GSDI 3 Canberra, Australia
17-19 November, 1998
Theme: Policy and Organizational Frameworks for GSDI
Conference Program
November 17, 1998
10:00 - 12:30 Registration
– Banquet Foyer, Hyatt Hotel
12:30 – 2:00
Welcoming Lunch – Federation South Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Conference Logistics - Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Steering
Committee General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:00 – 3:30
Welcome and Overview of Conference Themes – Federation North Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Session Chair – Drew Clarke, Secretary, Permanent Committee
on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific, Head, Analytical and Mapping Division,
Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:00 – 2:15
Welcome Address
Dato’ Abdul Majid Bin Mohamed, President, Permanent Committee
on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific, Directory General, Department of
Survey & Mapping, Malaysia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:15 – 2:30
Opening of Conference the Conference and Announcement of the Australian Spatial
Data Directory
The Honorable Warren Entsch, MP, Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister for Industry, Science & Resources
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:30 – 3:00
Overview of Conference Themes
Jane S. Patterson, Chair, GSDI Steering Committee, Senior
Advisory for Science & Technology to the Governor of North Carolina, USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
3:00 – 3:30
The First Generation of National Geographic Information Strategies and Survey of
NSDI Activities Around the Globe
John Moeller, Staff Director, Federal Geographic data committee,
USA
Ian Masser, International Institute for Aerospace Survey
and Earth Sciences, Netherlands
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
3:30 – 4:00
Afternoon Tea
4:00 – 5:30
New Developments in National Spatial Data Infrastructures-Session 2
Session Chair – Derek Clark, Chief Director, Surveys and
apping, South Africa
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
4:00 – 4:30
Case Study of NSDI’s in Countries in Transition – Malaysia
Dato’ Abdul Mjid Bin Mohamed, Directory General Department
of Survey & Mapping, Malaysia
4:30 – 5:00
Case Study of NSDI’s Countries in Transition - Hungary
Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp, Secretary General, Hungarian Association
for Geo-Information
5:00 – 5:30
Discussion – Invited Panellists
Tom Fenwick, Chairman, Australia New Zealand Land Information
Council
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
John Moeller, Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee,
USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Bryan Nanson, Director, National Geospatial Data Framework,
UK
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Robert O’Neil, Director, Geo Access Division, Canada Centre
for Remote Sensing, Geomatics Canada
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
7:00 – 10:30
Conference Dinner – Mural Hall, Parliament House
Master of Ceremonies – Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Executive
Committee General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
Host – The Honourable Warren Entsch, MP, Parliamentary Secretary
to the Miniser for Industry, Science & Resources
Dinner Speaker – Robyn Williams, AM, ABC Radio National’s
internationally acclaimed presenter who is also an author and the only journalist
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. (arrangements courtesy of “Celebrity
Speakers – The Christine Maher Group”)
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
November 18, 1998
8:15
Coffee on Arrival – Gallery, Hyatt Hotel
8:55 – 9:00
Conference Logistics – Federation North Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Conference Logistics - Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Steering
Committee General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
9:00 – 10:30
“Strategic Imperatives of GSDI”-Session 3
Session Chair – Michael Wood, President, Internation Cartographic
Association
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
9:00 – 9:30
TerraServer: The Largest World Atlas – John Hoffman, Aerial Images Inc., USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
9:30 – 10:00
Government, Industry and the Global Knowledge Economy
Russell Higgins, Secretary, Department of Industry, Science
& Resources, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
10:00–10:30
Enabling GSDI by Technology Consensus
Russell Higgins, Secretary, Department of Industry, Science
& Resources, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
10:30–11:00
orning Tea
11:00 – 12:30 “Global Spatial
Data Infrastructure Initiatives”-Session 4
11:00 – 11:30 Case Study
of Trans-National Initiatives – South America
Santiago Borrero, Directory-General, Instituto Geographico
Agustin Codazzi, Columbia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
11:30 – 12:00 Case Study
of Trans-National Initiatives – Baltic Sea Region
Heli Ursin-Livanainen, National Land Survey, Finland
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
12:00 – 12:30 Discussion
– Invited Panellists
Hermann Habermann, Director, Statistics Division, United
Nations
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Nobuo Nagai, Secretariat, Global Mapping initiative Director-General,
Geographical Survey Institute, Japan
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Francois Salge, Institut Geographique National, France
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Drew Clarke, Secretariat, Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure
for Asia nd the Pacific, Head, Analytical & Mapping Division, Department of Industry,
Science & Resources, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
12:30 –2:0 0
Lunch & Invited Presentation – Federation South Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Chair – David Coleman, Chair, Department of Geodesy and Geometric
Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Achieving effective cooperation based through commercialization
based on a fund of accumulated knowledge and experience – Bas Kok, Secretary General,
Dutch Council for Geographic Information
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:00 –5:30
Toward a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Framework- Federation North Ballroom,
Hyatt Hotel
John E Estes, Chairman, International Steering Committee
on Global Mapping
Director, Remote Sensing Research Unit, University of California
Santa Barbara, USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:00 –2:30
Conference Theme Paper
GSDI: Policy & Organisational Issues
Michael Brand, President, European Umbrella Organisation
for Geographic Information, on behalf of the GSDI Steering Committee Director and
Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:30 –4:15
Break Out Groups– Federation South Ballroom, Murrumbridgee Room, Black Mountain
Room, Mount Ainslie Room
Group 1 Leader, Jane Patterson, USA
Group 2 Leader, Michael Brand, Northern Ireland
Group 3 Leader, Santiago Borreo-Mutis, Colombia
Group 4 Leader, Dato Abdul Majid Bin Mohamed, Malaysia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
4:15 –4:45
Afternoon Tea
4:45 –5:30
Presentations by Break Out Group Leaders
7:30 –9:00
“Canberra by Lights” Tour-Bus pickup at Hyatt, Rydges Lakeside and Canberra Rex
Hotels
November 19, 1998
8:30
Coffee on arrival-Gallery, Hyatt Hotel
8:55 –9:00
Conference Logistics– Federation North Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Executive Committee General
anager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
9:00 –12:30
Plenary Discussion and Conference Resolutions– Session 6
9:00 –10:30
Plenary discussion facilitated by
Robert McEntyre, General Manager, Robert McEntyre and Associates
Pty Ltd, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
10:30 –11:00 Morning
Tea
11:00 –12:15 Conference
resolutions facilitated by
Jane S. Patterson, Chair, GSDI Executive Committee Senior
Advisor for Science & Technology to Governor of North Carolina, USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
12:15 –12:30 Close of Conference
Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Executive Committee General
anager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
[abstract] [slides] [paper]