Spatial Information Day - South Australia

Spatial Information Day 2007 (SID 2007) and the South Australian Spatial Excellence Awards 2007 (SASEA 2007) will be held on Friday 10 August 2007 at the National Wine Centre of Australia. The full day SID 2007 program will be followed by the SASEA 2007 dinner.

Spatial Information Days are educational and promotional events that provide individuals and organisations opportunities to view innovative spatial technologies and projects through presentations and displays.

The program includes a range of interesting presentations on spatial initiatives and activities. This event enables attendees to broaden their knowledge of significant new applications and developments in the spatial community. Additionally, the day offers a networking opportunity facilitating communication and professional development.

SID 2007 will feature high-level keynote and plenary sessions in the morning, followed by concurrent presentation sessions in the afternoon. This new format will expand the opportunity for professionals to present their work in a conference style environment and will increase the number and range of presentations in the program.

We hope you will join us in celebrating the continued development of the Spatial Information Industry in South Australia.

If you have any ideas or suggestions to be incorporated into this and future SID's, please contact the SID Organising Committee.

This Years Keynote & Plenary Speakers

Tim Barker
Assistant Government Statistician and Director Queensland Spatial Information Office, Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland Treasury

Graciela Metternicht
Head of Discipline and Professor of Geospatial Information Systems and Environmental Management, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia.

Ian Batley
Executive Director, ANZLIC - the Spatial Information Council

David Lloyd
Cartographer/Designer/Production Manager, Black and Veatch International Ltd

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Tim Barker
Queensland Treasury
Tim Barker has been involved in the Spatial Information industry at varying levels in Australia, Canada, USA and UK for over 25 years. Tim has a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Queensland Institute of Technology (QUT) and a Master of Science in Engineering from the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Canada. He is currently working towards a PhD at the QUT, where he has also lectured since 1990.

Over his career, Tim has worked in both the private and public sectors. He joined Queensland Treasury in 2002 as Director of the Queensland Spatial Information Office, a position he still holds as well as now being the Assistant Government Statistician in Queensland Treasury. Tim was recognised as the APSEA Spatial Professional of the Year in 2004. Tim was President of the Spatial Sciences Institute in 2006 and is still a SSI Board member.

Graciela Metternicht
University of South Australia
Graciela Metternicht has recently joined the School of Natural and Built Environments of the University of South Australia, as Head of Discipline and Professor of Geospatial Information Systems and Environmental Management. Prior to her present appointment, Graciela was Professor of Geospatial Sciences and Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies at the Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, in Western Australia. During her stay at Curtin University she engaged in research on applications of geospatial technologies, with emphasis on remote sensing, to the mapping, modelling and monitoring of agricultural landscapes; and environmental processes of land degradation including soil salinization. In addition to funding received from the Australian Research Council, she has been recipient of awards and research grants by the Australian Academy of Science (1999), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999), the Science and Technology Agency of Japan (2001), the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (1997), the Netherlands Fellowship Program (1991-96), the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (1993), the European Community (1995) and the American State Organisation (1989).

Graciela's scholarship has resulted in 131 singly or co-authored publications, with 32 works appearing in major international journals of remote sensing and geosciences. Metternicht has developed international standing and professional leadership resulting in invitations as Guest Professor and visiting scientist of European, Japanese, Chinese and African Universities and Research Institutes; membership of editorial boards of international journals in GeoSpatial Sciences; and the appointment as acting chair of the commission Mapping from Satellite Imagery of the International Cartographic Association. She is Fellow of the Spatial Science Institute of Australia; Chair (acting) of the International Cartographic Association Commission on Mapping from Satellite Imagery; and member of: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing, the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), the Mapping Science Institute of Australia, the Imaging & Geospatial Information Society; the Remote Sensing Society (UK), the Latin American Society of Remote Sensing (SELPER), The Spanish Association of Remote Sensing (AET). Her current research interests are on: applications of optical, IR and microwave remote sensing and GIS for mapping and monitoring agricultural landscapes, rangelands, urban-scapes and land degradation; spatial analysis and modelling with emphasis on fuzzy logic and fuzzy sets, soft image classifiers.

