The Australian & New Zealand Map Society is pleased to be offering its 45th conference, at the University of Melbourne and State Library of Victoria, Mon/Tue 22-23 May 2017.
“Mastering maps, from creation to care”, will provide an affordable, hands-on and scholarly experience, comprising one day of practicals, and one for presentations.
Day 1: Workshops/Tours
On Monday May 22, the University of Melbourne and State Library of Victoria are giving map enthusiasts, collectors and practitioners the opportunity to get close up and personal with the latest techniques in map-making, and preservation of maps.
The morning workshop is at the University of Melbourne, and will showcase practical options for using historical maps with geospatial systems. The University is providing a lab set up for a limited number of participants. Manager of the Library Map Collection David Jones, will run the 3 hour session pitched at anyone using maps in their research, publishing, collecting and business.
In the afternoon, the State Library of Victoria’s Preservation & Conservation Division will provide registrants with a guide to caring for maps, books and atlases. “Map Preservation Unpacked” will be conducted by the Manager of Preservation & Conservation Shelley Jamieson.
Day 2: Papers
Tuesday May 23 is for presentations, and Brendan Whyte at the National Library will be issuing a call for papers soon. Venue will be the Victoria Room at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre on Bourke Street, near the State Library. The QVWC building has a long history, and was the site of the first public hospital in Melbourne, built in 1848. Venue details:
CeBIT Australia is the Asia Pacific’s largest and longest running business technology event. It is a forward-looking connected community. CeBIT Australia offers an independent network of business technology solutions that transform the way Australians do business. CeBIT Australia is the one-stop-shop for all the latest business technology solutions. Offering a diverse variety of exhibitors, regardless of business problem, there will be a solution at CeBIT.
CeBIT Australia, the Asia Pacific’s largest and longest running business technology event, encompasses 8 dedicated conferences with over 170 expert speakers. CeBIT 2017 will also include an exhibition showcasing 350 of the latest and greatest technology suppliers.
Six visionaries will keynote across the three-day conference, the first announced as Eugene Kaspersky, the fascinating co-founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, who will discuss the future of cybersecurity in a world where device hyper-connectivity continues to increase. Eight conference streams will delve into current industry trends and challenges facing businesses and business leaders, across Cloud, Big Data and Analytics, Cybersecurity, FinTech, Enterprise Mobility, eGovernment, Digital Health and StartUps.
Harvey Stockbridge, Managing Director, Hannover Fairs Australia, organisers of CeBIT Australia, explained what the CeBIT 2017 program offers the Asia Pacific’s business leaders.
“CeBIT 2017 provides an independent platform for national and international thought leaders to share premier business technology research, insights, case studies and opinions. The eight concurrent conferences dive into key issues facing businesses today, from finding the value in big data, to securing businesses against the recent escalation in cybercrime, to seizing opportunities for Australian FinTech companies and future-proofing businesses against continued threats of mobility solutions, plus many more.
“Competition in the business environment has never been more intense so it is critical leaders learn about the current environment including all opportunities and threats to effectively plan for the future. CeBIT offers unrivalled education for all levels of business, from enterprise, SMEs and start-ups,” said Mr Stockbridge.
GEO Business offers an opportunity to exchange global information about the latest geospatial technologies and services. Delegates can keep one step ahead with knowledge of the latest research and commercial developments.
The 2017 programme entitled ‘The VALUE of Geospatial for a resilient Economy’ will feature hand picked experts, who will explore how geospatial solutions have enabled projects to run more efficiently, ensuring that they are delivered on time, whilst saving money and reducing risk.
There will be geomatics / geospatial thought leadership presentations; panel sessions from senior leaders in the geomatics / geospatial industry, and case studies of geospatial solutions in action.
FIG Working Week, 29 May – 2 June 2017, Helsinki, Finland, is an exciting week-long conference that brings the international community of surveying and spatial professionals together to experience a mix of interesting plenary and technical sessions and workshops, a trade exhibition and a variety of side events and social functions.
The week gives a unique opportunity to discuss key challenges of our time within the surveying profession with fellow peers.
The overall theme of the Working Week is “Surveying the world of tomorrow – From digitalisation to augmented reality”. We have been witnessing the first beginning of a development leading towards services which not only describe the visible world around us but also simultaneously bring up other information connected to our place of interest.
One step is to become digitalized and to use the digital information; the next step is to combine information and be able to collect the data intelligently and to take further steps into the intelligent use of digital information. The theme was chosen to highlight the opportunities and open a view into a future where the large amount of information we produce is, again, put into a more efficient use.
Sensor calibration, image orientation, object extraction and scene understanding from images and image sequences are important research topics in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Computer Vision and Geoinformation Science. In these tasks, geometry and semantics both play an important role, and high quality results require proper handling of all these aspects. While individual algorithms differ according to the imaging geometry and the employed sensors and platforms, all mentioned aspects need to be integrated in a proper workflow to solve most real-world problems.
