The OGC China Symposium Agenda
OGC-China Symposium at Wuhan
October 25 - 27, 2007, LIESMARS
Delegates:
Official Members of the OGC Delegation:
Dr. Robert Moses, OGC director and Executive Committee member; President and CEO of PCI Geomatics
Dr. Mike Jackson, OGC Director and Executive Committee member; Professor & Director of Center for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham, UK
Dr. Carl Reed, OGC Chief Technology Officer and Executive Director of the OGC Standards Organization
Official Members of the China Delegation:
Prof. Li Deren, Chairman of Academic Committee of LIESMAR
Prof. Gong Jianya, Director of LIESMARS, Chairman of Workgroup on GeoSpatial Service and
Interoperability, Chinese Standards Commission on Geoinformatics
Prof. Li Li, General Secretary, Chinese Standards Commission on Geoinformatics
OGC Members:
Autodesk Inc.: Geospatial Solutions Business Unit
Bentley Systems: Alain Lapierre, Geospatial Chief Architect
ESRI: David Busser, Director of Corporate & Business Development
Galdos Systems Inc.: Ron Lake, CEO and Chairman
Intergraph Corporation: Kevin Aide, Senior Technical Architect, Technology,
Architecture & Strategy
Leica Geosystems: Vincent Dessard, Vice President Global Business Development
Microsoft Corporation: Dr. Vincent Tao, Director, Virtual Earth,
Nottingham University: Dr. Xiaolin Meng, Research Councils UK Academic Fellow
Oracle Corporation: Steve Hagan, VP Server Development; OGC DirectorLocal Organizing Committee:
Chairman: Prof. Gong Jianya, Director of LIESMARS, Chairman of Workgroup on GeoSpatial Service and Interoperability, Chinese Standards Commission on Geoinformatics
Co-Chairs:
Prof. Li Li, General Secretary, Chinese Standards Commission on Geoinformatics
ISO/TC211 China delegation
Prof. Zhan Feibing (Ben), Texas State University, USA
Members:
Prof. Bao Hujun, Zhejiang University
Prof. Chen Rongguo, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources
Research, CAS
Prof. Du Daosheng, LIESMARS, Wuhan University
Prof. Jing Ning, Changsha University of Science and Technology
Prof. Lv Guonian, Nanjing Normal University
Prof. Wu Huayi, LIESMARS, Wuhan University
Prof. Wu Xincai, China University of Geosciences, ZONDY Cyber
Dr. Xu Feng, State Information Center
Dr. Zhong Ershun, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,
CAS, SuperMap GIS Technologies, Inc.
Official Meeting Objectives:
1. To introduce OGC to the geospatial community in China and to initiate effective communications concerning geospatial standards development.
2. To initiate discussion of an organization and processes in China to work with OGC.
Program:
October 25, 2007
9:00-9:20 Opening Ceremony - official greetings by Prof. Li Deren and Dr. Robert Moses
9:20-10:20 Introduction to OGC
- Overview of the OGC Organization & Process and Example Implementations of OGC Standards (Dr. Carl Reed, OGC)
- Review of OGC's position in the global standards community, and the need for global and regional involvement (Prof. Mike Jackson)
10:20-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 Introduction to the China Standards Process
- Research in the development of geographic information interoperability and standardization in China (Prof. Gong Jianya, Director of LIESMARS, Chairman of Workgroup on GeoSpatial Service and Interoperability, Chinese Standards Commission on Geoinformatics)
- The development of geographic information standardization in China, (Prof. Li Li, General Secretary, Chinese Standards Commission on Geoinformatics
ISO/TC211 China delegation)
11:30-12:30 Technology Keynote - Geospatial Technology Futures!
- Scalable Geospatial Grids in a Grid Computing Environment （Prof. Deren Li）
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-18:00 OGC Member Presentations: Major Issues for the OGC Standardization Process (Moderated by Dr. Reed)
- Introduction and a short presentation on Geospatial Standards and Return on Investment (Dr. Carl Reed).
- Web service & database market requirements (Mr. Steve Hagan, Oracle)
- Coffee Break
- The evolution of GML - enabling interoperable communities of interest (Mr. Ron Lake, Galdos)
- The future for collaborative design: building and the environment (Carl Reed for Mr. Doug Eberhard, Parsons Brinkerhoff)
18:00-evening Dinner & ad hoc meetings on organization (Official Delegations)
October 26, 2007
Presentation: Geospatial for the masses: developments in imaging, local search and L-commerce (Dr. Vincent Tao, Microsoft)
9.00-12:30 GIS, Geoscience and Interoperability Panel
- Presentations, discussions, audience questions - a demonstration of OGC's consensus process. (Moderated by Dr. Carl Reed)
Topics include CAD-GIS-BIM integration, "portals, earth observation and sensor integration, interoperable database access, enterprise integration, open source, and the "science of interoperability".
1. Autodesk (Ms. Mr. David ) - CAD-GIS, Open Source, Location Services and standards
2. ESRI (Mr. David Busser) - Enterprise Integration and Standards.
3. Bentley (Mr. Alain Lapierre) - 'CAD-GIS-BIM integration'
4. Intergraph (Mr. Kevin Aide) - Interoperability and client access
5. University of Nottingham (Prof. Mike Jackson) - Academic and scientific research and standards.
6. Leica Geosystems (Vincent Dessard)
7. Texas State University (Prof. Feibing (Ben) Zhan)
8. PCI Geomatics (Yubin Xin, Sr. Scientist)
12:00-14:00 Lunch (Meeting of delegations)
14:00-15:30 Joint panel - presentations and discussions by official OGC delegates & members; China delegates (Moderators TBD)
- Cooperation between OGC and geospatial institutions in China
- Cooperation between OGC and standards communities in China
- Communication of Chinese standardization requirements to OGC
- Joint projects: requirements & resources
- Creation of an OGC Forum in China