Webinars and Virtual Events

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The OGC USA Forum

Thursday, 13 August 2020 10:00 EDT

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The OGC USA Forum brings together thought leaders from across the United States to collaborate and brief out to the world how location information is evolving across the nation. The forum will highlight how organizations are innovating to improve the benefits and quality of geospatial information not just in North America, but across the globe.

W3C/OGC Joint Workshop Series on Maps for the Web

Monday, 21 September 2020 09:00 EDT

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This series of workshops - approximately one per day for two weeks - will bring together experts in browser development, Web standards, and Web mapping client tools & applications to explore the potential of standardized maps for the Web. The series will form a virtual meeting of developers, cartographers, policy makers, and other people with a stake in the future of Web standards relating to the display and use of maps on the Web.

Past Webinars and Virtual Events

OGC Webinar Series: Member Portal Training (member only webinar)

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 09:00 EDT

This OGC Member Portal Training Webinar will provide you with introductory guidance on how to gain access to OGC’s portal, an online tool used to connect and empower our global community of location experts. This 1 hour guided tour will show you how to manage your membership, explain the difference between Standards Working Groups and Domain Working Groups (SWGs and DWGs), and will feature a Q&A session with our staff. This webinar will be recorded and available on our website.

OGC 2020 June Member Meeting (virtual event)

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Monday, 15 June, 2020 - 08:30
End: 
Tuesday, 23 June, 2020 - 13:00
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This OGC Member Meeting will be held virtually.    For additional information, please visit OGCMeet

Webinar Information: 

Come and join us for the 115th OGC Technical Committee meeting. This will be an amazing week with a broad range of meetings and topics being discussed. You don't have to be an OGC member to attend an OGC meeting. While some meetings will be member only, many are open to anyone to attend and new voices are always welcome. This OGC Member Meeting will be held virtually.  For additional information,  visit OGCMeet.

The OGC Working Group Series: Collaboration Starts Here (webinar)

Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:00 EDT

Join our community of experts for an upcoming series of webinars highlighting recent achievements and findings across OGC's working groups.  From standards to domain-oriented innovations, the OGC community is actively working to make location information Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR).

This webinar series will focuson on a few of OGC's Domain and Standards working groups as a precusor to our upcoming June Members meeting. Not an OGC member? Join now. 

OGC Webinar Series: Member Portal Training (member only webinar)

Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:00 EDT

This OGC Member Portal Training Webinar will provide you with introductory guidance on how to gain access to OGC’s portal, an online tool used to connect and empower our global community of location experts. This 1 hour guided tour will show you how to manage your membership, explain the difference between Standards Working Groups and Domain Working Groups (SWGs and DWGs), and will feature a Q&A session with our staff. This webinar will be recorded and available on our website.

OGC India Forum Virtual Meeting

Thursday, 14 May 2020 01:00 EDT

Theme: COVID-19 and After- How OGC/members are assisting Governments/communities in containment of the pandemic and planning for future

New Space Workshop by OGC (virtual event)

Wednesday, 13 May 2020 10:00 EDT

This workshop brings together experts and users from across the spectrum of new Space.  Newspace is being driven by a combination of technology and market advances from (1) rocket launches, small satellites, orbital planes, (2) evolving sensor modalities and new ground infrastructures and (3) the uptake of agile thinking and new business models. The purpose of this workshop is to document the trends in the industry, share best practices and challenges, and identify areas that require the development or advancement of frameworks and standards for interoperability.  

OGC and EUROGI: Beyond Spatial Data Infrastructures (webinar)

Wednesday, 13 May 2020 08:00 EDT

In January, 2020 EUROGI started a discussion regarding what spatial data focussed paradigm or framework would be appropriate in a current and emerging technological and socio-economic world, a world very different from that which existed when the SDI paradigm was developed in the late 1980s/early 1990s. EUROGI invited geospatial thought leaders from around the world to provide short submissions on how they viewed the issue of Beyond SDI.

The OGC API: The future of sharing location information (webinar)

Thursday, 7 May 2020 14:30 EDT

Join OGC for an overview on how our new Web APIs help sharing of location information effectively for ready use across a wide variety of domains involving geospatial data. Learn how the APIs enable multiple location technologies to function seamlessly to reduce development time, accelerate integration of heterogeneous resources and improve cross-system or resource interoperability. See how we’re making location information more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) for agency and industry benefits.