GSDI 15 World Conference - Morekeynote speakers announced

Several Keynote speakers will be presenting at the GSDI 15 World Conference. The latest to be announced is Dr Tso-Chien Pan, Executive Director and Professor at the Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM) of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Dr Pan joins the previously announced Keynote speakers listed below:

• Dr Winnie Tang, Chairman of Esri China (Hong Kong) Ltd.
• Dr Tien-Yin Chou, President of TADPI and Professor at Feng Chia University, Taiwan
• Prof Dr Menno-Jan Kraak, President of the International Cartographic Association (ICA)
• Mr Ivan DeLoatch, Executive Director of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Secretariat at USGS, USA
• Mark Reichardt, President and CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
• Ed Parsons, Geotechnologist at Google, Inc.
• Dr Vernon Singhroy, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada
• Dr Dewayany Sutrisno, Senior Rersearch Professor, Geomatics Research Center of the Indonesian National Coordinating Agency for Geospatial Information (BIG)
• Prof Dr Hidenori Tamagawa, Department of Urban System Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
• Dr Satoshi Sekiguchi, Director-General of the Division of Information Technology and Human Factors, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Conference registration and information

With over 160 submissions accepted for presentations at the conference, and more than 15 workshops scheduled, the draft programme will be on the website shortly, so please visit http://m1e.net/c?141176608-en9/Xt3fZ6Q32%40387592243-IPaHu81lwyFLM for the latest information

The GSDI 15 Organizing Team encourages early registration. Register today here! http://m1e.net/c?141176608-qPccfKeIf5n..%40387592244-LFp308mm7naZg

We look forward to seeing you in Taipei. More information about Exhibiting at, Sponsoring, or attending the conference can be found at the conference website at http://m1e.net/c?141176608-t4cWeGvSt8z9w%40387592245-cL/CFAIVjw8Jg

The GSDI 15 Conference Organizing Team

E-mail contact: [email protected] and [email protected]

GSDI 15 World Conference media partners include:

GeoConnexion - www.geoconnexion.com