Presummit: Geospatial Community Forum

Agenda

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Time	Agenda Item	Speaker(s)		Description
8:00AM - 9:00AM	Working Breakfast			A working breakfast to network, independently discuss issues and topics of interest, and prepare for the day.
9:00AM - 9:30AM	Intro & Opening Remarks		Dr. Jeff Hamerlinck  Director of UW Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WYGISC) Associate Director of the UW School of Computing Nicholas Case  President of Wyoming Geospatial Organization (WYGEO) Assistant Lecturer UW School of Computing | Geospatial Information Sciences & Technology	Opening remarks for the Geospatial Community Forum and a goal for the overall day.
9:30AM - 10:30AM	Public Private Partnership in Action: Alberta Data Partnerships		Erik Holmund Executive Director of Alberta Data Partnerships	Beginning in 1997, ADP is a non-profit company established to assume responsibilities for digital mapping in Alberta Canada on behalf of the provincial government. This concept grew from a strong push from the Government of Alberta to provide more efficient and cost effective services they believed could be scaled and accomplished more efficiently through partnerships with the private sector.   ADP  provides long-term management of comprehensive digital data sets for a wide number of collective stakeholders.   Find out how it was accomplished, how it's going, and lessons learned.
10:30AM - 11:00AM	Break
11:00AM - 12:00PM	Kansas Approach to GIS Governance		Kenneth A. Nelson Assoc. Director for GIS & IT Geographic Information Officer DASC Director Kansas Geological Survey  Kansas University	A walkthrough of a real-world implementation of GIS Governance:  How they got there - The hurdles, and how to overcome them.
12:00PM - 1:00PM	Lunch
1:00PM - 4:00PM	Afternoon Discussion, Panels, Working Groups		Pending	Discussions possibly centered around: authoritative data & definitions, standards for geospatial data, data discovery and sharing, public/private partnerships, funding a geohub, real-world governance examples, support for local governments, troubleshooting roadblocks, and more.
4:00PM - 5:00PM	Closing Remarks: Summary & Recommendations		Dr. Jeff Hamerlinck  Director of UW Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center Associate Director of the UW School of Computing	Summarizing events, discussions, takeaways from working groups, and the goal: Providing recommendations to remove roadblocks and implement solutions.
5:30PM - 7:30PM	Evening Reception			Reception at an external location for networking and reflection on the day's events.