Workshop and Tutorial Descriptions / Call for Workshops and Tutorials
Workshop and Tutorial Descriptions
10:00 - 17:30 SUNDAY 17 OCTOBER 2010
Special Free Pre-Conference PhD Student Workshop on Sharing SDI Research Approaches
Workshops are available to all conference participants at no additional cost. Arrive early to acquire seats in your workshops of choice.
8:30-10:00 TUESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2010
Workshop 1 - Spatial Data Infrastructure FundamentalsWorkshop 2 - Getting Your Agency SDI Implementation on the Map
Workshop 3 - SDI Information Policy Best Practices
Workshop 4 - Delivering SDI and GIS Education Across the Web
Workshop 5 - Building Geospatial Web Applications
10:30-12:00 TUESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2010
Workshop 6 - Developing a How To Guide on SDIs for Resource-Scarce CountriesWorkshop 7 - Elements of Legal Framework for an Effective SDI
Workshop 8 - Lessons Learned from Implementing SDIs
Workshop 9 - HP Designjet: Leading a Technology Revolution in the Geospatial Industry
Special Sunday October 17 Pre-Conference PhD Research Workshop
1. Title
Spatial Data Infrastructure Fundamentals
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Michelle Anthony, FGDC and International Projects - Software Engineering Project Lead, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT, Inc.), Contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, 47914 252nd Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57198, Phone: 605-594-6848 Fax: 605-594-6940 Email: anthony@usgs.gov
3. Workshop Description and Goals
This 90-minute tutorial workshop will cover three of the eight sets of instructional materials found at http://www.fgdc.gov/training/training-materials. It will provide an overview of spatial data infrastructure concepts, spatial data infrastructure standards and geospatial web services. While the slides found at the referenced web site are focused currently on U.S implementations and experiences, numerous concepts in the tutorials are globally applicable and the slides will be adapted to respond to a global audience prior to presentation at GSDI 11. The three 30-minute sessions will be audio recorded for later posting of videos that will synchronize the slides with the accompanying audio. The resulting videos will be posted on the GSDI website, Google Video, YouTube and similar sites. Each module will consist primarily of a standard lecture with time for questions and comments at the end. No laptop is necessary.
4. Workshop Topics
A. An Overview of Spatial Data Infrastructure Concepts (30 minutes) This session will identify the key components of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), explain government's role in infrastructure development, and discuss key National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) elements and the manner in which the elements support development of a NSDI
B. Introduction to SDI Standards (30 minutes) This session will provide an overview of the organizations and activities that drive the development of National Spatial Data Infrastructure standards. It will explain the difference between a de jure standard and a de facto standard, discuss the benefits of implementing standards, identify key organizations that affect the development of NSDI standards, explain functional relationships among standards organizations, refer to the federal policies that affect geospatial standards development, describe the scope of a standards program of work, identify the communities to which standards should or might apply, describe how to participate in voluntary consensus standards bodies, and explain how to access standards and information about standards organizations
C. Introduction to Geospatial Web Services (30 minutes) This session will provide an introduction and inventory of geospatial web services and their importance to interoperability in the geospatial domain. The instructor will explain the difference between a website, a web service, and a geospatial web service, differentiate between types of geospatial web services and how they are used and explain the purpose of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Several web service capabilities will be demonstrated.
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Michelle Anthony
6. Intended Audience
Introductory session for anyone interested in the fundamental technical and organizational aspects of spatial data infrastructure development. No specific skills required.
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 313
1. Title
Getting Your Agency SDI Implementation on the Map
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Harlan Onsrud, Executive Director, GSDI Association, +1-207-581-2175, onsrud@spatial.maine.edu
3. Workshop Description and Goals
Whether a national mapping or land administration agency, a provincial environmental or housing agency, or a local municipal government, agencies across the globe of all sizes and with varied missions are building spatial data infrastructure in standardized manners such that tools, services and data may be more efficiently shared and technology more readily transferred. How can you efficiently and systematically report the SDI components you have implemented and the services you are offering so that potential users can find and understand them more readily? How can you show upper administrators, legislators and other agencies within your own jurisdiction how your implementation meets global best practice standards and is being highlighted on the world stage?
