OPEN FORUM ON GEODATA INTEROPERABILITY

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The OpenGIS Foundation Presents:
AN OPEN FORUM ON GEODATA INTEROPERABILITY

A DAY OF PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON INTEROPERABILITY
AND INFORMATION SHARING TOWARD IMPLEMENTING THE
NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE

March 17, 1994 8:30 AM 5:00 PM
THE HYATT REGENCY HOTEL RESTON, VIRGINIA

A SPECIALLY FEATURED EVENT, PART OF THE NINTH
ANNUAL GRASS GIS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
SPONSORED BY THE OPEN GIS FOUNDATION.

Agenda:

8:30 AM Welcome & Intro to the OGIS Process.
David Schell, Executive Director, OGF

9:00 AM Panel I. The Open Geodata Interoperability
Specification (OGIS) Architecture.

Chair: Kurt Buehler, Principal Investigator, USACERL

Participants:
John Herring, Staff Consultant, Intergraph Corporation
Mark Sondheim, Head, Geomatics, Gov't of B.C
Mark Ashworth, Principal Software Engineer,
UNISYS/System 9
Robin Fegeas, Geographer, USGS-NMD
Richard Soley, Tech. Dir., Object Management Group
Gio Wiederhold, Program Manager, ARPA

10:45 AM Panel II. Interoperability and Geospatial
Applications.
     
Chair: Kenn Gardels, GIS Coordinator, CEDR/UC Berkeley

Participants: Rich Garrettson, GIS Segment Manager,
   Sun Microsystems
Jack Dangermond, President, ESRI (invited)
Cliff Kottman, Executive Manager, Intergraph
Carl Reed, President, Genasys II
Fred Limp, Director, Center for Advanced Spatial
   Technologies, U. of Ark.
Steve Smythe, Sr. Software Engineer, Microsoft

12:30 AM Luncheon.

2:00 AM Panel III. Geodata Interoperability and
   Government Infrastructure.
     
Chair: Gale TeSelle, Director, RIGIS, USDA/SCS.
     
Participants:
Nancy Tosta, Staff Director FGDC
Henry Tom, Director, GIS Laboratory, NIST
Bill Goran, Chief, Envir. Sustainment Lab, USACERL
Jasmeet Seehra, OMB, Analyst, Info. Policy Branch
Larry Ayers, Executive VP, Intergraph

3:30 AM Open Forum Discussion.
     
Moderators: David Schell, Director OGIS Project
   Kurt Buehler, OGIS Technical Director
   Quentin Ellis, Director, OGIS Testbed Program

4:30 AM Conclusion.

WHAT IS THE OPEN GEODATA INTEROPERABILITY
SPECIFICATION?

The Open GIS Foundation (OGF) is dedicating one day of
the 9th Annual GRASS/GIS Conference and Exhibition to
exploration of the nation's critical need to implement
software tools that will support geodata
interoperability and the sharing of geospatial data in
the context of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

The day's program will consist of a series of panel
discussions and a luncheon, and will focus on issues
surrounding the development of the Open Geodata
Interoperability Specification The OGIS. Participants
in the discussions have all been chosen for their key
roles in the evaluation and implementation of potential
geodata standards, and they represent the diversity in
both interest and point of view that animates the
search for standards in this area.

OGIS is a software capability designed to standardize
access to geospatial data stored in proprietary
database formats, or recorded by means of government
distribution or transfer standards. The OGIS Project
was founded as a partnership between OGF, the US Army
Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory (USACERL), the Center for Advanced Spatial
Technologies at the University of Arkansas, and the
Center for Environmental Design Research at UC
Berkeley. The OGIS Process is a "consensus process"
designed to unite a broad range of commercial,
government and academic institutions in an effort to
develop a broadly useful solution to the interoperability
problem.

With this day of discussions we wish to inform the
public of developments in the OGIS Project and
technology area, and to invite broader participation on
the part of both public and private sector organizations
concerned with the development of data access and data
sharing solutions.

The 9th ANNUAL GRASS GIS CONFERENCE AND
EXHIBITION, sponsored by the Open GIS Foundation and
hosted by the Soil Conservation Service, will be held at
the Hyatt Regency Hotel Reston in Reston, Virginia,
from March 14 to March 18, 1994. The Conference will
be attended by people who are interested in Open GIS
and in the public domain, open architecture GIS, GRASS,
which was developed by USACERL and is in wide use in
government, universities, and industry. Workshops,
plenary lectures, a field trip, paper and poster
sessions, and exhibits will cover the full full range of
GIS topics. Registration for the panel discussions,
including the luncheon buffet, is included in the general
registration for the full conference. Call Pamela
Cashman 617-621-7025 (or send email to
cashman@crsa.bu.edu) for full Conference information.

The Open Forum is a substantial supplement to the
conference, made possible through the generous
encouragement and support of the following OGF
member organizations: Camber Corp., Intergraph Corp.,
Sun Microsystems, PCI Remote Sensing, and Genasys II.

Please contact: The Open GIS Foundation, One Kendall
Sq., Bldg. 200, Ste. 2200, Cambridge, MA 02139 FAX
617-621-7174 or 617-557-1209. Call Pamela
Cashman 617-621-7025 (or send email to
cashman@crsa.bu.edu). Registration fee for March 17
Forum: $100.00. (Free admission for those registered
for GRASS GIS Conference.) Make checks payable to
Open GIS Foundation. Visa/MasterCard, Diners
Club/Carte Blanche, Government P.O.'s and Training
Orders accepted.

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