GSDI Marine/Coastal SDI Best Practice Webinar 29 March at 1400h CET

The Global SDI Association is engaged in a project investigating Coastal/Marine SDI Best Practice. Research on marine information geoportals started in 2014 and several workshops have been conducted on Marine SDI Best Practice. This webinar is the second in a series of this topic that will be held throughout 2017. This first webinar, on 2 November 2016, introduced the main Marine SDI concepts, challenges, and identified best practice in various countries.

Please register for the webinar on Mar 29, 2017 2:00 PM CEST at the link below:

http://m1e.net/c?141176608-59zpkxNWOvbMc%40389719517-CWWULC6uOusDo

In this 90-minute webinar, the second in our series, we introduce three presenters from Brazil, Malaysia and Denmark, telling of their experiences in implementing marine SDI in their countries. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session led by GSDI Secretary-General, Roger Longhorn. All of the presenters and moderator are also members of the International Hydrographic Organisation Marine SDI Working Group (IHO MDSIWG).

The Panelists are:

• Cdr Kamaruddin Yusoff, RMN, Head of METOC, National Hydrographic Centre of Malaysia
• Capitao-Tenente, Julierme G. Pinheiro, Asst. of Environmental Data Exchange Section, Navy Hydrographic Center, Brazil
• Mr Jens Peter Hartmann, IC-ENC Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor at the Danish Geodata Agency (which contains the Danish Hydrographic Office). Mr Hartmann is also Chair of the IHO Marine SDI Working Group and the Baltic Sea Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Working Group (BSMSDIWG).

Note for Attendees:

Using the GoToWebinar Instant Join app, you can join webinars entirely within your web browser (rather than installing and using the GoToWebinar desktop app). For more information, see: http://m1e.net/c?141176608-mA0uYpwerzON.%40389719518-VxUTGKgbZvm06

Note that all Attendees' microphones will be muted during the webinar, and questions and comments will be accepted using the 'chat' function. There will be at least 15 minutes reserved at the end of the webinar for the moderator and panelists to reply to questions (verbally, online). The webinar will also be recorded.

Please register - and tell your friends!

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Attendance is free of charge.

If any questions, please contact the webinar moderator, Roger Longhorn, at [email protected].