4. Workshop Topics
Come with details about your agency's SDI implementation. The instruction will review the minimum components and offerings of an SDI implementation to meet established SDI Best Practice standards of the GSDI Association, walk agency personnel through the process of reporting appropriate SDI components in the GEOSS registry, explore the OGC registry for the software standards that should be met, and then walk personnel through the process of reporting details about your implementation in the Geographic Knowledge Network. Through this reporting process one may determine the extent to which best practices are being met by an agency implementation. Even small implementations may readily meet the minimum best practice standards and we'll show you how your agency can be highlighted on the web as a best practice site.
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Harlan Onsrud, Executive Director, GSDI Association
6. Intended Audience
Anyone from a national to local government agency or any other implementer of an SDI components that would like to share with the rest of the world their implementation status through a consistent reporting process
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 311 (60 capacity)
1. Title
SDI Information Policy Best Practices
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Roger Longhorn, INSPIRE SDI Expert, Compass Informatics Ltd, Dublin, Ireland. E-mail: ral@alum.mit.edu / rlonghorn@compass.ie, Tel: +32 59 435396 Fax: +44 870 134-6492 Chair, GSDI Association Legal & Socioeconomic Committee, Information Policy Advisor, Advisory Board of EUCC - the Coastal and Marine Union
3. Workshop Description and Goals
SDIs are being created around the globe in many ways, adopting many different technical approaches and standards. Yet underpinning the technical implementation practices for an SDI is another layer of important non-technical issues - of which SDI information policy is perhaps one of the most important. Will government data be made freely available - or not - and what are the consequences either way? Who will have access to data and how can they use or re-use it? What about personal privacy considerations or intellectual property rights (IPR) or regulatory enforcement policies - and means? Is the SDI a key part of national e-Government policy and broader Information Infrastructure initiatives - or created in a policy vacuum? Who are the key actors in setting national SDI information policy - and are they the most appropriate ones? How wide has been the consultation on spatial information policy issues? How does one judge the 'fitness' of different information policies for reaching national and regional goals when spatial information is found throughout government? This workshop looks at these and other information policy issues from the viewpoint of (a) what exists today at national, regional and global levels (by example) and (b) what is, or should be, considered as 'best practice' in defining SDI information policy, given the socioeconomic impact of such policies on a State or region. A sample "SDI Information Policy Index" checklist is presented for discussion with participants.
4. Workshop Topics
o Terminology - what constitutes 'information policy' and 'SDI'?
o Are spatial data policies unique, compared to other public sector information (PSI)?
o Links to (or absence from!) existing national and regional e-Government programmes and policies
o Impact of SDI information policies on non-governmental stakeholders - e.g. businesses, citizens.
o Some SDI information policy examples:
o Information access, sharing and re-use policies of contrasting national SDI implementations
o EU INSPIRE Directive - the EC Regulation on Access and Sharing of Data and Services
o GMES (Global Monitoring of Environment and Security) information policies and guidelines
o GEO/GEOSS recommended information policies
o UNSDI information policy
o Evaluating the socioeconomic impact of different SDI information policies
o learning by example, i.e. from the impact of existing information policies in other non-spatial areas
o developing "Information Policy Impact Indicators" (IPI2)
o Developing an 'SDI Information Policy Index" checklist' (audience participation required!)
o monitoring the implementation and enforcement of SDI information policies
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Roger Longhorn, Chair, GSDI Association Legal & Socioeconomic Committee
6. Intended Audience
All those involved in planning for and engaged in SDI implementations at organisational and national levels, especially those involved in setting or monitoring information policy.
