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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONFERENCE WEEK PROGRAMME 1

EUROGI CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 3

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 5

CONFERENCE FLYER 9

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS 12

CALL FOR SPONSORS 18

EUROGI CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE FEE 24

Key Dates24 January – Submission of abstracts28 January – Persons submitting abstracts informed if successful or not1 February – Close of Early Bird registration fee discounts5 February – Closure of block booked hotel rooms 4–6 March – European Environment Agency’s Eye on Earth User Conference6 March – Joint Research Centre’s Envirofi Conference7–8 March – EUROGI’s imaGIne Conference

Conference Web Sitehttp://www.eurogi.org/2013-dublin-conferences.html

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EUROGI imagine CONFERENCE, CONVENTION CENTRE DUBLIN, 7 & 8 MARCH 2013

http://www.eurogi.org/2013-dublin-conferences.html

CONFERENCE WEEK PROGRAMME

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In the week 4 to 8 March 2013 three conferences will be held in the Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland. The theme running through the conferences is how digital information, and geographical information in particular, can be used to address environmental, economic development and governance issues.

In the first half of 2013 Ireland assumes the Presidency of the European Union. The week of conferences has been designated an Irish Presidency Associated event.

Eye on Earth Users Conference The European Environment Agency will hold its First Eye on Earth Users conference from 4 to 6 March. The objective of the conference is to create a widespread understanding about the concept and potential of data and information sharing through the Eye on Earth Network. The aim of the conference is to engage European and global stakeholders, both data and information providers as well as users active in the field of environment and sustainability. Together we will explore the role of the Eye on Earth Network in the complementary global initiatives of the Group on Earth Observations, UNEP-Live and the Eye on Earth Abu Dhabi Summit process. At the same time, we hope to inspire new audiences to participate in and contribute to the Eye on Earth Network through the use and application of environmental data and information.

ENVIROFI Day Conference On 6 March the ENVIROFI FP7 project will hold its ENVIROFI Day conference. ENVIROFI is a funded project within the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership programme and is part of the European Commission’s major FP7 research programme. The main focus of the conference will be on the interplay between environmental and geospatial informatics and Future Internet technology, including demonstrations of results in the areas of biodiversity, air quality, and marine assets. In the afternoon session, we will discuss innovation opportunities for SMEs and stakeholders in the area of environmental and geospatial information, services, and applications.

EUROGI imagine Conference The European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information, EUROGI, will hold its imagine conference on 7 and 8 March. The EUROGI conference will explore the opportunities available in existing Geographic Information and geotechnologies for addressing economic growth, governance and environmental issues. The JRC will present an opportunity to discuss the evolving European Union Location Framework and the Commission’s Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) will explore issues associated with the Digital Agenda for Europe. The conference will also focus on trends which will shape the future GI environment and the opportunities inherent in the near to mid-term future.

All conferences will be addressed by top global and European keynote speakers and will involve high level European expertise. The Eye on Earth and Envirofi conferences will also involve demonstrations of new technologies while the EUROGI conference will have a strong focus on how best to unlock the GI and geotechnologies opportunities which will have been identified and discussed.

Together the conferences provide a great opportunity to view European best practice from a variety of perspectives as well as an opportunity to network with European experts and policy makers.

For further information and the opportunity to register see http://eurogi.org/2013-dublin-conferences.html.

EUROGI CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

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Thursday 7 March 2013EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF EXISTING GI DATA, GEOSERVICES AND GEOTECHNOLOGIES1hr45m 09:00-10:45 Plenary Session (1)30m 10:45-11:15 Tea / Coffee1hr45m 11:15-13:00 Irish Best

Practice Stream (2A)

European Best Practice Stream (3A)


DG CONNECT's Digital Agenda Stream (5A)

DG Joint Research Centre's EU Location Framework Stream (6A)

1hr15m 13:00-14:15 Lunch1hr30m 14:15-15:45 Irish Best

Practice Stream (2B)

European Best Practice Stream (3B)


DG CONNECT's Digital Agenda Stream (5B)


30m 15:45-16:15 Tea / Coffee1hr15m 16:15-17:30 Plenary Session - Realising GI Opportunities with Existing Data and

Geotechnologies: Who has to do What When (7) 17:30 Closure Opportunity for Face to face discussions with Sponsors3hr 19:30-22:00 Hooley Night (8)

