Pre-Conference Exchange Forum - Monetising Geospatial Value and Practices for National Developmental Goals

Prof. D. R. Fraser Taylor
FRSC Director, Geomatics and
Cartographic Research Centre, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Canada






BIO
Professor Taylor received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Edinburgh and did post graduate work at the University of London and Harvard University. Currently he is Distinguished Research Professor of International Affairs and Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is also Director Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre. In 2008 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading cartographers. Dr. Taylor’s main research interests in cartography lie in the application of geographic information processing to the analysis of socio-economic issues and the presentation of the results in the form of cybercartographic atlases. Cybercartography is an innovative new concept which he first introduced in 1997. The theory and practice of Cybercartography continue to be developed and expanded. Dr. Taylor’s current funded research involves working with aboriginal and Inuit communities to empower these communities to express their perceptions of their own environmental and socio-economic reality in new ways utilizing the Cybercartographic Atlas Framework. This includes the innovative open source software called Nunaliit which can be used by individuals with little knowledge of geographic information processing to create their own atlas content. Cybercartography is very much a Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 concept and provides a new framework for “crowd sourcing”, encouraging communities and individuals to tell their own stories. Currently Dr. Taylor is Chair of the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM). and Chair of the International Advisory Group on the Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure. He is also a member of the Mapping Africa for Africans Working Group of the International Cartographic Association, a member of the Joint Board of the Geospatial Information Societies and a member of the UN initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) from 1970 to l985, and President of the Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA) in both 1978 and 1979. His contributions have been recognized by an Honorary Life Membership in CAAS and by two Awards of Distinction by CCA. He served as Vice-President of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) from 1984-1987, as President from 1987-1995 and as a member of the Executive Committee as Past President for the period 1995-99. Dr. Taylor received an Honorary Fellowship from ICA in 1999.

Prof. Henk Scholten
CEO
Geodan
The Netherlands






BIO
Henk J. Scholten studied Mathematics and Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and obtained his Ph.D. on the subject of models for housing allocation at the Faculty of Geography of the University of Utrecht (NL) in 1988. Since 1990 he is professor in Spatial Informatics at the Faculty of Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Director of the Spinlab (www.spinlab.vu.nl). Prof. Scholten is founder and CEO of Geodan, one of the largest European companies specialised in Geospatial Information Technology (www.geodan.nl). On Friday April 29th, 2005, Prof. Scholten received a Royal Decoration for his significant contribution to geo-information, both on a national and international level. In July 2009 Prof. Scholten has received the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by Jack Dangermond, founder of ESRI. This award is given to a person who has contributed significantly to advancing the science and technology of GIS throughout his career.

ABSTRACT
Geodesigning a more sustainable and smarter World Geodesign is an iterative design and planning method whereby an emerging design is influenced by (scientific) geospatial knowledge derived from geospatial technologies. The impact of designs can be examined through geospatial technology (simulations, modelling, visualization, and communication of design impacts) and be immediately fed back into the evolution of a design. This yields a fitter, more robust and context-sensitive design solution. The Open Geospending component is the performance audit of the Geodesign framework. Performance audits are audits of the economy, efficiency or effectiveness with which the audited entity use its resources to achieve its goals. However, Open Geospending proposes a new dynamic process for the audits and new roles not only for the auditors but also the policymakers. This presentation will highlight the development of the geodesign framework and feature case studies in geodesign practice: impact analysis of land-use strategies and water management in relation to climate change. These will demonstrate how the challenges in society have stimulated education, training, and innovation in geo-information technology has rapidly advanced the adoption of geodesign practices in new fields.

Barbara Ryan
Secretariat Director
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Switzerland





BIO
Barbara J. Ryan is Secretariat Director of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) located in Geneva, Switzerland. In this capacity, she leads the Secretariat in coordinating the activities of nearly 90 Member States and 50 Participating Organizations who are striving to integrate Earth observations so that informed decisions can be made across nine Societal Benefit Areas including agriculture, biodiversity, climate, ecosystems, energy, disasters, health, water and weather. Before assuming this position in July 2012, she was the Director of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Space Programme. She had responsibility for the space-based component of the WMO Global Observing System (GOS), coordinated space-based assets to meet the needs of WMO Members in the topical areas of weather, water, climate and related natural disasters, and also served as the technical focal point for WMO’s activities with GEO. Before joining WMO in October 2008, she was the Associate Director for Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Reston, Virginia where she had responsibility for the Landsat, remote sensing, geography and civilian mapping programs of the agency. It was under her leadership that implementation of the Landsat data policy was reformed to release all data over the internet at no additional cost to the user -- an action that has resulted in the release of more than 9 million Landsat scenes to date. As the 2007 Chair of the international Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) she led the space-agency response to the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) satellite requirements for sustained measurement of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). She holds a Bachelor´s degree in Geology from the State University of New York at Cortland, a Master´s degree in Geography from the University of Denver, and a Master´s degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.

