If you are interested in any of these events please scroll down for more information, or if you have any ideas of other events that we can run please email Claire Huppertz
Please contact Claire Huppertz if you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at any of the events with opportunities available
18 April - BIM SIG, London
18 April - Evening Lecture, London: Sponsored by Xpertex
18 April - Social Event: GeoDrinks, London: Sponsored by Xpertex
26 April - Maximising your opportunities with the Public Sector Mapping Agreement, London
28 April - Open GeoData Hackathon, Belfast: Please note this is a Saturday
3 May - AGI North, Manchester: Exhibitor and Sponsor opportunities available
31 May - Evening Lecture, London: Sponsor opportunities available
31 May - Social Event: GeoDrinks, London: Sponsor opportunities available
14 June - AGI Northern Ireland Conference, Belfast: Exhibitor and Sponsor opportunities available
19 June - Better Mapping I, Leeds
20 June - Evening Lecture, London: Sponsor opportunities available
20 June - Social Event: GeoDrinks, London: Sponsor opportunities available
26 July - Better Mapping II - the next level, London
18-20 September - AGI GeoCommunity '12, Nottingham: Sponsor opportunities available
BIM SIG Workshop
Date: 18 April
Venue: Crossrail, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LQ
Information: An update on the Crossrail program, use of BIM through the project stages including 3D and Spatial, view and attribution.
Cost: Free, spaces are limited and registration is essential.
Registration: Register here
CPD: 1.5 points
Evening Lecture
Sponsored by Xpertex
Date: 18 April
Timings: 1800-1930
Venue: AGI, 150 Minories, London, EC3N 1LS
Information: Following the overwhelming success of our previous networking events, AGI will be hosting another social evening at its London offices on 18th April 2012. This time the event will feature a "Question Time" style panel discussion on all things "geo", with the panel being drawn from a range of organisations.Read more...
Cost: Free for AGI members, but spaces are limited and registration is essential.
Registration: Register here
CPD: 1.5 points
Social Event: GeoDrinks
Sponsored by Xpertex
Date: 18 April
Timings: 1930
Venue: Hennessy's, 36 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2ET
Information: This event is an informal, social networking event. This is free event, but please register so we know numbers. Read more...
Cost: Free.
Registration: Register here
Maximising your opportunities with the Public Sector Mapping Agreement
Date: 26 April
Venue: 1VS Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET
Information: Public sector organisations in England and Wales have now had access to Ordnance Survey mapping data for almost a year and with over 2000 Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) members benefiting from this ground breaking 10 year agreement. System and service suppliers are helping the public sector to make solution efficiencies and improvements to service deliveries such as planning, transportation management, and social housing and education services. Read more...
Cost: Free, spaces are limited and registration is essential.
Registration: Register here
CPD: 1.5 points
Open GeoData Hackathon
When and where: Saturday 28th April– 9am til late. Kainos Software Ltd, Upper Crescent, Belfast
What is it: A fun event aimed at all software developers
The Aim: To develop an application using open Source and Open geographic data that is of community value to the people of Northern Ireland
Registration: http://www.eventelephant.com/opengeodatahackathon
AGI North
Date: 3 May
Venue: The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Information: Manchester. Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. The invention of the computer, home to technological greats like Alan Turing, a popular cultural heritage and a couple of mediocre football teams. It’s a city of change and innovation. Read more...
Cost: Student Member: £25+VAT; AGI Member: £69+VAT; Non Member: £195+VAT
Registration: Register here
Sponsors and Exhibitors: If you are interested in exhibiting at or sponsoring this event, please contact Claire Huppertz.
CPD: 4 points
Evening Lecture
AGI Technical SIG Augmented Reality Event
Date: 31 May
Timings: 1800-1930
Venue: AGI, 150 Minories, London, EC3N 1LS
Information: Further information will be available soon.
Cost: Free for AGI members, but spaces are limited and registration is essential.
Registration: Register here
Sponsors:If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Claire Huppertz.
CPD: 1.5 points
Social Event: GeoDrinks
Date: 31 May
Timings: 1930
Venue: Hennessy's, 36 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2ET
Information: This event is an informal, social networking event. This is free event, but please register so we know numbers. Read more...
Cost: Free.
Registration: Register here
Sponsors: If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Claire Huppertz.
