GISUpdate Conference - Contact: gisupd@geo.ed.ac.uk

GIS UPDATE '13 PROGRAMME

Friday 14th June 2013

 09.30  Coffee (Old Library)

 10.00	Welcome (Room 2.13)
        Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)

 10.10	Session: Applications in Local Government
 	Chair: Anne Altringham (Scottish Borders Council)

	Exploiting the Web to provide citizen services to Edinburgh
	Mike Steven (City of Edinburgh Council)

	Using GIS methods to create a cadastral map for local government in Chile
	Esteban Soto-Marquez (Universidad Tecnolica Metropolitana, Chile)

 11.10	Coffee
 
 11.30	Session: Forests and Remote Sensing
 	Chair: Iain Woodhouse (University of Edinburgh)

        Forestry Commission use of Remote Sensing - Updating the National Forest
        Inventory
        Christine Brown (Forestry Commission)

        Using Satellite Radar to describe the Structure of a Tropical Pine Woodland
	Dimitris Michelakis (University of Edinburgh)

 12.30	Lunch
 
 14.00	Session: The World of GIS
 	Chair: Neil Stuart (University of Edinburgh) 

	Everything is Spatial: An Recent Graduate's Insight into Geo-Entrepreneurship
	Paul Georgie (GeoGeo Solutions)

	An Auld Gowk's Guide to the GIS Workplace
	Mike Adam (Consultant)

 15.15	Tea

 15.45	Session: Moving into the Future
 	Chair: Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)

	DIY crowd sourcing georeferenced data
	Tom Armitage (EDINA)

	Who Moved My Cheese?: A retrospective on the changing nature of GIS
	Chris Barber (ESRI)

 16.45	Open Forum
        Chair: Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)

 17.30	Close


FRIDAY EVENING:  From 6.00pm Pear Tree (opp. Appleton Tower) 
                 7.30pm Restaurant (Ti Amo, South Bridge) 
                 c.10.30pm Brass Monkey (Drummond Street)
                                    
SATURDAY EVENT:  From 3.00pm 'til v.late BBQ at Bruce's House (Tel: 667 0184 to make sure its on if weather poor)
                 26 Cameron March (by Cameron Toll Shopping Centre)
                 Bring Meat (if you want to) and Booze. Sausages, salads, rolls and other basics provided.