ABSTRACT
Building a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), built by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), is both a policy framework, and an emerging infrastructure that allows decision makers to respond more effectively to the many environmental challenges facing us today. Built upon broad, open data-sharing practices, information from an expanding array of observation systems is being made available to users around the world. The 90 Members (countries and the European Commission) and the approximately 70 Participating Organizations have recognized that the shear complexity of the Earth’s system can not be captured by any single observation system. Since 2005, participants have contributed data, research, models and other analytical tools in nine Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs), encompassing agriculture, biodiversity, climate, disasters, ecosystems, energy, health, water and weather. Many of the activities comprising the GEO Work Plan address national development goals, and with a recent decision to broaden stakeholder engagement in GEO, the potential for monetizing geospatial value for these goals is increased. GEO has four primary objectives – to improve and coordinate observation systems; to advance broad, open data policies and practices; to foster increased use of Earth observation data and information; and to build capacity. Although each one of these objectives in some way contributes to the advancement of national development goals, this presentation will focus on the role that broad, open data policies can play in increasing the programmatic and economic value of geospatial data. While much has been accomplished, more needs to be done. Broad, open data-sharing practices are still not universally accepted and employed. The Group on Earth Observations and its partners must continue to work aggressively on this issue if Earth observations are going to significantly advance the delivery of national development goals.
Aida Opoku- Mensah
Director ICT&S&T
UN ECA
Ethiopia



BIO
Aida Opoku-Mensah is the Director of ICTs, Science and Technology Division of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), based in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Through the work of the division she manages sections/programmes in library/knowledge/information services, ICTs, geospatial technology and innovation for Africa's development. Consequently she's led and implemented impressive initiatives such as UNECA's African Information Society Initiative (AISI), the Technology in Government in Africa Awards (TIGA) to encourage African governments use of technology for development, and the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa Award (IPA) - catering for a African innovators and inventors to enhance their role in the continent's development process. She is credited with spearheading the mainstreaming of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) into the overall e-government and e-strategies policies development in African countries. Dr Opoku-Mensah's career spans academia, as well as the public international and philanthropy sectors. She has a PhD from the University of Leeds (UK), an MA from London's City University and a BA Hons from the University of Ghana, and is the recent recipient of the Geospatial World Leadership Award for 'Making a Difference for making a difference' in 2012.

ABSTRACT
Investing in Spatial Data: An African Perspective of Return on Investment
Geospatial information technology can more impact economic growth in Africa. At a nation level, impacts on economic growth can be made through policy directives, the fiscal policy and implementation, the planning and provision of spatially-enabled government services, development of the industrial interventions driven by government and other stakeholders. Observing the new trends and changes to business logic involving geospatial information, and also looking at expected technological progress, the main drivers of the market trends in the GIS industry involve now innovative applications in the commercial sector, such as precision farming, deploying and exploiting communications systems, analysing customer data bases against outlet catchment areas, location-based services, customer relationship management, real estate, and insurance. Although the geospatial sector shares a small part of the market shares in Africa (less than 10%), gradually there is an appreciable rise in the government and private sectors to pro-actively develop and exploit the business geographics opportunities. For instance, functional land management systems are being developed to generate downstream economic activities, such as producing and maintaining street maps and guides, developing of location-based mobile services (LBMS), contributing to improved user service, faster response times, efficient operations, lower transaction costs, better access to markets, improved revenue collection, etc.
Stefan Jensen
Head of SEIS and SDI group
SEIS support program
European Environment Agency
Denmark




BIO
Stefan Jensen studied geography, politics and sociology in Kiel and Göttingen (DE) as well as in Santa Barbara (US) and holds a degree in geography from the University of Göttingen. He worked for ESRI from 1990 to 1992 and as an independent GIS consultant until 1993. Then he joined the Lower Saxony Ministry of Environment, where he became responsible to conceptualize and implement the Lower Saxony Environmental information System NUMIS in particular the geospatial part GEOSUM. He represented Lower Saxony in the federal state working group on Environmental Information Systems and led the subgroup on GIS until 1996 when he became the manager of the European Topic Centre on Catalogue of Data Sources supporting the work of the EEA and its network EIONET. In 2001, he joined the European Environment Agency, where he initially mainly worked on Reportnet and streamlining of reporting obligations. From 2005, he managed the EEA contribution to the Water Information System for Europe (WISE) including the establishment of information system related to it. Since 2010, he heads the SEIS (Shared Environmental Information System) and spatial data infrastructure (SDI) group which is also responsible for the EEA work on INSPIRE. As of 2007, he is an elected member of the steering group on Environmental Informatics of the German Society for Informatics. ABSTRACT
The evolution of geospatial data handling in environmental information systems
Geospatial technologies have in the past years evolved to more wide-spread and easy to use means for preparing and sharing environmental data and information. They appeal not only to experts but with the approaches and tools for crowd sourcing and citizen science, they enhance the social value and impact of the information system through those forms of citizen participation. Cost for the developments have been shifting areas and are going down on the technology side. The European Environment Agency is at the forefront of exploring the usage of geospatial technologies. Best practise examples will be provided. Yet today, governance and data related issues set boundaries for an even faster uptake of those technologies. Data interoperability in the environmental domain is only slowly improving with the help of the INSPIRE directive in particular; more open access policies and conditions are emerging step-wise. New challenges arise from the widening of the environmental scope for which data has to become available in both, higher frequency and better quality.
Prashant Shukle
Director General
Mapping Information Branch
Natural Resources Canada
Canada




