Charles Kennelley is an AGI GeoCommunity '12 keynote speaker

Charles Kennelly, Chief Technology Officer, Esri UK will be a keynote speaker at AGI GeoCommunity '12.

Charles has worked in the GIS industry for 25 years, starting life as a digitiser and working through the various aspects of the industry. Initially in local government and latterly with Esri UK, Charles has been involved in the design, development, deployment and management of a number of successful GI systems. Now working as the CTO for Esri UK, Charles specialises in finding ways of making GIS accessible to ordinary users in wide-ranging environments, from consumer mapping to enterprise and business critical systems.

www.esriuk.com

 More about AGI GeoCommunity '12

AGI GeoCommunity '12: Sharing the Power of Place will be held at East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham on 18 - 20 September 2012.

AGI GeoCommunity is the largest and most comprehensive independent conference in the UK digital mapping and geospatial calendar. The conference provides real insight and leadership in current geographic information and location based issues via a range of keynote addresses and conference papers as well as by hands on training and face to face delegate networking.

The AGI GeoCommunity series has a proven reputation as a 'must-attend' event for a range of service delivery managers and information management and technology professionals. Previous delegates and speakers have been drawn from Central and Local Government, Utilities, Health, Emergency Services, Infrastructure, Insurance, Marketing, Business Intelligence, Finance and Technology sectors.

AGI GeoCommunity '12 will open on the 18th September with the popular pre-conference 'Icebreaker' evening event and offer two full days of thought leadership, practical education, knowledge transfer and real world best practice and case studies.

AGI GeoCommunity ‘11 attracted 450 delegates. The residential format, introduced in 2007, is now well established and the event has proven its growth and sustainability. Feedback from last year’s delegates indicated that 97% of those polled thought the event offered value for money and 89% felt it fulfilled their expectations. 97% said the venue was ‘good’ or ‘excellent. A full report of delegate feedback is available on the AGI website.

AGI GeoCommunity Website: www.agigeocommunity.com

SCISYS is the latest AGI GeoCommunity '12 sponsor

The AGI is delighted to announce that IT Service company SCISYS have become a Silver Sponsor for this year's AGI GeoCommunity conference.

The SCISYS Group is a leading developer of IT services. SCISYS uses GIS where it brings value as part of solving a business problem often by producing a business system that integrates GIS. Moreover, it uses the right GIS technology to fit the problem; from on-line map visualisation systems like Google Earth through to 'state of the art' server based analytical GIS services such as those provided by ESRI and Pitney Bowes MapInfo. 

SCISYS has a group of staff that are GIS specialists; ensuring that the data to be represented is structured correctly and fit for purpose and that the mapping and analytical functions used bring maximum benefit with minimum user complexity. We also ensure adherence and maximum benefit from the use of standards including the Open Geospatial Consortium standards for open exchange of mapping data and the EC INSPIRE metadata standards.

"SCISYS is delighted to be continuing our association with the AGI event and we look forward to an interesting and stimulating few days" said David Pegg, Business Development Manager, SCISYS.

Chris Holcroft, Director, AGI added: "SCISYS have returned to sponsor AGI GeoCommunity again this year. We are extremely pleased to welcome SCISYS back and for its expression of support. We have an increasingly lengthy list of industry sponsors this year. All of which adds richness, diversity and value to the event."

More about AGI GeoCommunity '12

AGI GeoCommunity '12: Sharing the Power of Place will be held at East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham on 18 - 20 September 2012.

AGI GeoCommunity is the largest and most comprehensive independent conference in the UK digital mapping and geospatial calendar. The conference provides real insight and leadership in current geographic information and location based issues via a range of keynote addresses and conference papers as well as by hands on training and face to face delegate networking.

The AGI GeoCommunity series has a proven reputation as a 'must-attend' event for a range of service delivery managers and information management and technology professionals. Previous delegates and speakers have been drawn from Central and Local Government, Utilities, Health, Emergency Services, Infrastructure, Insurance, Marketing, Business Intelligence, Finance and Technology sectors.

AGI GeoCommunity '12 will open on the 18th September with the popular pre-conference 'Icebreaker' evening event and offer two full days of thought leadership, practical education, knowledge transfer and real world best practice and case studies.

AGI GeoCommunity ‘11 attracted 450 delegates. The residential format, introduced in 2007, is now well established and the event has proven its growth and sustainability. Feedback from last year’s delegates indicated that 97% of those polled thought the event offered value for money and 89% felt it fulfilled their expectations. 97% said the venue was ‘good’ or ‘excellent. A full report of delegate feedback is available on the AGI website.

