International SDI Symposium

Program

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Monday 19 November
8:00-8:30		Registration	University of Melbourne
8:30-9:15		Symposium Opening	Minister UM-Vice Chancellor Prof. Ian Williamson
Session 1 Chair: Prof. I. Williamson	9:15-10:10	Global and Regional SDI
		Contribution of GSDI and PC-IDEA to SDI development	Mr. Santiago Borrero
		Regional SDI's: the European experience	Prof. Ian Masser
		Asia Pacific SDI and Global Map	Mr. Peter Holland, Mr Graham Baker, Ms Karen D. Kline
	10:10-10:30	Discussion
10:30-10:50		Morning Tea
Session 2 Chair: Mr S. Borrero	10:50-12:10	National SDI
		Development of the Australian SDI	Mr. Drew Clarke
		Public Sector Mapping Agencies-Australia: Concept to Incorporation	Prof. Don Grant, Mr. Olaf Hedberg
		Approaches for Developing National Geographic Information Infrastructures (NGII) for the Republic of Lebanon	Dr Fawzi Kabbara, Mr Mark Sorensen
		Development of a Conceptual Framework for Iran's National SDI	Dr Mahmoud Reza Delavar, Mr Hani Rezayan
	12:10-12:30	Discussion
12:30-13:30		Lunch
Session 3 Chair: Mr P. Holland	13:30-14:50	Developing Elements for National SDI
		Positional Accuracy, A Spatial Data Foundation	Mr John Manning, Mr Jim Steed
		Mines and Metals Geographic Information System Design and Implementation in the context of Iran's National SDI	Mr Saeid Noori Bushehri, Dr Mohammad J. Valadan Zoje, Mr Ali Mansourian
		The National Integrated Land System (NILS)	Ms Leslie Cone
		Colombian SDI – ICDE: Technical implementation issues as a contribution to build SDI components in the Developing World	Ms Lilia Patricia Arias
	14:50-15:10	Discussion
15:10-15:30		Afternoon Tea
Session 4 Chair: Prof. I. Masser	15:30-17:10	Socio-political, Economic and Cultural dimensions of SDI Development
		Strategy Formulation for National Spatial Data Frameweorks during Uncertainty: The case of Zimbabwe	Asso. Prof. Michael Barry, Mr Reuben Mavima, Dr Ulrike Rivett
		People-The Action Framework	Mr Bob Irwin, Mr Wayne Lotherington
		Key Factors Influencing Regional SDI Development	Mr. Abbas Rajabifard
		Sustainable Development and the Case For E-Governance	Ms. Lisa Ting
		SDI Funding Models for Developing Countries	Mr Garfield Giff, Prof. David Coleman
	17:10-17:30	Discussion
18:00-20:00		Drinks and BBQ
Tuesday 20 November
Session 5 Chair: Prof. D. Grant	9:00 – 10:20	State SDIs
		Victoria's SDI Initiatives	Ms. Elizabeth O’Keeffe
		Victoria's SDI Initiatives	Mr. Steve Jacoby
		SDIs: A Local View of the Foundations Required to Support SDI	Mr. Rick Whitworth
		SDI in Minnesota	Dr William J. Craig
		Tasmania's SDI - The LIST	Mr Robert Twin
	10:20–10:40	Discussion
10:40-11:00		Morning Tea
Session 6 Chair: Mr. O. Hedberg	11:00-12:25	Implementation Issue
		Corporate SDI: Concept and the Case of Department of Natural Resources and Environment	Dr T.O. Chan
		Integrating SDI services with information communities: case studies and issues	Mr Rob Atkinson, Mr Maurits van der Vlugt
		The open source software movement and its potential in implementing SDIs	Mr John Reid, Mr Franck Martin
		Specific Characteristics of Data Used in Land Cover Monitoring Images for West Gippsland Catchment Management, Victoria and the Significance for SDI	Mr Grant Jacquier, Dr Joseph H. Leach, Asso. Prof. Ian D. Bishop
		Managing the Transition from a Metes and Bounds Land Tenure System to a Coordinate Based Cadastre	Mr Michael H. Elfick
	12:25-12:45	Discussion
12:45-13:45		Lunch
Session 7 Chair: Mr S. Jacoby	13:45:-15:20	Technical Research of the SDI Concept
		Building SDI to support Decision Making (full-text)	Ms Mary-Ellen Feeney
		Adapting administrative boundary design techniques in support of SDIs	Ms Serryn Eagleson, Dr Francisco Escobar
		Adapting SDIs to support Location Based Wireless Applications	Ms Jessica Smith, Dr Allison Kealy
		Datums and Transformations: The Framework Data Set of SDIs	Mr Neil Brown
		Developing Performance Indicators for SDIs and Land Administration Systems	Mr Daniel Steudler
	15:20-15:40	Discussion
15:40-16:00		Afternoon Tea
16:00-17:30		Discussion Panel
		Future Directions for SDI Development	Prof. Williamson (Chair) Prof. Masser, Mr. Borrero, Mr. Watkins, Mr Jacoby, Dr. Vanessa Lawrence
17:30		Close of Symposium