BIO
Prashant Shukle is the Director General for Mapping Information Branch. Mr. Shukle joined the Public Service in 1991 and has worked for several departments including Canada Customs, Revenue Canada, Excise, Human Resources Development Canada, Social Development Canada, Service Canada and Natural Resources Canada. Mr. Shukle has extensive policy expertise having worked on such initiatives as Tariff Policy implementation, Aboriginal Tax Policy, Social Security Reform, Employment Insurance Reform (1996); Canada Pension Plan Reform, and the 1996 Policy Research Committee, mandated by the Clerk of the Privy Council to identify key medium-term policy pressures facing Canada in the early 21st century. This initiative led to the permanent creation of the federal Policy Research Initiative. Mr. Shukle has also obtained extensive experience in the area of Organizational Development, Change Management, and Performance and Outcomes Measurement.

ABSTRACT
Matching the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure and Canada's National Objectives
Canada’s national spatial data infrastructure is the result of a concerted effort by the Government of Canada spearheaded by Natural Resources Canada’s highly successful GeoConnections program. The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure is an on-line resource that improves the sharing, access and use of geospatial information and is reliant on strong leadership, standards, data, policies and technology. Coupled with a strong commitment from government, academia, industry and non-government organizations, partnership also plays a key role in developing and sustaining an SDI that serves to meet Canada’s national objectives and initiatives such as responsible resource development. This presentation highlights the innovations employed and advancements made in spatially enabling Canadian government services and providing access for businesses and citizens by tracing the development of the CGDI to its current state, outline key success factors, lessons learned, and outline potential future directions for further development of the CGDI. Also highlighted will be the five factors that has guided the Canadian experience: Collaborative governance; Citizen-focus; Technological evolution; Technical Excellence; and, Scientific Excellence.
Wadih João Scandar Neto
Director, Directorate of Geosciences
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
Brazil



BIO
Wadih João Scandar Neto is an Agronomist, graduated from the University of São Paulo, Master of Population Studies and Social Research at the National School of Statistical Sciences. Works at the Directorate of Geosciences of IBGE since 2000 where he coordinated the production of the series of Sustainable Development Indicators, published since 2002, participated in meetings and international working groups promoted by the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. He is currently Director of Geosciences of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.

ABSTRACT
Brazil have dimensions with a surface greater than 8 500 000 km2 of varied environmental and physiographic characteristics, and a maritime surface of approximate 3.6 million km2, which a wealth of natural resources and biodiversity, and a population greater than 190 million inhabitants. The Brazilian territorial planning demands the expansion of our ability to produce, manage, disseminate, geospatial information. In this context, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE has been improving the integration of its two main production data: the geospatial and the statistical. As an example of successful integration we can cite the Demographic Census - 2010, which has made progress with use of geotechnology. Still in the field of geotechnology, IBGE participates actively in the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure - NSDI within the National Commission of Cartography. Nowadays several areas of the Brazilian government has used more frequently geospatial information, like the PAC (Growth Acceleration Program), projects in the field of transport, risk mapping, among others. Another important need for geospatial information that the country is the land cover changes basic information for environmental economic accounts, especially accounts of ecosystems.
Massimo Craglia
Senior Scientist
DG Joint Research Centre
Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit
European Commission
Italy


BIO
Since 2005 Max Craglia works at the Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit, European Commission- DG Joint Research Centre. The Unit is responsible for the technical coordination of the INSPIRE Directive, creating and infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe. Within the Unit, Max has been responsible for research on the socio-economic assessment of INSPIRE and spatial data infrastructures, for advancing multi-disciplinary interoperability in the framework of GEOSS, the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, and for articulating a vision of Digital Earth as a participative framework for understanding the complex interactions between environment and society.

