LINZ, through the New Zealand Geospatial Office, is taking a
lead role in helping government
realise productivity gains from geospatial (or location-based) information and technology. Reviews have
established that open standards for location-based information, and related innovation, can contribute
significant returns for the
investment.
The New Zealand Geospatial Office invites you to a focus
session with Mr Mark Reichardt,
President and CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This focus session
will look at the international issue of emergency/disaster response,
drawing on OGC’s involvement in
the response to disasters, from Hurricane Katrina to the earthquake in Haiti.
During the past decade, the OGC has earned an international
reputation for innovating access
to, and the sharing of, geospatial information. The Consortium comprises
more than 400 companies,
government agencies, research organisations, and universities across the world participating in a
consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial specifications. OGC Standards support
interoperable solutions that “geo-
enable” the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream
IT. These specifications empower
technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useable with
any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.
Standards for geospatial information are continually
evolving and New Zealand is in an
ideal position to influence the next wave of changes as a result of our
experience in responding to the
Darfield earthquake.
- Standards are leading the software revolution
- Stories from Katrina and Haiti
- Share experiences from Darfield (what worked, what didn’t)
- Start conversations about next steps why/where New Zealand can be involved
in OGC standards.
This is a rare opportunity to discuss and compare New
Zealand’s experiences following the September 2010 Darfield earthquake and look at how standards for
geospatial information can play a vital role in such situations. We would like
to share our collective
experiences from Darfield (what worked, what didn’t) and take the
opportunity to start conversations about where New Zealand can be involved in OGC standards.
Following this seminar, Mark Reichardt will also be giving a
more general presentation on geospatial standards evolution to a wider audience and we would like to
also invite you to stay for this presentation, together with a spatial
community workshop on geospatial
standards later in the day. (See the programme for further information.)
Please also advise in your RSVP if you intend to also attend
the rest of the day’s programme. Due to limited space, we are restricted as to the number of attendees and if
needed, will run a waiting list if all places are filled.
For updates on this event visit
www.geospatial.govt.nz/events.
For more information about the OGC, see
www.opengeospatial.org.
I hope you can join us.
Kevin Sweeney
Geospatial Custodian | New Zealand Geospatial Office
> PROGRAMME
8:30am Arrival
9am Presentation:
Standards evolution (interoperability) in the face of disaster
Guest Speaker, Mr Mark Reichardt, President and
CE of the OGC
This is a presentation for emergency/disaster
response (and related) organisations to hear Mark Reichardt speak about OGC
involvement in responding to disasters, from Katrina to Haiti.
10:30am Morning
tea
11am to 2pm Presentation:
Standards evolution – where the greatest innovation is happening Guest Speaker, Mr Mark
Reichardt Mark
will provide an overview of OGC’s current work and the breadth of
standards
12:30pm Light working lunch
Open forum: Remaining questions for the guest
speaker, Mr Mark Reichardt
Discussion session with a wide audience
2 to 5pm (Two parallel workshops)
Workshop:
Standards conversations that matter
Led by the New Zealand Geospatial Office
An open, participative workshop to dicuss
ambitions, opportunities,
priorities
To register for the NZGO workshop, email lleeming [at] linz.govt.nz
Workshop: End to end spatial infrastructures
for environmental
science
Hosted by Landcare Research
An opportunity to hear what others are doing
and discuss
how New Zealand science could coordinate its environmental
research infrastructure from sensors through environmental
databases to computational synthesis and evidence based policy.
To register for the Landcare Research workshop, email aldenk [at] landcarereseach.co.nz
3pm Afternoon tea
Wrap up
