhilash Panda, (India), Amin Alvand, Ebrahim Ahmadi, Sara Saeedi (Iran)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 18.4 - An Assessment of the Threats to Food Security in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Robert Ekpenyong (Nigeria)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Auditorium B
(right)

TS 19 Organized Session:  SDI in the Caribbean
Organizers: Jacob Opadeyi, Tyronne Leong (Trinidad and Tobago), Cecille Blake (Jamaica)

TS 19.1 - Assessing Spatial Data Infrastructure Development in the Caribbean
Cecille Blake (Jamaica), Jacob Opadeyi, Michael Sutherland (Trinidad and Tobago)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 19.2 - Towards Building a Strong Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Caribbean
Jacob Opadeyi, Michael Sutherland (Trinidad and Tobago), Cecille Blake (Jamaica)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Room 3
(upper level)

TS 20 Roundtable Session - Legal and Socioeconomic Committee
Organizers: Kate Lance, Roger Longhorn

17:45 -

Bus departures to conference hotels

19:00

Port of Spain at Night (buses depart from hotels, return at 22:30)

Thursday, 28 February 2008

08:00-

Onsite Registration
07:45- Bus departures from hotels

09:00-10:30
Auditorium

PS 5 Plenary Session - Future Visions for SDI: Emerging Needs and Approaches
Moderator: David Coleman, Dean of Engineering , UNB (Canada)

Gilberto Camara, Director, National institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil
Free Earth Observation Data on a Global Scale
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Mark Reichardt, President, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
From Spatial Data Infrastructure to the Geospatial Web: Advancing the SDI Vision in a Changing Technology Environment
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Chris Holmes, Managing Director and Strategic Development, Open Planning Project
Towards an Open Geo Web: Linking Open Source's “Architectures of Participation” to the Global SDI Initiative
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

10:30-11:00

Coffee

11:00-12:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 21 Data Models & Metadata Standards
Moderator: Al Stevens (USA)

TS 21.1 - Developing a Comprehensive Address Data Standard for the United States
Martha Wells, Ed Wells, Sara Yurman, Carl Anderson, Hilary Perkins (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 21.2 - Towards an International Address Standard
Serena Coetzee, Antony K Cooper (South Africa), Morten Lind (Denmark), Martha McCart Wells, Sara W Yurman, Ed Wells (USA), Nick Griffiths and Michael J Nicholson (United Kingdom)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 21.3 - Spatial Data Infrastructure Aspects in the Development a Continent-wide Transportation Map for Accessibility Modeling of Latin America
Silvia Elena Castano, Glenn Hyman (Colombia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 21.4 - Metadata Development, The Big Picture!
Valrie Grant-Harry (Bahamas)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

11:00-12:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 22 SDI Assessment and Management
Moderator: Katleen Janssen (Belgium)

TS 22.1 - Evaluating SDIs using a Multi-view Assessment Framework
Lukasz Grus, Joep Crompvoets, Arnold K. Bregt (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 22.2 - Designing Performance Indicators for Local SDI Assessment: A City of Fredericton Case Study
Garfield Giff, Rob Lunn (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 22.3 - Spatial Data Infrastructure Management and Workflows
Rick Nyarady (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 22.4 - A Spatial Approach in the Context of Measuring Human Impact on Coastal Areas: The "Anthropogenetic Intensity" Implementation along Hellenic Coasts
Christine Kouki, Sofia Michailidou, Nantialena Tsiougou, Ifigenia Veizi, John Kiousopoulos (Greece)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

11:00-12:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 23 Island Challenges
Moderator: Cecille Blake (Jamaica)

TS 23.1 - Development of a Marine Park Management System for Buccoo Reef utilizing Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
Sue-Ann Ramnarine (Trinidad), Serwan Baban (Australia), Francis Canisius (Trinidad)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 23.2 - Role of GIS and Remote Sensing in the Sustainable Development of Mauritius, C.P. Johnson (Mauritius), Benidhar Deshmukh, Manish Kale (India)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 23.3 - Spatial Analysis and Landscape Archaeology of St. Kitts
Madiha Farag-Miller, Bheshem Ramlal (Trinidad)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 23.4 - Developing the National SDI with Local Action: A Multi-Benefit Citizen Science Methodology for Small Island Developing States
Vijay Datadin, Sandra Timothy, Owen Day (Tobago)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

