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The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association

 


GSDI 1 Bonn, Germany

4-6, September, 1996

Theme: The Emerging GSDI

Conference Program

September 4, 1996 

18:30                    Icebreaker Party:  Welcome Address

Franz-Josef Kniola, Minister of the Interior of Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany

September 5, 1996

09:30 – 10:00      Greetings and Opening Remarks                          

Michael Brand, President of EUROGI, Northern Ireland

Fritz Petersohn, Atlantic Institute, Chair Advisory Board, U.S.

James McCrystal, Open GIS Consortium, U.S.

Bishop Dansby, Esq. Representative of ILI, U.S.

Klaus Barwinski, President of DDGI, Germany

R. Frans de Bruïne, Director DG XIII/E, European Commission

10:00 – 10:20      Towards a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

Lance McKee, Open GIS Consortium, U.S.

10:20 – 10:40      A European View to Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

Prof. Peter A. Burrough, EGIS, The Netherlands

10:40 – 11:15      Coffee Break

The Architectures and Economic Benefits of National SDI’s Reports of various NSDI developments with consideration towards a common global approach.

11:15 – 12:00      NSDI – An Australian Viewpoint

Michael Smith, Director of Office of Geographic DataCoordination, Australia

12:00 – 13:30      Lunch

Navigating the Global Information Highway – Infobahn

Jane Smith Patterson, Senior Advisor to the Governor of North Carolina, and member U.S. Advisory Council for the National Information Infrastructure, U.S.     

13:30 – 14:00      NSDI – An Asian Viewpoint

Akihiro Yamaura, Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of NSDIPA, Japan

14:00 – 14:30      NSDI – An Canadian Viewpoint

Dr. Edryd Shaw, Director General of Canada Center for Remote Sensing, Canada

14:30 – 15:00      NSDI – An European Viewpoint

Ing. Bas Kok, Chairman of RAVI, The Netherlands

15:00 – 15:30      NSDI – A United States Viewpoint

Gale TeSelle, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S.

15:30 – 16:00      NSDI – An African Viewpoint

Unis Muftah, Secrétaire Général de l’Organisation Africaine de Cartographie et de Teledetection, Algeria

16:00 – 16:30      Coffee Break

Global Spatial Data Programs in Progress

16:30 – 17:00      Earthmap/USA & Global Mapping/Japan Projects are at the Feasibility Phase:  A Dream or a Future Reality?

Frédéric Dupont de Dinechin, Technical Director of IGN France International, France

17:00 – 17:30      Global Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure

Neil Anderson, Vice-president of International Business Development Nautical Data International Inc., Canada

17:30 – 18:00      Global Geo-Spatial Information and Services – A Vision for the Future

Henry Tom, Defense Mapping Agency, U.S.

19:00                    Reception:  U.S. Embassy, Bonn

September 6, 1996

09:00 – 11:00      Discussion Group Sessions I

Group 1:  The Benefits of Global SDI

Michael Smith, Director of Office of Geographic Data Co-ordination, Australia

Group 2:  Potential Global SDI Engineering Projects

Prof. Dr. Dieter Fritsch, Head of Institute of Photogrammetry, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Group 3:  Legal Barriers to and Unifying Elements of GSDI Development

Bishop Dansby, Esq. Representative of ILI, U.S.

Group 4:  Political, Social, Economic and Legal Issues

Prof. David Rhind, Director General and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey, United Kingdom

11:00 – 11:30      Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30      Plenary Session

Each group will select a recorder to report to the plenary session.

12:30 – 14:00      Lunch

14:00 – 16:00      Discussion Group Sessions II

Group 1:  Critical GSDI Political Processes

Harlan Onsrud, Chairman of FIG – Commission 3, Norway

Group 2:  The Need for Plan of Action

Dr. John McLaughlin, Atlantic Institute/University of New Brunswick, Canada

16:00 – 16:30      Plenary Session

Each group will select a recorder to report to the plenary session.

16:30 – 17:00      Coffee Break

17:00 – 17:30      Closing Remarks

Michael Brand, President of EUROGI, Northern Ireland

Fritz Petersohn, Atlantic Institute, Chair Advisory Board, U.S.

James McCrystal, Open GIS Consortium, U.S.

Bishop Dansby, Esq. Representative of ILI, U.S.

Klaus Barwinski, President of DDGI, Germany

 

 

 
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