GSDI 5 Cartagena De Indias, Colombia

21-24 March, 2001

Theme: Sustainable Development-GSDI for Improved Decision- Making

Conference Program

May 21, 2001

9:30-17:00           Registration Desk Working Hours Hotel Las Americas

9:30-12:30           GSDI Steering Committee Meeting (Part 1)

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12:30-14:00         GSDI Steering Committee Members Lunch

14:00-15:30         PC IDEA Meeting (Part 1)

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15:30-16:00         Coffee Break

16:00-17:30         PC IDEA Meeting (Part 2)

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20:00-22:00         GSDI/PC IDEA Steering Committee Members Dinner

May 22, 2001

9:00-10:30        Opening Session

Santiago Borrero, Chair GSDI 5 Organizing Committee

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Derek Clarke, Chair GSDI Steering Committee

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Opening Address Exc. Andrés Pastrana-Arango, President Republic of Colombia

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10:30-11:00         Coffee Break

11:00-12:30         Session 1

“Global Information Initiatives for Better Decision-Making” Moderator:
Claude Luzet, Executive Director EUROGEOGRAPHICS

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11:00-11:30         Keynote Speaker. John A. Kelmelis, Chief Scientist for Geography U.S. Geological
Survey,

“Decision Support Systems for Sustainability: Beyond the State of the Art.”

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11:30-11:45        Alice Chow, Cartographic Section, United Nations – UN,

“The Works of UNGIWG and
the New UN Database”

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11:45-12:00         Dave Coleman, Chairman “Digital Earth” 2001 Conference

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12:00-12:15         Yoshihisa Hoshino, Deputy Director General, Geographical Survey Institute of
Japan,

“Status of Global Mapping Project”

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12:15-12:30         Peter Holland, Chair GDIN Conference 2001,

“Report on GDIN 2001 Conference”

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12:30-14:00          Lunch

14:00-15:15

Session 2 (Panel) “SDI for Improved Decision-Making: The View from the World
Regions”

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14:00-14:15        Moderator: Joachim Waechter, President, German Umbrella Organization for Geoinformation
DDGI.

Invited Panellists:

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14:00-14:15         Yang Kai, President, Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia & The
Pacific PCGIAP

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14:15-14:30         Guadalupe López. Vice Chair, Permanent Committee of Spatial Data Infrastructure
for the Americas - PC IDEA

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14:30-14:45         Ian Masser, President, European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information-EUROGI

Towards a strategy for geographic information in Europe

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14:45-15:00         Liz Gavin, Region Outreach for PC Africa

Building SDI in Africa: A South African Expereince

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15:00-15:15         Mosaad Ibrahim, Region Outreach for Middle East

The Future of the Egyptian Survey Authority in the
Evolution of the National

Geospatial Data Infrastructure: Its vision, achievements and lessons learned

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15:15-15:45         Coffee Break

15:45-16:30         Session 3 “GSDI Operation and Technical Report”

Moderator: Derek Clarke, Chair GSDI Steering Committee

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15:45-16:00         John Moeller, GSDI Permanent Secretariat

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16:00-16:15         Doug Nebert, Technical WG Chair “The GSDI Cookbook”

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16:15-16:30         Harlan Onsrud, Legal and Economic Affairs WG

A Template for Reporting National Legal and Economic
Issues Affecting Spatial Data Infrastructure Developments

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16:30-17:30         Session 4(parallel sessions) Session 4a “SDI Policy Aspects”

Moderator: Dave Coleman, University of New Brunswick, Canada

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16:30-16:45         Claude Luzet, Executive Director Eurogeographics.

“Evolution of the CERCO+MEGRIN
Project”

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16:45-17:00          Klaus Barwinski, Director of the Surveying and Mapping Agency of Northrihine-
Westfalia.

“The International Approach of SDI in Northrhine- Westfalia”

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17:00-17:15          Mary-Ellen Feeney, University of Melbourne,

“SDI Frameworks to Support Decision
aking for Sustainable Development”

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17:15-17:30         Yola Georgiadou, Associate Professor and Head of the Geoinformatics & Spatial
Data Acquisition Division of the International Institute of Aerospace Survey and
Earth Sciences (ITC),

“Capacity Building Aspects for a Geospatial Data Infrastructure
(GDI)”

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Session 4b “United Nations: SDI/GIS Applications”

Moderator: Alice Chow, Cartographic Section, United Nations - UN

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Jean-Yves Bouchardy, Head UNHCR GIMU, “Using GIST Toold in Crises the UNGCR Experience”

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Enrique Castillo, FAO, “Land Resources Information Systems for SIRTPLAN”

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17:15-17:30          Lorant Czaran, Project Manager UNEPnet, UN Environment Programme, GRID.

