
The next GeoRabble Sydney will be on Thursday 10th August, and we want to hear your thoughts on the future of technology as it relates to our industry.
What will be the impact of low-cost drones, or the Internet of Things, or blockchain?
We’re looking for speakers who can deliver an interesting presentation about the future of “geo”, following the simple GeoRabble structure:
- Celebrate each others’ triumphs
- Respect each others’ choice – no technology bigotry
- No sales pitches – this includes services, software, data etc.
- No company logos or ‘about us’ slides
- Keep it short – 10 minutes per talk
So if you have an idea for a presentation, please send a title and short description to sydney@georabble.org.
Details of the event:
- Thursday 10th August 2017 from 6 PM
- Occidental Hotel, 43 York St Sydney
Attendance is free, as always – we’ll be in touch with further details soon. Please get in touch if you’re interested in sponsoring our community-run event.

The annual FOSS4G conference is the largest global gathering focused on open source geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organizations and fields of operation. Through six days of workshops, presentations, discussions, and cooperation, FOSS4G participants create effective and relevant geospatial products, standards, and protocols.
FOSS4G has been held all over the world and draws attendees from over 40 countries. Bonn, Germany hosted the conference in 2016. In 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, USA will host.
The event’s host, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, was founded to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software. The foundation’s goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects, data development and education. Many projects live under the OSGeo umbrella.

“The June 2016 Coastal Storm – the event, damage, response and lessons”
The June 2016 Coastal Storm as a media sensation with dramatic images of damage across NSW. However, it wasnt the largest storm seen in NSW, now was damage entirely unexpected.
Recent advances in ocean, beach and structure monitoring together with an abundance of imagery and videography provides an unprecendented opportunity to learn from the effects of this storm.
This seminar will review the storm conditions, the damage observed across NSW, and the emergency response as it happened. A panel discussion will explore what can be learnt from this event to make our coastal communities safer, maritime infrastructure more resilient, and how to achieve these within conflicting stakeholder expectations.

After a superb feedback from successful events in Toowoomba and Springfield last year, the QSSA, in conjunction with USQ, will be running a GNSS Control Survey course at the USQ Springfield Campus on the 19th and 20th August.
The course will use the Trimble Business Centre and the USQ computer labs.
The objective of the workshop is to provide graduates with the information and skills to complete components of their registration that may not always be provided in all workplaces. The course will cover theory, field practice and office calculations involved in rapid static GNSS control networks.

The Australian Esri User Conference – Ozri is back!
In its brand-new format, Ozri 2017 returns with a three-city roadshow across the country in three capital cities. The Australian Esri User Conference strives towards bringing together leading industry experts; showcasing innovative, real-world GIS applications; and displaying the latest in GIS technology advancements.
The new one-day conference will be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane during August – with some of the world’s leading GIS experts discussing current trends and the latest technology.
Full event details will be announced shortly. Until then, save the date in your calendar, and start planning for Australia’s nation’s premier geospatial conference.
For further event details, please click here.
The Ozri 2017 call for papers is now open.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your story with Australia’s spatial community. All abstracts must be submitted by 9 June.
We’re looking for presenters on:
- Innovative applications of the ArcGIS platform;
- Using apps to increase productivity, collaborate and share insight;
- Sharing maps using Web GIS;
- Applying spatial analysis to gain real-world insight;
- Modern day cartography and next-gen map-making; and,
- Supporting the platform through geodatabase design.
Click here to submit an abstract for Ozri 2017.
Each presenter selected for Ozri 2017 will receive a free, all-access pass to attend the largest event on Australia’s spatial calendar.

