The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. has a limited number of registrations available for the Spatial Law and Policy Summit that will be held at The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center on October 7, 2009. Professionals from government and the private sector whose work involves laws and policies related to geospatial technology are invited to register and attend.
The Summit will feature a keynote talk by Dr. Robert W. Corell, Vice President of Programs at The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. Most noted for his role in climate science research.
Other distinguished speakers and panelists will include:
– Gordon Chinander, GIS Coordinator for the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
– Hugh N. Archer, former Director Kentucky Department of Natural Resources
– Steve Wallach, Technical Executive, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and Vice Chairman, U.S. National Geospatial Advisory Committee.
– Kara John, Vice President – Intellectual Property & Privacy at DMTI Spatial Inc.
– Jim Simon, Founding Director of the Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments
– John Moeller, Senior Principal Engineer advising on senior level policy strategy at Northrop Grumman Corporation, also former Staff Director at the Federal Geographic Data Committee
The Summit will be chaired by OGC Board of Directors Executive Committee member Kevin Pomfret, a Richmond, Virginia based attorney and former image analyst who has written and spoken extensively on spatial law and technology.
This event, the fifth in OGC’s series of Emerging Technology Summits, provides an unprecedented opportunity to examine law and policy related to technologies such as GPS, GIS, camera surveillance, sensor networks and location services. Innovation and growth in consumer and business applications of geospatial systems, software and services raise serious questions of privacy, security, geospatial rights management, procurement regulations, and charging for government data. As the speakers will explain, in many cases, the existing legal and policy framework is inadequate to provide governments, businesses and consumers clear guidance on these issues.
For more information please visit www.gita.org/ets