Speakers: please note session timings are subject to change

 09.30  Coffee (Old Library)

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

 10.10	Session: Research - Wind Power
 	Chair: Carol Blackwood (EDINA)

        Can't see the Wind Farm for the Turbines: Looking at the bigger 
        picture of GIS data management in the Renewable sector
        Wendy Campbell (Scottish Power Renewables, Glasgow)

        Modelling Regional Wind Farm Visibility Intensity
        Tom Hartley (Atmos Consulting, Edinburgh)

 11.10	Coffee
 
 11.30	Session: Innovation
 	Chair: William Mackaness (University of Edinburgh)

	The Life Geographic
	Adrian Tear

	Beginners GIS (Geographic Innovation Startups)
	Iain Woodhouse (University of Edinburgh)

 12.30	Lunch
 
 14.00	Session: Applications
 	Chair: Neil Stuart (University of Edinburgh) 

	Barriers to GIS adoption
	Jan Rigby (Centre for Health Geoinformatics, NUI Maynooth)

	GIS and the City of Tshwane - a South African Project
	Kate Mann (Arup, Cardiff)

	Using GIS to quantify and solve environmental problems
	Hayley Coristine (ADAS, Wolverhampton)

 15.15	Tea

 15.45	Session: The Future
 	Chair: Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)

   	SpaceBook: It's not Facebook
	Phil Bartie (University of Edinburgh)

	A GIS Update Hype Cycle - What's Next?
	Rob Dunfey (Shell, The Hague)

 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)