The Australian Esri User Conference – Ozri is back!
In its brand-new format, Ozri 2017 returns with a three-city roadshow across the country in three capital cities. The Australian Esri User Conference strives towards bringing together leading industry experts; showcasing innovative, real-world GIS applications; and displaying the latest in GIS technology advancements.
The new one-day conference will be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane during August – with some of the world’s leading GIS experts discussing current trends and the latest technology.
Full event details will be announced shortly. Until then, save the date in your calendar, and start planning for Australia’s nation’s premier geospatial conference.
For further event details, please click here.
The Ozri 2017 call for papers is now open.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your story with Australia’s spatial community. All abstracts must be submitted by 9 June.
We’re looking for presenters on:
- Innovative applications of the ArcGIS platform;
- Using apps to increase productivity, collaborate and share insight;
- Sharing maps using Web GIS;
- Applying spatial analysis to gain real-world insight;
- Modern day cartography and next-gen map-making; and,
- Supporting the platform through geodatabase design.
Click here to submit an abstract for Ozri 2017.
Each presenter selected for Ozri 2017 will receive a free, all-access pass to attend the largest event on Australia’s spatial calendar.

SIBA|GITA & the Geography Teachers Association Victoria (GTAV) are working together to present a Business Networking Event featuring:
Dr Stuart Minchin, Chief, Environmental Geoscience Division, Geoscience Australia
Presenting the Digital Earth Australia (Data Cube), and its new approach for organising and analysing the vast quantities of satellite imagery and other Earth observations in both space and time, making it quicker and easier to provide information on issues that can affect all Australians. Minchin will cover how the LINK has enabled the evolution of the FSDF from a conceptual framework represented in static booklets (2012) to a governed, online, dynamic, cloud-based analysis and discovery tool.
Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., GISP, Education Manager
The rapid pace of spatial innovation it is now more important than ever that the spatial industries stay connected and support Geography taught in schools and provide the much needed link into industry to ensure curriculum relevance. Understanding the world and using our spatial lens, skills, knowledge and perspective are important to bring about positive change to the world, its environment and its people.
Amelia Chapman, Director, Land Information and Spatial Services, Land Use Victoria
Land Use Victoria brings together long-standing foundational spatial functions that have been apart for over a decade, together with new industry engagement, data analytics and digital innovation functions which are driving greater public value from government land and spatial data. Amelia will provide an ‘over the horizon’ view of the short, medium and longer term directions for these new functions.

The Australian Esri User Conference – Ozri is back!
In its brand-new format, Ozri 2017 returns with a three-city roadshow across the country in three capital cities. The Australian Esri User Conference strives towards bringing together leading industry experts; showcasing innovative, real-world GIS applications; and displaying the latest in GIS technology advancements.
The new one-day conference will be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane during August – with some of the world’s leading GIS experts discussing current trends and the latest technology.
Full event details will be announced shortly. Until then, save the date in your calendar, and start planning for Australia’s nation’s premier geospatial conference.
For further event details, please click here.
The Ozri 2017 call for papers is now open.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your story with Australia’s spatial community. All abstracts must be submitted by 9 June.
We’re looking for presenters on:
- Innovative applications of the ArcGIS platform;
- Using apps to increase productivity, collaborate and share insight;
- Sharing maps using Web GIS;
- Applying spatial analysis to gain real-world insight;
- Modern day cartography and next-gen map-making; and,
- Supporting the platform through geodatabase design.
Click here to submit an abstract for Ozri 2017.
Each presenter selected for Ozri 2017 will receive a free, all-access pass to attend the largest event on Australia’s spatial calendar.

Drones are changing the world. They are changing forever work practices, service delivery and even economies world-wide. For the first time ever, the inaugural World of Drones Congress (WoDC) will provide an international forum for everyone concerned with drones – from businesses to governments, investors to enthusiasts.
WoDC will be presented with the four following streams and sub-streams:
- Business & Education:
- Global Drone Economy
- Investment, Venture Capital and Start ups
- Training & New Vocations
- Industry & Regulation
- Manufacturing
- Construction & Real Estate
- Regulation & Insurance
- Creative Industries
- Drones & Smart Cities
- Media
- The Sport of Drones
- Environment
- Resources
- Agriculture
- Environment