INSPIRE ‐ Geospatial World Forum 2015

Advisory Board
INSPIRE-GWF 2015 are designed based on strategic advices from a highly-valued group of distinguished leaders from geospatial business and public sectors
Geospatial World Awards
Thematic Speakers
Check out over 300 speakers line-up in our thematic sessions!
Exhibition
Excellent opportunity to promote your business. Contact us for proposal!
Lisbon Congress Centre
Situated by the Tagus River near the Belém Tower, one of the best known monuments of the city of Lisbon
Registration
Online registration is now open. Take advantage of the early bird rate!
Partners
INSPIRE-GWF 2015 is privileged to have the support of various organizations as sponsors and partners

Keynote Speaker

Martin O’Malley Governor of Maryland
Maryland, USA

Martin O’Malley served as Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. Under his leadership, Maryland recovered 100 percent of the jobs lost during the national recession...More

Plenary Speakers

Vladimir Sucha Director General
Joint Research Centre
Italy

Steven W. Berglund President, Chief Executive Officer
Trimble
United States

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director
Directorate D - Implementation, Governance & Semester
European Commission
Belgium

Hugo de Groof DG Environment
Governance, Information & Reporting Unit
European Commission
Belgium

Dorine Burmanje Chair of Executive Board
Dutch Kadaster
Netherlands

Raymond O'Connor President, Chief Executive Officer
Topcon Positioning Systems, United States

Josef Aschbacher Head, Programme Planning & Coordination (EOP-C), Earth Observation Programmes Directorate, European Space Agency, Italy

Michael Howell Deputy Program Manager
Information Sharing Environment
United States

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez Senior Director for the Social Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice World Bank, United States

Ann Rosenberg Vice President, Head of Global
SAP University Alliances
Denmark

Alessandro Annoni Head of the Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit
Joint Research Centre
Italy

Ola Rollen President, Chief Executive Officer
Hexagon
Sweden

Ricardo Mendes Chief Operating Officer
Tekever
Portugal

Anthony Whelan Director, Electronic Communications Networks & Services
DG CONNECT, European Commission, Belgium

Arjen Frentz Committee on Drinking Water, European Federation of National Drinking Water and Waste Water Associations (EUREAU), Netherlands

Giuseppe Sgorbati Scientific Technical Director
Regional Agency for Environmental Protection
Italy

Barbara Ryan Secretariat Director
GEO
Switzerland

Steven Hagan Vice President Development
Oracle Corporation
United States

Ted Lamboo Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Owners – Global
Bentley Systems
Netherlands

Kanwar Chadha Executive Chairman, Binatone Global Marketing Advisor Infrastructure, Facebook Founder & CEO, Inovi Inc Founder, SiRF

Damian Spangrud Director of Solutions
Esri
United States

Andreas Erwig Vice President of Business Development and Business Operations Traffic Product Unit
TomTom
Germany

Rolando Ocampo Vice President
National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)
Mexico

Karl Falkenberg Director General of European Commission
DG Environment
Belgium

Vanessa Lawrence Co-Chair
UN Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
United Kingdom

Abe Usher Chief Technology Officer
HumanGeo
United States

Rui Amaro Alves Director General
Directorate General for Territorial Development
Portugal

Prashant Shukle Director-General
Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada, Canada

Simon Upton Environment Director
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
France

CONFERENCE PROGRAMMES

350+ confirmed speakers on board!

Full conference programmes are now available. You can view all 350+ speakers with their abstracts all uploaded. Register today and secure your spot in this biggest geospatial collaboration platform. The conference online networking facility will be up soon. Watch this space!

WHY TOGETHER?

Considering the underlying objectives of both INSPIRE and Geospatial World Forum is to promote the optimal use and implementation of spatial data and resources for growth, there is an existing foundation for a synergised effort. While INSPIRE is designed to discuss the latest developments of the INSPIRE Directive, addressing common policy issues, applications and implementations of SDIs, Geospatial World Forum features success stories of private industry and users of spatial data boosting the business of spatial information

THEME

Policies, technologies and applications are the three key factors affecting growth of geospatial industry. Formulation of policies and its associated implementation requires strong engagement & propagation of innovations and practices. Public private partnership is one instrumental driver not only in bridging technological gaps, but in integrating stakeholders for maximum impact. The theme CONVERGENCE: Policies + Practices + Processes via PPP aims to address the need for greater coordination