ABSTRACT
INSPIRE: Delivering the value of geographic information in Europe
INSPIRE, the infrastructure for spatial environmental information in Europe is reaching this year a major milestone with the completion of the legal framework necessary to make the data and services needed for environmental policy in Europe discoverable, accessible and interoperable. INSPIRE goes beyond many similar initiatives at national and global levels because it focuses not only on the interoperability of spatial data infrastructures at national and sub-national levels but makes a major contribution to the harmonization of dataset across borders. This is being achieved through a consensus-building process among experts in each of the 34 data themes covered by INSPIRE to arrive at common data models against which the national datasets can be mapped to achieve interoperability. The methodology and foundational components of INSPIRE can now be built upon to deliver value to European society. The presentation will highlight four specific directions in which this value can be harnessed: cross-border environmental applications, integration of the INSPIRE with other thematic areas such as transport, extension of INSPIRE to spatially-enable e-government services, and delivering opportunities to the private sector to develop innovative applications, economic growth and jobs.
Dr. André Streilein
Chief Topography
Division and Member
of the Board, Federal
Office of Topography
Swisstopo
Switzerland

BIO
André Streilein is head of the topographic department of the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, the Swiss national mapping and cadastral agency. He holds a diplom in Geodesy from the Universitiy of Bonn and a Ph.D. in the field of photogrammetry and remote sensing from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). Currently he serves as President of Commission 3 (Production systems and processes) of EuroSDR, the European Spatial Data Research Network., which deals with the evaluation, demonstration and further development of production systems and processes for handling geo-spatial information by closely incorporating research institutes, private industries and mapping and cadastral agencies in these activities.

ABSTRACT
geo.admin.ch is the implementation and the portal to the federal spatial data infrastructure (FSDI) according to the Federal Act on Geoinformation. For the first time, federal spatial data can be accessed over central platform, main features are: Multilingual (five languages), fast and user friendly interface, single point of entry for all spatial data portals of the federal authorities of Switzerland, high performance of information retrieval, even at high loads. This could be achieved by a novel combination of an open source software framework with an innovative cloud computing architecture resulting in an attractive cost / benefit ratio. Existing spatial portals of the federal administration receive up to five times more visitors since the launch of geo.admin.ch since they are now linked. Usage of gov data could be leveraged. Awards: geo.admin.ch has been nominated for the Swiss Open Source Awards 2010 and won the quality competition "Excellency in public administration" 2010 in the category "eGovernment" and the EUROGI / ESDI-Net Award 2011 in the category technology. In 2012 geo.admin.ch has won the 2012 United Nations Public Service Award, 2nd place, in the category of “Advancing Knowledge Management in Government
Kazuo Inaba
Deputy Director General
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan
Japan




BIO
Kazuo Inaba is the Deputy Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority (GSI) of the Japanese Government, the former Geographical Survey Institute. He has been working extensively on R&D and policy development on GIS and SDI in GSI for the past 33 years since 1979. He has also been engaged in development of digital mapping system, ISO/TC211 (Geomatics) activity in Japan, and preparation and publication of National Geospatial Data Framework of Japan.

ABSTRACT
Creating common open policy environment of Japan
Although the open data policy of Japan is just underway, there is no doubt that geospatial information is utmost indispensable as tied to place any administrative data. As for a policy of sharing geospatial information, Basic Act on the Advancement of Utilizing Geospatial Information was enacted in 2007, which provides that sharing of geospatial information required in the fields of public administration should be promoted to achieve the prevention of unnecessary duplication of cartography, and comprehensiveness mobility and transparency of policies which contribute to the advancement of their functions with efficiency and administrative management. Based on the act, national and local governments are enforced to conduct the development of the fundamental geospatial data and their timely updates in order to promote sharing of them. The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan has preliminarily prepared and provided them free of charge according to law enforcement. At the same time, in order to promote the use of cross-platform fundamental geospatial data, GSI has been providing web-based data sharing services. In parallel, in order to contribute to the advanced utilization of geospatial information, Japan provides 30-second sampling data from 1,240 GNSS-based control observation stations throughout the country for location reference services as the basis for positioning. This presentation introduces the efforts of GSI as described above.
Marcelle Hattingh
Director Corporate
Geo-Informatics City of Johannesburg
South Africa




BIO
Marcelle Hattingh is a registered Professional GiSc Practitioner. She obtained a BSC (Geography & Mathematics), BSc (Hons) in Geography and a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Management. Her career spans employment at the University of Pretoria, Department of Development Aid, Department of Water Affairs, Midrand Metropolitan Local Council and the City of Johannesburg where she currently holds the position of Director: Corporate Geo-Informatics. Her responsibility is to provide an effective and efficient spatial information service that meets the standard of a World Class African city.

