Calendar

Jul
26
Wed
QSSA July Seminar, Cleveland @ The Bench Bar
Jul 26 all-day
QSSA July Seminar, Cleveland @ The Bench Bar | Cleveland | Queensland | Australia

After a successful event at the Sunshine Coast Brewery the QSSA will be running a free seminar for QSSA members at the craft beer specialist venue ‘The Bench’ in Cleveland.

There will be four speakers presenting between 3pm and 5pm and you can have a ‘crafty one’ while you are educated on the surveying and spatial industry as well as the craft brewing industry!

 

Jul
27
Thu
World Congress on Unmanned Systems Engineering (WUEng) @ University of Cambridge
Jul 27 – Jul 28 all-day
World Congress on Unmanned Systems Engineering (WUEng) @ University of Cambridge | United Kingdom

The 2017 World Congress on Unmanned Systems Engineering offers a chance to network with Unmanned Systems researchers, scientists, business professionals and end-users in a relaxing atmosphere. The Congress will attract visitors from all around the world representing excellent opportunities to showcase innovations in drone technology.

The 2017 WUEng promotes the advancement of the applied science, technology and operation of unmanned systems through the dissemination of cutting-edge research. The Congress provides a forum for researchers, scientists, business professionals and industry representatives World-wide to present the latest innovations and future research directions in Unmanned Systems Engineering.

The Congress aims to encapsulate a distinctive international flavour. Participants representing 30 to 40 different countries are expected in attendance.

Benefits of attending the 2017 WUEng:
• Researchers, engineers and scientists will be able to communicate their latest research findings.
• The Congress offers alternative types of Abstract/Paper presentations: e-presentations offer delegates who cannot
personally attend the Congress the opportunity to have their paper presented electronically.
• Delegates may serve as Session Chairs for their respective sessions.
• Delegates may specify their preferred presentation day.
• Best Presentation Awards are determined by a vote of congress participants and recipients obtain a signed
certificate from the World Congress.
• Accepted peer-reviewed Abstracts and Full Papers will be published online in the Proceedings of the WUEng
Congress, hosted by the International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering.
• More detailed versions of high-quality full papers from the WUEng Congress will be invited for further review
leading to publication in the International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering.
• An excellent opportunity to make business acquaintances and showcase novel industry products.

Aug
2
Wed
ACS NSW 2017 State Conference @ NSW Parliament House
Aug 2 all-day
ACS NSW 2017 State Conference @ NSW Parliament House | Sydney | New South Wales | Australia

This year’s ACS NSW Annual State Conference will be held at NSW Parliament House on Wednesday 2 August. The line-up of high-profile speakers will cover important business topics and plans for NSW.
The speaker line-up for this event just gets better and better each year.  Martin Lakos, Division Director for Macquarie Wealth Management will provide an overview of the economic outlook for the surveying profession, while Mark McCrindle from McCrindle will be presenting on the very relevant topic – recruiting, retaining and motivating diverse generations.

Join us as Mark Coure MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure, updates delegates on infrastructure plans for NSW and The Hon, Gregory Pearce provides an overview of the Aboriginal cultural sites Titles Project.

This conference will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday August 2 at NSW Parliament House.  It will be followed by dinner, with the Hon. Victor Dominello MP as the dinner speaker.  Partners are welcome to attend the dinner.

Aug
8
Tue
GeoRabble Sydney @ Occidental Hotel
Aug 8 all-day
GeoRabble Sydney @ Occidental Hotel | Sydney | New South Wales | Australia

The next GeoRabble Sydney will be on Thursday 10th August, and we want to hear your thoughts on the future of technology as it relates to our industry.

What will be the impact of low-cost drones, or the Internet of Things, or blockchain?

We’re looking for speakers who can deliver an interesting presentation about the future of “geo”, following the simple GeoRabble structure:

  1. Celebrate each others’ triumphs
  2. Respect each others’ choice – no technology bigotry
  3. No sales pitches – this includes services, software, data etc.
  4. No company logos or ‘about us’ slides
  5. Keep it short – 10 minutes per talk

So if you have an idea for a presentation, please send a title and short description to sydney@georabble.org.

Details of the event:

  • Thursday 10th August 2017 from 6 PM
  • Occidental Hotel, 43 York St Sydney

Attendance is free, as always – we’ll be in touch with further details soon. Please get in touch if you’re interested in sponsoring our community-run event.

Aug
14
Mon
FOSS4G Boston 2017 @ Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center
Aug 14 – Aug 19 all-day
FOSS4G Boston 2017 @ Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center | Boston | Massachusetts | United States

The annual FOSS4G conference is the largest global gathering focused on open source geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organizations and fields of operation. Through six days of workshops, presentations, discussions, and cooperation, FOSS4G participants create effective and relevant geospatial products, standards, and protocols.

FOSS4G has been held all over the world and draws attendees from over 40 countries. Bonn, Germany hosted the conference in 2016. In 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, USA will host.

The event’s host, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, was founded to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software. The foundation’s goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects, data development and education. Many projects live under the OSGeo umbrella.

Aug
15
Tue
NSW COPEP and PIANC Australia Annual Seminar @ Harricks Auditorium
Aug 15 all-day
NSW COPEP and PIANC Australia Annual Seminar @ Harricks Auditorium | Chatswood | New South Wales | Australia

“The June 2016 Coastal Storm – the event, damage, response and lessons”

The June 2016 Coastal Storm as a media sensation with dramatic images of damage across NSW. However, it wasnt the largest storm seen in NSW, now was damage entirely unexpected.