Friday 8 March 2013THE EMERGING FUTURE: IDENTIFYING & UNLOCKING GI OPPORTUNITIES

1hr45m 09:00-10:45 Plenary Session - Overview of Current and Emerging Trends which will shape the GI Environment (9)

30m 10:45-11:15 Tea / Coffee1hr45m 11:15-13:00 Internet of

Things Stream (10)

Open Data Stream(11)

Linked Data/Big Data Stream (12)

Volunteer GI/ Social Media Stream (13)

Other Issues Impacting on the Future GI Environment (14)

1hr15m 13:00-14:15 Lunch1hr30m 14:15-15:45 Plenary Session - Realising the Opportunities: Implications for Jobs/Economic

Growth, Governance, Environment and Social Cohesion (15)30m 15:45-16:15 Tea / Coffee1hr25m 16:15-17:40 Plenary Session - Who has to do What, When (16)5m 17:40-17:45 Closure

CONFERENCE WEBSITEhttp://www.eurogi.org/2013-dublin-conferences.html

EUROGI imagine CONFERENCE, CONVENTION CENTRE DUBLIN, 7 & 8 MARCH 2013 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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Phil Hogan TDMinister of Environment, Community and Local Government

Minister Hogan was first elected to the Dáil (Parliament) in 1989 and has been • successfully elected in all subsequent electionsOne of Fine Gael’s most well-known politicians and was the Party’s Spokesman • for Environment, Heritage & Local Government in the 30th DáilFine Gael’s National Director of Elections in the 2011 Election at which Fine • Gael was the party which won the most seatsServed as Minister for State in Department of Finance in the last Fine Gael • Government at a time where job growth was at an all time highIn Fine Gael, he has held many positions including Parliamentary Party • Chairman, Director of Organisation, Enterprise Spokesman as well as Consumer Affairs, Regional Affairs and Food Industry positionsServed as a Senator from 1987 – 1989• Graduate of University College Cork (BA, HDipEd)•

Geraldine McBrideUntil very recently President, SAP North America, and previously President and • CEO of SAP Asia, Pacific and JapanPreviously, Dell President for Global Applications and Business Process • Outsourcing Services, leading a team of 15000 professionals; and later Dell Vice President and General Manager responsible for Asia, Pacific and JapanInvited speaker at the 2008 World Economic Forum (Davos)• Honored by being chosen as China’s first IT Industry Employer of Choice • Appeared on the cover of Chief Executive Magazine as one of only a dozen • people recognized as worldwide business leaders ‘in the post millennium vanguard forging the global economy’Specialties include business transformation, leadership and management,, skills • development, and driving growthCurrent interests include interaction of cloud computing, Internet of Things and • mobile technologies, recognizing the key role which location/place can play in shaping new emerging business models

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS and PANEL MEMBERSEUROGI imaGIne CONFERENCE, DUBLIN, 7 & 8 MARCH 2013

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Geraldine McBride

Phil Hogan TD

Minister of Environment, Community and Local Government

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Prof Mike GoodchildProfessor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara• Chair of the Executive Committee, USA National Center for Geographic • Information and Analysis (NCGIA) and also Chair of the USA National Research Council’s Mapping Science CommitteeWinner of the Canadian Association of Geographers Award for Scholarly • Distinction, and the Association of American Geographers award for Outstanding ScholarshipServes on the editorial boards of ten journals and book series• Author of some 300 academic papers and a number of books• His current research interests center on volunteer/crowd sourced Geographic • Information, geographic information science, spatial analysis, the future of the library, and uncertainty in geographic data

Ed Parsons

The Geospatial Technologist at Google Inc with responsibility for evangelising • Google’s mission to organise the world’s information using geography, and tools including Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Maps for Mobile.Maintain links between Google and Universities and Research and Standards • Organisations which are involved in the development of Geospatial TechnologyPreviously founder of Open Geomatics, Chief Technology Officer at Ordnance • Survey GB where he was instrumental in moving the focus from mapping to Geographic Information; also previously Autodesk GIS Applications Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa Specialties include Geospatial data, Enterprise GIS, Research, Remote Sensing• Author of numerous articles, professional papers and presentations to • International Conferences and he developed one of first weblogs in the Geospatial Industry at www·edparsons·com