ABSTRACT
If we all do what we are supposed to do, who benefits … and is it enough?
The Directorate Corporate Geo-Informatics (CGIS) in the City of Johannesburg is responsible for a spatial information service that meets the standards of a world-class African City. The maintenance of core datasets such as cadastre, property ownership, zoning, street addresses, road centerlines, imagery, etc. is required for the organization to operate and deliver services to its customers. Property information is the foundation to e.g. land asset management, rates and taxes accounts, valuation roll, land development (processing of development applications), etc. For purposes of this paper the focus will be on “property information” and specifically on (a) cadastre and (b) ownership (deeds) information. The City realized that reliable property information is a prerequisite for many functions in the city, but specifically for a credible billing process. The decision was to establish a single source of verified property information in the City, namely the Land Information System (LIS). The LIS is spatially enabled i.e. a geo-database and integrated with the Geographic Information System (GIS). Business process re-engineering was required to develop the Property Value Chain (PVC) as the basis for the Land Information System (LIS), involving various stakeholders, namely City Departments, Municipal Owned Entities (Services) as well as external roleplayers from National Government. The PVC now integrates the core processes involved in the life cycle of a property, from where a development application is submitted to where a bill is generated. This workflow initiates actions in the PVC process and enables automatic updates, tracking and tracing as well as data quality assurance across the various departments in the City. The data in the LIS can be presented on a map and spatial analysis of property-related information is possible. . National government has embarked on an e-Cadastre project which promises to address the requirements of local government. It is our wish that a seamless (end-to-end) property value chain be created where all spheres of government participate (and benefit) in an integrated manner – producing the best quality, fit-for-purpose spatial property data that supports decision-making in the public as well as the private sector.
Mugo Kibati
Director General
Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat
Kenya




BIO
Mugo Kibati is the Director General, Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat. Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat is responsible for spearheading the implementation of Vision 2030 – The national strategy aimed at transforming Kenya into a newly industrializing country capable of providing a high quality of life for all its citizens by the year 2030. The Founder of Miliki, Mugo has a strong track record in business leadership and change management. As Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of East African Cables, he transformed a small Kenyan company into a regional blue chip firm with presence in South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Past experience includes marketing and engineering roles at Lucent Technologies in the US, Bamburi Cement (Lafarge Coppee) and Kenya Petroleum Refineries (Shell Petroleum) in Mombasa, Kenya. Mugo has a B Tech, Electrical Engineering from Moi University, a Masters degree in Technology Management from MIT, an MBA (Business Finance) from the George Washington University and studied European Union Economics at Oxford University. Mugo is a member of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum and a Fellow of the African Leadership Initiative. Mugo was the National Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Kenya Employers, a Director of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, an Alternate Director of the East African Business Council and a Director of the apex private sector body - the Kenya Private Sector Alliance. Mugo was recently recognized as a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and the African Leadership Initiative.
Godfried Barnasconi
Executive Board
Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency
The Netherlands




BIO
Godfried Barnasconi is a member of the Executive Board of the Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (in short Kadaster). Mr Barnasconi started his working career in the assurance and banking sector. In 2004 he transferred to the public related sector and proceeded his career at the Kadaster. Being a general member of the Board since 2004, his portfolio consisted of geo-information and land administration. 2013 will be the start of a new phase in which new service-concepts are introduced. Mr Barnasconi’s activities shift towards the transition-process of the organisation itself as well as the human resource and facility component. He is also a member of the Management Board of EuroGeographics, the membership organisation of the european cadastre, land registry and national mapping agencies. He is an enthousiastic hot-air-balloonist and sailor.

ABSTRACT
The economic crisis has its impact on the Dutch society at large. The national government implements cost saving measures to face the current situation. Besides, it emphasizes organisations to be innovative. Whereas several society-related topics need to be addressed, geo-information plays an important role in solving these issues. At Kadaster geo-information is at the heart of its activities. By working together with stakeholders from the public and private sector as well as the research institutes, Kadaster also monitors its own geo-activities in order to meet expectations. Kadaster provides the topographical map in the Netherlands. Focusing on the demands from external customers Kadaster re-analysed not only its own processes in search for continous improvement and added value but also applied technology to the edge by developing automated map generalisation. Advantages of this new method are better updated information, a better service orientation and a considerable cost reduction. Most important though is the active role of the customer himself; he participates in his required product. Applying technology based solutions, in order to obtain better suited solutions for society, requires sound cooperation between organisations and employees. This asks for an open environment of discussion. The use of a full automated generalisation for maps, is relatively new. Sharing practices and experiences is beneficial for the sector at large. More important though, it shows how changed demands in society are actively supported by the relevance of available up to date geo-information at less cost.
Prof. Cheng Hsuh Chou
Head - Information Division
National Centre for Disaster Reduction
Taiwan




BIO
Hsueh-Cheng Chou is the Associate Professor of geography, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) and Division Head of Information Division National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR). He specializes in Geographic Information System and supervising the development of a decision support System for CEOC (The Central Emergency Operations Center). He is the vice chairman of the GIS committee of The General Chamber of Commerce, promoting the use of GIS for business industries. He also heavily involves in Nation Geographic Information System, which coordinates the development of GIS in government agencies. Before he studied GIS at State University of New York at Buffalo. He had participated in multidisciplinary environment research projects in Taiwan. These experiences have helped his to communicate with experts form various domains and designing information systems for them.

