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Spatially Enabled Government Asia 2010

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:20:00 +1300

Event Date: 27 - 28 April 2010

Spatially Enabled Government Asia 2010 will focus on the strategies for data management and data sharing. The conference will draw on local case studies from countries across the Asian region to showcase the different geospatial applications for a variety of governmental purposes, namely health, urban planning, transport, defence, environment and others.

Key topics for discussion at Spatially Enabled Government Asia will include:

Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure Project - India
GIS applications for Commonwealth Games - India
Bakosurtanal - Indonesia
SG Space - Singapore
SEMIS II - Thailand
Department of Survey and Mapping - Malaysia
PUB - Singapore
CRISP - Singapore
Taiwan Taichung City Council - Taiwan
National database - Vietnam

Spatially Enabled Government Asia will bring together representatives and decision makers from key government agencies especially those in:

mapping
GIS / geospatial / geographic / geography
spatial / space
surveying
imaging
cadastral / cartographic
information / IT data.

For more information and to register, please visit the Spatially Enabled Government Asia website.

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Geography Awareness Week '09

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:04:00 +1300

Event Date: 15-21 November 2009

Geography Awareness Week falls on the third week of each November. While the focus is on promoting geography education in the United States, there are a range of online resources available to make learning about geography easy for everyone.

Areas of educational focus for the week include:

human geography / cultures
physical geography / environments
geo-technologies
global hotspots
careers.

Visit the Geography Awareness Week website to find out more about how geographic information is being used by people all over the world to improve their lives.

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OGC Spatial Law & Policy Summit

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:36:00 +1300

Event Date: 7 October 2009

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) will hold a Spatial Law and Policy Summit at The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center on 7 October 2009. Professionals from government and the private sector whose work involves laws and policies related to geospatial technology are invited to register and attend.

This unprecedented event will feature a keynote talk by Robert W. Corell, Vice President of Programs at The Heinz Center. Noted for his role in climate science research, Dr. Corell has served as a Senior Policy Fellow at the Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society and as a Senior Research Fellow in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Speakers and panelists will include:

Gordon Chinander, GIS Coordinator for the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
Hugh N. Archer, former Director Kentucky Department of Natural Resources
Steve Wallach, NGA and member of the U.S. National Geospatial Advisory Council
Kara John, Vice President - Intellectual Property & Privacy at DMTI Spatial Inc.
Jim Simon, Founding Director of the Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments
John Moeller, former Staff Director at the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).

These experts and others will discuss legal and policy issues associated with growth in consumer and business applications of geospatial systems, software and services. As the speakers will explain, in many cases the existing legal and policy framework is inadequate to provide governments, businesses and consumers clear guidance on these issues.

The Summit will be chaired by OGC director and Executive Committee member Kevin Pomfret, a Richmond, Virginia based attorney who has written and spoken extensively on spatial law and technology.

Registration

To register, visit the OGC Spatial Law and Policy Summit website.

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ForestTECH 2009

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:14:00 +1300

Event Date: 10-12 November 2009

ForestTECH 2009 will offer a platform for forest managers, forest owners, technical foresters, forestry consultants, plantation forestry researchers and key suppliers to Australian and New Zealand Forestry companies to assess the very latest technologies on offer to enable key operational, planning and strategic decisions.

The focus for ForestTECH 2009 is on:

forest sampling and inventory
data collection tools
forest mapping
remote sensing technologies
forest management information systems and estate planning
assessment of wood and stand quality.

New and emerging technologies as well as findings from recent trials by local forestry companies will be presented along with recommendations for future operational applications.

Registration

Early-bird registrations close on Friday 9 October 2009.

For more information about the event and to register, download the ForestTECH 2009 programme and registration form (PDF 802KB).

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Geovisualisation OSS Seminar Commuting patterns in New Zealand

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:10:00 +1200

Event Date: Thursday 24 September 2009, 2:30pm to 3:30pm

Commuting patterns in New Zealand have come under increasing scrutiny because of growing public and government interest in sustainability. This interest arose because of legislative changes, such as the Local Government Act 2002, which required local councils to consider sustainability in their 10-year development plans. Larger city councils have promoted more sustainable commuting options such as public transport, walking, and cycling. Better information about commuting is important to help inform government and society.

In response to demand from planners and local councils for better information on commuting, in July 2009, Statistics New Zealand produced a report, Commuting Patterns in New Zealand: 1996-2006, and an experimental interactive visualisation product. The DVD, which is available on request, contains approximately 80 visualisations including travel to work and home by mode of transport, occupation, industry, and ethnic group.

The report can be found here.

This presentation will showcase the innovative visualisation techniques and discuss the methodologies that were developed. Three different techniques were applied to commuting data: developing information about distance travelled, visualising flows, and primary linkage analysis (producing experimental labour market areas). The original report focused on the cities of Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, but for this seminar we have expanded the analysis to include information for Dunedin and Hamilton, after an enthusiastic response from local papers highlighting the widespread regional interest in commuting patterns.