Suha Ulgen Head, Centre of Excellence for UN Spatial Data Infrastructure at the United • NationsHead, the Centre of Excellence for United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure • and the Co-chair of the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) at the United Nations Secretariat in New York, USAPreviously the Technical Manager at the UN Office for the Coordination of • Humanitarian Affairs and the Coordinator of the UNGIWG Secretariat in Geneva, SwitzerlandReceived his graduate degrees at the University of California in Los Angeles • where he studies urban and regional development planning as a Fulbright scholarFounding member of the International Geospatial Society; member of the • editorial board of the International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and ManagementCurrent areas of focus and interest include disaster information management and public health applications • of geoinformatics, advances in linked open data and semantic interoperability

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<<<sharper picture needed>>> Prof Mike Goodchild

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Suha Ulgen

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<<<sharper picture needed>>> Prof Mike Goodchild

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Suha Ulgen

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Mark ReichardtPresident and CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium Inc• Overall responsibility for Consortium operations, overseeing the development • and promotion of OpenGIS® standards; working to ensure that OGC programs foster member successWorks closely with other standards development organizations and professional • associations to establish alliance agreements to assure that OGC standards and other standards work together fluidly to enable the full integration of geospatial information with real time sensor data and Building Information Models (BIM) used in architecture, engineering, construction and full life cycle management of buildings and other physical infrastructurePreviously Manager of the programme to illustrate how the use of geospatial • information and technologies could improve local and federal government coordination in US|Vice President Gore’s National Partnership for Reinventing Government initiativeAlso previously selected to establish and lead an international Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) program • for the US Federal Geographic Data Committee. In this position, Mr. Reichardt helped to establish globally compatible national and regional SDI practices in Africa, South America, Europe, and the Caribbean. He was instrumental in establishing several nation-to-nation collaborative Spatial Data Infrastructures agreements

Prof Jacqueline McGlade Executive Director of the European Environment Agency since 2003; on leave • from her post as Professor in Environmental Informatics in the Department of Mathematics at University College London.Previously a Board member of the Environment Agency of England and Wales • with responsibility for Thames Region, navigation and science; formerly she was Director of the NERC Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Professor of Biological Sciences at Warwick, Director of Theoretical Ecology at the Forschungszentrum Juelich and senior scientist in the federal government of CanadaHer research has focused on the spatial and nonlinear dynamics of ecosystems, • with particular reference to marine resources, climate change and scenario development.

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<<< sharper picture needed>>> Mark Reichardt (tbc)

<<<sharper picture>>> Prof Jackie McGlade (tbc)

Eamon Gilmore TD (tbc)

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Eamon Gilmore TD (tbc)

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CONFERENCE FLYER

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EVERYWHEREOPPORTUNITIESUnlocking the Power of Geographic Information, Today and Tomorrow...

The main aim of the conference is to identify opportunities arising from the application of both existing and emerging geospatial data, services and technologies. Promoting job creation, achieving more efficient and effective public sector policy making and services’ delivery, and the creation of a more informed public are all areas of focus.The conference will adopt a mainly non-technical approach to the issues. Each of the two days will end with sessions focussing on ‘who needs to do what, when’ to realise the opportunities identified during the earlier sessions.

Prominent global and European experts in various fields will be presenting, mainly as part of the plenary sessions, but also in panel discussions.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information (EUROGI) Conference Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland. 7 & 8 March 2013

CONFERENCE FOCUS

Day 1: Opportunities Today – Focus on how existing GI, geoservices and geotechnologies can help solve significant European to local problems and on mapping current opportunities for addressing European, national and local challenges. Included in the programme are streams which address the DG Joint Research Centre’s European Union Location Framework and also DG CONNECT’s Digital Agenda for Europe. The presentations and discussions will take place from a mainly Geographic Information perspective within the context of the current EU and national policies. Identifying opportunities will be a recurrent theme with the day ending with a session focused on how best to exploit the opportunities which have been identified.Day 2: Opportunities Tomorrow – A strong futures orientation concentrating on emerging trends in GI, geoservices and geotechnologies will dominate the presentations and discussions. Trends related for example to the Internet of Things, Web 4.0, Linked Data, Big Data, Volunteer GI, Social Media, Open Data as well as issues such as real time and seamless indoor/outdoor positioning, satellite remote sensing, 3D and 4D, cloud computing, sensor web etc will feature prominently. A strong theme running through the day will be how both the European public sector and businesses can better prepare themselves for the new rapidly emerging GI environment by finding new, exciting and exploitable opportunities.