ABSTRACT
Disaster Management, Cloud Computing, GIS, Decision Support System
Taiwan experiences many types of natural Hazards due to its natural and social environment.Decision support systems have been developed by government agencies to manage thesenatural hazards. Although these systems have proven to be useful in reducing human and property loses.Severalserious disasterevents in recently years call for a more resilient IT system for disaster management. Cloud based disaster management is under developing to handle mega-disaster, such as East Japan earthquake in 2011. The systems will be mirrored in several locations to provide continuous services during mega-disaster. Standards have to be established to increase interoperability between governments, NGOs, private enterprises and the general public. Emergency mapping team has to train and organized in order to produce the real-time information in disasters.
Peter ter Haar
Director of Products
Ordnance Survey
UK




BIO
Peter is responsible for all aspects of product management and innovation, including product marketing, licensing, research, engineering, cartography and supply. He joined Ordnance Survey in November 2006 and has more then 25 years' experience in product management and business development in the geospatial industry. Peter has worked in both the public and private sectors in GIS, location-based services (LBS) and mobile technology. His previous roles include Head of GIS at the City of Amsterdam, and senior product and technical management roles at Geodan, AutodeskR and IntergraphR. Peter has been the lead Director at Ordnance Survey for the innovation programme GeoVation and for the OS OpenData programme. Peter is a Director of PointX, a joint venture company of Ordnance Survey and Landmark Information Group.

ABSTRACT
Peter ter Haar will focus his presentation on collaborative efforts within the UK Government to monetize value from geospatial information. Ordnance Survey is Great Britain's national mapping authority, it is our job to collect, maintain and distribute the most up-to-date geographical information of England, Scotland and Wales that is relied on by Government, businesses and individuals. Ordnance Survey's business model specifically balances monetization through the commercial sector, free at the point of use access by the public sector and an active Open Data programme for developers and innovators.
Dr. Ir. Tjokorda Nirarta Samadhi
Deputy V - National Priority Planning and
Budget Evaluation Presidential Working
Unit for Supervision& Management of Development
Indonesia



BIO
T. Nirarta Samadhi, the Fifth Deputy Head of President’s Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight (UKP4). UKP4 supports the President of Indonesia monitors and facilitates the delivery of national priority development programs, and also manages the National Situation Room. Recently, by a presidential decree, he was appointed as one of the members of the Indonesia National REDD+ Task Force. He promotes and facilitates the One Map Indonesia movement aimed at synchronizing all geospatial information to produce one authoritative map based upon the application of one standard, one reference, one database and one geoportal approach. Prior to his current assignment, Dr. Samadhi was under UNDP contract as a Strategic Planning Advisor and Head of Papua Accelerated Development (PADU) Advance Team (May - November 2009). In that position, he was seconded to the Governor of Papua to facilitate the provincial good governance based upon BRR’s experience in Aceh-Nias post-disaster reconstruction. He gained the experience in BRR governance during his tenure as the Head of Planning and Controling/Chief Operating Officer and as the Deputy Head of BRR Nias Regional Office (March 2006 - April 2009). Samadhi, gained his doctorate in Urban Design from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia, 2001). Prior to his doctorate, he earned a master degree in Urban Planning from Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia, 1991) and a bachelor degree in Architecture from Brawijaya University (Indonesia, 1988). Samadhi is a professional member of Indonesian Association of Planners (IAP), as well as member of Indonesian Association of Architect (IAI), IAPS (International Association of People-Environment Studies, and IASTE (International Association for the Study of traditional Environment). He is also a Director at the BRR Institute, a non-profit organization aimed at sharing the knowledge of post-disaster reconstruction management.

ABSTRACT
Indonesia ONE MAP: Assuring Better Delivery of National Development Goals
The Presidential Instruction10/2011on themoratoriumof the issuance of new license on primary natural forest and peatland was issued on May 2011 to facilitate the governance improvement in forest and peatland management within the REDD+ mechanism. This legal instrument provides an opportunity to look into the integrity and accountability of many geospatial information generated by various line ministries and state agencies. Conflict over administrative boundaries, overlapping concessions, or different maps of the same land cover are issues familiar in the Indonesian development. For example, how important land boundaries are for the REDD+ mechanism. Without a consensus on such boundaries determining beneficiaries will be difficult. Overall, for sustainable development to proceed in all the land sectors,Indonesia needs a clear formal definition of land cover, title or concession holders' rights, and other impending issues.When every line ministries and state agencies agree upon only one map –an authoritative map—land-basedconflicts can be worked out in a more effective manner, and development can be delivered in a more efficient way. That particular case can be achieved through monetizing geospatial information, i.e. building a consensus between line ministries on land divisions and applying regulations accordingly. The process to reach such consensus is the essence of Indonesia ONE MAP movement.
Steven Hagan
Senior Vice President
Server Technologies Oracle Corporation
USA





