Gerhard Triebnig
CEO
EOX
Austria



BIO
Dr. Gerhard Triebnig has an education in Technical Physics (MSc) and Telematics (PhD) and is an experienced international consultant with over 25 years in the space and the applied research sector. He started his carrier at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Graz University of Technology, Austria, and entered into the space research domain when joining the Graz based applied Research Centre Joanneum as unit head for image processing and computer graphics. After having worked for eight years as technical officer in the Earth observation division of the European Space Agency ESA in Frascati, Italy, he joined the Austrian Research Centers (ARC) in Vienna where he was responsible for the "Intelligent Infrastructure and Space Applications” division. He has been contributing to the definition and implementation of Earth observation user services and information infrastructures for European and non-European satellite missions. He has been a member of various (inter-)agency coordination and advisory panels (CEOS, CCSDS, UNEP DIS, EOWIC, CEO Enabling Services, GEO/GCI, board of Austrian Space Agency, etc.). He is the Managing Director of EOX IT Services GmbH and therefore responsible for the overall business development and management of the company. He co-founded and invested into EOX being convinced that geospatial standards and interoperability can make a business. Naturally the company EOX is an active OGC member. Recently the company widened its activities beyond the space involvement to the area of Intelligent Transportation Systems including GIS support for managing electric vehicle mobility systems.

ABSTRACT
The “5 years of EOX” Story
The company is provider and developer of framework software for Earth Observation (EO) satellite data ground systems and thematic data application infrastructures. Recent contracts: ngEO, CryoLand, EarthServer

Typical market / customers’ requirements:
“The delivered system shall be fully integrated into the customers’ operative environment”
“The software shall be open source, have no constraints on re-use”
“Interfaces shall be in compliance with INSPIRE, OGC, and related geospatial standards”

The company’s strategic response:

• Identify packages of nicely integrating Open Source Software (OSS)
• Develop Unique Selling Propositions (USP) around a deep knowledge of this OSS and related integration skills (example: OGC Web Services)
• Fill functional gaps according to particular customer requirements and feed implementations back into OSS (e.g. MapServer, MapCache)
• Widen USP around frequent and common requirement patterns less or not covered by competitors (example EOxServer)
• Active participation in relevant OGC Standards Working Groups mainly Web Coverage Service (WCS)

The results so far:
Company established after a learning curve in academic environment; sufficient opportunities for competitive bids to technology-affine and educated customers (European Space Agency); excellent constellation of people having strong will to explore and exploit the geospatial market (currently 9 full-term staff); sustained business (some 5 Mio.€ over 5 years). Community recognized contributions to OSS and OGC Standards.

Karin Teichmann
Head - Berlin Business
Location Center
Germany



ABSTRACT
The 3D City Model of Berlin - Finding the Right Business Location
Finding the right business location is critical for many of today’s companies. To meet this need, Berlin’s state government and its economic development corporation Berlin Partner provide a sophisticated service. The Berlin Business Location Center (BLC) is the one-stop point of contact for all questions regarding the availability of commercial real estate and property, qualified labor, and opportunities for funding and financing. By collecting and integrating data from various sources, the BLC is able to provide customized consulting services for different stakeholders. Most of this information is spatial data. To ensure interoperability and reusability of this information, Berlin Partner provides a spatial data infrastructure based on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards like the Web Map and Web Feature Service. A key aspect of the data infrastructure is the 3D city model of Berlin which is based completely on the OGC standard CityGML. Apart from attracting investors through a virtual city tour, this Open GIS-based model creates manifold opportunities for utilizing the model as a foundation in other applications such as solar potential analysis and urban energy planning.

Prof. David Maidment
Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair
Civil Engineering, University of Texas and Consortium of Universities
for Advancement of Hydrologic Science Information
(CUAHSI)
USA

BIO
David R. Maidment is the Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been on the faculty since 1981. From 2000 to 2011, he was leader of the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information Systems project, which created the WaterML language to convey hydrologic time series such as precipitation and streamflow data as web services. This has now evolved into a new OGC WaterML standard for international exchange of such water data. He is presently the leader of a GEOSS Water Services project to advance water data sharing within and between countries.

ABSTRACT
Standards and Interoperability in Geospatial Water Information
The Open Geospatial Consortium approved in 2012 a new WaterML standard for the international exchange of hydrological time series data, the first that has ever existed for such information. This standard, developed in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization, is used as part of the OGC Sensor Observation Service to convey data from gage measurements of precipitation, streamflow, groundwater levels, soil moisture and other water properties. The Global Earth Observing System of Systems is being used to federate maps of water observation networks in various regions and nations into global water observations maps, where each point feature is linked to the WaterML time series of data observed at that location. This “Sensor Web” is being linked to “Model Webs” of water information constructed globally by the large weather forecasting systems in the United States and Europe, to create a comprehensive global water information system. Examples are shown of regional application of water web services in Texas and globally.

Frank Suykens
Head of Product Development and R&Dat
Luciad




BIO
Frank Suykens is the Head of Product Development and R&Dat Luciad, reporting directly to the Group Chief Executive Officer. He is responsible for the development, release and strategy of all Luciad Products. Luciad (www.luciad.com) is a world leader in geospatial Situational Awareness software, with offices in Reston, Va. (USA), Leuven (Belgium), Paris (France), and Ankara (Turkey). Systems Integrators, Military End Users and International Organizations across the globe rely on Luciad for data fusion, visualization and analysis in their C4ISR systems, from the tactical up to the strategic level. Within the NATO context, Luciad technology is intensely used in systems fielded in NATO missions such as KFOR, ISAF, and Operation Unified Protector. Luciad software can inter alia be found in NATO’s major operational systems such as ICC, ACCS, MASE, iGeoSIT, JCOP and SEW. Frank obtained a Master of Science in Engineering at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Engineering at the same university in 2002. Prior to joining Luciad in 2003, Frank was R&D Engineer at Barco and held positions of Researcher and Postdoctoral associate at the Computer Graphics Research group, Dept. of Computer Scienceatthe University of Leuven.