Ian Batley
Executive Director, ANZLIC
Ian joined ANZLIC from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and brought with him over 30 years experience in the Spatial and ICT Industries. This experience has been in most states and territories and at all levels (commonwealth, state, local, academia and private). Ian has been provided consulting, customisation, training and management services to a wide variety of clients, on a wide variety of GIS & IT platforms for many years.
Ian has considerable project management experience ranging from small, one off software development projects, through to multi-facetted multi-million dollar projects which included managing up to 30 staff, various resources and the design, development, testing and integration of a number of software systems.
Ian has also provided support services to other service and software providers.
Ian is a Foundation Member, a Regional Committee Member, and a Commission Representative for the Spatial Sciences Institute and was a founding Director of 43 Pty Ltd, an integral part of the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRC-SI).

David Lloyd
Black and Veatch International Ltd
David Lloyd is currently engaged by US firm Black and Veatch International Ltd on a project being undertaken for the Asian Development Bank in post Earthquake and Tsunami affected Banda Aceh.
His roles on this project include production management, graphic design, cartography and GIS operator for the Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project / Spatial Planning and Environmental Management team.
David has over 25 years experience in a diverse range of management and technical streams. These include Technical design and drafting, Graphic design, Multimedia production, Web management/design, Print management and production, and Geographic Information Systems.
David specialises in the adaptation of GIS spatially accurate mapping to an illustrative environment using various digital publishing techniques ensuring mapping products deliver clear and easy to interpret messages.
When in Adelaide David manages the Publishing and Printing Unit of Planning SA, a South Australian State Government Agency and is an Honorary Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia.

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Important Dates

Call for presentation abstracts	Friday 9 March 2007
Abstract submission deadline	Friday 13 April 2007
Notification of abstract acceptance	Friday 1 June 2007
Poster submission deadline	Friday 13 July 2007
Registrations open	Friday 8 June 2007
Early bird registration deadline	Friday 13 July 2007
Registrations close	Wednesday 8 August 2007
Spatial Information Day 2007	Friday 10 August 2007
Feedback forms due	Friday 17 August 2007

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Registration

Registrations for SID 2007 are now open. An early bird registration rate is available for bookings made on or before Friday 13 July 2007.

Registrations close on Wednesday 8 August 2007. To register for Spatial Information day 2007 click here.

Call for Presentations

Members of the spatial community are invited to submit abstracts to the organising committee outlining presentations for possible inclusion in the concurrent sessions of the program.

Abstracts must:

provide an overview of the spatial project or research to be presented,
include an introduction, project objectives, methodology, results and conclusion,
be a maximum of 500 words,
be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format; and,
be submitted by Friday 13th April 2007.

Presentations on the day will be limited to 25 minutes, with 5 minutes for questions. Following the closing date for receipt of abstracts, presentations will be reviewed and delegates notified of acceptance.

Email abstracts or queries to the SID Organising Committee at: spatialinformationday@saugov.sa.gov.au

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Program

Spatial Information Day 2007 - Friday 10 August 2007 - National Wine Centre of Australia, corner Botanic and Hackney Roads, Adelaide

Download program here

8.30 - 9.00am

REGISTRATION

9.00 - 9.15am

Official Opening

9.15 - 10.00am

Keynote Address
Tim Barker
Director, Queensland Treasury
The Smartest Industry in a Smart State - 25 Years of Spatial Information Governance

10.00 - 10.30am

MORNING TEA

10.30 - 11.00am

Graciella Metternicht - University of South Australia
Global initiatives on environmental assessment and early wanting: an outlook to the contributions of remote sensing and related geospatial technologies.