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 306 (130 capacity)
1. Title
Delivering SDI and GIS Education Across the Web
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Josef Strobl, Prof. Dr., Centre for Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria, +43 664 1051706, +43 662 63895260 (fax), Josef.Strobl@sbg.ac.at
3. Workshop Description and Goals
It is frequently observed that technologies today are well ahead of the capabilities and capacities to implement, maintain and use currently available toolsets. Since progress with SDIs is first an organizational, and then a staff qualification issue, the latter is one of the key prerequisites for progress to be dealt with through academic education. This workshop will be conducted as an interactive session addressing (i) curricular priorities and structures, (ii) required online learning environments / infrastructures and (iii) options for the development of educational media suitable for embedding into various courses of study. Discussion will start from the audience's backgrounds and perspectives, will include the extensive experience collected within the worldwide UNIGIS distance learning program, and will then focus on potential future directions. One priority outcome of the workshop will be a structured vision of curricular content on different levels and for different professional and academic qualification profiles supported by a quick survey of available materials and teaching experiences. An ultimate goal is the initiation of a community of educators collaborating towards the creation of open content learning media, following a common curricular and pedagogical vision. The workshop documents be based in a wiki environment, and results will be communicated to participants allowing for feedback and modification within the weeks after the conference.
4. Workshop Topics
o SDI curriculum (component) development
o open content learning media
o accessible learning infrastructures
o community of (SDI) GI educators
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Josef Strobl, Prof. Dr., Centre for Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg plus additional conference participants responding to a pre-conference call.
6. Intended Audience
Academic educators at all types of tertiary institutions where GIScience and geospatial technologies are being taught. Representatives from user organizations, technology developers and integrators are welcome!
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 309 (60 capacity)
1. Title
Building Geospatial Web Applications
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Tin Seong KAM, Practice Associate Professor, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore. tskam@smu.edu.sg
3. Workshop Description and Goals
Are you impressed by all those cool internet mapping applications built on top of interactive mapping service such as Google Map, Virtual earth, Yahoo Map and want to make some of your own nifty internet mapping applications? Are you interested to know how to consume these mapping services without having to use their application programming interfaces (API)? This workshop will show you how to build an analysis-centric geospatial web without having to invest into GIS server technology. It will provide a step-by-step guide on how to build basic geospatial web applications by consuming different Internet mapping services to quickly build advanced geospatial visual analysis applications. We will also demonstrate some of the cutting-edge geospatial visual analytic tools and applications designed using the approach.
4. Workshop Topics
This workshop will be lecture-based with interactive demonstrations of workflows and resulting solutions. Presentations will be made available in digital form after the session. Participants are not required to bring a laptop.
o Overview of techniques and tools for building geospatial web applications
o Introduction to the Flex Internet mapping API
o A step-by-step guide on building a geospatial web application
o Working with a rich Internet interface and display strategies for zooming, panning, data probing, brushing and highlighting.
o Incorporating animation in the interactive map
o A tour of selected real world applications
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Tin Seong KAM, Practice Associate Professor, School of Information Systems, Singapore management University, Singapore. tskam@smu.edu.sg
6. Intended Audience
Anyone interested in learning about the rich Internet application approach to build geospatial web application. The workshop will be introductory in general and not programming skill are required.
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 305 (130 capacity)
1. Title
Developing a How To Guide on SDIs for Resource-Scarce Countries
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Marisela Montoliu Munoz, Operations Adviser, Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCVP), The World Bank, Washington D.C, Tel. + 1(202) 473-7583, mmontoliumunoz@worldbank.org and Dr Tim Kelly, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, The World Bank, InfoDev, 2121 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, MSN: F5P-503, Washington DC 20043, Tel. +1 202 458 9839
3. Workshop Description and Goals
As part of its ongoing pilot project on SDI for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the World Bank would like to prepare a set of practical, user-friendly How To guidance notes on key factors for success and other aspects to keep in mind as an organization or group of organizations consider setting up an SDI. Like many of you Bank personnel already have access to recommended technological approaches and standards (example: SDI Cookbook) and lots of academic literature on SDI (example: SDI Search Engine). Rather, the purpose of this workshop is to elicit and record practical recommendations of geospatial practitioners across the globe, whether agency emplyees or independent consultants, who have struggled and either failed or succeeded in building SDI components in various contexts. We want to know about not only technical issues, but most importantly, institutional and governance issues that can lead to success or failure of an SDI, taking into consideration the diversity of institutional settings and levels of capacity development in developing countries. The purpose of this session is to gather and exchange participants' views, based on their country experiences with SDIs, regarding key ingredients for consideration.