PROGRAMME

The EUROGI imagine conference is one of three linked conferences taking place at the Convention Centre in the same week, all of which have jointly received the Irish Presidency Associated Event designation. The European Environment Agency’s Eye on Earth User conference will take place on 4, 5 and 6 March while the European Commission’s Directorate General Joint Research Centre’s Envirofi conference will take place on 6 March. A key overall theme across all the conferences is Geographic Information (GI).

IRISH PRESIDENCY ASSOCIATED EVENT

A networking buffet dinner will be held on the evening of Wednesday 6 March which will facilitate networking between delegates at all three conferences.Dublin is a great city to visit to have good ‘craic’ (local Irish term for fun). As an optional extra, delegates will be able to attend a Hooley night on Thursday 7 March in an Irish pub where traditional Irish food, singing and dancing with strong audience participation will take place. It will be a night never to be forgotten.

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

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EVERYWHEREOPPORTUNITIESUnlocking the Power of Geographic Information, Today and Tomorrow...

European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information Tel +32 (0) 484 485 100 Web www.eurogi.eu Email [email protected]

REGISTRATION

€275 for the full two days with an early bird discount if registration and payment takes place before 1 February 2013. Single day attendance will be €175. EUROGI members receive a discounted rate both for Early Bird and regular delegate rates.

Registration for the EUROGI, EEA and JRC conferences at http://eurogi.org/registration.html.

A call for presentations can be found at http://eurogi.org/registration.html.The deadline for submission of abstracts is 24 January 2013.

Sponsors packages are available and can be found at the conference web site.

SPONSORSHIP

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

HOTEL BLOCK BOOKINGBlock bookings have been made at hotels in the vicinity of the Conference Centre. It is important to book early as the number of reserved rooms decreases as the conference approaches.Information here: http://eurogi.org/practical-information.html.

CONFERENCE FEE

http://eurogi.org/2013-dublin-conferences.html.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE

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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

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1. THE CONFERENCE

The main aim of the conference is to identify opportunities arising from the application of both existing and emerging geospatial data, geoservices and geotechnologies. Promoting job creation, more efficient and effective public sector policy making and services delivery, and the creation of a more informed public are all areas of focus.

The conference will adopt a mainly non-technical approach to the issues. Each of the two days will end with sessions focusing on ‘who needs to do what, when’ to realise the opportunities identified during the earlier sessions.

The EUROGI imagine conference along with a European Environment Agency conference (Eye on Earth – 4 to 6 March) and a DG Joint Research Center conference (Envirofi – 6 March) are Irish Presidency Associated Events. All conferences take place in the same venue.

Further information about the conferences can be found at http://www.eurogi.org/2013-dublin-conferences.html

2. THE PRESENTATIONS

Presentations will take the form of PowerPoint or similar.

Each presenter will have a total elapsed time of 30 minutes of which no more than 20 minutes would be for presentations, the remaining 10 minutes would be for discussion in relation to the presentation.

Moderators will keep presenters strictly to the 20 minute time allotted. There will be a 2 minute to go warning followed by a 1 minute and then if presenters have not completed their presentation they will be asked to stop. Presenters are strongly advised to ensure that their presentations can be completed within the 20 minutes allocated.

The conference is orientated towards middle and senior level non-technical decision-makers and thus presentations should not be mainly addressed to technical audiences. Narrowly focused technical presentations are most unlikely to be selected.

English will be the conference language.

3. SESSIONS FOR WHICH THIS CALL RELATES

3.1 7 MARCH 2013

3.1.1 General Guidance

The overall focus on this first day is on the innovative use of existing GI, geoservices and geotechnologies to address ‘real world’ problems/issues. Experience has shown that very substantial advances in many thematic areas at all levels can be made through the application of existing technologies with existing data and services. ‘Picking the low hanging fruit’ is a term which could well describe these instances.

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In the case of EUROGI’s Sessions 2, 3 and 4 (see Annex) generally, presentations would be expected to cover the following five areas:

What is the problem/issue/challenge;o The policy context for the problem/issue/challengeo How through innovative application of existing data, geoservices or geotechnologies has the problem/o issue/challenge been addressed;What are the benefits and costs (monetary and/or qualitative) of the innovative application;o Future directions with particular emphasis on: o

New unexplored opportunities;• Any European, national or local policy or practice changes which are needed to achieve wider • exploitation.

Covering each of the above points in a clear and succinct manner is likely to receive favourable consideration by the selection jury.

