Friday 4th June 2010
09.30 Coffee (Old Library) 10.00 Welcome (Room 2.13) 10.10 Session: Systems Chair: Melissa Fedrigo (Ecometrica) Outside the Realm of the GI Expert - Software for the Businessman or Cartographer Tim Rideout (XYZ Mapping) Productivity Enhancements in ArcGIS 10 Desktop Emma Sandison (ESRI UK) 11.10 Coffee 11.30 Session: Spatial Data Infrastructures Chair: Iain Cameron (The University of Edinburgh) Distributed GIS - A retrospective in relation to Cloud computing and what this means for you Niall Carter (ESRI UK) EDINA: Contributions to SDI development in Scotland and beyond Tim Riley (EDINA) 12.30 Lunch 14.00 Session: Research Chair: Neil Stuart (The University of Edinburgh) A view from the top: Advances in Aerial Archaeology and GIS Anthony Corns (The Discovery Programme) Understanding the Legibility of Space: Self Organising Maps in Jakarta William Mackaness (The University of Edinburgh) 15.00 Tea 15.30 Session: Data Issues Chair: Catherine Schroder (The University of Edinburgh) The missing link? Geography and Linked Data as an enabler for enterprise data integration Phil Francis (Informed Solutions) Making Spatial Data Free: What are the Implications Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh) 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.