open data - so what?

February 16, 2012
8:00 am - 4:15 pm

Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
6083 McKay Avenue, Burnaby,
Canada V5H 2W7

On February 16, 2012, the British Columbia Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA BC) hosted a one day seminar entitled Open Data - So What?. In this seminar, we explored how geospatial technologies are being leveraged through open data, and how they are introduced into our daily lives both as GIS professionals and regular citizens.

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URISA BC recognizes that on occasion plans change and individuals registered for our events may not be able to attend. However because URISA BC must make financial commitments prior to the event for meals and space, we have a cancellation policy. All registrants for an event who do not cancel at least two weeks prior to the event will be expected to pay their registration fee in full whether they attend the event or not. This policy applies regardless of when the registration on our site takes place. To cancel your registration, you must send an email to sscheepmaker@tol.ca. We will respond to your email indicating whether your cancellation has occurred by the cancellation deadline and whether fees are still payable. URISA BC appreciates your understanding.

 

PRINTABLE SEMINAR MATERIAL
agenda - aBSTRACTS - SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES - SPONSORS - newsletter

 

SEMINAR AT A GLANCE

PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS and SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

  • Sustainable Innovation Using Open Data – ABSTRACT , BIO
  • Open Data Initiatives, Mobile Devices & Geo-Applications – ABSTRACT , BIO
  • Building the City of Vancouver's Open Data GIS Platform – ABSTRACT , BIO
  • Improve Operations with Volunteer Geographic Information (VGI) – ABSTRACT , BIO
  • Identifying the Origins and Destinations of Transit Customers Using Farebox Data – ABSTRACT , BIO
  • Regional Traffic Data Systems (RTDS) - The Road to the Future of "Open Data" – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION
  • How to Run an Open Data Hackathon – ABSTRACT , BIO
  • The Journey to Open Data – ABSTRACT , BIO
  • Open Data: How the Vancouver Public is Using It – ABSTRACT , BIO , PRESENTATION
  • The What, How we Got Here and What we Have to do Next? – ABSTRACT , BIO
  • Open Data Panel – ABSTRACT , BIO

AGENDA

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

Registration
Breakfast and Coffee

INTRODUCTION

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Welcome to the Seminar - Open Data - So What?
Dan Tancon, President, URISA BC

PRESENTATIONS

8:45 - 9:15 a.m.

Sustainable Innovation Using Open Data
 Speaker:
Luke Closs, Co-founder, Recollect
9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Open Data Initiatives, Mobile Devices & Geo-Applications
 Speaker:
Susan Romeo-Gilbert, Principle Platform Strategist, Microsoft
9:45 - 10:05 a.m. Building the City of Vancouver's Open Data GIS Platform
Speaker:
Meng Li, GIS Applications Manager, City of Vancouver

10:05 - 10:35 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:35 - 11:05 a.m.

 Improve Operations With Volunteer Geographic Information (VGI)
 Speaker:
Karen Stewart, Industry Manager - Public Works, Esri Canada 

11:05 - 11:35 a.m.

 Identifying the Origins and Destinations of Transit Customers Using Farebox Data
 Speaker:
Michael Grant, Manager - Monitoring & Forecasting, BC Transit

11:35 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.

 Regional Traffic Data Systems (RTDS) - The Road to the Future of "Open Data"
 Speakers:
Keenan Kitasaka, Manager - Intelligent Transportation Systems, TransLink
Henry Ng , Project Manager - Intelligent Transportation Systems, TransLink

12:05 - 12:25 p.m.

 How to Run an Open Data Hackathon
 Speaker:
Herb Lainchbury, President and CEO, Dynamic Solutions Inc

12:25 - 1:35 p.m.

Lunch Break
1:35 - 2:05 p.m. The Journey to Open Data
 Speaker:
David Wrate, Director of Citizen Engagement, Province of BC
2:05 - 2:25 p.m. Open Data: How the Vancouver Public is Using It
 Speaker:
Darrin Fast, Technology Planner, City of Vancouver
2:25 - 2:45 p.m.

The What, How we Got Here and What we Have to do Next
 Speaker:
David Eaves, Open Government and Open Data Advocate

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Transition / Coffee

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Open Data Panel
 Moderator:
James Andrusiw, Application Services Manager, City of Coquitlam

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.

 Closing Remarks and Door Prizes

 

SEMINAR SPONSORS

Thankyou to our sponsors for helping to make this event possible. For sponsorship information for future events, please click here.

 

Thankyou for joining us on February 16th to see how geospatial technologies with Open Data are being introduced into our daily lives!

 

AN "ALMOST PAPERLESS" SEMINAR
URISA BC helped the environment by minimizing the amount of printed material handed out at the seminar. All materials (seminar agenda, speaker biographies, presentation abstracts, etc.) will remain available after the seminar on the URISA BC website at www.urisabc.org .

 

URISA BC thanks the SPONSORS and PRESENTERS for making this event possible.

 

 

 

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