11:00-12:30
Auditorium B
(right)

TS 24 Organized Session: Mapping Agency Roundtable
Organizers: Jeff Labonte (Canada), Tyrone Leong, (Trinidad) and Colonel Manuel Moreno (Chile)

11:00-12:30
(Room To Be Announced)

TS 25 Spatial Aspects of Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation
Organizers: Robert Chen (USA) and the Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impacts and Climate Analysis (TCGICA) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

[abstract] [paper] [slides]

12:30-14:00


Lunch and Final Judging of Posters

14:00-15:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 26 Exploring SDI Solutions
Moderator: Chris Holmes (USA)

TS 26.1 - Improved Metadata Management and Publication in an SDI Environment
Laura Diaz, Carlos Granell, Michael Gould (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 26.2 - OGC + Open Source: The Keys for the Colombian National Geographic Institute Agustin Coddazzi Development of Shared Geographic Services
Alexander Mogollon-Diaz, Lilia Patricia Arias, F. Javier Lopez-Pellicer, Pedro R. Muro-Medrano, F.Javier Zarazaga-Soria (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 26.3 - Practical Experiences to Successfully Renew All GIS-based Production Applications in the National Land Survey of Finland
Juha Tuomaala (Finland)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 26.4 - GeoServer: Uniting the 'geoweb' and Spatial Data Infrastructures
Justin Deoliveira (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 27 SDI Institutional Issues and Management
Moderator: Danny Vandenbroucke (Belgium)

TS 27.1 - After Setting Up An SDI: How To Maintain It
Rodrigo Barriga V. and Maria Loreto Advis N. (Chile) Presented by Colonel Manuel Moreno
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 27.2 - Spatial Data Infrastructure and Public Sector Innovation in Flanders
Joep Crompvoets,Geert Bouckaert, Glenn Vancauwenberghe, Danny Vandenbroucke, Jos Van Orshoven, Katleen Janssen, Jos Dumortier, Ezra Dessers, Geert Van Hootegem, Tessa Geudens, Cathy Macharis, Frank Plastria (Belgium)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 27.3 - Construction Methods for Interoperable SDI Nodes
Rolf A. de By (The Netherlands), Andreas Wytzisk (Germany), Uwe Voges (Germany), Javier Morales (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 27.4 - About Data, Services and User needs of the Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (SAKSS)
An M.O. Notenbaert, Stella C. Massawe (Kenya), Godfrey Bahiigwa (Uganda)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 28 Coastal Challenges
Moderator: Abbas Rajabifard (Australia)

28.1 - A Comprehensive and Quality Controlled GIS Database of Trinidad: East Coast Marine Area (ECMA) Facilities
Shivanti Balkaransingh, Curtis Dookoo, Michael Inniss, Janelle DeFrietas Duncan, Nanan Nandram, Sarojini Ramnathsingh (Trinidad and Tobago)
[abstract] [paper a, b, c] [slides]

28.2 - Assessing Coastal Populations Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise
Gregory Yetman (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

28.3 - Building Seamless SDI to Facilitate Land and Marine Environments
Abbas Rajabifard, Sheelan Vaez, Ian Williamson (Australia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

28.4 - Building Geographic Database for Maritime Traffic Safety Assessment
Hye-jin Kim, In-Young Gong (Republic of Korea)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Auditorium B
(right)

TS 29 Organized Session: GEO and GEOSS
Organizer: Doug Nebert (US), Moderator: Gabor Remetey-Fulopp (Hungary)

[overall abstract]

TS 29.1 - Introduction to GEO and Perspective on GEOSS Directions from the GEO Secretariat
Osamu Ochiai
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 29.2 - National Perspective on GEOSS and What New Elements GEOSS Brings to the SDI Table
Ivan DeLoatch (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 29.3 -A European/EC Perspective on How One Can Meet the Goals of both SDI and GEOSS
Alessandro Annoni (Italy)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 29.4 - A Commercial Perspective on the Types and Significance of Opportunities Relative to GEOSS
Robert Thomas (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]


15:30-16:00

Coffee and Closing of Auction Bids

16:00-17:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 31 Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
Moderator: Ivan Deloatch (USA)