11.00 - 11.30am

Ian Batley - Executive Director, ANZLIC - the Spatial Information Council
Celebrating 21 years of ANZLIC

11.30 - 12.00pm

David Lloyd - Asian Development Bank
Post Tsunami Banda Aceh - an illustrative and spatial overview

12.00 - 12.45pm

LUNCH

Stream 1
Hickinbotham Hall
Chair: TBC

Stream 2
The Gallery
Chair:TBC

Stream 3
The Vines
Chair:TBC

12.45 - 1.15pm

SSI - Initiatives and Directions
Tony Snow, President SSI

Practical support for local level change: how spatial information can assist Aboriginal management of heritage at the local level in South Australia.
David Baker, Dept of the Premier and Cabinet

The Spatial Information Exchange. A concrete example of how to overcome imagery problems.
Mike Jensen and Gus Dominguez, ER Mapper, Asia Pacific

1.15 - 1.45pm

ASIBA - Initiatives and Directions
David Hocking, Chief Executive Officer, ASIBA

Extracting Information from Images Using Object Oriented Classification.
David Bruce, University of South Australia

Address Coding of ABS Building Approvals.
Caroline Deans, Australian Bureau of Statistics.

1.45 - 2.15pm

Professional Certification – Do we need it?
Tim Barker, SSI Director

Move Over LiDAR – Precision Photogrammetry Raises the Bar.
Robert Rusk, AEROmetrex Pty Ltd

Business Optimisation Utilising Spatial Technology: Taking the Guesswork out of Location.
Dave Gerner and Kym Barnett, Tonkin Consulting

2.15 - 2.45pm

Addressing in South Australia
Kym Nicolson, DEH Peter Kentish, DTEI

Aceh Mapping Assistance Project.
Carl Menges, Apogee Imaging International

Connected Service Centres
Simon Callaghan, Dept for Families and Communities

2.45 - 3.15pm

AFTERNOON TEA

	Stream 4 Hickinbotham Hall Chair:TBC	Stream 5 The Gallery Chair:TBC	Stream 6 The Vines Chair:TBC	Stream 7 Ferguson Room Chair: TBC
3.15 - 1.45pm	Low-cost, high resolution aerial mapping using a Digital SLR and Landscape Mapper Matt Dell, Myriax	The State Land and Soil Information Framework – what is it and what can it do? James Hall, Dept of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation	Women in Spatial Initiative Penny Baldock, SSI YP	WORKSHOP Commencing at 2:55pm Surveying Workshop Surveying Reports and Checklists New Plan Format and Electronic Plan Lodgement Surveying with GPS and group discussion
3.45 - 4.15pm	Integration of Spatial Tools for Prioritisation of the River Murray Floodplain Matt Miles, Dept for Environment and Heritage	Pilot Study of Higher Order Neighbour Statistics for Crescentic Dunes of the Martian North Polar Region. Mark Bishop, University of South Australia	WORKSHOP Enterprise GeoSpatial Imagery – Capture, Systems Integration and Distribution Tonkin Consulting and ER Mapper (Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging)
4.15 - 4.45pm	A spatial method for assessing protected area allocations using a typology of landscape values. Chris Raymond, Dept of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation	Tracking Growth Pressures in the Outer Metropolitan Region. Peter Houston, PIRSA Penny Baldock, PIRSA

4.45 - 5.00pm

CLOSING CEREMONY

5.00 - 6.00pm

HAPPY HOUR

7.00 - 11.00pm

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SPATIAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS DINNER

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Social Events Happy Hour

The organising partners of SID 2007 invite delegates and partners to attend the Happy Hour. The Happy Hour will give you an opportunity to chat with your colleagues about the days events in a relaxed social environment.

The Happy Hour is included in your SID 2007 registration package. Additional tickets may be purchased through the online registration system.

Date: Friday, 10 August 2007
Time: 17:00-18:00
Venue: National Wine Centre of Australia
Cost: Inclusive for full registered delegates and students
Guest: $27.50 (inc. GST)
Dress Code: Smart Casual

The Spatial Sciences Institute and Australian Spatial Information Business Association invite you to SA Spatial Excellence Awards 2007 held from 7pm in Hickinbotham Hall, National Wine Centre of Australia.

