GSDI 4 Cape Town South AfricaGSDI 4 Cape Town, South Africa 13-15 March, 2000 Theme: Engaging Emerging Economies Conference Program March 13, 2000 9:00 - 12:30 Registration – President Hotel 10:30 – 12:30 Meeting of GSDI Steering Committee 12:30 – 14:00 Opening Lunch 14:00 – 15:30 Opening Session Session Chair: Mr. Derek Clarke, Chief Director, Surveys and Mapping, Dept of [abstract] [slides] [paper] 14:00 – 14:15 Opening Ceremonies Ms. Thoko Didiza, Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs, South Africa [abstract] [slides] [paper] 14:15 – 14:30 Welcome and Preliminary Remarks by Chair, GSDI Steering Committee Peter Holland, General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group, 14:30 – 15:00 Panel Session – Reports from GSDI Working Groups Operations [abstract] [slides] [paper] Communication and Awareness [abstract] [slides] [paper] Legal and Economic [abstract] [slides] [paper] Technical [abstract] [slides] [paper] 15:00 – 15:30 Report on the Scoping study in the Business Case for SDI Development 15:00 – 16:00 Afternoon Refreshment Break 16:00 – 17:30 Keynote Session 1 Session Chair – Mr. Santiago Borrero-Mutis, Director General, Geographic Institute [abstract] [slides] [paper] Keynote Presentation – Global Survey of National Spatial Data Infrastructure Prof Harlan Onsrud, Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering [abstract] [slides] [paper] 16:45 – 17:30 Theme Speaker – “Engaging Emerging Economics” – an African Perspective Jacob Gyamfi-Aidoo, The EIS Program, Program on Environment Information System [abstract] [slides] [paper] 17:30 - 19:15 Break Before Dinner 19:15 Conference Dinner – Castle of Good Hope Guest Speaker – Jack Pelicci, Vice President ORACLE [abstract] [slides] [paper] March 14, 2000 9:00 – 10:30 Session 1a – “Technical Strategies and Considerations” Session Chair – Dr. Bob O’Neil, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing [abstract] [slides] [paper] Doug Nebert, GSDI Technical Working Group SDI Cookbook [abstract] [slides] [paper] Cliff Kottman, Open GIS Consortium The impact of Open GIS upon GSDI Goals [abstract] [slides] [paper] Roy Gronmo, SINTEF Telecom and Informatics frameworks for GIS DISGIS: An Interoperability 9:00 – 10:30 Session 1b – “Global Visions” Session Chair – Prof Ian Masser, Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Science [abstract] [slides] [paper] Minoru Akiyama, Secretary General, ISCGM, Geographical Survey Institute Implementation of Global Mapping Project for Global Environment Klaus Barwinski, Surveying & Mapping Agency Northrhine Westfalia Step by Step Towards a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Dr. W. Senus, NIMA Global Mapping – The Shuttle Radar Terrain Mapper [abstract] [slides] [paper 10:00 – 11:00 Morning Refreshment Break 11:00 – 12:30 Session 2a – “Case Studies and Progress Reports I” Session Chair – Dr. Ken Bullock, Department of Information Technology and Management, [abstract] [slides] [paper] Santiago Borrero-Mutis, Geographic Institute Agustin Codazzi, Columbia Formation of a Permanent Committee on GIS for the Americas [abstract] [slides] [paper]
Cristina Gouveia, CNIG Portugal [abstract] [slides] [paper] Ravi Gupta, Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions Development of NSDI: Opportunities and Challenges for India [abstract] [slides] [paper] Alessandro Annoni, European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Space Application The project GI&GIS a key action of the EC Joint Research Centre to support the Space Application Institute Agriculture and Regional Information System Unit [abstract] [slides] [paper] March 14, 2000 11:00 – 12:30 Session 2b – “Directions, Policies and institutional Issue I” Session Chair – Mr. John Moeller, Federal Geographic Data Committee, USA [abstract] [slides] [paper] Uta When de Montalvo, Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, Access to spatial data – What of organizations to share it? Lisa Ting, Department of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne Spatial data