TS 31.1 - Development of Proposed Guidelines for Implementing the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles
Robert Chen, Paul Uhlir (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 31.2 - Facilitating the World-wide Sharing of Geospatial Resources through GEOSS Registry
Liping Di, Douglas Nebert, Yuqi Bai, Yaxing Wei (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 31.3 - Global Earth Observing System-of-Systems (GEOSS): A Global SDI Framework
Douglas Nebert (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 32 Island and Regional Challenges
Moderator: Desmond Dougall (Trinidad and Tobago)

TS 32.1 - Transforming SDI Implementation Using GIS Server Technologies: A Caribbean Perspective
Earl Edwards, Silburn Clarke (Jamaica)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 32.2 - Cost Effective and Open Web-GIS for CZMP on Small Islands: The Azorean Case
Helena Calado, Pedro Monteiro, Joao Porteiro (Portugal)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 32.3 - MapAction LAC: Adding GIS and Situational Mapping to the Disaster Response Capability of the Latin American and Caribbean Region
Sudesh Botha (Guyana), Alan Mills, Darren Kowlessar, Desmond Dougall, Vijay Datadin
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 32.4 - Emergency Response Unit (ERU): Locations Using Distributed Geographic Information System (GIS) for Small Island Communities
Alex Owusu, Wenen Li (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 32.5 - GRISI: Geomatic Regional Information Society Initiative
Maria Cabello (Spain), Rafael Moreno (France), Andres Valentin (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 33 Applications of SDI: Urban, Health, Environment
Moderator: Justin T. Holl, Jr. (USA)

TS 33.1 - The Challenge of SDI for Managing Emerging Megacities in Developing Countries: The Case of Lagos, Nigeria
Mayowa Fasona, Ademola Omojola, Innocent Abbas (Nigeria)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 33.2 - Geospatial Analysis and Decision Support for Health Services Planning in Uganda
Shuaib Lwasa (Uganda)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 33.3 - Predictive Modeling of Health Data over Jurisdictional Borders using Spatial Data Infrastructures and Web Mapping
Kimberly Flogeras, Mark MacKenzie (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 33.4 - Administration and Management of Georeferenced Information in the Alexander Von Humboldt Biological Resources Investigation Institute (IAvH)
Ruben Dario Mateus Sanabria (Colombia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 33.5 - Environment Modeling using Google Map API for Site Selection in Developing Countries, Amit Jain (India)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Auditorium B
(right)

TS 34 Organized Session: Conservation Data and the Infrastructure to Support It
Organizer: Steven R. Schill (USA)

TS 34.1 - National Geographic Conservation Mapping Projects, Frank Biasi
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 34.2 - The Implementation of Transforming Technologies in the Caribbean: A Review and Recommendation for a Regional Center, Larry Tieszen
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 34.3 - The Nature Conservancy's Conservation Data Portal for Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, Steve Schill and George Raber
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 34.4 - Open Source Resources and Solutions, Justin Deoliveira and Chris Holmes
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

16:00-17:30
Room 3
(upper level)

TS 35 Roundtable Session: Communications Committee
Organizer: Mark Reichardt, OGC

17:45

Bus departures to hotel

19:00
departure
Gala Reception at Hilton Hotel
22:45-
Departure of shuttles to other hotels

Friday, 29 February 2008

08:00-

Onsite Registration

07:45

Bus departures from hotels

09:00-10:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 36 SDI Investigations and Harmonization
Moderator: Larry Tieszen (US)

TS 36.1 - Exploring Worldwide the Impact of Society on the Success of National Spatial Data Clearinghouses
Joep Crompvoets, Arnold Bregt, Monica Wachowicz, Gert Jan Hofstede, Erik De Man (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 36.2 - Improving SDI Local Relevance: Developing Trust through Accuracy
Francis Harvey (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 36.3 - Marine Overlays on Topography: Land-Sea Data Harmonisation Issues
Roger Longhorn, Keiran Millard (United Kingdom)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 36.4 - An Emergent Geo-information Semantics Approach to the Semantic Integration of Geo-services and Geo-metadata in Spatial Data Infrastructures
Lorenzino Vaccari, Maurizio Marchese (Italy)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

09:00-10:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 37 Role of the Cadastre in SDI (jointly organized with FIG)
Moderator: Stig Enemark, FIG President (Denmark)