A straight-forward ten question survey is posted on-line at http://www.gsdi.org/survey/index.php?sid=14255&lang=en and responses to the questions are being solicited from SDI professionals across the globe prior to the workshop. We are interested particularly in practical key elements or considerations for inclusion in a how to guide based on experiences of what has and has not worked in specific country contexts. The survey is anonymous and the responses will be openly available at http://<forthcoming> and discussed by the workshop participants.
4. Workshop Topics
Part 1 - Introduction: (a) presentation of background information about the Bank's project on SDI for Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); (b) description of goals of the workshop; and (c) initial ideas on the nature (aims, structure, target audience etc) of a How To Guide, in the context of the World Bank project. (Members of World Bank project team). (10 min)
Part 2 - Questions from the floor for clarification of objectives or definitions. (5 min)
Part 3 - Presentation of summary of responses to web survey on key elements to include in a guide. (10 min)
Part 4 - Open and fully interactive discussion in order to tease out points which could be incorporated into the guide's design. (50min)
Part 5 - Expert commentary, summing up and conclusions. Views from an experienced SDI practitioner will be elicited, and group will conclude on next steps, priority points to make in the guide and any other relevant matters which came to light during the workshop or from the survey. (15 min)
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
GSDI discussant and moderator (to be announced), World Bank project team presenters, a seasoned and knowledgeable practitioner in the area of SDI for critque and commentary (to be announced)
6. Intended Audience
Anyone interested in addressing the continuing myriad challenges in implementing SDI in resource scarce nations within the context of widely disparate societal conditions
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 313
1. Title
Elements of Legal Framework for an Effective SDI
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Roger Longhorn, INSPIRE SDI Expert, Compass Informatics Ltd, Dublin, Ireland. E-mail: ral@alum.mit.edu / rlonghorn@compass.ie, Tel: +32 59 435396 Fax: +44 870 134-6492 Chair, GSDI Association Legal & Socioeconomic Committee, Information Policy Advisor, Advisory Board of EUCC - the Coastal and Marine Union
3. Workshop Description and Goals
Research and experience show that a nation's legal and policy framework is a major factor in the successful development of a comprehensive and effective national spatial data infrastructure (SDI). Such a framework generally begins with legislation and regulations regarding the collection and maintenance of spatial data assets. However, it also includes more traditional legal concepts such as contract law, intellectual property rights and liability. In addition, inherently cultural factors, such as privacy and national security, are becoming more critical given the growth and power of spatial technology and related applications. This workshop will provide attendees the tools to begin analyzing the existing legal and policy framework within their respective country and how it might impact the development of an SDI. It will also help them identify what additional legal elements may still be needed. The goal of the workshop is to help develop a standardized review process that is sensitive to the cultural and societal norms of a particular country or region.
4. Workshop Topics
1. Role of Enabling Legislation/Regulations - A discussion of the importance (and limitations) of enabling legislation/regulations associated with the collection, maintenance and sharing of spatial data.
2. Why Traditional Legal Issues Concepts Are Important - This section will address how more traditional legal issues, such as contract law, intellectual property rights and liability impact the sharing of spatial data. It will also examine potential sources of laws and policies (court decisions, legislation, agency rules and regulations, etc.) that impact these issues.
3. Identifying Other Potential Sources of Law and Policy. - The formal legal and policy institutions are unable to keep pace with the rapid changes in geospatial technology. As a result, too often there is little guidance on increasingly important issues such as privacy or national security. This section will explain how cultural or societal norms may be identified and applied, often by analogy to other legal concepts, to address these issues.
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Roger Longhorn, Belgium, Katleen Janssen, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, K.U. Leuven, Belgium, Laila Aslesen, Head of Legal Service, Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority, Norway, Anne Fitzgerald, Professor in Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
6. Intended Audience
The presentation is intended for anyone involved in the development, management and/or policymaking of a regional/national/transnational spatial data infrastructure.