3.1.2 Stream Specific Guidance

Stream (2A) & (2B) – Irish Best Practice Stream•

Presentations would need to highlight Irish best practice examples of the innovative use of existing data, geoservices and geotechnologies which have been developed in Ireland or are being applied in Ireland. Whilst examples across all thematic fields will be acceptable, at least some of the examples would ideally focus on economic growth related activities (job creation, saving money, supporting SMEs, etc) or significant governance improvements (doing more with less in government, improved policy preparation or implementation and monitoring, etc), both of which are broad topic areas which are of particular priority for the Irish Presidency.The examples should ideally be at European or global best practice levels.

Stream (3A) & (3B) – European Best Practice Stream 1•

The examples should be at European or global best practice levels. Set out below are some examples of topic areas which may provide scope for presentations. The list below is not exhaustive but is shown merely for example purposes.

How Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) have contributed towards addressing business or government o problems. EUROGI has a particular interest in sub-national SDIs but national examples or examples which exploit the emerging INSPIRE SDIs would also be of particular interest.The innovative application of geobrowser technologies, particularly where they facilitate easy intuitive o citizen interactions or support for SMEs.Information about open data initiatives touching for example on policies, guiding principles, difficulties, o progress, etc.Creative location based services (LBS) applications.o How new insights have been made which underpin new or evolving policies at any level or in particular o thematic areas.Innovative application of standards or protocols.o New ways of achieving joined-up governance.o Issues arising from business process changes related to the introduction of innovations using o geotechnologies or geoservices.Apps with a strong GI basis.o Etc.o

As mentioned above, these are just some examples. Basically the field is wide open; a key provision being the examples should be at a European or global best practice level.

Stream (4A) & (4B) – European Best Practice Stream 2•

Guidance as in the case of Sessions (3A) and (3B).

3.2 8 MARCH 2013

3.2.1 General Guidance

The overall focus on this second day is on existing and emerging trends, how they might impact on the future/emerging GI and geotechnology environment(s) in the short to medium term. Of critical importance is what are the opportunities within the emerging environment(s) for economic growth, improved governance, environmental sustainability and social cohesion, and how should we go about exploiting them.

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Generally presentations would be expected to cover the following main areas with a GI slant:The current situation in the stream subject area - current policy and practice;o The nature of one or more key trends in the subject area;o How trends interrelate;o What can we expect in say 2 – 5 years time;o What are the opportunities;o What needs to be done to exploit the opportunities - policy changes, research areas of focus, new o governance arrangements, improved access to venture capital etc.

3.2.2 Stream Specific Guidance

Stream (10) – Internet of Things•

Topic areas which may be of interest include:Privacy, IPR and security;o Real time;o Implications for 3D / 4D visualization;o Implications of changing RFID technologies;o Implications for inside/outside positioning;o Modeling processes and spatial prediction;o Implications in major thematic areas (eg transport, health, SMEs, entertainment etc);o The establishment of networks of networks to achieve higher order integration;o European Union policies/legislation, practices and the research agenda from a GI perspective;o Etc.o

The above topic areas are illustrative and certainly not exhaustive. A GI slant is of course very important across all topic areas of interest.

Stream (11) – Open Data •

Topic areas which may be of interest include:Open data initiatives in Europe or globally (regional, national, sub-national), with particular emphasis on o best practice and the role of GI;Integration/harmonization of open data from different levels of government, or across thematic areas;o Open private sector GI;o Changing work/business practices and challenges through GI, geoservices and geotechnologies which o can be built on open data;Achieving more joined-up governance;o Reuse of public sector information (PSI Directive) with particular emphasis on GI;o Privacy, IPR and security;o European Union policies/legislation, practices and the research agenda from a GI perspective;o Etc.o


Stream (12) – Linked Data/Big Data•

Topic areas which may be of interest include:GI based search;o Location (and time) as underlying communalities across all/most data sets;o Open source big data management issues and options;o GI technology role in visualization of data linkages and outputs;o GI role in data integration;o GI and data governance regimes;o European Union policies/legislation, practices and the research agenda from a GI perspective;o Etc.o


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Stream (13) – Volunteer GI / Social Media•

Topic areas which may be of interest include:Quality assurance and authentication issues, difficulties and solution options;o Privacy;o IPR issues;o New or emerging technologies which facilitate volunteer GI input o New or emerging opportunity areas for the application of Volunteer GI;o Social media as a source of volunteer/crowd sourced GI;o Business opportunities;o New emerging social media, any opportunities;o Etc.o


Stream (14) – Other Issues Impacting on the Future GI Environment•

Topic areas which may be of interest include:Future of the Internet;o Cloud computing;o Artificial intelligence;o Software as a Service;o Evolving remote sensing technologies, including for example drones;o Etc.o

Of particular interest will be presentations which seek to outline how the various trends may interact to shape the emerging GI environment.