“The UNEPnet Applications Project”

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20:00-22:00          Welcoming Cocktail

May 23, 2001

8:30 – 9:30           GSDI Steering Committee Meeting (Part 2)

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9:00 – 11:00        Session 5 “GSDI and the Industry” (Part 1)

Moderator: Henry Tom, ISO TC/211

Presentations from speakers representing the Industry

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9:00 – 9:40           Keynote Speaker: Jack Dangermond, President ESRI,

“Accessing a World of Information:
the Geographic Network”

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9:40 – 10:00         Preetha R. Pulusani, Executive Vice President INTERGRAPH,

“An Evolution fro,
Geospatial Technology to Useful Global Solutions”

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10:00 – 10:20       Martin Nix, Chief Business Development Officer of LEICA Geosystems,

“Rapid Accurate
GIS Updates with Improved Links to Survey Systems”

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10:20 – 10:40       Saniago Forteza, MBA Vice-president Marketing, KODAK Global Imaging, Inc.,

“KODAK CITIPIX Program: Case Study on Private Sector Contribution to GSDI.”

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10:40 – 11:00       Yves Bechacq, Vice-president of Sales & Marketing and Quality Director, SPOT
IMAGE France,

“Towards a World-Wide Frame for Automatic Production of Orthoimages”

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11:00 – 11:30        Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30       Session 6 “GSDI and the Information Economy”

Moderator: Klaus Barwiniski, Director of the Surveying and Mapping Agency of
Northrhine-Westflia

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11:30 – 11:45       Joachim Waechter, President, German Umbrella Organization for Geoinformation
– DDGI.

“The Importance of Global Geoinformation for the Information Society”

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11:45 – 12:00       Bob O’Neil, Director of the GeoAccess Division in CCRS, Canadian Geospatial Data
Infrastructure – CGDI,

“Impact of CGDI on the Evolution o Geomatics Activities in
Canada”Alice

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12:00 – 12:15       Nick Land, Director of Market Development, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain.

“The Economic Contribution of Ordnance Survey GB”

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12:15 – 12:30       Guillermo Rodríguez, Advisor, National Planning Department of Colombia Office
– DNP,

“Role of Geographic Information in the Economy of Colombia”

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12:30 – 14:15       Lunch

14:15 – 15:30       Session 7 (Parallel sessions) Session 7a “GSDI Building the Infrastructure”

Moderator: Doug Nebert, Coordinator GSDI TWG

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14:15 – 14:45       Olaf Østensen. Chairman of ISO/TC211,

“Global Geomatics Standards Supporting
Sustainable Geospatial Data Infrastructures”

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14:45 – 15:00       Jaime Cadavid. President, Colombian Committee on Geodata Standards.

“Global Standards Adaption to the Development Countries”

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15:00 – 15:15       Michael Gould, External Consultant, Open GIS Consortium,

“Foundations of a Web
apping Testbed for Latin America and the Caribbean”

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15:15 – 15:30       Heli Ursin, Central Administration / International Affairs, National Land Survey,
Finland,

“Map BSR Digital Map of the Baltic Sea Region”

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Session 7b “GSDI: Costs, Achievements and Vision”

Moderator: Amor Laaribi, GIS Officer, Economic and Social Council, UN

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14:15 – 14:30       Harlan Onsrud, Development of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, University
of Maine.

“NSDI Survey: 2001 Report and Sharing Vision”

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14:30 – 14:45       Uta Wehn, National Land Survey Finland

“Strategies for SDI Implementation: A
Survey of National Experiences”

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14:45 – 15:00      Carmelle J. Côté, ESRI,

“Investing in a SDI: Why Would a Multi-Lateral Development
Bank Finance a SDI?”

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15:00 – 15:15      Glenn Hyman / Kate Lance, CIAT.