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 309 (60 capacity)
1. Title
Lessons Learned from Implementing SDIs
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Mark Cygan, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA 92373, USA, +1 909-793-2853, ext. 2333, mcygan@esri.com
3. Workshop Description and Goals
Attendees will benefit from lessons learned in the different aspects of implementing a variety of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) in this 90 minute workshop. Societal issues are driving the need to collaborate and share geospatial data and services through SDIs. This is being done through different types of SDI models, both structured and organic, serving data, services, and increasingly analysis, over the web. Understanding the underlying data life cycle from provider to consumers that support these services is key to success. Experiences with SDI architectures and implementations will be explored. Lessons from structured SDIs and volunteered geographic information (crowd-sourcing) communities will be presented and the latest implementations demonstrated.
The goals of this workshop are to provide lessons learned in addressing societal issues through various SDIs, the components required, and patterns for how to successfully implement them. Please join us to explore which SDI model will work best for your organization/program.
4. Workshop Topics
o Societal GIS Addressing Issues
o Different Types of SDIs
o SDI Data and Services from Providers to Users
o Architectures for SDI
o SDI Implementations
o SDI Open and Available to Everyone
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Carmelle Terborgh, Team Lead, Global Affairs, ESRI
Mark Cygan, Data Production and SDI Industry Manager, ESRI
Marten Hogeweg, Manager SDI Solutions Team, ESRI
6. Intended Audience
Senior managers wanting practical knowledge on implementing a SDI
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 306 (130 capacity)
1. Title
HP Designjet: Leading a Technology Revolution in the Geospatial Industry
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Daniel Martinez Harris, Category Manager, APJ, Hewlett-Packard Company, 138 Depot Road, Singapore, +65 9168 7415
3. Workshop Description and Goals
HP is enabling a digital revolution in the geospatial field with a new product line-up. HP Designjet will be announcing three new products in the Designjet product family which will be unveiled during the workshop. This will be a hands-on session to understand the benefits and improvements of the in the industry and how they can help improve and enable the use of digital workflows for mapping agencies, surveying teams and GIS related segments in General. Don't miss this opportunity to get a first hand approach directly from HP to learn about the latest technologies available in the field.
4. Workshop Topics
Insights on the possibilities of a digital workflow in GIS
How to benefit from the trend to cloud computing
Be the first to get hands on time with the latest mapping and surveying technologies available in the industry.
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Professor Andre Economou, Solutions Architect, HP Designjet Asia Pacific and Japan
Laetitia Destombes, Product Manager HP Designjet Worldwide Marketing
6. Intended Audience
Mapping and Surveying departments related to government agencies, GIS related agencies, Technology enthusiasts
7. Location
Convention Center: Room 305 (130 capacity)
1. Title
PCGIAP Working Group 1: Geodesy Technologies and Applications
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Shigeru Matsuzaka, Japan, e-mail:shigeru@gsi.go.jp; John Dawson, Australia, e-mail:John.Dawson@ga.gov.au, Wen Hanjiang, China, e-mail:wenhj@casm.ac.cn
3. Workshop Description and Goals
This meeting is a session where PCGIAP Working Group 1 reports their progress and development for the past 1 year.
4. Workshop Topics
- Introduction to Working Group 1
- Briefing on Asia-Pacific Reference Frame (APREF) initiative
- Recent activities
- Current work plan
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Working Group Chairman: Shigeru Matsuzaka, Japan, e-mail:shigeru@gsi.go.jp
6. Intended Audience
Introductory session for anyone interested in the development of geodesy technologies and applications within the government in the Asia Pacific region. No specific skills required.
7. Location
Room 312 (60 capacity)
1. Title
PCGIAP Working Group 2: Geospatial Data Management and Service
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Mr Hadi Vaezi, Iran, e-mail:vaezi-h@ncc.org.ir; Dr. Zhou Xu, China, e-mail:apsdinode@nsdi.gov.cn; Mr. Bebas Purnawan, Indonesia, e-mail:ebas@bakosurtanal.go.id
3. Workshop Description and Goals
This meeting is a session where PCGIAP Working Group 2 reports their progress and development for the past 1 year.
4. Workshop Topics
- Resolutions Approved by 18th UNRCC-AP
- Action items arising from EB Meeting of PCGIAP in Tehran, Iran, on May 26, 2010
- Overall progress updates
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Working Group Chairman: Mr Hadi Vaezi, Iran. e-mail:vaezi-h@ncc.org.ir
6. Intended Audience
Introductory session for anyone interested in the development of geospatial data management and services within the government in the Asia Pacific region. No specific skills required.