TS 37.1 - Role of the Cadastre in SDI
Stig Enemark (Denmark)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 37.2 - Land Administration and SDI
Abbas Rajabifjard (Australia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 37.3 - Explaining the National Integrated Land System (NILS)
Leslie Cone (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 37.4 - National E-Cadastre: Bottom up Approach for NSDI Development
Dev Raj Paudyal, R.D. Gupta, A. B. Samaddar (India)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

09:00-10:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 38 Applications of SDI: Business, Agriculture, Environment, Education
Moderator: Mathew Wilson (Trinidad and Tobago)

TS 38.1 - Local Spatial Data Infrastructure Creation for Business Development and Retention
Mark MacKenzie (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 38.2 - Leveraging the GSDI for Harmonization of Spatial Resources in Support of Global Agricultural Development
Stan Wood, Philip Pardey, Jubal Harpster, Todd Slind (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 38.3 - Geographic Data Warehouse to Consolidate Dispersed Environmental Information
Martin Huber (Switzerland), Hanspeter Eberle, Samuel Schapper (Liechtenstein)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 38.4 - Using GIS/RS/GPS for SDI Capacity-building, Protected-Area and Coastal Zone Management in Northern Mesoamerica
Robert Ford, Gerhard Wolff, David Ross, Serene Ong, Chisa Nishii, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Brad Jamison, Seth Wiafe, Tom Rossi, Marie-Lys Bacchus, Alexander Blake, Sally Westmoreland, Paul Burgess (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

09:00-10:30
Auditorium B
(right)

TS 40 Roundtable Session - International Steering Committee for Global Map
Organizers: Fraser Taylor, ISCGM Secretariat (Canada)
10:30-11:00
Coffee
11:00-12:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 41 National and Regional SDI Web Portals
Moderator: Francis Harvey (USA)

TS 41.1 - National Web Atlas SNIT - Chile
Ivan Lienlaf Nova, Alvaro Monett Hernández (Chile)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 41.2 - The GeoSUR Program, A Regional Initiative to Integrate and Disseminate Spatial Data in South America
Eric van Praag, Jesus Suniaga, (Venezuela) Larry L. Tieszen (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 41.3 - Geoportals in Selected European States: A Comparative Analysis
Garfield Giff, Bastiaan van Loenen, Joep Crompvoets (Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 41.4 - SERVIR: An Integrated Approach for the Monitoring & Visualizing the Land, Sea and Air of Mesoamerica
Daniel Irwin (USA), Emilio Sempris (Panama), Thomas Sever (USA), Emil Cherrington (Panama), Carrie Stokes (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

11:00-12:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 42 Cadastral Developments (jointly organized with FIG)
Moderator: Stig Enemark, FIG President (Denmark)

TS 42.1 - An Analysis of User Input Regarding a National Land Parcel Data program in United States
David Coleman (Canada) and Will Craig (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 42.2 - Building the Cadastral Framework: Achievements and Challenges in the English-Speaking Caribbean
Sean Johnson (UK)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 42.3 - Charles: Development of a method to create and maintain a survey-accurate cadastral map for any surveyed area in Trinidad and Tobago
Anesh Gopee, Keith Miller, and Charisse Griffith (Trinidad and Tobago)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 42.4 - Towards Coherent Parcel Information for the Bahamas
Justin Holl (USA), Peter Rabley (USA), Tex Turnquest (The Bahamas), Jaap Zevenbergen (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

11:00-12:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 43 Applications of SDI: Innovations
Moderator: Tatiana Delgado (Cuba)

TS 43.1 - The AWARE Geoportal for Hydrological Applications: Integrating geospatial processing services with Google Maps
Michael Gould, Carlos Granell, Laura Diaz (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 43.2 - Open Standards Based Research Platform for Map Schematization
Jerry Swan, Suchith Anand, Mark Ware, Mike Jackson (United Kingdom)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 43.3 - Thesauri Design to Improve Access to Cartographic Heritage in the context of Spatial Data Infrastructures
Luis Manuel Vilches Blazquez, Alberto Fernandez Wyttenbach, Mabel Alvarez, Miguel Öngel Bernabe (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 43.4 -Towards Semantic Spatial Data Infrastructures: A Framework for Sustainable Development
Tatiana Delgado, Roberto Perez, Jose Luis Capote, Jose Carlos Nunez, Renato Alonso (Cuba)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