Date: Friday, 10 August 2007
Time: 19:00-23:00
Venue: National Wine Centre of Australia
Cost: $88.00 (inc GST)
Dress Code: Semi Formal

A poster session will be held during SID 2007. To enter a poster, please email a PDF of the poster to the SID Organising Committee by Friday 13 July 2007. Following the closing date for receipt of posters, entries will be reviewed and delegates notified of acceptance.

Companies are invited to participate as Sponsors and Exhibitors during SID 2007. This event will provide an opportunity for organisations involved in all aspects of the spatial sciences industry to promote their products and services to professional delegates.

To find out more about these limited sponsorship opportunities, download the detailed sponsorship document and templates here.

Sponsorship opportunities for the SA Spatial Excellence Awards Dinner are also available. Download the sponsorship document here.

This award is for practicing academics who have substantially and excellently contributed (through teaching, research, publication or professional activities) to the study and promotion of the field of spatial science.

For a teacher or facilitator who has made a significant contribution to the implementation of spatial technologies within the curriculum and community. The award acknowledges leadership not only in empowering students in the use of spatial technologies, but in supporting other teachers to acquire knowledge and skills.

To encourage and commend those who provide exemplary dedication, effort and service to the spatial community, this award will be open to an individual or associate SSI member or an employee of a corporate member.

This award recognises a young professional who has made a significant contribution in the field and acted as a role model for others in the industry.

For a practitioner working in any of the disciplines of the spatial sciences
whose professional achievements are acknowledged by peer citation as
exemplifying the highest standards of excellence and ethical conduct.

This award is for overall excellence in student endeavours across the spatial sciences, and will be judged on a student research project undertaken at two broad levels. This award is for research at the masters and PhD level.

Industry Awards

The Industry Awards are presented by the Australian Spatial Information Business Association, SA.

The Industry Award categories are:

Research and Innovation

This award recognises the contribution of an individual or corporation to spatial science research and/or technical innovation. It may be conferred for a specific project, or for an innovative solution to a technical problem.

Land Development and Planning

This Award recognises that a project has achieved an exceptional outcome by:

Using innovative technology in surveying, mapping, design or planning processes
Applying an unorthodox approach and/or methodology
Being attentive to achieving client objectives
Raising the standing of the industry in the eyes of the community or allied professions (eg. engineers, architects, environmental scientists, planners etc)

People and Community

Understanding and assisting our community is an essential part of the spatial information industry. Awards conferred in this category recognise those companies or products that make a difference to the community via grass roots initiatives, educational programs, new services, extension programs and/or tools that permit widespread use or access to spatially derived products or services.

Infrastructure

Contributing to the design and development of major engineering initiatives (environmental, civil or mechanical) is a key function of the spatial industry. Awards in this category recognise the contribution the spatial sciences provide to significant infrastructure initiatives.

Industry and Entrepreneurship

Spatial sciences have a significant, though often unrecognised, impact on the operations and effectiveness of major industries. This award recognises such contributions in, for example, agribusiness, mining, fishing and information technology. Entries might comprise new business activities, either based on new technologies or new market niches; or demonstrated success through a growing customer base, increasing revenue and other positive feedback from the market place. This category recognises the techniques, methodologies, business practices and tools that have contributed to the economic performance of an industry, or to the individual company.

Resource and Environment

This award recognises the contribution spatial sciences makes to challenging natural resources issues, for example: managing scarce water resources, water property rights, biota rights, salinity management, or any issue in an environmental context.

Spatially Enabling Government

This award recognises the contribution spatial sciences makes to Spatially Enabling Government.

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Important Dates

Details of the awards process and the specific criteria for each category are provided in the SASEA Guidelines document.

Deadline: COB Friday 13th July 2007
Each submission should provide sufficient information and evidence to fully answer the category criteria. The submission should not exceed 3 pages in length, excluding information pages such as cover sheets, contents pages, testimonials, etc.

