TUESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2008 [Pre-UNGIWG-9 Workshop and Meeting]
| 09.30 |
"Evaluating SDI Best Practices", GSDI Association
(Only 25 seats available)
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Roger Longhorn, Co-Chair, GSDI Association Legal & Socioeconomic Working Group
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12.30
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Luncheon (MapMaker Lab) |
Google |
| 14.00 |
Geospatial Information Support Team (GIST) Annual Meeting
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GIST Secretariat (OCHA)
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WEDNESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2008 [CLOSED Day – UNGIWG Members Only]
08.00
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UNGIWG Members Registration (Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria)
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Local Organizing Committee
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| 09.00 |
Session 1: UNGIWG Co-chairs’ Welcome to Task Groups (TG) and UNGIWG Members |
UNGIWG Co-Chairs & Secretariat
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| 09.30 |
Session 2: Short overview of UNGIWG activities since UNGIWG-8 in Bangkok
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UNGIWG Co-Chairs & Secretariat |
| 10.00 |
Session 3: Task Group Breakout |
Task Groups
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| 10.45 |
Break |
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| 11.00 |
Session 3: Task Group Breakout (Continued)
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Task Groups
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| 11.30 |
Session 4: Task Group Plenary |
All |
12.30
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Luncheon |
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| 13.30 |
Session 5: Re-introduction of the Interim UNSDI Framework
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UNGIWG Co-Chairs & Secretariat
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| 15.00 |
Break |
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| 15.30 |
Session 6: Deliberations on the Interim UNSDI Framework
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All |
| 17.00 |
Session 7: Nomination of UNGIWG Chairs and Summary of Day 1
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Participants & Co-chairs
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| 17.30 |
End of Day 1
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THURSDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2008 [OPEN Day]
| 08.00 |
UNGIWG-9 Registration (Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria) |
Local Assistance |
| 09.00 |
The Hosts' Opening Statement
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Ms. Mazlan Othman
Director, UNOOSA
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| 09.15 |
Session 8: Welcome and Adoption of the Meeting Agenda |
Co-Chairs |
| 09.30 |
Session 9: Keynote Panel on "SDI vs. Neogeography"
- Roger Longhorn (GSDI Association)
- Ed Parsons (Google)
- Sam Bacharach (OGC)
- Schuyler Earl (Entropyfree)
- Michael Gould (Universitat Jaume I)
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Keynote Panel
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| 11.00 |
Break |
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11.30
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Session 10: Secretariat and Task Group Reports |
Task Group Managers & Secretariat
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| 12.30 |
Luncheon |
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| 13.30 |
Session 11: Report on the Status of the UNSDI Initiative |
Co-Chairs |
| 14.30 |
Session 12: "Open Data and FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)"
- "The UNHCR Web GIS Platform" (UNHCR/Camptocamp)
- “The Sudan Information Management Working Group “ (UNDP)
- "FOSS and the future of Geospatial Information Technologies" (Osaka City University)
- "Open Data on FOSS Platform: the UNSDI-T model for refugee/IDP sites mapping" (UNHCR/CartOng)
- Q & A and Discussion
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| 16.00 |
Break |
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| 16.30 |
Session 13: Summary of the day, UNGIWG-9 Social logistics and announcements |
Co-chairs, LOC & Secretariat |
| 17.00 |
End of Day 2
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20.00
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UNGIWG-9 Social (Venue to be announced)
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All | FRIDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2008 [Morning OPEN Session]
| 08.30 |
Session 14: Welcome and review of the day’s agenda |
Co-chairs, Secretariat, & LOC |
| 08.45 |
Session 15: Case Studies from UN in Vienna: Geo-information for Security and Safety
- “UNGIWG/UNSDI-relevant activities of UNOOSA, COPUOS and the UN-Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities" Werner Balogh, UNOOSA
- “CTBTO & the use of Geo-Information" John Anderson, CTBTO
- “Vision 2020 of the IAEA's safeguards systems”, Jacques Baute, IAEA (TBC)
- “The use of geographic data to estimate illicit crop production” Coen Bussink, UNODC
- Q & A and Discussion
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UN Organizations in Vienna |
| 10.15 |
Break |
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| 10:45 |
Session 16: Lightning Talks (5 min. presentations by partners)
- EastView
- ICA
- CODATA
- Mapufacture
- ENSAPLV
- RapidEye
- ESRI
- OpenStreetMap
- UNJLC
- OSGeo
- iMMAP
- ITHACA
- UNOPS
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UN & Partner Organizations |
| 12.15 |
Session 17: Co-chairs’ closing remarks and Group Photo |
All |
| 12.30 |
Luncheon
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FRIDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2008 [Afternoon CLOSED Session: UNGIWG Members Only]
| 13.30 |
Session 18: Provisional amendments to UNSDI Framework and Resolution
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Co-chairs, Secretariat and Participants |
| 14.45 |
Break |
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| 15.00 |
Session 19: Nominations for UNSDI bodies and Election of UNGIWG Co-chairs |
Incoming & Outgoing Co-chairs |
| 16.00 |
Session 20: UNGIWG-10 and Closing Session |
Co-chairs, Secretariat and Participants |
| 16.30 |
End of Day 3 - UNGIWG-9 Closes
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