11:00-12:30
Auditorium B
(right)

TS 44 Defense and Homeland Security
Moderator: John Moeller (USA)

TS 44.1 - Successful Response Starts with a Map - Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management: A Report of a Study by the United States National Research Council and Relevance to GSDI Interoperability
Carl Reed (United States)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 44.2 Military Engineer Corps of Labour at the Chilean Army and its Contribution to National Development
Colonel Manuel Moreno Lau (Chile)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 44.3 US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Perspective: Geospatial Standards Supporting the US Department of Defense and Opportunities for Regional Partnerships
Mark DeMulder (United States)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 44.4 Geospatial Interoperability: A Demonstration of Interoperability for Homeland Security and Defense
John Moeller (United States)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:30
Room 1
(lower level)

TS 46 National SDI Initiatives - Africa
Moderator: Mark Cygan (USA)

TS 46.1 - Field-testing SDI in East Africa
Mick Wilson, Craig von Hagen, Carrie Howard (Kenya)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 46.2 - The SDI that is Need Driven: The SDI in the South African Context
Abigail khosi Thabethe (South Africa)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 46.3 - Spatial Data Sharing for Sustainable Development in Landlocked Countries: The Case of Lesotho
Moipone Letsie (Lesotho)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 46.4 - Maneuvering Technical and Institutional Challenges for a National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Uganda
Shuaib Lwasa, Yazidhi Bamutaze, Bernard Muhwezi, Paul Mukwaya, Ali Karatunga (Uganda)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 46.5 - National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NGDI): An Enabler for Social-Economic Improvement in Nigeria
Ganiy Agbaje (Nigeria), Mark Ingersoll (USA), John Mocharnuk (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 46.6 - Lack of Geospatial Data Copyright Protection And Liability: Can Malawi Really Afford This?
Mkondo Moyo (Malawi)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Room 2
(lower level)

TS 47 Capacity Building
Moderator: Rolf de By (The Netherlands)

TS 47.1 - Geo Spatial Data Infrastructure Capacity Building Requirements of National Mapping Agencies (NMAs) in Developing Countries
Jean Dotse (Ghana)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 47.2 - Spatial Data Infrastructures as an Education Resource in Secondary Education in Spain and Argentina
Maria Ester Gonzalez (Argentina)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 47.3 - Defining SDIs in Scientific Research
Jeffrey Hamerlinck, Roland Viger (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 47.4 - Enhancing Uses of Spatial Data through Building Online Learning and Research Environment, Meixia Deng, Liping Di (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 47.5 - Geospatial Training and Education towards a Successful National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Ranjith Premalal De Silva (Sri Lanka)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 47.6 - GIS Training Experience in the Caribbean
Kerry-Ann Mahabeer, Silburn Clarke (Jamaica)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Auditorium A
(left)

TS 48 Application of SDI for Disaster Management and Considerations for Island Nations
Moderator: Jacob Opadeyi (Trinidad and Tobago)

TS 48.1 - Modeling Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics to Assess Sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago
Terri Richardson, Raid Al-Tahir (Trinidad and Tobago)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 48.2 - The Role of Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Management of Land Degradation in Small Tropical Caribbean Islands
Ron Mahabir, Raid Al-Tahir (Trinidad and Tobago)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 48.3 - The Implementation of Transforming Technologies in the Caribbean: A Review for a Regional Center
Larry Tieszen (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 48.4 - Spatial Database under the INSPIRE Directive for Environmental Planning in Faial Island, Azores
Susana Lacerda, Helena Calado, Rui Pedro Juliao Fatima Alves (Portugal)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

14:00-15:30
Room 3
(upper level)
TS 50 Roundtable Session - GSDI Association Open Brainstorming Session
Organizer: Harlan Onsrud
15:30-16:00
Coffee
16:00-17:30
Auditorium
Closing Plenary Session

Conference Summary and Conclusions
Conference Co-chairs: Bheshem Ramlal and Jacob Opadeyi

Appreciation Awards

Reports of GSDI Association Committees, Conference Sessions and Rountables

GSDI 11 Presentation

Onward: Closing Address
Bas Kok, Incoming President of GSDI Association
[slides]

17:45
Bus departures to hotels