BIO
Steven has been at Oracle since 1994, and is vice president in engineering responsible for advanced technology development for areas of Spatial/Geospatial, Semantics, Graph Databases, Imaging, and portions of the Big Data, Cloud, and High Availability technologies within the Oracle product set. He is representing Oracle on the Open Geospatial Consortium board of directors where he actively pursues evolving the standards in support of customer geospatial needs and he is leading the development team that rapidly evolves Oracle product to keep pace with those standards. He is also an industry observer on the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM). Before joining Oracle, Steven spent several years at Digital Equipment Corporation, where he managed and led the engineering of the database products.
Prof. Dawn Wright
Chief Scientist
Esri
USA



BIO
Dawn Wright is Esri Chief Scientist and is responsible for formulating and advancing Esri's goals in the environmental, conservation, climate, and ocean sciences. She has over 16 years of experience in working with GIS technology as as an ocean scientist, geographer, and educator, and has participated in several initiatives around the world to map, analyze, and preserve ocean terrains and ecosystems. In October of 2011, Dawn Wright was appointed Chief Scientist of Esri. She maintains her appointment as Professor of Geography and Oceanography and Director of the Davey Jones Locker Marine GIS/Seafloor Mapping Laboratory at Oregon State University. Her current research interests include benthic terrain and habitat characterization, and coastal/ocean informatics and cyber-infrastructure. She serves on the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board, the NOAA Science Advisory Board, and the Science Advisory Council of Conservation International, as well as many journal editorial boards, including the Journal of Coastal Conservation. Wright is a fellow of Stanford University's Aldo Leopold Leadership Program and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She holds an Individual Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Physical Geography and Marine Geology from UCSB, an M.S. in Oceanography from Texas A&M, and a B.S. cum laude in Geology from Wheaton College (Illinois).
Alex Monino
WW Marketing Director
HP Designjet LF Printers
Spain




BIO
Alex Moñino is the WW Marketing Director for the HP Designjet printers. Alex is responsible for Strategic Marketing and Current Business Management. Main responsibilities of Alex are the long term business strategy definition, and the identification of growth opportunities for the whole range of HP Designjet printers and solutions addressed to the industrial design, architects, professional photographers and graphic designer markets. Alex is also responsible for the products and solutions that are currently in the market as well as to lead regions and front end organizations’ strategy to help them achieve their business goals. Prior to this position, Alex held both the WW Current Business Manager and Strategic Marketing Management positions for HP Designjet printers, leading the transformation from single function to multifunction and launching the web services strategy for Large format Commercial Supplies, based in San Diego. Alex joined HP in 1997, he has held different marketing management positions for HP Designjet, LaserJet and Inkjet Supplies; he has been based in HP site in Boise, San Diego and currently he is located in Barcelona. Alex holds and Engineering degree on Industrial Organization by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, as well as formal training in Marketing Strategy from INSEAD and Kellogg School of Mgmt.
Actuary Rolando Ocampo-Alcántar
Vice-President of National Geographic and Environment Information
INEGI
Mexico





BIO
Rolando Ocampo Alcántar obtained the BSc in Actuarial Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Master’s Degrees in General Statistics and in Labour and Education Economics at The Complutense University of Madrid and the Carlos III University, respectively. In the private sector, he was General Director of the opinion surveys firm GAUSSC and Director of the consulting firm CILA. He has collaborated in several government institutions in Mexico including the Office of the Republic’s President, the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs, the National Agrarian Registry and various areas of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography where he currently serves as Member of the Board.

ABSTRACT
SNIEG: An Institutional Approach to National Development
The strategy taken by the Mexican Government to consolidate national development in the 21st Century includes the creation of the National Statistical and Geographical Information System (SNIEG). The System’s aim is to provide both society and the State with high-quality and timely information following the principles of accessibility, transparency, objectivity and independence. The SNIEG is coordinated by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). The System is articulated through four Information Subsystems: Economic and financial; Demographic and Social; Geographical and Environmental; and Governmental, Security and Justice Information. The ministries of the Federal Government, representatives of Congress, of the States and Municipalities and of various autonomous federal bodies participate at different levels y these Subsystems. This new approach to the coordinated elaboration of technical norms for the production of statistical and geographical information; of economic, social and environmental indicators; and of national censuses has already produced results in the monetising of geospatial information mainly in the form of new ways of presenting information like the Tourism Atlas, the Cadastre and Land Registry Information System, the National Housing Inventory or the National Economic Units Directory as well as the incorporation of cartography in products developed by private companies like Google and Navteq.
Junghoon Ahn
Director of Planning and Policy Division
National Geographic Information Institute
Korea





BIO
Ahn, Junghoon is the Director of Planning and Policy Division in National Geographic Information Institute (NGII), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, Republic of Korea. Prior to this role, Mr. Ahn has successively filled various government posts as a head of department in fields of national road management, supporting canal, city design and water resources development. Since joining NGII on 8th April 2013, he has managed and coordinated NGII projects by supervising policy, budget, publicity and international cooperation activities in relation to national surveying and mapping.