5. WEB BASED SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Abstracts of up to 350 words can be submitted at http://eurogi.org/registration.html.

The deadline for submissions of abstracts is Thursday 24 January 2013.

Persons submitting abstracts will be informed by Monday 28 January whether or not their submissions have been accepted.

Accepted presenters will need to have registered and paid for attendance by Friday 1 February 2013 otherwise they will not be able to present and other presenters will be selected.

6. JUDGING A judging panel will be established to evaluate submissions. The decisions of the panel will be final and no correspondence regarding non-selection will be entered into.

7. QUERIES Queries can be directed to Catharina Bamps, the EUROGI Secretary General at [email protected].

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ANNEX: OVERVIEW OF CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Wednesday 06/03/2013CONFERENCE WEEK EVENING NETWORKING DINNER

30m 19:00-19:30 Pre-dinner drinks Level 3, Convention Centre Dublin15m 19:30-19:45 Welcome Speeches 1h45 19:45-22:00 Networking Dinner

Thursday 07/03/2013EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF EXISTING GI DATA, GEOSERVICES AND GEOTECHNOLOGIES1hr45m 09:00-10:45 Plenary Session (1)30m 10:45-11:15 Tea / Coffee1hr45m 11:15-13:00 Irish Best

















Things Stream (10)







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CALL FOR SPONSORS

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1. OVERVIEW

The EUROGI imagine conference offers great opportunities for sponsors to become involved in a unique event that is part of a larger Irish Presidency Associated package of events and is targeted at higher level non-technical government and business decision-makers across Europe.

The EUROGI conference has European and world class keynote speakers, who along with the delegates, will focus on identifying unrealized Geographical Information (GI), economic, governance, environmental and other opportunities available through current geodata, geoservices and technologies, and also inherent in emerging trends. The conference will focus strongly on how best to realize these opportunities.

The conference is one of three linked conferences (see below) which will take place at the same venue in the same week and coordinated by EUROGI and IRLOGI. The European Environment Agency (EEA), the EC’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and EUROGI have coordinated planning, running and marketing of the week long package of events. All three conferences have been designated as Irish Presidency Associated Events (see below). The EEA conference will have both a European and global focus while the JRC and EUROGI conferences will be more European in focus.

Sponsor packages, available from €2,000 upwards, offer great opportunities to build or consolidate brand and networks, and to raise organisation awareness generally.

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

EUROGI EUROGI has 24 members, most of whom are National Geographical Information Associations (NGIAs), each of which has its own national members. Including ‘member’s members’ EUROGI comprises a network of over 6000 organisations across Europe.

The wider membership base includes public sector, private sector, tertiary education institutions, research bodies, NGOs and specialist focussed organisations.

EUROGI’s main aim is to promote the widespread and effective use of GI, geoservices and geotechnologies. For more information about EUROGI see www.eurogi.eu.

EUROGI’s imagine CONFERENCE FOCUS The main aim of the conference is to identify opportunities arising from the application of both existing and emerging geospatial data, geoservices and geotechnologies. Promoting job creation, more efficient and effective public sector policy making and services’ delivery, and the creation of a more informed public are all areas of focus.

The conference will adopt a mainly non-technical approach to the issues. Each of the two days will end with sessions focussing on ‘who needs to do what, when’ to realise the opportunities identified during the earlier sessions.

EUROGI imagine CONFERENCE, CONVENTION CENTRE DUBLIN, 7 & 8 MARCH 2013 SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES

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IRISH PRESIDENCY ASSOCIATED EVENT The EUROGI imagine conference is one of three linked conferences taking place at the Convention Centre Dublin in the same week, all of which have jointly received the Irish Presidency Associated Event designation.

A key overall theme across all the conferences is GI.

European Environment Agency’s ‘Eye on Earth User conference; Monday 4th March 2013 to Wednesday 6th March 2013. The first half of the conference will focus on European issues while the second half will focus on the Global Network of Networks initiative. The EEA is seeking to draw in delegates from around the world for this latter component of their conference. EEA is anticipating about 500 delegates will attend.

