Welcome to the Nordic SDI Seminar 3-4 October 2011

The Swedish GI organisation ULI Geoforum and GI Norden (the Nordic umbrella organisation for geographic information), in cooperation with its European counterpart EUROGI, are organising a Nordic seminar on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) 3-4 October in Uppsala, Sweden.

The seminar will be conducted in English and run parallel to two other tracks within ULI´s conference GEOINFO 2011 which takes place 3-5 October.

Time: 3-4 October, 2011
Place: Uppsala Concert and Congress Center, Uppsala, Sweden. Map

Register before 4th September for Early bird fee;  3000 SEK (about 320 EUR)

>> View the program for the seminar

Topics

Topics covered in the seminar are for example:

• Regional and local SDIs
• Status of national SDIs
• Results from national/Nordic surveys
• SDI strategies and R&D
• SDI in cross-border-projects

Keynotes

We are very proud to present the following Nordic SDI Seminar keynote speakers:

• Henk Hoff, the European representative of the OpenStreetMap Foundation and
• Jordi Guimet, C.S. IDEC – Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, who will present the Catalan SDI

At the GEOINFO plenary session we are proud to present the following keynotes in English:

• The European Environment Agency´s SDI – one of the most advanced SDI in Europe! – by Jan Bliki from EEA
• To Charge or Not to Charge, by Arnold Bregt, Professor in Geoinformatics at Wageningen University in Holland

Times and registration

The GEOINFO conference starts 10.00 AM on the 3rd of October with a plenary session including keynotes. 

The seminar starts 1.00 PM on the 3rd of October and ends 12.30 on the 4th of October.

Early bird registration fee (for seminar and GEOINFO plenary session) before 4th September: 3000 SEK (about 320 EUR). Registration fee after 3rd September: 4000 SEK.

>> REGISTRATION including hotel room booking

Aim

The main aim of the seminar is to exchange views and experiences on the current status of SDIs in the Nordic countries as well as to make relevant comparisons with other countries or regions in Europe. The seminar aims for a strong user perspective. Other aims are to share visions for future development of SDI in the Nordic region, to facilitate future cooperation on SDI in the region, also between scientists and users, and to make seminar presentations available for a wider audience.
Read more on the Nordic SDI Seminar website: www.uli.se/geoinfo2011-nordic-sdi-seminar