“NSDI Survey in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Adoption and Implementation of NSDI”

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15:30 – 16:00       Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30       Session 8 (Panel)

“SDI and Decision Making: The Experience of Colombia”

Moderator: Michael Gould, Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain

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Invited Panelists:

Martha Rodríguez, Director Agenda for National Connectivity Presidency of the
Republic of Colombia

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Maria-Eulalia Arteta, General Director of Administrative Department for National
Statistics DANE

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Jaime Cadavid, Director of Colombian Petroleum Institute, ECOPETROL-ICP

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Pablo Leyva, General Director of Geoscientific, Mining/Environmental and Nuclear
Research Information Institute, INGEOMINAS

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Senator Juan-Martín Caicedo, Congress Territorial Planning Commission

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20:00 – 22:00       ”Cartegena Night” – City Tour and Cocktail

May 24, 2001

9:00 – 10:00         GSDI Steering Committee Meeting (Part 3)

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9:00 – 10:30         Session 9 (Parallel Sessions) Session 9A

“A Sample of SDI Applications in the
Americas”

Moderator: Guadalupe López, General Director of Geography at INEGI, México

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9:00 – 9:15           Cesar Augusto Alvardo Reyes, Vice Minister of Housing Urban Development, Ministry
of Public Works of El Salvador,

“Spatial Data Infrastructure in El Salvador

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9:15 – 9:30           Javier Morales, IGAC/ITC, “On the Design of Geoinformation Provisions Systems”

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9:30-9:45              Tatiana Delgado, Computation Division Director GEOCUBA,

“Cuban Initiative for
the creation of NSDI”

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9:45 – 10:00        Ricardo Torchetti, Military Geographic Institute of Argentina,

“Geospatial Data
as Starting Point for the Information Integration to Support Decision Making”

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10:00 – 10:15       Maria Oliva López, Geographic Institutes Simón Bolivar of Venezuela,

“National
Geospatial Data Venezuela

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9:00 – 10:30        Session 9b “GSDI and the Industry” Part 2

Moderator: Milan Konecny, Vice Chair, International Cartographic Association
– ICA

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9:00 – 9:15            Mostafa Madani, Chief Photogrammetrist and Project Manager, ZI/IMAGING

Importance of Digital Photogrammetry for a complete GIS

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9:15 – 9:30           Juan B. Plaza, GIS Manager, AutoDesk Inc.

“Sustainable Development using Portable
Technologies”

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9:30 – 9:45           Nisso Cohen, Vice President for Latin América, SPACE IMAGING,

“Space Imaging:
Feeding the Global Spatial Data”

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9:45 – 10:00        Markus Rombach, Head of Business Development & Product Management, Aero-Sensing
RadarSystems GmbH,

“Cartographic Mapping with Aero-Sensing’s Interferometric SAR
Systems”

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10:30 – 11:00       Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30       Session 10 “GSDI: Business Plan” (Panel)

Moderator: François Salgé

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Panelists, delegates from:

Australia:
Peter Holland, General Manager, Australian Surveying and Land Information
Group – AUSLIG

Business Case Part 1

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Business Case Part 2

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France: Jean-Philippe Lagrange, Director for International and European Activities,
Institut Geographique National of France

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Japan: Minoru Akiyama, Director Geographic Dept., Geographical Survey Institute
(GSI), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Secretary General of ISCGM

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Canada: Bob O’Neil, Director of the GeoAccess Division in CCRS, Canadian Geospatial
Data Infrastructure-CGDI

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United States: John Moeller, Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee-
FGDC

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India: Mukund Rao, Deputy Director (Technology and Systems), Earth Observations
Systems, ISRO headquarters

National Spatial Data Infrastructure - Indian Perspective

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12:30-1400          Lunch

14:00-14:30         Session 11 “Role of the International Geographic Associations in Promoting SDI”

Moderator: Dietmar Grunreich, President, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy,
Germany

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14:00-14:15         Milan Konecny, Vice Chair, International Cartographic Association – ICA,

“ ICA
Statement on SDI and Cartography”

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14:15-14:30 Jerome Ives, Vice-president, International Federation of Surveyors
– FGI,

“FGI Views of GSI and NSDI”

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14:30-16:00 Session 12 “ Conference Findings and Resolutions”

Moderator: Peter Holland, Immediate past Chair, GSDI

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16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-17:30 Closing Session

Moderator: Derek Clarke, Chair GSDI Steering Committee

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16:30-16:50         2001-2002 GDSI incoming Chair words (tbd)

16:50-17:10         Ian Masser, President EUROGI and Dr. Gabor Remetey-Fulopp, Secretary
General, Hungarian Association for Geo- Information (HUNAGI).

“GSDI 6 Presentation”

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17:10-17:30         Closing Address Mr. Juan Mayr-Maldonado, Minister of Environment,
Colombia

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20:00-22:00         Conference Dinner

May 25, 2001

09:00-10:30         Opening and Meeting (Part 1)

10:30-11:00         Coffee Break

11:00-12:30         Meeting (Part 2)

12:30-14:00         Lunch

14:00-16:00         Meeting (Part 3) and Closing