EC Directorate General Joint Research Centre’s ‘Envirofi’ conference: Wednesday 6th March 2013. JRC is anticipating that about 175 delegates will attend.

Coordinated marketing by EUROGI, EEA and JRC of the three events is taking place. Marketing will give delegates the option of attending the whole week or selecting days or events. It is anticipated that the links with the other two events will significantly increase the numbers attending the EUROGI event.

The week of conferences will be included on the Irish Presidency programme of events.

EUROGI CONFERENCE TARGET AUDIENCES AND ATTENDANCE High and middle level non-technical policy and decision makers in the European Commission and in o national, regional and local governments.Business community, in particular SMEs and venture capitalists, geotechnology and geoservices o companies.Delegates attending the linked events.o EUROGI members.o

It is anticipated that 250 to 350 delegates will attend the EUROGI conference.

EUROGI CONFERENCE PROGRAMME OVERVIEW Day 1: Opportunities Today – Focus on how existing GI, geoservices and geotechnologies can help solve significant European to local problems and on mapping current opportunities for addressing European, national and local challenges. Included in the programme are streams which address the DG Joint Research Centre’s European Union Location Framework and also DG CONNECT’s Digital Agenda for Europe. The presentations and discussions will take place from a mainly Geographic Information perspective within the context of the current EU and national policies. Identifying opportunities will be a recurrent theme with the day ending with a session focused on how best to exploit the opportunities which have been identified.

Day 2: Opportunities Tomorrow – A strong futures orientation concentrating on emerging trends in GI, geoservices and geotechnologies will dominate the presentations and discussions. Trends related for example to the Internet of Things, Web 4.0, Linked Data, Big Data, Volunteer GI, Social Media, Open Data as well as issues such as real time and seamless indoor/outdoor positioning, satellite remote sensing, 3D and 4D, cloud computing, sensor web etc will feature prominently. A strong theme running through the day will be how both the European public sector and businesses can better prepare themselves for the new rapidly emerging GI environment by finding new, exciting and exploitable opportunities.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Prominent global and European experts in various fields will be presenting, mainly as part of the plenary sessions, but also in panel discussions.

SOCIAL PROGRAMME A networking buffet dinner will be held on the evening of Wednesday 6 March which will facilitate networking between delegates at all three conferences.

Dublin is a great city to visit to have good ‘craic’ (local Irish term for fun). As an optional extra, delegates will be able to attend a Hooley night on Thursday 7 March in an Irish pub where traditional Irish food, singing and dancing with strong audience participation will take place. It will be a night never to be forgotten.

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EUROGI CONFERENCE FEES Full details of conference fees for the Eurogi conference can be found on the Conferences website http://www.eurogi.org/2013-dublin-conferences.html.

Discounted Early bird rates are available for both EUROGI members and non-members until 25th January 2013.

No delegate fees will be charged for attendance at the EEA and JRC conferences. This should encourage delegates from these conferences to attend the EUROGI conference

VENUE Convention Centre Dublin; Dublin’s premier conference centre.

The EUROGI conference will take place in the Wicklow suite (Level 2). For details see www.theccd.ie.

REGISTRATION Registration for the EUROGI, EEA and JRC conferences takes place at http://www.eurogi.org/registration.html.

HOTEL BLOCK BOOKING Block bookings at hotels in the vicinity of the Conference centre have been made for delegates attending all three conferences. Information can be obtained at http://www.eurogi.org/practical-information.html.

CONFERENCES WEBSITE http://www.eurogi.org/2013-dublin-conferences.html

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3. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

Wednesday 06/03/2013CONFERENCE WEEK EVENING NETWORKING DINNER

30m 19:00-19:30 Pre-dinner drinks Level 3, Convention Centre Dublin15m 19:30-19:45 Welcome Speeches

19:45-22:00 Networking Dinner

Thursday 07/03/2013EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF EXISTING GI DATA, GEOSERVICES AND GEOTECHNOLOGIES1hr45m 09:00-10:45 Plenary Session (1)30m 10:45-11:15 Tea / Coffee1hr45m 11:15-13:00 Irish Best

















Things Stream (10)







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4. SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES Two sponsorship opportunities have been established:

(A) General EUROGI conference sponsorships;• (B) Sponsorship of Hooley night (7 March). •

