[Sigia-l] Geospatial information : half-day meeting, 29th March, London, UK

[Leonard Will]

ISKO UK and the BCS Location Information Specialist Group (LISG)
"ON LOCATION": ORGANIZING AND USING GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION

Thursday 29th March (14.00-18.00)
Wilkes Room - British Computer Society London Office

In this ISKO UK and BCS joint meeting, we will hear from experts about 
the current geospatial information landscape and its challenges, some of 
the standards and frameworks that have been put into place to ensure 
interoperability and the potential for linking data. We will also hear 
how some users of GIS systems have applied them in their own organizations.

The event is free to ISKO and BCS members and to full-time students. The 
fee for non-members is just £40, payable in advance.  Registration opens 
at 1.45, immediately following the ISKO UK AGM, and we shall start 
promptly at 2 p.m. The programme will be followed by a chance to 
network, with wine and nibbles.

The topics and speakers are:

* The landscape and challenges of geospatial information in 2012- Mike 
Sanderson, 1Spatial

* INSPIRE and the work of UK Location - Alex Coley, Chair of the UK 
Location Programme Architecture & Interoperability Board

* Linking geographic data for research- Jo Walsh, EDINA

* The development and application of GIS in health protection - Matt 
Bull, Health Protection Agency

* Organising and using location data in the Environment Agency - Stefan 
Carlyle, Environment Agency

* AddressBase – developing a unique national address gazetteer - Carsten 
Rönsdorf and Nick Turner, Ordnance Survey

You will find the full programme and booking details on the ISKO UK site 
at <http://www.iskouk.org/events/location_march2012.htm>.  Please pass 
this invitation on to any colleagues who may be interested.  We hope to 
see you there.

ISKO, the International Society for Knowledge Organization, is a 
not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of 
promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge 
organization, within the broad field of information science and related 
disciplines. Our UK emphasis is to build bridges between the research 
and practitioner communities,with the UK Chapter attracting lively and 
steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meetings. You can see past 
and future events at <http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm>, most with MP3 
recordings.

BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, champions the global IT profession 
and the interests of individuals engaged in that profession for the 
benefit of all. Among its many specialist groups is the Location 
Information Specialist Group, enabling BCS members to be well informed 
and understand the technology, issues and best practices associated with 
geospatial technology, location intelligence, linked data and location 
based mobile services, which are becoming increasingly visible to 
business and the public.

Leonard Will
Hon. Treasurer, ISKO UK

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Dr Leonard D Will      27 Calshot Way, ENFIELD, EN2 7BQ, UK
Treasurer at iskouk.org	Tel: +44 (0) 20 8372 0092
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