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Conference Proceedings, Wednesday 18 July

Plenary
Business models and sustainability
Chair and facilitator: Prof Michael Blakemore, University of Durham
Presentations and panel discussion with:
The Ghanaian Model
Jean Dotse, Past Director of Surveys, Ghana
The Norwegian Model
Knut Flåthen, Director General, Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority
The Canadian Model
Eric Loubier, Programme Manager, Centre for Topographic Information, Canada
The British Model
Vanessa Lawrence, Director General and Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey, Great Britain
Questions and answers
 
Keynote Speaker
The Age of Exploration
Jon Williams
BBC World News Editor
 
Plenary
Resourcing NMOs – partnering, outsourcing, offshoring or what?
Organised by Advisory Board members from Europe
Chair: Magnús Guðmundsson, General Director, National Land Survey of Iceland
 
In-house resourcing
 
Peter Laarakker, Director of Strategy and Policy, Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency, The Netherlands
Partnering
 
Dan Paull, Chief Executive Officer, PSMA Australia Limited
Outsourcing
Prof Zelko Bacic, Director General, State Geodetic Administration of Republic of Croatia
Offshoring
 
Mark Edwards, Managing Director, European Operations, Rolta
 
Workshops
Capacity Development
Explores models and case studies to assist our response to the challenge of developing organisational capacity.
 
 
Co-chairs: Iain Greenway, Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
Prof Martien Molenaar, Rector, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
Contributors:
Stig Enemark, President, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
Yola Georgiadou, Associate Professor, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
Rapporteur notes:
Mapping for disaster response
A simulation exploring partnerships between national and international mapping/GIS agencies in disaster response
Chair: David Spackman, OBE, Chief Executive, MapAction
Contributor:
Nigel Woof, Operations Director, MapAction
Presentation
Archiving geospatial data for long-term preservation
Modern global problem solving will require historic geo-referenced data. What problems will we face?
 
 
Chair: Adrian Brown, Head of Digital Preservation, The National Archives, UK
Contributors:
Eunice Gill, Cartographic Client Manager, The National Archives, UK
Steve Morris, Head, Digital Libraries Initiatives, North Carolina State University, USA
Humphrey Southall, Director, Great Britain Historical GIS Project, Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth, UK
Linda Stewart, Team Leader, New forms of records and  information, The National Archives, UK
Prof Fraser Taylor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Canada
Presentations:
Rapporteur notes:
The business of SDIs
Making SDIs work in practice - examples from national mapping and geological agencies
 
 
Chair: Jarmo Ratia, President, GSDI Association
 Contributors:
Eydís Líndal Finnbogadóttir, Manager of GIS Department, National Land Survey of Iceland
Thorben Hansen, Head of Customer Relations Department, National Survey and Cadastre, Denmark
Ian Jackson, Director of Information, British Geological Survey, UK
Heli Ursin, EuroGlobalMap Project Manager, National Land Survey of Finland
Presentations:
Customer experience thinkings
Can organisations in mature markets grow? Do they need to maintain a competitive advantage? Should customers dictate how we operate?
Chair: James Brayshaw, Director of Sales and Market Development, Ordnance Survey, Great Britain
Contributors:
Qaalfa Dibeehi, Vice President, Consulting & Thought Leadership, Beyond Philosophy
 Presentations:
Rapporteur notes:

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