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LOCATE15 - OPENS IN GREAT HALL 1 - Entry Door 6
845MC & Welcome:
The Hon. Gary Nairn, AMM Group
900Opening Address
The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP
930Plenary Nicholas Gruen,
Lateral Economics
1000Plenary
Ian McLeod, Ergon Energy
1030
Morning Tea in Locate15 Expo
1100Plenary Maria Fernandez,
Australian Geospatial Intelligence
SURVEYING STREAM - Mezzanine 2
1130Open Data Panel
MC The Hon. Gary Nairn
A panel discussion featuring Spatial
Industry luminaries
1240
Luncheon in Locate15 Expo
1130
Surveying stream
Open Data Panel
1240
Luncheon in Locate15 Expo
WEDNES D AY 11 M ARCH 2015
LOCATE 15 OPENS IN GREAT HALL 1 Entry Door 6
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CONCURRENT STREAM 2
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CONCURRENT STREAM 3
MEZZANINE 1 (M1)
CONCURRENT STREAM 4
MEZZANINE 2 (M2)
CONCURRENT STREAM 5
MEZZANINE 5&6 (M5&6)
CONCURRENT STREAM 6
MEZZANINE 7&8 (M7&8)
Open Data - for economic growth and
public services
Session Chair: Helen Owens, Department of
Communications
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1330
Key Speaker: Open government data
release enables innovation and leads
to evidence-based policy decisions.
Keitha Booth,
Land Information New Zealand
1400How Spatial Information has Played
a Critical Role in Innovating the
Australian Open Data Agenda
Tim Neal, Department of
Communications
1420Preparing Australia for a locationenabled society
Mark Watt, Business Aspect
Managing our investment in infrastructure
and utilities
Session Chair: Antoine Burdett,
AECOM /GITA ANZ
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1330
Key Speaker: Positioning
Infrastructure for a bright future
Gary Johnston,
Geoscience Australia
Innovation, Research and Development
Session Chair: Peter Woodgate, CRCSI
nlocking the Power of Location –
U
Surveying Stream
Session Chair: Peter Sippell, THG
Securing our Nation, Emergency
& Disaster Management
Research@Locate15
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1330
Key Speaker: Tim Foresman,
Queensland University of Technology
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1330
Key Speaker: CADASTRE 2034:
Powering land & real property
Paul Harcombe, Intergovernmental
Committee on Surveying & Mapping
1330
1400
Key Speaker: Space-Based Location
Technologies and Capacity Buildings
for Innovative Social Services
Naohiko Kohtake,
Keio University Japan
1420From Mars to Morningside - using
3D panoramic imagery to maintain
Queensland Rail’s infrastructure
Mark Covington, , Geomatic Technologies
1440Automated Development
Applications within a Water Utility
Charles Moscato, Yarra Valley Water
1500Delivering Business Outcomes for
the Water Industry
Cameron McLean,
NGIS Australia
1400The Future of Geocoded Addressing
in Australia
Maurits van der Vlugt,
Mercury Project Solutions
1400
1420
Key Speaker: 3D Cadastres
Peter Sippel, THG
Key Speaker: Latest trends in
positioning and their impact for
Cadastre 2034
Matt Higgins , QLD Dept of Natural
Resources & Mines
1440National ePlan Update
Chris Wilcox, ePlan Working Group
1400AFP Response to MH17 Disaster
James Harris, Australian Federal Police
1420Real-time information helps
emergency responders to
see the whole picture
Peter Timmers,
Public Safety Business Agency
1440Spatio-temporal changes in economic
activity following the Canterbury
earthquakes
Chris Bowie, Opus Research
1500International Property Measurement
Standards implications
Mike Stapleton, Landdata Surveys
1500Putting Location into Crisis
Coordination
Russell Hay, Geoscience Australia
1440Understanding our readiness for the
Foundation Spatial Data Framework
Darren Mottolini, Landgate
1500Truly Open Data at Land Information
New Zealand
Jan Pierce,
Land Information New Zealand
1520