ABSTRACT
Revision Policy on National Base Map and its Impact on Geospatial Industries in Korea
Everything happens somewhere including public administrative activities such as urban planning, facility management and disaster management. To effectively support the public requirements, Geospatial Information (GI) is an essential element of place-based services. With rapid advancement in information and communication technology, Geospatial information is undergoing dramatic change in its form from paper map to digital map including mobile map. National Geographic Information Institute (NGII), which is a national geospatial information authority in the Republic of Korea, has developed and implemented policies on national base map. In particular, to meet the user needs for the latest geospatial information and better accessibility and applicability, NGII has continued its efforts to quickly detect land changes and provide real-time geospatial information to the public in various types, using state-of-the-art technologies. This presentation will give the recent policies and activities that NGII has carried out, in order to pursue accurate and the latest national base map, and its impact on geospatial industries in Korea.
Mart van Bracht
President
EuroGeoSurveys Managing Director
TNO Energy (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research)
The Netherlands




BIO
Mart van Bracht obtained a PhD degree in Earth Sciences at the Free University of Amsterdam. Following graduation he joined TNO. After having worked for several years as a scientific researcher, he held various management positions. Currently he is the managing director of TNO Energy, one of the seven research centers of TNO. In TNO Energy a staff of approximately 500 researchers conduct national and international research & development projects focused on a secure, safe, efficient and sustainable energy supply. TNO Energy also comprises the Geological Survey of the Netherlands. The Geological Survey manages data and information of the Dutch sub surface and conducts research on the sustainable management of the subsurface and its natural resources. Mart van Bracht holds several positions in Dutch and European networks, research centers and program’s related to energy, sustainability and geosciences. Mart van Bracht is President of EuroGeoSurveys (EGS), The Geological Surveys of Europe, represents 33 Member Organizations, thus over 20.000 specialists working in numerous applications of geosciences to the EU society and economy. EuroGeoSurveys is a not-for-profit association working solely for the public interest. EuroGeoSurveys aims at providing the European Institutions with expert, neutral, balanced and practical pan-European advice and information as an aid to problem-solving, policy, regulatory and programme formulation in areas such as: the use and the management of on- and off-shore natural resources, the identification of natural hazards of geological origin, land-use planning, environmental management, waste management and disposal, sustainable urban development and the development of interoperable and harmonised geoscientific data at the European scale.
Dr Swarna Subba Rao
Surveyor General of India
Survey of India
India



BIO
Dr Swarna Subba Rao has obtained his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad in fi rst Division with distinction in the year 1980. In the year 1983 on selection by UPSC he joined Survey of India as a Deputy Superintending Surveyor. Since then, he has held various positions in SOI till 2010. On selection by UPSC, Dr Subba Rao has taken the charge of Surveyor General of India in August, 2010. During his professional career in SOI Subba Rao has handled various works involving topographical surveys, fair mapping, Photogrammetric surveys, digital cartography and GIS related activities. He has also executed the survey of 540 kms pipeline for Gas Authority of India Ltd., India Ltd from Guna in M.P. to Dadri in UP, which ran through very tough terrain of the country including Chambal Valley.
Sander Jongeleen
Product Manager – Mobile MappingTopcon Positioning
The Netherlands




BIO
Sander Jongeleen has served as Product Manager as well as Business Development Manager for Mobile Mapping at Topcon since 2010. Before joining Topcon, he spent several years at CycloMedia Technologies, where he was responsible for development of Mobile Mapping technology as well as for management of some of the biggest Mobile Mapping projects so far. Sander holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Physics.
Peter Large
Vice President
Trimble Navigation
USA




BIO
Peter Large has served as a vice president and executive committee member of Trimble since 2010 and is currently responsible for strategic channel development and corporate marketing functions. From 2008 to 2010 he served as general manager of the Mapping & Geographic Information Systems Division and from 1996 to 2007 served in a number of worldwide sales, marketing and channel development leadership roles within the Survey Division. Prior to joining Trimble in 1996, Mr. Large was a surveyor in the land development and civil engineering consulting industry, working on projects in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Large received a BSc(Hons) in Surveying and Mapping Science from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK and an M.S. in Management from Stanford University, Graduate School of Business as a Sloan Fellow. He was elected an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation in 2002.