To register:

Please complete the online registration form.

Numbers are limited and places will be allocated on a first come-first served basis.

The Spectrum Theatre is located at BP House on the corner of Customhouse Quay and Johnston St. Access is from Johnston Street via Spectrum Health & Fitness Reception.

A PDF copy of this advert is available on the Statisphere website.

Official Statistics Forum 2010

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:25:00 +1200

Event Date: 24-25 March 2010

The theme of the 2010 Official Statistics Forum is on realising the value of official statistics, both in the sense of the awareness of that value, and the fulfilment of the potential of that value.

Every few years the users and producers of official statistics meet to share their knowledge and experience of the Official Statistics System (OSS), the wealth of information it represents, and to review the user needs for such statistics.

The forum is convened by Statistics New Zealand, the leaders of the OSS. It is an opportunity to see how well the OSS is meeting its goals by bringing together the people who produce the information with the end users of those resources.

Producers of official statistics are also able to share knowledge and innovations in the techniques used to collect, produce, store, and disseminate statistics.

Users of statistics can share the latest ideas on the way this information can be utilised, from analysis and manipulation to forecasting and modelling.

The importance of the role of official statistics is both emphasised and challenged in times of economic recession, so the timeliness of this forum is significant.

The event will feature a mix of keynotes speakers, panel discussions, and concurrent sessions.

Call for papers

Submission of papers is now open for the concurrent sessions by those working in any area of official statistics: production, analysis or representation. Skilled practitioners in the following areas are particularly encouraged to submit a paper:

Where to Next: Innovation, future directions and filling the gaps
Working Smarter: Collaboration, investment, reducing overlaps and doing more with existing resources
Real Life: Examples of the use, analysis or integration of statistics.

Presentations should be approximately 25 minutes in length.

Submissions close on 14 September. Please submit papers using the form available at the Official Statistics Forum webpage.

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Map Asia 2009

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 18-20 August 2009

Map Asia provides a platform for the Asian Geo-Informatics community to realise, recognise, and reveal the stages of dissemination of Geospatial Information. Map Asia is an international initiative aimed to allow the convergence, sharing and use of Geospatial Technologies.

Click here for more details.

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Spatially Enabled Government Summit 2009

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 24-27 August 2009

The Spatially Enabled Government Summit 2009 (SEGS '09) is specifically designed for the end-user and covers the most technical issues in spatially enabling government. While targeted towards the Australian government, SEGS can be of benefit to all with an interest in this area.

SEGS offers insight into:

How to develop and share Australia's digital geographic resources
Executing proven industry strategies for data collecting, usage and distribution
Maximising your data management; innovative technical applications.

This year, SEGS will focus on three core issues:

Collecting data for new projects and getting the maximum use and benefit from the data you collect
Maximising the value of spatial information with effective data management and data currency strategies: Selecting the right tool for the right project at the right time
Developing a whole of government approach to interoperability: Strategies to implement on any scale of operation.

For more information and to register, visit the SEGS '09 website.

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Open Govt Data Barcamp & Hack-fest

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 29-30 August 2009

The New Zealand Open Government Bar Camp is an "unconference" for people who are interested in making government-held data more freely available for others to re-use. An "unconference" is an alternative participant-driven event, that avoids aspects of a conventional conference, such as high fees and sponsored presentations.

Web 2.0 developments have shown the potential of combining data from different sources made freely available on the Internet. The government holds a huge range of non-personal data which could form the basis of innovative services and applications by others on the Internet.

You should attend if you are interested in government information policy, exploring ways to provide data, making entrepreneurial use of the Internet, or building working applications during a weekend.

See http://groups.google.co.nz/group/nzopengovtbarcamp

MUGNZ Annual Conference 2009

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 9-10 November, 2009

The MapInfo Users Group of New Zealand (MUGNZ) Annual Conference for 2009 will see a range of information presented on the Pitney Bowes Business Insights MapInfo product range.

Case studies, international guest speakers, and product launches will all be showcased at this, the third annual MUGNZ conference. The conference also includes a competition for excellence in cartography, and another for outstanding GIS project.

The conference will be held at the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, Wellington.

For more information, to register, and to access competition entry forms, visit the MUGNZ website.

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XXIV International Cartographic Conference

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 15-21 November 2009

The XXIV International Cartographic Conference 2009 will see a range of presentations and exhibitions being given around topics such as:

spatial data infrastructure
geospatial analysis, modelling and geoinformation science
GIS
geovisualisation
satellite imagery
cartography and the internet
copyright, data access and intellectual property management in cartography
planetary and outer-space cartography.

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International Federation of Surveyors Conference (FIG) 2009

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 19-22 October 2009

International Federation of Surveyors conference The International Federation of Surveyors conference is to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam in October 2009. The theme of the conference is "Spatial Data Serving People" with sub-theme: "Land Governance and the Environment - Building the Capacity".