Afternoon Tea in Locate15 Expo
Open Data - for economic growth
and public services
Session Chair: Kellee Ireland, SIBA
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1550A standards based information
modelling framework for the
Foundation Spatial Data Framework
Paul Box, CSIRO
1610World Class Spatial Infrastructures:
Open access to data is important;
coordination & collaboration is
essential - a Sri Lanka Case Study
Lesley Arnold, Geospatial Frameworks
1630United Nations Committee of Experts
on Global Geospatial Information
Management (GGIM)
Committee Members:
Dr Stuart Minchin, Gary Johnston &
Simon Costello - Geoscience Australia;
Denise McKenzie
- Open Geospatial Consortium;
Gemma Van Halderson
- Australian Bureau of Statistics;
Rob Deakin - NZ Geospatial Office
1420Material identification & feature
extraction enabled by 16-band
spectra from WorldView-3 satellite
William Baugh, DigitalGlobe
1440Customer Innovations with Location
Information
Eve Kleiman, Oracle
1500Addex Solving the Address
Data Problem
Dr Laura Kostanski,
Geonaming Solutions
1520
Managing our investment in infrastructure
and utilities
Session Chair: Dan Paull, PSMA
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Unlocking the Power of Location – Surveying
Session Chair: Lindsay Perry, Spatial Works
Securing our Nation, Emergency
& Disaster Management
Session Chair:
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1550Smart infrastructure, smarter cities
Julian Carver,
Land Information New Zealand
1610Managing underwater port
infrastructure for economic success
Neil Hewitt,
Precision Hydrographic Services
1550Automated Extraction of Building
Features from LiDAR: Assessment of
Software & Industry Capability
Jonah Sullivan, Geoscience Australia
1610Micro analytics for the real-world
Chris Taylor, MapData Services
1630Enterprise web mapping design in a
diverse organisation
Alan Rogers, Jacobs Group (Australia)
1650Investigating the practical relationship
between GIS and BIM; then relating
that to a 3D cadastre.1650
Gabriel Van Wyk,
Open Spatial Australia
1710Why ‘lineage’ is important to linear
asset management
Nicholas Thatcher,
Open Spatial Australia
1630Future spatial - what’s next for GIS?
Alex Leith, Glenorchy City Council
1550
SURVEYOR GENERAL’S PANEL
Host Lindsay Perry, Spatial Works
- Paul Harcombe
Rep. Surveyor – General (NSW)
- Craig Sandy
Surveyor – General (NT)
- Peter Sippell
Chair, Surveyors Board (QLD)
- Michael Giudici
Surveyor – General (TAS)
- John Tulloch
Surveyor – General (VIC)
- Michael Bradford
Surveyor - General (WA)
1550Using geospatial and social
crowdsource data together with cloud
technologies to effectively support
an emergency response in a zombie
apocalyptic scenario
Mike Fitzpatrick, 1Spatial
1610Spatial Video Intelligence Saves Lives
Andre Obradovic, Mview
1630Delivery of Australian Fire and
Disaster Feed via Cloud Services
Brett Madsen, Permuto
1650Emergency Vehicle Priority
- a safer, faster response
Justin White, Public Safety
Business Agency
1710Airbus DS enables smarter decision
making with geospatial products
and solutions
Jessi Dick, Airbus Defence & Space
1730CLOSE
1830
Pre Dinner Drinks in LOCATE15 Expo
1930
APSEA Awards for Spatial Excellence - Plaza Ballroom, Plaza Level 2
Master of ceremonies: Steve Lewis, Vice-President, National Press Club
1710Geographical Information System
(GIS) Mapping of Natural Gas
Distribution Network
Furqan Iqbal, University of Punjab
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Key Speaker (to be advised)
Afternoon Tea in Locate15 Expo
Innovation, Research and
Development
Session Chair: John Trinder, UNSW/ Chair SSSI
1650Application of photogrammetric
vision to the extraction building
footprints in urban/suburban Perth
Mehdi Ravanbakhsh, RMIT
Session Chair: Bert Veenendahl, Curtin University