AGI GeoCommunity Website: www.agigeocommunity.com

The AGI deeply regrets to report ...

The AGI deeply regrets to report the untimely passing away of AGI member and Crossrail GIS Manager Wayne Marsh on 10 July 2012.

Wayne had been a very active and highly regarded figure in the GI and BIM arena. He was at the centre of a lot of the work of the AGI BIM SIG.

A keen sportsman, he enjoyed hiking and kayaking. Wayne was also an important member of Letchworth Rugby Club both as player and mini-rugby coach.

On behalf of all at the AGI I would like to extend our heartfelt sadness and deepest condolences to Wayne's family, friends and work colleagues. He will be greatly missed.

Chris Holcroft, AGI Director

Data Strategy Board has first meeting

The Data Strategy Board (DSB) meet for its inaugural meeting on 11 July under newly appointed chair Stephan Shakespeare.

The DSB will seek to maximise the value of data initially from the Public Data Group Trading Funds, namely Ordnance Survey, Met Office, Land Registry and Companies House.

The membership of the board includes data users from outside the public sector, with representatives of commercial re-users and the Open Data community.

Three groups are part of the DSB and represented on the Board by their respective chairs. These include the Public Weather Service Customer Group, the GI Customer Group and the Open Data User Group. AGI Council members can be found in both the GI Customer Group and the Open Data User Group.

On behalf of the public sector the DSB will:

• steer the management of contracts for weather and geographic information
• consider how data from the DSB might generate economic growth
• work to ensure that ministers have appropriate advice to enable:
  • delivery of Open Data from the Public Data Group
  • provision of data and services to the public sector UK general public, including services which contribute to the protection of life, property and UK national infrastructure
  • making access to data easier for all users
  • increasing public access to free data over time, subject to affordability and value for money

To see the official release and Action Record click HERE

Europa Technologies sponsor AGI GeoCommunity '12

The AGI is delighted to welcome Europa Technologies as an AGI GeoCommunity '12 Silver Sponsor.

Europa Technologies is a multi-award winning map data manufacturer and service supplier. Its products are used by many Global Fortune 500 companies and are featured on leading mapping services, including Google Earth & Maps. Products from Europa Technologies are essential to organisations of any size implementing an international mapping system or global Spatial Data Infrastructure (gSDI). Recently the company won the prestigious British Cartographic Society / OS MasterMap Award for its viaEuropa hosted map service.

Warren Vick, Director, Europa Technologies said: “We are delighted to once again be sponsoring and exhibiting at the AGI GeoCommunity annual conference. This is the single most important UK GEO event in the calendar; a great mix of public and private sector, traditional GIS users and neogeographers. At a critical time for the UK economy, we’re looking forward to exchanging ideas with delegates on how we can share the power of place to help organisations achieve their goals.”

Chris Holcroft, Director, AGI added: "Europa Technologies return to AGI GeoCommunity in 2012 showing its support and enthusiam for the event. Support like this is vital to allow the AGI to run the conference in the way we do and it is excellent that sponsors see value what we are providing to the market place. Europa Technologies always attend with an innovative or topical twist and I hope this year's AGI GeoCommunity will serve the company well."

More about AGI GeoCommunity '12

AGI GeoCommunity '12: Sharing the Power of Place will be held at East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham on 18 - 20 September 2012.

AGI GeoCommunity is the largest and most comprehensive independent conference in the UK digital mapping and geospatial calendar. The conference provides real insight and leadership in current geographic information and location based issues via a range of keynote addresses and conference papers as well as by hands on training and face to face delegate networking.

The AGI GeoCommunity series has a proven reputation as a 'must-attend' event for a range of service delivery managers and information management and technology professionals. Previous delegates and speakers have been drawn from Central and Local Government, Utilities, Health, Emergency Services, Infrastructure, Insurance, Marketing, Business Intelligence, Finance and Technology sectors.

AGI GeoCommunity '12 will open on the 18th September with the popular pre-conference 'Icebreaker' evening event and offer two full days of thought leadership, practical education, knowledge transfer and real world best practice and case studies.

AGI GeoCommunity ‘11 attracted 450 delegates. The residential format, introduced in 2007, is now well established and the event has proven its growth and sustainability. Feedback from last year’s delegates indicated that 97% of those polled thought the event offered value for money and 89% felt it fulfilled their expectations. 97% said the venue was ‘good’ or ‘excellent. A full report of delegate feedback is available on the AGI website.

AGI GeoCommunity Website: www.agigeocommunity.com