AGI Northern Ireland Conference
Date: 14 June
Venue: SERC Lisburn Campus
Call for Papers: Deadline Friday 20th April
Information: This years’ event will be based around the themes of the INSPIRE directive and Open Data;
How Inspire it impacts on Organisations, how to prepare for it, examples, and benefits of compliance. INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) is an EU Directive that aims at making available relevant, harmonised and quality geographic information to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policies - particularly those relating to the environment. Read more...
Cost: Student Member: £35+VAT; AGI Member: £69+VAT; Non Member: £195+VAT
Registration: Register here
Sponsors and Exhibitors: If you are interested in exhibiting at or sponsoring this event, please contact Claire Huppertz.
CPD: 4 points
Better Mapping I
Date: 19 June
Venue: The Queens Hotel, City Square, Leeds, LS1 1PJ
Information: Entitled 'Better Mapping', these one day seminars, featuring a number of expert presenters, introduce a range of topics and easy methods that will demonstrate how good cartographic practice can greatly improve the quality, accuracy and effectiveness of your digital and hard copy maps.
The use of geographic information, digital mapping software and GIS is ever increasing. Never before has the importance of understanding the fundamentals of good map design been more important. A poorly designed map can at least diminish effective communication of information to users and at worst mislead, perhaps seriously. Read more...
Cost: AGI Member: £69+VAT; BCS Member: £69+VAT; Non Member: £150+VAT
Registration: Register here
CPD: 4 points
Evening Lecture
The Secrets of Success
Date: 20 June
Timings: 1800-1930
Venue: AGI, 150 Minories, London, EC3N 1LS
Information: What differentiates many of us from those individuals who tend to rise to the top in life? Is success genetic, down to luck, or are there key character traits that determine the success and fulfillment we experience in our lives?
Through this inspiring seminar you will discover the four powerful secrets that underpin true success in life! Read more...
Cost:Free for AGI members, but spaces are limited and registration is essential.
Registration: Register here
Sponsors:If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Claire Huppertz.
CPD: 1.5 points
Social Event: GeoDrinks
Date: 20 June
Timings: 1930
Venue: Hennessy's, 36 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2ET
Information: This event is an informal, social networking event. This is free event, but please register so we know numbers. Read more...
Cost: Free.
Registration: Register here
Sponsors: If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Claire Huppertz.
Interoperability Day 2012 - Open Government and Open Standards
Date: 22 June
Venue: Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB
Information: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Association of Geographic Information (AGI) have joined forces to offer you the chance to learn more about open standards and interoperability. Hosted at the Met Office in Exeter on 22nd June 2012, following the OGC Technical Committee meetings earlier that week, the day will be of interest to everyone in the geocommunity, especially those who want to know more about what Open Government and international geospatial standards can offer them and their organisation. Read more...
Cost: Free, registration is required
Registration: Register here
Sponsors and Exhibitors: If you are interested in exhibiting at or sponsoring this event, please contact Claire Huppertz.
CPD: 4 points
Better Mapping II
Date: 26 July
Venue: British Computer Society, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA
Information: Entitled 'Better Mapping', these one day seminars, featuring a number of expert presenters, introduce a range of topics and easy methods that will demonstrate how good cartographic practice can greatly improve the quality, accuracy and effectiveness of your digital and hard copy maps.
The use of geographic information, digital mapping software and GIS is ever increasing. Never before has the importance of understanding the fundamentals of good map design been more important. A poorly designed map can at least diminish effective communication of information to users and at worst mislead, perhaps seriously. Read more...
Cost: AGI Member: £69+VAT; BCS Member: £69+VAT; Non Member: £150+VAT
Registration: Register here
CPD: 4 points
AGI GeoCommunity '12
Sharing the Power of Place
Platinum Sponsors: Esri UK and Ordnance Survey
Date: 18-20 September
Venue: East Midlands Conference Centre, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RJ
Information: The AGI conference is the biggest independent GI conference right at the heart of the UK event GI calendar and delivered by the nation's dedicated GI membership association. Now well established as a centrally located residential conference, AGI GeoCommunity has become extremely popular. AGI GeoCommunity is ideally structured for a great diversity of activities; plenaries, keynotes, conference papers, workshops, debates, networking, social activities and much more.
Call for Papers: Submit your abstract here. Deadline: 25th April
Cost: Various packages, Early Bird closes 31 July or earlier if allocation sells out.
Registration: Register Here
CPD: 4-7 points
Sponsors: Esri UK, GGP Systems, Leica Geosystems, Ordnance Survey and UNIGIS. If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please click here.
Keynote: 'INSPIRE in a national policy context - Dr. Alice Bunn, UK Location Programme Manager/ UK Space Agency