Croatian-Canadian Presentations on SDI in Zagreb

Croatia-Canada Information Exchange Seminar on
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Spatial
Information Applications
September 12, 2007
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Zagreb
Based on the information exchange between the Commercial Councellory of the Canadian Embassy in Budapest and HUNAGI the agenda of the Croatian-Canadian Forum on NSDI will be as follows:
Agenda
11:30 – 11:40 Seminar Introduction, Overview and introduction of Guest speakers
Dr. Zeljko Bacic, Director, State Geodetic Administration
11:40 – 11:45 Welcoming Remarks
His Excellency Mr. Thomas Marr, Canadian Ambassador
11:45 – 11:50 Guest Speaker
Mr. Davor Mrduljas, State Secretary for Environment
11:50 – 13:00 Present Status and Future Direction of Canada’s GeoConnections Program
Mr. Craig Stewart, Assistant Director, GeoConnections Secretariat, Natural Resources Canada
Questions and Discussion
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:05 Overview of Canadian Industry Experience
Mr. Ed Kennedy, Managing Director, Canadian GeoProject Centre
Questions and Discussion
14:05 – 14:40 SDI Development with the Open Standards Model
Mr. Edric Keighan, President and CEO, CubeWerx Inc.
Questions and Discussion
14:50 – 15:25 Leveraging SDI to Develop Geo-enabled Business Solutions
Mr. Darko Poletto, President, Spatial Knowledge Engineering Inc.
Questions and Discussion
15:25 – 16:00 An Introduction to Croatia’s NSDI Program
Dr. Želijko Bačić, Executive Director, State Geodetic Administration
Questions and Discussion
16:00 – 17:00 Networking
Interested parties should contact HUNAGI till 6th Spetember as latest. HUNAGI has the opportunity to submit the coordinates to the Canadian Embassy in Budapest to apply for attendance.