7. Location
Room 312 (60 capacity)
1. Title
PCGIAP Working Group 3: Spatially Enabled Government and Society
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Mr. Greg Scott, Australia, e-mail:Greg.Scott@ga.gov.au; Mr. Ahmad Fauzi bin Nordin, Malaysia, e-mail:fauzi@jupem.gov.my; Mr. Ahmad Toyserkani, Iran, e-mail:hberenjkar@iran-pcgiap2009.ir
3. Workshop Description and Goals
This meeting is a session where PCGIAP Working Group 3 reports their progress and development for the past 1 year.
4. Workshop Topics
- Data Access and Integration
- Case Study 1: Geospatially Enabling the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) in Jakarta
- Case Study 2: Post-Disaster Data Collection, West Sumatra Earthquake, Indonesia, September 2009
- Case Study 3: Strengthening Spatial Data Development and Delivery in the Philippines
- Case Study 4: Sea Level Rise - An Analysis of Tide Gauge Data and Satellite Altimetry around the Southeast Asian Coastal Regions
- Spatially Enabled Government & Society
- Annual Forum on Land Administration
- Updates on PCGIAP WG3 activity schedule
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Working Group Chairman: Mr. Greg Scott, Australia, e-mail:Greg.Scott@ga.gov.au
6. Intended Audience
Introductory session for anyone interested in the development of spatially enabled government and society in the Asia Pacific region. No specific skills required.
7. Location
Room 311 (capacity 60)
SPECIAL PRE-CONFERENCE SUNDAY WORKSHOP
1. Title
PhD Student Workshop: Sharing SDI Research Approaches
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Associate Professor Kevin McDougall, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Tel. + 61 7 4631 2545, mcdougak@usq.edu.au
Dr Tin Seong KAM, Practice Associate Professor, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, tskam@smu.edu.sg
Dr Bastiaan van Loenen, Delft University of Technology, T:+31(0)152782554, b.vanloenen@tudelft.nl
Dr. Joep Crompvoets, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Joep.Crompvoets@soc.kuleuven.be
3. Workshop Description and Goals
The purpose of the workshop is to provide research students with the opportunity to present their research topics to other research students and experienced researchers at an open forum. Through presenting a range of varying research approaches it is hoped that a better understanding of these methods will be developed by all participants.
This workshop is a follow up of the successful PhD workshop "SDI research: North and South", held prior to GSDI 11 in June 2009, in Delft, The Netherlands. This workshop provided an opportunity for SDI researchers to present their work and discuss issues of concern: substantive, theoretical, methodological or practical. 15 PhD students presented their work, several other PhD students attended the meeting and over 10 senior researchers/supervisors were present. Topics discussed and aimed for were primarily in the non-technological SDI-domain. The workshop was highly appreciated by students, supervisors and senior researchers.
The Singapore workshop aims to arrive at similar objectives by:
- allowing PhD students to present their research
- allowing PhD students to meet their peers
- improving the quality of the research through supportive feedback from supervisors (other than their daily supervisor) or senior researchers
This workshop welcomes contributions of all foci areas of an SDI. This implies socio-economic-policy oriented, technological-oriented research as well as research aiming at assessing SDIs. At this point we intend to have both plenary sessions where students present their research and one-to-one meetings where students meet at least one supervisor of their choice (based on availability of the supervisor or senior researcher). Depending on the applications group discussions will be organized around several issues that link presented research (may be content issues, methodology issues, supervision, other relevant issues). A final plenary session (closing session) discusses the outcomes of the previous sessions and proposes future steps.
4. Workshop Topics
10:00 - 12:30 PhD research presented
12.30 - 13.00 Keynote Researcher Presentation
13:00 - 14:00 lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Student meets with one or more supervisors or senior researchers from other universities (30 minute sessions)
15:30 - 17:00 Group discussion and Research Agenda
17:00 - 17:15 Closing
Students are expected to present their research at the meeting, prepare a research proposal/paper concept (submitted a month before the workshop), prepare pressing questions for discussion with the group and supervisors/senior researchers individually.
