UN-GGIM

Documentation for the Meeting

• Programme schedule
• List of confirmed participants (as of 20 October 2011)
• Concept note on 'An Exchange with the Geospatial Industry for UN-GGIM' (Final version)

Technical Papers

• Session 1 - "Challenges in Geospatial Policy Formulation and Institutional Arrangement"
• Mr. Lawrie Jordan, Director of Imagery, ESRI,
    "Simple and Accessible Geospatial Programmes"
• Dr. Kumar Navulur, Chief Technology Officer, DigitalGlobe,
    "Challenges in Geospatial Policy Formulation and Institutional Arrangements - Industry Perspective"
• Mr. Paulo Bezerra, Managing Director, MSS and GSI, MDA,
    "Maximizing the Utility of Satellite Remote Sensing for the Management of Global Challenges"
• Mr. Luiz Paulo Fortes, Director, IBGE, Brazil,
    "Challenges in Geospatial Policy Formulation and Programme Management"

• Session 2 - "Developing Common Frameworks and Methodologies"
• Mr. Bryn Fosburgh, Vice President, Trimble Inc.,
     "An Industry Perspective"
• Mr. Steve Hagan, VP, Product Development, Oracle,
    "Deploying a Geospatial Cloud"
• Dr. Juergen Dold, President, Hexagon Geosystems, Switzerland,
    "Actionable Information from Dynamic GIS"
• Mr. Sanjay Krishnaa, Vice President - N & CE APAC, Europe & Middle East, Infotech Enterprises Limited,
    "Developing Common Frameworks and Methodologies"
• Dr. Vanessa Lawrence, Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey of Britain,
     "Developing Common Frameworks and Methodologies for Great Britain"

• Session 3 - "International Coordination and Cooperation in Meeting Global Needs"
• Mr. Michael Jones, Geospatial Technology Advocate, Google Inc.
• Mr. Arnulf Christi, President, OSGeo,
    "Transparency Openness Policy"
• Mr. Willy Govender, CEO, DataWorld, South Africa,
    "International Coordination and Cooperation in Meeting Global Needs"
• Mr. Kyoung-Soo Eom, Chief of Cartographic Section, United Nations,
    "International Coordination & Cooperation in Meeting Global Needs"
• Mr. Prashant Shukle, Director General, NR Canada,
    "International Coordination and Cooperation: Leveraging Canada's Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) to meet Global Needs"
• Mr. Hwajin Chang, Vice President, Samsung SDS,
    "Insight for Smart Cooperation in GGIM"

• Session 4 - "Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer"
• Mr. Todd Oseth, President and CEO, Intermap Technologies,
    "Metadata: Key in making wise social, economic, and environmental decisions?"
• Prof. Ian Dowman, Editor - Europe, Geospatial World,
    "Working Together to Build Capacity"
• Mr. Sultan Mohammed, Director General Ethiopian Mapping Agency,
    "Geospatial Capacity Building & Knowledge Transfer"
• Ms. Aida Opoku - Mensah, Director of ICTs and Science & Technology Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa,
    "Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer - Empowering African Stakeholders in Geospatial Science and Technology"
• Mr. David Stevens, Programme Coordinator, UN-SPIDER, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs,
    "Capaciity Building and Knowlledge Transfer"