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<DIV><SPAN class=068192804-25062009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Bruce,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=068192804-25062009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No I
don't have a transcript - although there may be one one her web site.
Senator Lundy is very much in favour of making greater use of PSI and the
announcement of a Government2.0 Task Force at the event is a clear indication of
interest in moving in this direction.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=068192804-25062009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thank
you for your comments on the <A href="mailto:spatial@gov">spatial@gov</A>
Conference. We have already started looking at next year and I think we
can look forward to an even better event. A web site covering the past
event and its presentations etc will be available shortly and we are also
seeking ideas for the next event.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=068192804-25062009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Not
sure if I have much free time over the next few months - I still have a real job
to do.....</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards<BR> <BR>Ben
Searle<BR>General Manager,<BR>Australian Government Office of Spatial Data
Management</FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone: 02 6249 9298<BR>Mobile:
0439-995-785<BR>Fax: 02 6249 9942<BR>Email: </FONT></SPAN><A
href="mailto:ben.searle@osdm.gov.au"><SPAN lang=en-au><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>ben.searle@ga.gov.au</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Postal address: GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT
2601 </FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial
size=2>------------------------------------</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-au><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>spatial@gov</FONT></I></B><I></I><FONT
face=Arial size=2> Conference - Canberra 15 - 16 June 2009</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><A
href="http://www.osdm.gov.au/Events/220.aspx"><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-au><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><FONT face=Arial
size=2>See more at</FONT><B><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></B><B><U> <FONT
face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/">http://www.spatialgov2009.com/</A></FONT></U><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT></B> </SPAN><BR><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial
size=2> </FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Bruce Bannerman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 25 June 2009
2:01<BR><B>To:</B> Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: FW:
[Aust-NZ] Wrappup report of Spatial@Gov conference in Canberra, Australia
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>Cameron,<BR><BR>Perhaps I was reading things into Kate
Lundy's keynote address, however I made note of her references to concerns
that the Federal Government should be looking to less restrictive copyright
(IP?) on government data in an effort to stimulate more use of this
data.<BR><BR>Ben, <BR><BR>- Did you get a transcript of these
comments?<BR><BR>- Congratulations on a well run and very informative event.
It was one of the better spatial events that I've been to. I hope that we can
do as well with FOSS4G-2009. btw do you have any spare time over the next few
months? ;-)<BR><BR><BR>Bruce Bannerman<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> -----Original
Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</A><BR>>
[mailto:<A
href="mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</A>]
On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter<BR>> Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2009 10:21
AM<BR>> To: Aust-NZ OSGeo; OSGeo Marketing<BR>> Subject: [Aust-NZ]
Wrappup report of Spatial@Gov conference<BR>> in Canberra,
Australia<BR>><BR>> <A
href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2009/06/osgeo-at-spatialgov%0A-conference-canberra.html"
target=_blank>http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2009/06/osgeo-at-spatialgov<BR>-conference-canberra.html</A><BR>><BR>>
The Aust-NZ OSGeo local chapter set up and OSGeo booth at the<BR>>
Spatial@Gov <<A href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/</A>> conference a few<BR>>
days back, and I gave a well attended Geospatial Open Source<BR>>
presentation. The conference attracted ~ 200 delegates and
covered:<BR>><BR>> * Climate Change<BR>>
<<A href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsClimateChange.asp"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsClimateChange.asp</A>>
(7<BR>> abstracts)<BR>> * Local
Government<BR>> <<A
href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsLocalGovernment.asp"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsLocalGovernment.asp</A>>
(1<BR>> abstracts)<BR>> * Indigenous
culture and communities<BR>><BR>> <<A
href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsIndigenouscultureandco"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsIndigenouscultureandco</A><BR>>
mmunities.asp><BR>> (4 abstracts)<BR>>
* Health <<A
href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsHealth.asp"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsHealth.asp</A>>
(1<BR>> abstracts)<BR>> * Future
directions of spatial technologies<BR>><BR>> <<A
href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsFuturedirectionsofspat"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsFuturedirectionsofspat</A><BR>>
ialtechnologies.asp><BR>> (24 abstracts)<BR>>
* Public/Private partnerships<BR>><BR>> <<A
href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsPublicPrivatepartnerships.asp"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsPublicPrivatepartnerships.asp</A>><BR>>
(5 abstracts)<BR>> * Social
Inclusion<BR>> <<A
href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsSocialInclusion.asp"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsSocialInclusion.asp</A>>
(4<BR>> abstracts)<BR>> * Not
Specified<BR>> <<A
href="http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsNotSpecified.asp"
target=_blank>http://www.spatialgov2009.com/abstractsNotSpecified.asp</A>>
(9<BR>> abstracts)<BR>><BR>> The conference was
particularly encouraging for people<BR>> interested in "Open Technologies".
It was opened by Senator<BR>> Kate Lundy <<A
href="http://www.katelundy.com.au/"
target=_blank>http://www.katelundy.com.au/</A>>, who is making a<BR>>
name for herself in Australia around Open Government (and who<BR>> is also
a keynote speaker at the FOSS4G<BR>> <<A href="http://2009.foss4g.org/"
target=_blank>http://2009.foss4g.org/</A>>conference in October). Then most
of<BR>> the presentations I attended mentioned Open Standards. In<BR>>
particular, there is a strong push to develop a "Spatial<BR>> Marketplace"
which is effectively a Spatial Data<BR>> Infrastructure. I was pleasantly
surprised to hear ~ 30% of<BR>> the presentations mention how agencies are
deploying Open<BR>> Source software. And there was regular mention about
how<BR>> agencies are following Queensland's initiatives moving<BR>>
government data to Creative Commons licenses. (There are<BR>> abstracts on
this at FOSS4G too).<BR>> Thanks to the following people for helping to man
the OSGeo stand:<BR>><BR>> * Milton Lofberg & Autodesk
for sponsoring the booth<BR>> * Cameron Shorter (me) and
LISAsoft for providing fliers<BR>> and giving<BR>>
an Open Source presentation<BR>> * Bruce Bannerman<BR>>
* Shoaib Burq<BR>> * Plus a couple of others
who dropped by for a bit<BR>><BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Cameron
Shorter<BR>> Geospatial Systems Architect<BR>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570
5050<BR>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<BR>><BR>> Think Globally, Fix
Locally<BR>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and
Open<BR>> Source <A href="http://www.lisasoft.com"
target=_blank>http://www.lisasoft.com</A><BR>><BR>>
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