GeoWeb 2009 in Vancouver July 27-31 Focus on Urban Environments

15 July 2009 Geoff Zeiss

GeoWeb 2009 is taking place July 27-31, 2009 in downtown Vancouver, BC Canada at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and will focus on Urban Environments.  This year it includes an academic track on 3D Cityscapes.

Keynote and invited speakers include

  • Michael T. Jones is Google’s Chief Technology Advocate and former CTO of Keyhole Corporation, the company that developed the technology used in Google Earth.
  • Ken Greenberg is an architect and urban designer who has played a leading role in the rejuvenation of downtowns, waterfronts, neighborhoods, and campus master planning.

Some selected labs include

  • GeoWeb 101 – An Overview of GeoWeb – the What, Why & Where of GeoWeb – Ron Lake, Carl Reed, & Michael Gerlek
  • Digital Cities Modeling Workshop – Neal Niemiec, Autodesk
  • Google Earth 5.0 KML Extensions –  Michael Ashbridge, Google
  • 3D Geospatial: Project Implementation Methods and Best Practices – Tim Case, Parsons Brinkerhoff

Selected technical sessions include

  • The gap between SDIs and the GeoWeb – Clemens Portele, Interactive Instruments
  • Simple Relational Model for Temporally Diverse City Models – Paul Cote, Harvard University
  • Address Management: The Secret Ingredient for Geospatial Success – Boris Gutkin, DMTI Spatial Inc.
  • In My Backyard (IMBY): Renewable Energy for Everyone – Christopher Helm, NREL
  • How good is your information architecture? – Carsten Roensdorf, Ordnance Survey
  • Advances in Virtual City Data Management – Xavier Lopez, Oracle Corporation
  • Building a new location-aware infrastructure for calendaring and scheduling – Peter Batty, Spatial Networking
  • Integrating GIS, CAD, Raster, 3D and BIM Data – Dale Lutz, Safe Software Inc.
  • Building a Virtual World: 3D Buildings in Google Earth – Mike Springer, Google
  • Digital Cities Experts Panel – Doug Eberhard, Autodesk
  • Open Access to Geospatial Data Using Open RESTful Web Services – Haris Kurtagic, SL-King
  • Providing a Higher Level of Service through Web Architecture: City of Nanaimo and the MapGuide REST Extension – Jason Birch, City of Nanaimo
  • Using Spatial ETL for Web Services-Based Data Sharing – Don Murray, Safe Software Inc.
Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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