OPEN FORUM ON GEODATA INTEROPERABILITY

[Ed Escowitz]

> 
> The OpenGIS Foundation Presents:
> AN OPEN FORUM ON GEODATA INTEROPERABILITY
> 
> A DAY OF PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON INTEROPERABILITY 
> AND INFORMATION SHARING TOWARD IMPLEMENTING THE 
> NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
> 
> March 17, 1994   8:30 AM  5:00 PM    
> THE HYATT REGENCY HOTEL RESTON, VIRGINIA 
> 
> A SPECIALLY FEATURED EVENT, PART OF THE NINTH 
> ANNUAL GRASS GIS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
> SPONSORED BY THE OPEN GIS FOUNDATION.  
> 
> Agenda:
> 
> 8:30 AM     Welcome & Intro to the OGIS Process. 
> David Schell, Executive Director, OGF
> 
> 9:00 AM     Panel I.  The Open Geodata Interoperability
> Specification (OGIS) Architecture. 
> 
> Chair:   Kurt Buehler, Principal Investigator, USACERL
> 
> Participants:  
> John Herring, Staff Consultant, Intergraph Corporation
> Mark Sondheim, Head, Geomatics, Gov't of B.C
> Mark Ashworth, Principal Software Engineer, 
> UNISYS/System 9
> Robin Fegeas, Geographer, USGS-NMD
> Richard Soley, Tech. Dir., Object Management Group
> Gio Wiederhold, Program Manager, ARPA
> 
> 
> 10:45 AM     Panel II.  Interoperability and Geospatial
> Applications.
>      
> Chair:  Kenn Gardels, GIS Coordinator, CEDR/UC Berkeley
> 
> Participants: Rich Garrettson, GIS Segment Manager,
>    Sun Microsystems
> Jack Dangermond, President, ESRI (invited)
> Cliff Kottman, Executive Manager, Intergraph
> Carl Reed, President, Genasys II          
> Fred Limp, Director, Center for Advanced Spatial
>    Technologies, U. of Ark.
> Steve Smythe, Sr. Software Engineer, Microsoft
> 
> 
> 12:30 AM     Luncheon.
> 
> 
> 2:00 AM     Panel III.  Geodata Interoperability and
>    Government Infrastructure.
>      
> Chair: Gale TeSelle, Director, RIGIS, USDA/SCS.
>      
> Participants:      
> Nancy Tosta, Staff Director FGDC
> Henry Tom, Director, GIS Laboratory, NIST
> Bill Goran, Chief, Envir. Sustainment Lab, USACERL
> Jasmeet Seehra, OMB, Analyst, Info. Policy Branch
> Larry Ayers, Executive VP, Intergraph
> 
> 
> 3:30 AM     Open Forum Discussion.
>      
> Moderators:     David Schell, Director OGIS Project
>    Kurt Buehler, OGIS Technical Director
>    Quentin Ellis, Director, OGIS Testbed Program
> 
> 
> 4:30 AM     Conclusion.
> 
> 
> WHAT IS THE OPEN GEODATA INTEROPERABILITY 
> SPECIFICATION?
> 
> The Open GIS Foundation (OGF) is dedicating one day of 
> the 9th Annual GRASS/GIS Conference and Exhibition to 
> exploration of the nation's critical need to implement 
> software tools that will support geodata 
> interoperability and the sharing of geospatial data in 
> the context of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
> 
> The day's program will consist of a series of panel 
> discussions and a luncheon, and will focus on issues 
> surrounding the development of the Open Geodata 
> Interoperability Specification  The OGIS.  Participants 
> in the discussions have all been chosen for their key 
> roles in the evaluation and implementation of potential 
> geodata standards, and they represent the diversity in 
> both interest and point of view that animates the 
> search for standards in this area.
> 
> OGIS is a software capability designed to standardize 
> access to geospatial data stored in  proprietary 
> database formats, or recorded by means of government 
> distribution or transfer standards.  The OGIS Project 
> was founded as a partnership between OGF, the US Army 
> Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research 
> Laboratory (USACERL), the Center for Advanced Spatial 
> Technologies at the University of Arkansas, and the 
> Center for Environmental Design Research at UC 
> Berkeley.  The OGIS Process is a "consensus process" 
> designed to unite a broad range of commercial, 
> government and academic institutions in an effort to 
> develop a broadly useful solution to the interoperability 
> problem.
> 
> With this day of discussions we wish to inform the 
> public of developments in the OGIS Project and 
> technology area, and to invite broader participation on 
> the part of both public and private sector organizations 
> concerned with the development of data access and data 
> sharing solutions.
> 
> The 9th ANNUAL GRASS GIS CONFERENCE AND 
> EXHIBITION, sponsored by the Open GIS Foundation and 
> hosted by the Soil Conservation Service, will be held at 
> the Hyatt Regency Hotel Reston in Reston, Virginia, 
> from March 14 to March 18, 1994.  The Conference will 
> be  attended by people who are interested in Open GIS 
> and in the public domain, open architecture GIS, GRASS, 
> which was developed by USACERL and is in wide use in 
> government, universities, and industry.  Workshops, 
> plenary lectures, a field trip, paper and poster 
> sessions, and exhibits will cover the full full range of 
> GIS topics.  Registration for the panel discussions, 
> including the luncheon buffet, is included in the general 
> registration for the full conference.  Call Pamela 
> Cashman 617-621-7025 (or send email to 
> cashman at crsa.bu.edu) for full Conference information.
> 
> The Open Forum is a substantial supplement to the 
> conference, made possible through the generous 
> encouragement and support of the following OGF 
> member organizations: Camber Corp., Intergraph Corp., 
> Sun Microsystems, PCI Remote Sensing, and Genasys II.
> 
> Please contact:  The Open GIS Foundation, One Kendall 
> Sq., Bldg. 200, Ste. 2200, Cambridge, MA 02139  FAX 
> 617-621-7174 or 617-557-1209.  Call Pamela 
> Cashman 617-621-7025 (or send email to 
> cashman at crsa.bu.edu).  Registration fee for March 17 
> Forum:  $100.00. (Free admission for those registered 
> for GRASS GIS Conference.)  Make checks payable to 
> Open GIS Foundation.  Visa/MasterCard, Diners 
> Club/Carte Blanche, Government P.O.'s and Training 
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