For Industry Award Categories
Electronic submissions sent to Timm@asiba.com.au are preferred. Entries may also be posted to:
Tim Mee (SASEA 2007 Entries)
ASIBA SA
136 Greenhill Road
Unley SA 5063

For Individual Award Categories
Electronic submissions sent to sa@spatialsciences.org.au are preferred. Entries may also be posted to:
SASEA 2007 Entries
Executive Officer
Spatial Sciences Institute, SA Region
GPO Box 1349
Adelaide SA 5001

The Free City Loop (99C) bus services run every 15 minutes in both a clockwise and anti-clockwise direction around the city. The nearest stop to the National Wine Centre of Australia for the clockwise bus is Stop 10 (Royal Adelaide Hospital) and for the anti-clockwise bus is Stop 29 (Rundle Street). The Botanic Road entrance to National Wine Centre is approximately 200 metres walk East.
Many other metropolitan bus services also provide access to the National Wine Centre.

There is a network of bicycle routes across Adelaide providing a variety of options for cyclists. View the Bike Direct website to download maps of these routes.

Short term parking is available along Hackney Road and Plane Tree Drive, and car parks are located on Frome Road, Rundle Street and North Terrace. Please note on-site parking facilities are limited.

Disabled parking is available directly next to the National Wine Centre of Australia entrance.

The SID 2007 Organising Committee consists of representatives from SICOM, ASIBA and SSI.

Spatial Information Day 2007 Evaluation Form

Thank you for participating in SID 2007. Your feedback and suggestions are being sought in order to make future SID's even better. Please take the time to fill in this brief questionnaire. Your responses will remain confidential and will be used only in an aggregated form by the organising committee.

Spatial Information Day 2007 is organised by South Australias three principal spatial organisations:

The Spatial Information Committee (SICOM) provides a forum in South Australia for information exchange and discussion on all issues associated with spatial information. SICOM plays a significant role in the promotion of the applications and benefits of spatial information to all tiers of Government, industry, education and the wider community. Current membership comprises representatives from Local, State and Commonwealth Government, education, private industry through Australian Spatial Information Business Association (ASIBA) and the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI). This membership brings together a wide range of organisations involved in the spatial information industry and provides opportunities to influence spatial information development in the State. For more information on SICOM activities, visit the SICOM website.

The Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI) is the national body combining the professional disciplines of surveying, mapping, engineering & mining surveying, remote sensing & photogrammetry and spatial information. The national structure takes advantage of economies of scale and standardised administrative procedures. Service delivery, however, especially CPD, remains at the regional level to ensure the needs of members are best understood and met. The Spatial Sciences Institute caters for the professional people who make up the spatial information industry. It gives a voice to the members of the spatial science community in both the national and international arena. The SA Region of the SSI presents seminars, social events, newsletters and provides networking opportunities for its members. A calendar of events in SA can be downloaded from the SSI website.

Australian Spatial Information Business Association

The Australian Spatial Information Business Association (ASIBA) was formed in July 2001 and has quickly established itself as the leading voice for the spatial information industry private sector. ASIBA is a National Association that recognises the important role of the regions through Regional Management Groups (RMG). The South Australian RMG was formed in 2002 by local member firms to manage local issues and events. The SA RMG provides networking opportunities, liaison with Government agencies / politicians and provides an opportunity for spatial businesses to meet and progress industry matters.

The inaugural Spatial Information Day was held in 2000. Since then the event has been held regularly with the support of State Government and more recently, industry participation. Developments within the spatial information industry and their applications to government and private sector projects are demonstrated each year to over 250 delegates.

The success of Spatial Information Days has seen each event grow in attendance. Keynote speakers from across Australia present to the ever-expanding audience. For an insight into what SID has to offer, browse through the presentations of SID 2006.

SID 2006 was held on Thursday 10 August at the Adelaide Town Hall, King William St, Adelaide. The Presentations from the day can be accessed in .pdf format through the link below.

SICOM, SSI, ASIBA and SedA would like to recognise and thank the following organisations for their valued contribution to SID 2006.

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