GSDI 2 Chapel Hill, USA

20-21 October, 1997

Theme: Towards Sustainable Development Worldwide

Conference Program

October 20, 1997

8:00 - 8:30            Overview of Conference

Mr. Michael Brand, Conference Chair and President, EUROGI

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8:45 – 9:15           Theme Paper – Defining GSDI

Dr. David Coleman, Chair, Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick Canada

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9:15 - 9:30            Break

9:30– 9:45            Welcome and Introductions

Ms. Jane Smith Patterson

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Governor James B. Hunt Jr.

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9:45 – 10:15        Keynote Address

“GSDI: The Policy Imperative”

Ms. Bonnie Cohen, Under Secretary for Management, United States Department of State

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10:15 – 12:30      Invited Presentations

Session Chair: Mr. Klaus Barwinski

Director, Surveying and Mapping Agency, Northrhine-Westfalia Germany

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Perspective – Defense

Rear-Admiral Jack Dantone, Director, National Imagery and Mapping Agency USA

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Perspective – Science and Environment

Mr. Hiroshi Murakami, Director for GIS Technology Coordination, Geographic Survey Institute Japan

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Perspective – Land Records: State and National

Ms. Mabel Alvarez de Lopez, Directorate of Cadastre and Land Information, Province of Chubat Argentina

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Perspective – Enabling Technology

Mr. David Schell, President, Open GIS Consortium, Inc. USA

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Perspective – Commercial Data Supplier

Mr. Stephen Smyth, Lead Geographer, Geography Business Unit, Microsoft Corporation USA

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Perspective – Sustainable Economic Development

Mr. Fritz Petersohn, Chairman, Advisory Board, Atlantic Institute USA

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12:30 – 1:45         Luncheon

“A Luncheon Metaphor: Can We Make GSDI Palatable?”

Speaker: Ms. Beatrice Labonne, Director, Division for Economic and Social Development and Natural Resources Management United Nations

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1:45 – 4:00           Breakout Groups

Identifying the Issues

Objective: To help identify shared values, driving factors and issues for discussion in reaching a common idea of what is meant by GSDI. The output from these sessions will be a description of points of agreement and issues requiring further examination.

Sign-up sheets will be available for the following six sessions:

Linking GSDI: The Environment, Economic Development and the Community

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Cultivating and Sustaining Political Support

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Financing Information Infrastructure Initiatives

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Identifying Common Ground Among Stakeholder Communities

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Technological Drivers (including standards)

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Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up: The Role of Institutions in GSDI

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4:00 – 5:00           Full Assembly

Reports from group facilitators to identify and summarize discussion points.

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6:00 – 8:30          Governor’s Reception

James B. Hunt Jr., Governor, State of North Carolina

North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, North Carolina

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October 27, 1997

Session Chair, Dr. John Estes

International Steering Committee for Global Mapping, University of California, Santa Barbara USA

9:00 – 9:45          Theme Paper – Implementing GSDI

Dr. David Rhind, Director General, Ordnance Survey United Kingdom

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10:00 – 12:30      Invited Presentations: Local to Global Transitions

Dr. Gene Thorley, Chair, Federal Geographic Data Committee Coordination Group USA

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Mr. Peter Holland, Executive Director, Australian Surveying and Land Information Group Australia

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Mr. Mark Corey, Director General, Mapping Services Branch, Geomatics Canada Canada

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Mr. Olaf Ostensen, Chairman, ISO/TC 211 Norway

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Mr. Claude Torres, Matra Systems and Information France

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Ms. Karen Siderelis, Director, North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis USA

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12:30 – 1:45         Luncheon

“Steps Toward GSDI”

Speaker: Dr. Herbert Weber, The Fraunhofer Institute Germany

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2:00 – 4:00          Breakout Groups

Resolutions and Recommendations

Objective: To develop lists of prioritized resolutions and recommendations toward achieving a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure. These resolutions will be presented in the final discussion session.

Sign-up sheets will be available for the following six sessions:

Towards the Creation and Use of GSDI for Sustainable Economic Development

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Towards Improved Geospatial Information Content and Coverage

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Towards Sustained Political Support

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Towards Better Understanding of GSDI Cultural Differences

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Towards Practical, Local-to-National-to-Global “vertical information highway” Initiatives

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Towards New Institutional Alternatives

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4:00 – 5:00          Full Assembly

Resolutions from each group will be presented to the assembly. Final resolutions and recommendations will be passed.

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5:00 – 5:30          Closing Remarks

Mr. Michael Brand, Conference Chair and President, EUROGI

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