This observation has led to launching a common event for a number of well-established scientific meetings under the roof of the ISPRS Hannover Workshop. While HRIGI and EuroCOW are more on the geometric side, CMRT and ISA have a legacy in automatic object reconstruction and trajectory computation.
Under the banner theme ‘Great Stories Start Here,’ HxGN LIVE, Hexagon’s international conference brings together Hexagon businesses and its customers to discover and share new and innovate ways to work smarter. Together we are establishing a dynamic new normal – challenging the status quo – delivering fresh ways to create new business models, value and revenue streams.
The HxGN LIVE international conference brings together Hexagon’s businesses, customers and partners to exchange ideas, get inspired and explore solutions that are shaping the way we work and live.
HxGN LIVE highlights the latest trends in geospatial and industrial enterprise information technologies, and fosters discussion, ideas and solutions towards creating a better, smarter world.
Combining the strengths of Hexagon’s businesses, HxGN LIVE provides an exciting lineup of innovative technologies, exclusive presentations by industry experts, hands-on training, inspiring keynotes from thought leaders and networking opportunities with peers from around the world.
The State of GIS Seminar is the biggest spatial event in Tasmania. Retaining the same proven format of short, sharp 10-minute presentations, the State of GIS Seminar offers a unique opportunity to network, to hear about the latest projects from around the state, and to share your work experiences with fellow spatial professionals.
Trade sponsors, both locally and from interstate, will exhibit their latest spatial technology offerings. The Exhibition commences at 12:30. A light lunch will be served during the exhibition so it’s a good time to catch up with people and talk to exhibitors as well as have something to eat.
Presentations begin at 1:50pm and the event concludes with a networking drinks and canapés session, concluding at 6.30 pm.
The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) is facilitating a one day seminar/workshop of interest to the drone and spatial data research community.
The use of spatial data and drones is rapidly increasing across academia and research resulting in the generation of high-resolution geospatial information. The deployment of these advanced technologies not only provide greater opportunities and enable innovation in research but also present equal challenges in data management, technological & computing capabilities, sensitivities and other ethical issues.
The Australian National Data Service (ANDS), a federally funded NCRIS facility, is facilitating a workshop on drones and big spatial data which aims to bring together researchers and data specialists from various disciplines and agencies to showcase their expertise, knowledge and information exchange. This workshop consists of presentations, multiple hands-on tutorials, and also provides the participants with an opportunity for networking with leading spatial data experts.
There is no cost to register for this event but registration is essential for catering if you are attending the full day program. There is also an option available to choose either to attend morning seminar or afternoon hands-on session only.
CVPR is the premier annual computer vision event comprising the main conference and several co-located workshops and short courses. With its high quality and low cost, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
CVPR represents an international community of scholars whose collective efforts are embodied in one of the finest conferences in all of Computer Science.
The CVPR 2017 organisers take the view that good ideas could come from anyone, anywhere and that these good ideas should be disseminated for the good of all humanity – without exception. The organizing committee will continue to work to ensure that we do all we can to live up to these ideals. Our community knows no boundaries and we will strive to help researchers to participate, no matter where they live.
Commercial UAV Expo is the leading trade show and conference for the commercial drone market. The Commercial UAV Expo Europe 2017 is a conference and exhibition, taking place 20-22 June 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.
The organisers have issued a call for speakers with use case presentations of UAV/UAS solutions for:
- Process/power/utilities inspection: pipeline, cell tower, transmission line, asset management, planning
- Infrastructure design, construction and inspection: roads, bridges, tunnels, facilities
- Construction: progress on a jobsite, innovative uses of UAV/UAS for precision measurement
- Mining applications: volumetric measurement, stockpile management, risk mitigation
- Asset management case studies: using UAV/UAS for documentation and management of physical assets
- Environmental Monitoring: case studies of UAV/UAS for environmental projects
- Surveying & Mapping: case studies of UAV/UAS for survey and mapping projects
- Precision Agriculture applications: case studies of UAV/UAS for agriculture, farming
- Law enforcement, Security, Emergency Response: case studies of UAV/UAS integration for first responders, to address security concerns
- Regulatory landscape, regulatory initiatives, current regulatory structure, updates by country on existing and future regulations, EU perspective, harmonization of standards
- Privacy issues
- Safety, legal, liability and insurance considerations: opportunities to field test within legal framework, risk mitigation, safety and training
- Privacy issues
- Planning for UAV/UAS integration with existing workflows
- Data fusion: Integrating UAV/UAS with other precision measurement systems and data capture methods
- University/Industry Collaboration: developments and opportunities, public-private partnerships, university research
