INDO-US GEOSPATIAL EXCHANGE FORUM

Keynote Speakers

Opening Session23 Jan 2017 1245 - 1335 hrs

Lt Gen AKS Chandele (Retd) President, Defence, Security and Public Safety
Geospatial Media and Communications
India

A.S. KIRAN KUMAR Chairman
Indian Space Research Organization
India

DR. RICHARD SOLEY Chairman and CEO
Object Management Group
USA

Katherin Hadda Consulate General - Hyderabad
US Embassy

Bio

Panelists

Geospatial Infrastructure and Policies23 Jan 2017 1415 - 1500 hrs

FERNANDO R. ECHAVARRIA U.S. Department of State
Office of Space & Advanced Technology
Bureau of Oceans, Env. & Science

DR. VISHNU CHANDRA DDG & Group Head - RS & GIS
Utility Mapping and Urban Development National Informatics Centre
India

DR. SWARNA SUBBA RAO Surveyor General
Survey of India
India

DR. BHOOP SINGH Head of Scientific Divisions
Department of Science & Technology
Government of India

DR. KJ RAMESH Director General India
Meteorological Department
India

P G Diwakar Scientific Secretary
ISRO

Dr. Y V N Krishnamurthy Director
National Remote Sensing Centre

TIM TRAINOR Chief of Geography Division
US Census Bureau
USA

IVAN DELOATCH Executive Director
Federal Geographic Data Committee
USA

India as Market for Geospatial Technology and India as Source for Solution and Services23 Jan 2017 1500 - 1545 hrs

DR. BVR MOHAN REDDY Founder
Chairman and Managing Director Cyient
India

RAKESH VERMA Managing Director
MapmyIndia
India

Rajesh Alla Chairman and Managing Director
IIC Technologies
India

Vaibhav Malik Senior Manager - Aerospace and Defense
USIBC
India

Sajid Malik Chairman & Managing Director
Genesys International
India

Rajan Aiyer Managing Director
Trimble
India

DEAN ANGELIDES* Corporate Director - International Operations
Esri
USA

Dr. Kumar Navulur Senior Director, Strategic Business Development
DigitalGlobe

DIPANSHU SHARMA Founder & CEO
xAD
USA

Joe Francica Managing Director -Geospatial Industry Solutions
Pitney Bowes
USA

Steven Hagan Vice President of Development for Server Technologies
Oracle
USA

Educational Programs and Developing Capacity for the Geospatial Industry23 Jan 2017 1545 - 1630 hrs

DR. RICHARD SOLEY Chairman and CEO
Object Management Group
USA

DR. VINAY KUMAR DHADWAL Director
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
India

DR. SHAILESH NAYAK Distinguished Professor
Ministry of Earth Sciences
India

DR BHARAT LOHANI Chairman
Geokno & Professor IIT Kanpur
India

Dr. T P Singh Director
Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics

Dr. T P Singh* Director
BISAG

BUDHENDRA BHADURI Director
Urban Dynamics Institute Oak Ridge National Laboratory
USA

Michael Goodchild Professor Emeritus of Geography
University of California

E. Lynn Usery Research Physical Scientist
USGS

Prof. Shaowen Wang Professor, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Professor, Computer Science, Founding Director, CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

* Tentative Speaker

Preliminary Agenda

23 January 2017

Objectives

The primary process for bridging the gap between the Indian and US geospatial communities will be the effective and efficient use of existing professional venues that are already attracting a large number of government, industry, utility and academic managers and decision-makers. The bilateral exchange forum which include representatives from all vital economic and government sectors will serve to bring together these two complementary national communities.

To that end, the primary intent and purpose of this bilateral forum is threefold:

• To raise awareness of the technologists, educators and practitioners in both countries that more and closer cooperation is essential for all to prosper;
• To identify and begin to overcome barriers to effective collaboration between India and the US in order to achieve these objectives; and
• To establish and sustain collaborative efforts well into the future to ensure the viability and success of this cycle.

The platform will:

• Provide through substantive interaction among government, academia and industry
• Provide an opportunity, to exchange ideas, information, skills and technologies, and to collaborate on technological endeavor of mutual interest that can translate the power of geospatial for the benefit at large.
• Be a platform for dissemination of information and creating awareness through substantive interactions between Indian and American geospatial stakeholders.
• Facilitate exchange of information on the current state-of-the-art and the state-of-practice of Geospatial Application

Expected Outcomes

• Review, discussion and preparation of material to be included in the final project report
• Summaries of Indo-US national geospatial policies
• Documentation of national Indo-US geospatial policy trends
• A better understanding of geospatial issues, needs, strengths and areas of common interest and concerns
• Identification of collaborative geospatial efforts mutually beneficial to both parties to strengthen collaboration and mutual cooperation between the United States and India in the geospatial field
• An analysis of the geospatial industry in India and the US
• Summaries of Indo-US national geospatial policies
• Complete summary of technical issues and related opportunities
• Definition of current and future geospatial industry workforce issues in India and the US
• Identification of additional geospatial application areas for further research
• Education and technical exchange opportunities

Contact

For invitation and other queries, kindly contact:
Ms. Anamika Das
Vice President – Market Intelligence & Business Consulting
anamika@geospatialmedia.net