Register for FOSS4G Sydney, Australia

2 October 2009 Geoff Zeiss
This year’s FOSS4G has an exceptionally diverse roster of what look to be stimulating talks.  It is going to be a serious challenge to decide which of several concurrent sessions to attend. Here’s a quick sample to give you a feel for what to expect,
  • The State of PostGIS – Paul Ramsey
  • OpenLayers: Vector Mayhem – Tim Schaub
  • How to Make a Point Cloud Rain Polygons – Schuyler Erle 
  • MapServer Project Status Report – Daniel Morissette and Jeff McKenna 
  • The use of Open Source in Canada’s National Forest Information System – Brian Low
  • The Use of Free and Open Source Software for Spatial Data Catalog in Indonesia – Dewayani Sutrisno, Gatot Haryo Pramono, Ati Rahadiati, Suseno
  • FLEX/Mapserver application for the Brazilian Industrial Fishing Vessels Monitoring Program –Rafael Medeiros Sperb 
  • Proj4js – Coordinate System Transformations in the Browser – Michael Adair
  • An Open Architecture for RESTful Geospatial Web Services – Geoff Zeiss
  • PostGIS and Oracle Spatial – Simon Greener 
  • Introducing FDO Toolbox – Jackie Ng
  • CityGML extension for Building Information Modelling (BIM) and IFC – Léon van Berlo
  • Using open source geospatial technology in a national environmental regulatory program – Jon Soderberg
  • Shortest path search for real road networks with pgRouting – Anton
  • Open Web Processing Services for Improving Accuracy of GPS tracks using Filtering and Map-Matching – Xianfeng Song Venkatesh Raghavan and Daisuke Yoshida
  • Using OGC Standards to link BI and Spatial – Andy Meehan
  • Rearranging the landscape of spatial database technology – Andrew Ross
And there are not just technical sessions, but also sessions about sharing spatial data and valuing the contribution of spatial data to the national economy.
  • The value of spatial information to the Australian economy – Alan Smart
  • A review of international developments in policy and legal frameworks for sharing of spatial data – Professor Anne Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology, Law Faculty
  • Maximising reuse of water information through Creative Commons Licensing – Brendan Moran and Baden Appleyard

Participation is open to everyone interested in Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G). Those who wish to attend the Conference should complete the online registration form. Conference Delegates have the opportunity to attend the FOSS4G Workshops taking place on Tuesday 20 October 2009. 

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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