Recent advances in ocean, beach and structure monitoring together with an abundance of imagery and videography provides an unprecendented opportunity to learn from the effects of this storm.

This seminar will review the storm conditions, the damage observed across NSW, and the emergency response as it happened. A panel discussion will explore what can be learnt from this event to make our coastal communities safer, maritime infrastructure more resilient, and how to achieve these within conflicting stakeholder expectations.

Aug
19
Sat
GNSS Control Surveys Workshop @ USQ Springfield Campus
Aug 19 – Aug 20 all-day
GNSS Control Surveys Workshop @ USQ Springfield Campus | Springfield Central | Queensland | Australia

After a superb feedback from successful events in Toowoomba and Springfield last year, the QSSA, in conjunction with USQ, will be running a GNSS Control Survey course at the USQ Springfield Campus on the 19th and 20th August.

The course will use the Trimble Business Centre and the USQ computer labs.

The objective of the workshop is to provide graduates with the information and skills to complete components of their registration that may not always be provided in all workplaces. The course will cover theory, field practice and office calculations involved in rapid static GNSS control networks.

Aug
22
Tue
Ozri 2017 Melbourne @ Grand Hyatt Melbourne
Aug 22 all-day
Ozri 2017 Melbourne @ Grand Hyatt Melbourne | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia

The Australian Esri User Conference – Ozri is back!

In its brand-new format, Ozri 2017 returns with a three-city roadshow across the country in three capital cities. The Australian Esri User Conference strives towards bringing together leading industry experts; showcasing innovative, real-world GIS applications; and displaying the latest in GIS technology advancements.

The new one-day conference will be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane during August – with some of the world’s leading GIS experts discussing current trends and the latest technology.

Full event details will be announced shortly. Until then, save the date in your calendar, and start planning for Australia’s nation’s premier geospatial conference.

For further event details, please click here.

The Ozri 2017 call for papers is now open.

Don’t miss this opportunity to share your story with Australia’s spatial community. All abstracts must be submitted by 9 June.
We’re looking for presenters on:

  • Innovative applications of the ArcGIS platform;
  • Using apps to increase productivity, collaborate and share insight;
  • Sharing maps using Web GIS;
  • Applying spatial analysis to gain real-world insight;
  • Modern day cartography and next-gen map-making; and,
  • Supporting the platform through geodatabase design.

Click here to submit an abstract for Ozri 2017.

Each presenter selected for Ozri 2017 will receive a free, all-access pass to attend the largest event on Australia’s spatial calendar.

Aug
25
Fri
Ozri 2017 Sydney @ Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Aug 25 all-day
Ozri 2017 Sydney @ Sofitel Sydney Wentworth | Sydney | New South Wales | Australia

The Australian Esri User Conference – Ozri is back!

In its brand-new format, Ozri 2017 returns with a three-city roadshow across the country in three capital cities. The Australian Esri User Conference strives towards bringing together leading industry experts; showcasing innovative, real-world GIS applications; and displaying the latest in GIS technology advancements.

The new one-day conference will be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane during August – with some of the world’s leading GIS experts discussing current trends and the latest technology.

Full event details will be announced shortly. Until then, save the date in your calendar, and start planning for Australia’s nation’s premier geospatial conference.

For further event details, please click here.

The Ozri 2017 call for papers is now open.

Don’t miss this opportunity to share your story with Australia’s spatial community. All abstracts must be submitted by 9 June.
We’re looking for presenters on:

  • Innovative applications of the ArcGIS platform;
  • Using apps to increase productivity, collaborate and share insight;
  • Sharing maps using Web GIS;
  • Applying spatial analysis to gain real-world insight;
  • Modern day cartography and next-gen map-making; and,
  • Supporting the platform through geodatabase design.

Click here to submit an abstract for Ozri 2017.

Each presenter selected for Ozri 2017 will receive a free, all-access pass to attend the largest event on Australia’s spatial calendar.

Aug
28
Mon
SIBA|GITA Breakfast – Melbourne @ CQ Functions
Aug 28 all-day
SIBA|GITA Breakfast - Melbourne @ CQ Functions | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia

SIBA|GITA & the Geography Teachers Association Victoria (GTAV) are working together to present a Business Networking Event featuring:

Dr Stuart Minchin, Chief, Environmental Geoscience Division, Geoscience Australia 

Presenting the Digital Earth Australia (Data Cube), and its new approach for organising and analysing the vast quantities of satellite imagery and other Earth observations in both space and time, making it quicker and easier to provide information on issues that can affect all Australians. Minchin will cover how the LINK has enabled the evolution of the FSDF from a conceptual framework represented in static booklets (2012) to a governed, online, dynamic, cloud-based analysis and discovery tool.

Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., GISP, Education Manager

The rapid pace of spatial innovation it is now more important than ever that the spatial industries stay connected and support Geography taught in schools and provide the much needed link into industry to ensure curriculum relevance.  Understanding the world and using our spatial lens, skills, knowledge and perspective are important to bring about positive change to the world, its environment and its people.

Amelia Chapman, Director, Land Information and Spatial Services, Land Use Victoria 

Land Use Victoria brings together long-standing foundational spatial functions that have been apart for over a decade, together with new industry engagement, data analytics and digital innovation functions which are driving greater public value from government land and spatial data. Amelia will provide an ‘over the horizon’ view of the short, medium and longer term directions for these new functions.

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