(A) EUROGI CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIPS DIAMOND – €10 000 (only one Diamond Sponsor)

5 complementary delegates;o Opportunity to chair a Plenary Session and two Parallel Sessions;o Opportunity to be a panelist in a Panel Session (session to be agreed in advance);o Informal Q&A session with Keynote Speakers and Sponsor in one of the breakout rooms;o Prominent logo on all promotional materials, conference programme, on EUROGI and EUROGI o members web pages as a Diamond Sponsor, screens in the Main Exhibition Hall, corporate banner at the registration point, screen in the foyer, logo projected in all meeting theaters, plenary and breakout rooms (before the presentations and at breaks), logo on conference and event communications; Large area exhibition stand in the premium location (approx. 20m2); o Demonstrations scheduled at the Diamond sponsor’s stand, advertised in the conference programme; o 2 full page adverts in the A4 conference programme, including a statement by CEO or other suitable o text; Large size logo on the front of the delegate bag;o Sponsor document(s) included into the delegate bag – maximum 3 items;o Company logo as a Diamond sponsor when EUROGI and its allied organisations announce the o EUROGI and other conferences through the conferences web site.

PLATINUM – €75003 complementary delegates;o Opportunity to chair a Plenary Session and one Parallel Session; o Informal Q&A session with Keynote Speakers and Sponsor in one of the breakout rooms; o Logo on all promotional materials, conference programme, on EUROGI and EUROGI member home o web pages as a Platinum Sponsor, logo on the screen in the Main Exhibition Hall, corporate banner at registration point, screen foyer, logo projected in all meeting theaters, plenary and breakout rooms (before the presentations and at breaks), logo on conference and event communications; Medium size exhibition stand in a strategic location (approx 15m2); o Full page advert in the A4 conference programme; o Medium size logo on the front of the delegate bag;o Sponsor document(s) included into delegate bag – maximum 2 items.o

GOLD – €50002 complementary delegates;o Opportunity to chair a Parallel Session;o Logo on all promotional materials, conference programme, on EUROGI and EUROGI members home o web pages as a Gold Sponsor, logo on the screen in the Main Exhibition Hall, corporate banner at registration point, screen in the foyer, logo projected in all meeting theaters, plenary and breakout rooms (before the presentations and at breaks), logo on conference and in event communications;Modest size exhibition stand (approx 10m2); o Half page advert in the A4 conference programme;o Modest size logo on the front of the delegate bag;o Sponsor document(s) included into delegate bag – maximum 2 itemso

SILVER – €20001 complementary delegate;o Logo on all promotional materials, conference programme, on EUROGI web site home page as a Silver o Sponsor, screens Main Exhibition Hall, corporate banner at registration point, screen in the foyer, logo projected in all meeting theaters, plenary and breakout rooms (before the presentations and at breaks), logo on conference and in event communications;Quarter page advert in the A4 conference programme;o Small size logo on the front of the delegate bag;o Sponsor document included into delegate bag – maximum 1 item.o

(B) SPONSORSHIP OF HOOLEY NIGHT €1500 (maximum two Sponsors)

Branding on Hooley night pamphlet;o Banner(s) in prominent position(s) at venue;o Acknowledgement of sponsorship on each dinner table/bench;o Opportunity for sponsor(s) to give a brief speech (o between singing, dancing, eating and drinking).

5. CONTACTS Catharina Bamps, EUROGI Secretary General at [email protected] or +32 484 485 100.Bruce McCormack, EUROGI President at [email protected] or +353 87 8212 449. 23

EUROGI CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE FEE

24

25

FEES

SINGLE DAY (07/03/2013 OR

08/03/2013)

EUROGI-MEMBER

(one of the 24 members)

Non-EUROGI member

STUDENT

(student-ID

required) EARLY BIRD FEE –

(on/before 01/02/2013)

€ 100 € 125 € 50

STANDARD

(after 01/02/2013)

€ 125 € 175 € 50

FEES

2 DAYS (07/03/2013 AND 08/03/2013)

EUROGI-MEMBER

(one of the 24 members)

Non-EUROGI member

STUDENT

(student-ID

required)

EARLY BIRD FEE – (on/before

01/02/2013)

€ 200 € 250 € 100

STANDARD

(after 01/02/2013)

€ 235 € 275 € 100

6th March 2013 7th March 2013 SOCIAL EVENTS

€ 35 Networking dinner

€ 65

Hooley night

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