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

[abstract] [slides] [paper]

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

[abstract] [slides] [paper]

4:30 – 5:00          
Case Study of NSDI’s Countries in Transition - Hungary

Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp, Secretary General, Hungarian Association
for Geo-Information

[abstract] [slides] [paper]

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]