infrastructures and good governance Frameworks for land administration [abstract] [slides] [paper Prof Ian Masser, Division of Urban Planning & Management for Aerospace Survey What is a spatial data infrastructure? [abstract] [slides] [paper] 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:00 Session 3a – Directions, Policies and Institutional Issues II Session Chair – Minoru Akiyama, Geographical Survey Institute, Japan [abstract] [slides] [paper] Prof John Estes, Remote Sensing Unit, University of California The Synergism of Global Map, the Importance of Relationships Roger A. Longhorn, Former Expert in GI to EC [DG Information Society] PhD Research Regenal Geographc Information Policy-The case in Europe at 2000 and lessons for Abbas Rajabifard, Department of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne From Local to Global SDI initiatives: A pyramid of building blocks 13:30-15:00 Session 3b-A North American Perspective on NSDIs [abstract] [slides] [paper] Mark E. Reichardt, Session Chair- Mr. Francois Salgé, National Geographic Institute, SDI Challenges for a New Millennium – NSDI at a Crossroads: Lessons Learned and Jane Patterson, Thomas Parrish and Karen Siderelis, North Carolina [various agencies] Building Capacity to use GIS as a major information engine to manage information [abstract] [slides] [paper] Karen Siderelis, Chief Geographic Information Officer for the U.S. Geological The role and responsibilities of the Chief Geographic Information Officer [abstract] [slides] [paper] 15:00-15:30 Afternoon Refreshments Break March 14, 2000 15:30-17:00 Session 4a-Case Studies and Progress Reports II Session Chair-Mr. Andre Bassolet, The EIS Program [abstract] [slides] [paper] Bob O’Neil, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing/Geomatics Canada Discover, Visualize, Access [abstract] [slides] [paper] Dr. Hans Voss, GMD- German National Research Centre for Information Technology CommonGIS – Common Access to Geographically Referenced Data [abstract] [slides] [paper] Yves Reginster, ETeMII Consortium ETeMII Project 15:30-17:00 Session 4b-Technical Strategies and Considerations II Session Chair-Mr. Jingtong Jian, National Geomatics Centre of China [abstract] [slides] [paper] Prof. Milan Konecny, Department of Geography The Role of GSDI in Digital Earth, Design and Development from Technology to [abstract] [slides] [paper] Ilya Zaslavsky, San Diego Supercomputer Cener XML – Based Spatial Data Mediation Infrastructure for Global Interoperability Foster K. Mensah, Remote Sensing Applications Unit The need to developing a standardized meta-data for spatial datasets in Ghana [abstract] [slides] [paper] 16:00 Meetings of GSDI Steering Committee to Consider Preparation of Initial [abstract] [slides] [paper] Evening Sundowner on Table Mountain March 15, 2000 8:30-10:30 Session 1 Session Chair: Mr. Albert Mhlanga, Surveyor General’s Departments, Swaziland [abstract] [slides] [paper] 8:30 – 9:00 Keynote Presentation Mr. Orlando Nino-Fluck, Senior Cartographic Officer Development Information Services Division United Nations Economics Commission for Africa [abstract] [slides] [paper] 9:00-10:30 GSDI Africa Session Andre Bassolet, Chairman of the International Advisory Committee for the EIS An Overview of SDI Activity in Africa Camille A.J. van der Harten, SADC Regional Remote Sensing Unit Harare – Zimbabwe Spatial Data in the SADC Region in support of Early Warning for Food Security [abstract] [slides] [paper] Chukwudozie Ezigbalike, University of Botswana Spatial Data Infrastructures: Is Africa Ready? 10:30-11:00 Morning Refreshment Break 11:00-12:30 Session 2 Closing Session Session Co-Chairs- Mr. Derek Clarke, Chief Directorate, Surveys and Mapping, [abstract] [slides] [paper] Mr. Peter Holland, General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group, [abstract] [slides] [paper] 11:00-11:30 Keynote Presentation Mr. [abstract] [slides] [paper] 11:30-12:30 Resolutions and Close of Conference 12:30-13:30 Lunch
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