Bruce McCormack EUROGI Vice-President, IRLOGI Vice-President

BiographyBruce is the Vice President of EUROGI, the European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information, and the Vice President of IRLOGI, the Irish Organisation for Geographic Information.

Bruce provides leadership to EUROGI's "Policy" Portfolio Group where the focus has been on "Beyond SDIs", "Geospatial Green Deal" and "Women in GI". The Group also coordinates EUROGI's submissions to the European Commission in response to calls for comment on proposed policies or legislation.

He is a professional town and regional planner who has been involved in geospatial matters for many years. He is based in Ireland.AbstractThe session will focus on work undertaken by EUROGI's GeoSpatial Green Deal Focus Group under the "Policy" Portfolio Group. The Group's aim is to set out ideas and proposals regarding how geospatial information and technologies can play a significant role in implementing the European Union's Green Deal initiative. During the session key features which a future geospatial green deal ecosystem should have will be outlined. A number of 'plans-on-a-page' (succinct outlines of aims, problems, solutions, etc) will be presented regarding a number of specific focus areas within the wider Green Deal initiative.