Session Chair: Chris Hogan, Esri Australia
1730CLOSE
1830
Pre Dinner Drinks in LOCATE15 Expo
1930
APSEA Awards for Spatial Excellence - Plaza Ballroom, Plaza Level 2
Master of ceremonies: Steve Lewis, Vice-President, National Press Club
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LOCATE15 - GREAT HALL 1 - Entry Door 6 TIME Plenary Presentations
900MC & Welcome:
Steve Jacoby, DNRM, Chair QSIC
910Plenary Shay Har Noy, DigitalGlobe
940
P
lenary Drew Clarke,
Department of Communications
1010Plenary Major General Stephen Day,
Department of Defence
1040
Morning Tea in Locate15 Expo
T HURS DAY 12 M ARCH 2015
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GREAT HALL 1 - Entry Door 6
CONCURRENT STREAM 2
GREAT HALL 2 - Entry Door 8
CONCURRENT STREAM 3
MEZZANINE 1 (M1)
CONCURRENT STREAM 4
MEZZANINE 2 (M2)
CONCURRENT STREAM 5
MEZZANINE 5&6 (M5&6)
Open Data - for economic growth and
public services
Session Chair: Richard Simpson, SIBA
Sustainable management of our natural
resources
Session Chair: Bernie O’Sullivan, Survey Results
Managing our investment in infrastructure
& utilities
Session Chair: Bruce Douglas,Corporate GIS
Unlocking the Power of Location Surveying
Session Chair: Chris McAlister, DNRM / SSSI
CRCSI Next Generation SI
Session Chair: Helen Owens,
Department of Communications
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1110Grinding the gears & putting rubber
on the road-Geoscience’s experience
in implementing the Foundation
Spatial Data
Shane Crossman, Geoscience Australia
1130How a Victorian council has leveraged
state investment in geospatial data to
create a GIS solution for residents
& staff
Adrian Porter, 1Spatial
1150Some problems with standard
geospatial metadata
Simon Cox, CSIRO
1210Inter-jurisdictional Location
Identification Open Data Initiative:
Leveraging multipurpose
unique identifiers
Rick Draper, Amtac Professional Services
1230Intelligent Data Management A New Approach to Open Data
Ben Searle, Location Analytics
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1110
Key Speaker: Open standards for
sustainable development
Denise McKenzie,
Open Geospatial Consortium
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1110A collaborative approach delivering
integrated benefits to life cycle
management of infrastructure assets
Haydn Read, Wellington City Council
1140Study of Marcellus & Utica Well
Borehole Stability in Longwall
Mining Area Mike Limbruner,
Range Resources / GITA USA
1130As-constructed workflow - a total
systems approach
Johan Nel,
Open Spatial Australia
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1110What are the global growth areas for
spatial and how are these going to
benefit you & your business
Peter Woodgate, CEO
1130 Dr Geoff West, Prof. Spatial
Information, Dept of Spatial Sciences
1200Phylodiversity to inform conservation
policy Tania Laity,
Department of Environment
1220Bringing accuracy &
efficiency to land disturbance
management
David Malins, Jacobs
1150From Fiche to Tablets - A Case Study
of APA’s GIS Mobility Evolution
Chris MacNeill, we-do-IT
1210Shut Plans - A use case for automating
isolation tracing in
water utilities Peter Gill & Rushi Amin
Esri Australia; Igor Jungis QLD Urban
Utilities
1230Developing Life Cycle Asset
Management Processes – Spatially
Recep Alakus, Hume City Council
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1110
Key Speaker: Legal traceability for
surveying & geodesy: the case for &
against from Australia & New Zealand
Don Grant RMIT
1130
Key Speaker: Repositioning for a
Spatial Future
Russell Priebbenow,
Dept of Natural Resources & Mines
1150Unlocking the Power of Location Deformation Imposed Constraints
Chris Crook,
Land Information New Zealand
1210Unconventional Survey Methods
Stuart Sprott, Surveyor
1230Mapping a Country Fijian Case Study
Nick Preston/Craig Williams,
