Upcoming GITA 2007 Panel

9 February 2007 Geoff Zeiss

There is going to be a very interesting seminar and panel discussion on Mapping Applications on the Web: Evolution or Revolution on Sunday March 4th at the annual GITA conference in San Antonio.  The speakers have been finalized and include

Peter Battey, CTO of Intergraph, will talk about “The Disruption of Geospatial Technology” and
will discuss how the geospatial industry has radically changed over the last few
years and the impact this has had on traditional GIS vendors.

I’ll talk about open source
geospatial software, open standards and how Web 2.0 technologies can help utilities and telcos address address the challenges of field force automation and of the aging field force.

Bill Gail, a member of Microsoft’s Virtual Earth
team, will talk about the dramatically increased availability of spatial data  and its impact on the geospatial industry, and what is on the horizon from the Microsoft Virtual Earth team.

Charlie Savage, who is moderating the session, will talk about social mapping – using the web to
create mashups, share data and create communities of users.

The last 40 minutes of the seminar will be a question and answer discussion. If you’ve got a point of view on what’s happening in the geospatial sector, this is your opportunity.

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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