Testimonials

The conference was well organized and everything went according to the planned schedule. The program was full with prominent experts and leaders from the field of Geo-Information and Mapping. It was truly business with pleasure conference. We learned about the developments in the field and we enjoyed meeting peers in the pleasant facility
Prof.Yaron A. Felus Chief Scientist, Survey of Israel
...an excellent opportunity to present [our work] and to meet a number of very useful and helpful contacts for the future. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn and engage with others. Thank you indeed
Iain Langlands GIS Manager, Glasgow City Council, United Kingdom
The third GWF [in Europe] provided again an excellent opportunity to meet with high level government officials from around the globe and to meet up with many of our users
Frank Holsmuller Regional Marketing Manager, EMEA, Esri
For me personally, GWF 2014 has been a great experience opening my mind to the way geospatial technologies can help observe, measure, analyse and sometimes solve global problems. Receiving a world excellence award for our work was the icing on the cake!
Jérôme Henry, Ing. GéométreTopographe ESGT/SIA, Directeur, HKD Géomatique SA, Switzerland
The organization was impeccable along with the choice of location, with high accessibility and comfort; the sequence of topics provided was of great interest, offering a broad overview of the worldwide panorama with state of the art geotechnologies; the level of the lectures and plenary sessions were excellent
Prof.Mirna Lobo Special Advisor to the Presidency, Urban and Architectural Council of Brazil
As a whole, Geospatial World Forum 2014, as it aims to be, was a great opportunity to gather with experts, service and equipment providers from all around the world to exchange knowledge in Geotechnologies
Felipe Cerbella Mandarino Instituto Pereira Passos, Rio de Janeiro City Hall, Brazil
As a new player in the industry, it was great for us to connect with the traditional players and the clients of geospatial
Dino Ravnic CEO, GIS Cloud, Croatia
It was great to experience GWF in Switzerland after the past two years it was held in Netherlands. Compared to previous two years, [this year] we can see clear development especially at the national level in developing spatial data infrastructures
Kees de Zeeuw Director, Kadaster International, Netherlands
During the conference I had good discussions with important geospatial players to identify opportunities that we can have in our country
Rolando Ocampo Vice President, INEGI, Mexico
I found the event very successful. All halls running technical sessions were full. There were a lot of interactions among the delegates and excellent demonstrations at the exhibition area
SwarnaSubba Rao Surveyor General of India
For us in the middle-income countries, particularly Ghana, the Geneva Forum convinced me, beyond any reasonable doubt, on the need for fit-for-purpose panaceas for the development, application and use of geospatial technologies for our developing countries
Dr. Isaac Karikari Consultant, Ghana
We were really happy to see the discussions that took place in a couple areas that are particularly aligned with four of our societal benefit areas – agriculture, climate, disasters and energy – so we found the entire week to be very productive
Barbara Ryan Director, GEO Secretariat, Switzerland
We're very happy to participate in this conference as it gave us substantial presence felt by the earth observation community
Dr. Rao Ramanayanam Vice President Sales, Middle East, Africa and South Asia, UrtheCast, Canada
There were many sessions that talked about the main subjects that we were looking for; the exhibition and overall atmosphere were fantastic
Ahmed Humaid Alzaabi Head of Maps Section, Boundary Affairs Council General Secretariat, UAE
The technical sessions helped me to be aware of what is being develop and what we are going to face, and also how we can manage the situations that come ahead. This kind of sessions helped to understand where we want to be and how we can achieve it
Geog. Adriana Enríquez Projects and Spatial Analysis , SEDATU, Mexico
The Geospatial World Forum 2014 Conference was once again a 'Wow!' conference. The GWF conferences have become known as THE meeting place of the 'who's-who' in the world of geospatial information and technologies, and this year's event was no different. You miss these events at your own peril. The conference provided something for everyone, with the plenary and parallel sessions well thought out. The sessions were ably supported by the extensive exhibition of the latest geospatial technologies. The networking opportunities are just as important and there was ample time for these. The Geospatial Media and Communications team are thanked for the contribution they are making in furthering the objectives of geospatial information management
Dr D.G. Clarke Chief Director, National Geo-spatial Information, South Africa