Here Maps/GITA NSW
1215Dr Lesley Arnold, Research Fellow,
Program 3
PhD Presentations via Video Link
1230
1250 1250Spatial impacts of climate change on
our natural assets
Stephen Farrell, Spatial Vision
Luncheon in Locate15 Expo
Innovation, Research & Development
Session Chair: Glenn Cockerton, Spatial Vision
Sustainable management of our natural resources
Session Chair: David Iliff, Telstra
Environment
Session Chair: Johan Nel, Open Spatial Australia
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1400The Evolution of Big Data Analysis for
the Mapping Industry
Nathan Eaton, NGIS Australia
1420Protecting your essential
infrastructure
John Lockton, PelicanCorp
1400Location Intelligence Strategy in
Water NSW
Mark Noonan, Water NSW
1420Visualising time-series data with the
Aust. Hydrological Geospatial Fabric
& Geofabric Sample Toolbox
Darren Smith,
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
1440A New Online Tool to Assess Sea Level
Rise Risk and Exposure
Nathan Quadros, CRCSI
1500The Cube, the Cloud, & Spatial Data:
Changing the Waste Industry one bin
at a time Simon Best, UPG
1520Land Capability Modelling Functions
for Victoria Tai Chan, Dept of
Environment & Primary Industries
1540The Cloud is an attitude, not a place
Ian Miller, Spatial Vision
1400
1440Innovation - Improving the Use of
Mine Closure Data Over Time
Alistair Fox, Jacobs
1500Greening the Greyfields - An evidence
based toolkit for sustainable urban
planning Phil Delaney, CRCSI
1520Map data lineage: provenance
concepts, tools & future shared
infrastructure Nicholas Car, CSIRO
1540The Development of the NZ Geospatial
Research & Development Strategy
Anna de Raadt,
Land Information New Zealand
1600
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1700
Afternoon Tea in Great Hall Lobby
CLOSING PRESENTATION - MIA GARLICK Head of Policy ANZ, Facebook
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Key Speaker: Social architecture
for National Environmental Information
Infrastructure Paul Box, CSIRO
1420Information modelling at a precinct
scale to manage the carbon load of
the built environment
Jim Plume,
Low Carbon Living/UNSW
1440If a Tree Falls in a Forest’ – Change
Detection with 3D Sensors
Tony Clewett, Sunshine Coast Council
Location technology within a marine
1500
research context Luke Edwards,
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre / WAMSI
1520Open spatial data platform for
visualisation & analytics
Bill Simpson-Young, NICTA
1540A sustainable future for natural
resources through WebGIS
Len Olyott, Esri Australia
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1250 Luncheon in Locate15 Expo
Unlocking the Power of Location
Session Chair: Alasdair Begley,
Saunders Havill
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CRC-SI Next Generation SI
Session Chair: Graeme Kernich, CRCSI
1400Geospatial Virtual Field Trips for
Schools, Geoff O’Malley,
Land Information New Zealand
1420Waveform datapackets: make the
most of your LiDAR data
Thomas Wilson, RPS
1440Mobile Laser Scanning - evolution or
revolution? Changing the way road
corridors are surveyed
Paul Digney, Jacobs
1500Spatial Asset Management using
Laser Scanning
Julian Armstrong, North Surveys
1520An approach for UAV-based DSM
filtering using image classification
and geometric constraints
Mehdi Ravanbakhsh, RMIT
1540Innovative solutions for construction
impact monitoring; The Southpoint
Experience, Lee Hellen,
Land Solution Australia
1400Kylie Armstrong,
Director Program 3
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PhD Presentations via Video Link
1430
Claire Foo, CIO, DELWP Victoria
Interactive Panel Discussion
Afternoon Tea in Great Hall Lobby
CLOSING PRESENTATION - MIA GARLICK Head of Policy ANZ, Facebook
GREAT HALL 1 - door 6
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