Vietnam has developed its own National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) based on digital topographic data base at the scale 1/50,000 and cadastral data base covering the whole country, including the National Permanent PS network and SPOT5 receiving station. The NSDI of Viet Nam has been effectively serving to control natural resources exploitation, protection of the environment and forecasting natural disasters and potential consequences of climate changes. Moreover, the NSDI of Viet Nam plays a vital role in bridging the information gap between the Government and its citizens, pushing for administrative reform and protecting people's land rights.

Each of the three days of the technical conference has a specific theme and keynote presentations:

Land Administration
- Land administration in Vietnam
- World Bank projects in the South East Asia region
- Land acquisition in developing economies
SDI and the Environment
- SDI developments in Vietnam
- Climate change and disaster risk management
- Decentralisation and environmental management
Capacity Building
- Professional standards and ethics
- Surveying education in Vietnam and SEA region
- Promoting public private partnership

The concept of the regional conference will follow the concept of previous FIG regional conferences that has proved to be successful. The conference will last for four days: three days for technical sessions and one day to a joint technical visit to Ha Long Bay with a cruise in this magnificent nature heritage.

For more information and to apply to attend go to the media release on FIG09 and bookmark the FIG09 website.

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WALIS Forum 2009

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 4-6 November 2009

The theme of Forum 09, Education, aims to engage students with location-based information, demonstrate initiatives in the use of geographic information involving collaboration and sharing of information across government and the private sectors. The Forum promotes the importance of working together to build a strong geographic information infrastructure and network in a cooperative environment.

WALIS Forum is one of the premier GIS events in Australia, attracting over 800 delegates from a diverse range of professions. Held every 18 months, the Forum provides an opportunity to address issues related to the all aspects of location-based information.

Click here for more details.

NZ ESRI user conference

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 3-5 November 2009

Click here for further details.

Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 28 September to 2 October 2009

The biennial conference is billed as the premier event for spatial sciences in the Australasian region. It attracts a large and diverse audience and in 2009 will embrace a new format. The South Australian regional committee for the Spatial Sciences Institute is very excited about the event, which will provide cutting edge developments in the application of spatial science to a diverse set of disciplines, communities and people: indeed this diversity is the inspiration for the conference theme of Spatial Diversity.

The conference theme, Spatial Diversity, will be delivered to you via plenary and keynote presentations, technical papers, symposia, workshops, competitions, awards, site visits, dinners, lunches, coffee, exhibitions, breakfasts, walks and talks. Conference organisers are attracting key players in the industries where spatial information is so important - environment, mining, defence, land administration, agriculture, disaster management and more. Together with these people conference organisers are engaging a large range of exhibitors of technology and applications.

In 2009 the Conference, SSI and ASIBA will host the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards (APSEA); so here is another great reason to visit Adelaide.

For further details and to register, visit the conference website

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FOSS4G 2009 Sydney

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1200

FOSS4G brings together the world's leading software developers and users of geospatial information. Brendon Whiteman, Director of the Geospatial Office was at FOSS4G 08 in Cape Town and encourages as many people to make it over to FOSS4G 09 as possible. Open Source software plays a crucial role in allowing us to better use geospatial information - creating many opportunities for New Zealand.

FOSS4G is heralded as the international "gathering of tribes" of open source geospatial communities, where developers and users show off their latest software and projects. The theme for 2009 is "User Driven", highlighting the power of Open Source to solve business problems.

Click here for more details.

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Workshops: ANZLIC Spatial Resource Discovery & Access Toolkit

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1200

Event Date: 5-7 August 2009

Three ANZLIC (Australia New Zealand Land Information Council) workshops related to geospatial metadata are being held in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland in early August. The aim is to train people who in turn can act as trainers in their own organisations with respect to geospatial metadata.

Come along and learn about the recently released, free, standalone ANZMet Lite metadata entry tool, and how to use it in your organisation.

Workshop details

Wellington
When: Wednesday 5 August 2009, 9am-12noon
Where: Nau Mai Meeting Room, Te Puni Kokiri House, 143 Lambton Quay

Christchurch
When: Thursday 6 August 2009, 9am-12noon
Where: Blackwell Room, Copthorne Durham Street, cnr. Durham and Kilmore Streets

Auckland
When: Friday 7 August 2009, 9am-12noon
Where: Peter Healey2 Room, Heritage Auckland Hotel, 35 Hobson Street

Workshop presenters are Liz Marchant (ANZLIC Executive Director) and John Weaver (Manager, Office of Spatial Data Management), both from Canberra, Australia.

Attendees are welcome to bring a laptop to help with a walk through of the ANZMet Lite tool.

Morning tea and a light lunch will be provided.

For more information, see the workshop outline (PDF 28KB).

RSVP

Places in the workshops are limited, and there is a limit of one attendee per organisation.

To RSVP for any of the workshops, please email Sophia George at sgeorge@linz.govt.nz

For queries, please contact Geoff O'Malley:

Email: gomalley@linz.govt.nz
Phone: +64 4 498 3501

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