GEO Business 2014 Conference Highlights Announced

In just over seven weeks’ time, from 28-29 May 2014, the GEO Business 2014 exhibition and conference will open its doors at the Business Design Centre in London, UK. Not only will attendees be treated to a world-class exhibition and see products and services first hand during commercial workshops, but they will also have the chance to hear what’s new in the fast-moving geospatial industry by attending the conference sessions.

About 50 industry experts will be presenting the latest commercial and technical issues facing the industry. Papers include:

Keynote Address

Neil Ackroyd, Acting Director General and Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey, UK

Keynote Address: Government BIM Strategy and it’s geomatic opportunity

David Philp, Head of BIM Implementation, Cabinet Office/ Mace Group, UK

Keynote Address: BIM Meets Geospatial – how the GEO Industry needs to collaborate more

Anne Kemp, Director BIM Strategy and Development, Atkins Limited, Chair AGI, Chair ICE BIM Action Group, Vice-Chair BIM4Infrastructure, UK

Flood Damage Economics Method (FDEM) GIS-based flood economic assessment

Paul Hart, Principal GIS Consultant, Black & Veatch, UK

Smart Cities – Data, cities, the quantified self and virtual reality

Andrew Hudson-Smith, Director, The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UK

Sustainable Coastal Management: hydrographic techniques to support beach restoration

Don Ventura, Hydrographic Business Development Manager, Fugro Pelagos, USA

High-definition 3D city maps

Victor Shenkar, CEO, GeoSim Systems, Israel

Strategy through to delivery - the sustainable management of a safe and efficient railway in Great Britain

Neil Strong, Sustainability Specialist (Land), Network Rail, UK

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems – this changes everything

Lewis Graham, President/ CTO, GeoCue Corporation, USA

Underground utility detection, verification and location: Specification PAS 128

John Robinson, Managing Director, Subscan Technology, UK

Leveraging the value of digital cartography in survey planning for offshore wind farms

Dipaneeta Das, GIS/CAD Specialist, Mainstream Renewable Power, UK

Local and regional spatial data infrastructures: Why should decision-makers care?

Andrew Coote, Chief Executive, ConsultingWhere, UK

GIS with Google Glasses and other wearables

Jaak Laineste, CTO, Nutiteq, Estonia

Heathrow Airport: challenges and solutions for a mini-city

Giulio Pagan, Technical Architect, Autodesk, UK

The “game-ification” of GIS: simulating the real world

Gavin Duffy, Managing Director, RealSim, Ireland

Stand in the Stones – using laser scanning and CGI to create a new virtual experience at Stonehenge

Paul Bryan, Geospatial Imaging Manager, English Heritage, UK

For the full conference schedule including all the presentations, please visit www.GeoBusinessShow.com/conference-programme.

Register for the conference online before 11 April 2014 to take advantage of the early bird delegate rate of  GBP150. Register at www.GeoBusinessShow.com/registration. Registration for the exhibition and commercial workshops is at no cost.

Running alongside the innovative conference is an international exhibition of more than 100 geospatial suppliers and over 80 commercial workshop sessions providing the visitor with the opportunity to see the latest releases first hand. For more information including a full exhibitor list and commercial workshop programme visit the GEO Business website.