Program Overview

NOTICE: This program overview is tentative. Workshops on Monday are open to all full registrants at no additional cost.

Monday 15 June 2009
8:00	Registration Opens
9:30 -11:00	Workshop 1.1	Workshop 1.2	Workshop 1.3	Workshop 1.4	Workshop 1.5	Workshop 1.6	Workshop 1.7	Workshop 1.8
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee
11:30 - 1:00	Workshop 2.1	Workshop 2.2	Workshop 2.3	Workshop 2.4	Workshop 2.5	Workshop 2.6	Workshop 2.7	Workshop 2.8
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:30	Workshop 3.1	Workshop 3.2	Workshop 3.3	Workshop 3.4	Workshop 3.5	Workshop 3.6	Workshop 3.7	Workshop 3.8
3:30 - 4:00	Coffee
4:00 - 5:30	Workshop 4.1	Workshop 4.2	Workshop 4.3	Workshop 4.4	Workshop 4.5	Workshop 4.6	Workshop 4.7	Workshop 4.8
6:00 - 8:00	Reception - City Hall of Rotterdam Sponsored by City of Rotterdam

Keynote and featured speakers are being added as confirmed and their presentations may be found in the colored sessions in the detailed program.

Tuesday 16 June 2009
8:00	Registration Open
9:30 -11:00	Plenary Session 1 Welcome and Opening Keynotes Building Societal Bridges to Address Pressing Global Challenges
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee
11:30 - 1:00	Plenary Session 2 Critical Societal Challenges and the Role of Spatial Data and Technologies
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:30	Session 1.1 National SDI Experiences: Europe/USA	Session 1.2 SDI Assessment Programs & Models	Session 1.3 Land Administration	Session 1.4 Service Oriented Architecture & Web Services	Session 1.5 GSDI Retrospective: Progress to Date
	Session 1.6 Environment and Health	Session 1.7 Geo-Info Models: State of Play and Future Dvlpmnts	Session 1.8 Natural Disasters	Session 1.9 Mash-Up the SDI	Session 1.10 GSDI Legal and Socioeconomic Roundtable
3:30 - 4:00	Coffee
4:00 - 5:30	Plenary Session 3 SDI Convergence: Progress, Visions and Bridging Across Global Efforts and Progress, Visions and Bridging Across Regional Efforts
5:30 - 6:30	Social with Cash Bar Exhibition Area

Day 3: Wednesday 17 June 2009
8:00	Registration Open
9:30 -11:00	Plenary Session 4 INSPIRE: A European Answer to Global Challenges
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee
11:30 - 1:00	Plenary Session 5 INSPIRE: Building the European SDI
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:30	Session 2.1 National SDI Experiences: Euro-Asia	Session 2.2 Volunteered Geographic Information	Session 2.3 Metadata in Action	Session 2.4 Geoportals and Registries	Session 2.5 The Geographic Information Knowledge Net
	Session 2.6 INSPIRE Reports from Drafting Teams	Session 2.7 Participate Successfully in SDI/INSPIRE	Session 2.8 (purposefully vacant by INSPIRE)	Session 2.9 Beyond the Bridge: Cross-Border SDI	Session 2.10 GSDI Regional Newsletters Open Meeting
3:30 - 4:00	Coffee
4:00 - 5:30	Session 3.1 National SDI Experiences: Euro-Asia	Session 3.2 Legal & Policy Aspects of SDI's	Session 3.3 Metadata Tools	Session 3.4 SDI and Interoperability	Session 3.5 Mapping Agency Open Forum
	Session 3.6 INSPIRE Reports from Drafting Teams	Session 3.7 INSPIRE Use Case: Energy	Session 3.8 (purposefully vacant by INSPIRE)	Session 3.9 GIDEON: Key Geo-information Facility for the Netherlands	Session 3.10 Technical Issues Open Roundtable
5:30 - 6:30	Poster Forum with Cash Bar / Poster Abstracts Exhibition Area

Day 4: Thursday 18 June 2009
8:00	Registration Opens
9:30 -11:00	Plenary Session 6 Acceleration of SDI Opportunities and Innovations: Public Sector meets Science and Industry
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee
11:30 - 1:00	Plenary Session 7 International Lessons Learned in Geo-Innovation and The Dutch Trade and Pioneer Spirit in Geo Information
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:30	Session 4.1 National Experiences: Asia & Pacific	Session 4.2 Economic Aspects of SDIs	Session 4.3 Data Sharing	Session 4.4 Geoportals, Registries, &Interoperability	Session 4.5 United Nations and World Bank Spatial Initiatives
	Session 4.6 INSPIRE Data Interoperability & Harmonization	Session 4.7 Acceleration: Public Sector Meets Science & Industry	Session 4.8 Geo Statistics and INSPIRE	Session 4.9 Data Standards for Global Map	Session 4.10 Outreach & Membership Open Roundtable
3:30 - 4:00	Coffee
4:00 - 5:30	Session 5.1 National Experiences: Africa	Session 5.2 Institutional Arrangements for SDIs	Session 5.3 Metadata and Data Sharing	Session 5.4 Global, Multi-National, State & Local Experiences	Session 5.5 Implementing GEOSS Data Sharing Principles
	Session 5.6 INSPIRE Roundtable on Interooperability & Harmonization	Session 5.7 Emerging Challenges and Approaches	Session 5.8 INSPIREing the Community	Session 5.9 (purposefully vacant by Geonovum)	Session 5.10 Societal Impacts Open Roundtable
Evening	Geo Beach Dinner

Day 5: Friday 19 June 2009
8:00	Registration Opens
9:30 -11:00	Plenary Session 8 Corporate Sector Visions and Perspectives: Building Bridges to Stimulate Participation Organized by the corporate sponsors of the conference.
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee
11:30 - 1:00	Session 6.1 National Experiences: Latin America	Session 6.2 SDI Strategies and Capacity Building	Session 6.3 Marine Data SDIs	Session 6.4 Global, Multi-National, State and Local Experiences	Session 6.5 Founding the International Geospatial Society
	Session 6.6 INSPIRE National Stories	Session 6.7 Master Class: SDI Theory and Practice	Session 6.8 INSPIRE Projects	Session 6.9 Rotterdam Geo Youth Capital 2009: Youth Program	Session 6.10 Geospatial Industry Open Roundtable
1:00 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 3:30	Session 7.1 SDI Applications	Session 7.2 SDI Future Perspectives	Session 7.3 Applications	Session 7.4 Spatially Enabled Government	Session 7.5 Complementary Activities among GEOSS, OGC and GSDI
	Session 7.6 INSPIRE National Stories	Session 7.7 Master Class: SDI Research	Session 7.8 INSPIRE European Initiatives	Session 7.9 INSPIRE: Stategic Chance for Rgnl Govts	Session 7.10 (purposefully vacant)
3:30 - 4:00	Coffee
4:00 - 5:30	Plenary Session 9 Closing Session Building SDI Bridges to Address Global Challenges