Save the date: SouthPAN Industry Day, 10 November

By on 22 October, 2026
Two large satellite dishes on a sunny day
The dedicated SouthPAN uplink dishes at Uralla in northern NSW. Courtesy Geoscience Australia.

Manufacturers, integrators and resellers are invited to take part in an online briefing about SouthPAN, presented by experts from Geoscience Australia and LINZ.

The SouthPAN Industry Day on 10 November will provide manufacturers, integrators and resellers with authoritative technical insights to help them evaluate, develop and integrate SouthPAN-enabled capabilities into future products, systems and service offerings.

The half-day event will include technical presentations, case studies, and an interactive Q&A with experts from the Australian and New Zealand project team.

The presentations will cover:

  • SouthPAN program overview and geographic coverage
  • Technical information on SBAS L1 Open Services (OS) & Data Access Services (DAS), Dual Frequency Multi-Constellation (DFMC) – OS & DAS, and Precise Point Positioning via SouthPAN (PVS) OS & DAS
  • Aviation Safety-of-Life service information
  • Example case studies
  • Integration considerations, testing pathways and test data availability
  • Legal clarification on service performance targets
  • Q&A with technical, program and policy specialists

The schedule for the SouthPAN Industry Day will be as follows (times given in AEDT / NZDT):

  • 09:00 / 11:00 – Opening, presented by Alison Rose (GA) and Jan Pierce (LINZ)
  • 09:10 / 11:10 – SouthPAN program overview, presented by Myra Sefton (GA)
  • 09:20 / 11:20 – Technical deep dive (SBAS L1 OS & DAS, DFMC OS & DAS, PVS OS & DAS) Simon Reynolds (GA)
  • 10:05 / 12:05 – Break
  • 10:15 / 12:15 – Aviation Safety-of-Life, presented by Vincent Rooke (GA)
  • 10:25 / 12:25 – Testing pathways, presented by Vincent Rooke
  • 10:35 / 12:35 – Industry case studies, presented by Dr Martine Woolf (GA) and Michael Appleyard (LINZ)
  • 11:00 / 13:00 – Follow-up / working group Q&A, presented by Dr Martine Woolf
  • 11:20 / 13:20 – Close

The event should be of great interest to systems integrators and solution developers; resellers of positioning services and equipment; organisations exploring high-precision positioning applications; stakeholders in autonomous systems, smart infrastructure, precision agriculture, industrial automation and related sectors; and current end users of GNSS positioning solutions.

It is free to take part in this event, but you will need to register.

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