Friday 6th June 2008
09.30 Coffee (Old Library) 10.00 Welcome (Room 2.13) 10.10 Session: Applications of GIS and Crime Chair: Kate Trafford, Scottish Government An Academic Perspective: Examining the Impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on Crime and Disorder Andrew Newton (University of Huddersfield) A Police Perspective: Developing Tools to Tackle Violence and Disorder Gordon Tyler (Strathclyde Police) 11.10 Coffee 11.30 Session: Broader Context for GIS Chair: William Mackaness, University of Edinburgh GIS@IBM: What makes you spatial? Edmund Kleiser (IBM) Who makes money from GIS? Mike Forster (Geowise) 12.30 Lunch 14.00 Session: International Perspectives Chair: Iain Cameron, University of Edinburgh Capacity Building: GEOSS, Malawi, and other stories... Iain Woodhouse (University of Edinburgh) Passport to travel - a view of GIS from 30,000 feet Graham Morgan (Spatial Consultants) 15.00 Tea 15.30 Session: Putting Data on the Map Chair: Catherine Schroder (University of Edinburgh) A Place for Everything; Land and Property Gazetteers in Local Government Martin Chapple (Darlington Borough Council) Data and GIS in Web Mapping Systems James Wharfe (MultiMap) 16.30 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) 26 Cameron March (by Cameron Toll Shopping Centre) Bring Meat (if you want to) and Booze. Sausages, salads, rolls and other basics provided.