5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
It is intended that the workshop will be largely interactive and driven by the participants. Experienced researchers will provide feedback and constructive criticism.Additional members of the Organising Committee to those listed above and likely senior researcher participants include Joep Crompvoets, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Dev Raj Paudyal, University of Southern Queensland, Zorica Nedovic-Budic, University College Dublin, Rolf de By and Yola Georgiadou, Twente University, Abbas Rajabifard, University of Melbourne and Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine
6. Intended Audience
The primary intended audience is PhD candidates who may be at various stages of their research studies. MS students are also welcome. Interested students should make contact with one or all of the contact personell listed above.
7. Location
Directions: The venue is the Administration Building at Singapore Management University (SMU). Participants arriving just before the beginning of the meeting should gather at Level 6, SMU Administration Building, Singapore Management University, Corner of Victoria St and Bras Basah Rd. The campus map can be accessed through http://www.smu.edu.sg/campus/map and the details to reach the campus by Car/Taxi or public transport is described in the link at http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/about_school/contactus.asp
Call for Workshops and Tutorials
The morning of the opening day of the GSDI 12 conference (19 October 2010) is dedicated to concurrent workshop and tutorial offerings. GSDI 12 invites attendees to submit proposals for workshops and extended tutorials. Please note that all workshops and tutorials will be opened to all GSDI 12 conference attendees at no additional cost.
Workshops and tutorials are expected to be instructional and address skills or a knowledge base germane to the development of spatial data infrastructure. Spatial data infrastructure is broadly defined here as the technology, policies, standards, human resources, and related activities necessary to acquire, process, distribute, use, maintain, and preserve spatial data. The infrastructure incorporates many sectors including commercial, government, NGO and non-profit sectors; applications may range from local to global scales.
Workshops with participatory aspects will be preferred over straight lectures. The tutorials and workshops should be led by recognized experts in the material to be taught.
Each workshop or tutorial proposed should be for a single 90-minute session. A typical conference participant may register for up to two 90-minute workshops or tutorials. A half-hour coffee break will be arranged between the two workshop sessions. An instructor whose proposal to offer a workshop is accepted will be expected to register for the conference before 1 August 2010. Please note that there will be no remunerations to instructors and they should be solely responsible for the running of workshops and tutorials.
Facilities for WorkshopsAll workshop rooms will be arranged in classroom style and tables will be provided for participants to rest their laptop computers. All rooms are equiped with standard computer projectors. Although wireless computer access is available for instructors and students, workshop or tutorial materials should be prepared and stored in CDs or USB drives rather than via live downloads. No computer labs are available in the conference venue; as such, workshop participants are advised to bring their own laptops in the event that hands-on computer exercises are conducted by instructors. Rooms will be of sufficient size to handle the pre-enrolled participants as well as any last minute enrollees.
Submission Requirements
If you are interested in submitting a workshop proposal, please provide the following information:
- Proposed Workshop Title
- Organizer/Contact Person (name, title, address, country, phone, fax, e-mail)
- Workshop Description and Goals (250 words or less suitable for posting on the web. Please indicate in the description if the session will involve lecture, hands-on exercises, group exercises, etc., and whether any take-home materials will be supplied. Moreover, please indicate whether participants should each bring a laptop computer or anything else to the workshop.)
- Workshop Topics (90 Minutes)
- Tentative Workshop Instructor(s) (please provide name, title, affiliation and indicate whether confirmed at the time of proposal submission)
- Intended Audience and any prerequisite skills or interests required (technicians, managers, or policymakers, etc., whether it is pitched at introductory or advanced level, what skills if any participants should possess)
Descriptions of workshops offered at past GSDI Conferences may be found at the following links: GSDI 11 Workshops, GSDI 10 Workshops and GSDI 9 Workshops.
Attendees will be asked to evaluate the quality of content and instruction of each workshop.
Submission Deadline
19 February 2010
Submit your proposal on or before 19 February 2010 to Harlan Onsrud at onsrud@spatial.maine.edu with a copy to Alan Stevens at astevens@gsdi.org