Transforming Information into Actionable Knowledge

Geospatial Intelligence is actionable knowledge - the ability to describe, understand, and interpret so as to anticipate the human impact of an event or action within a spatiotemporal environment. The session will present framework for mining actionable knowledge that are inexplicitly adopted. It will focus the issues that are either not addressed or insufficiently studied.

Advancing Sustainability with Geospatial

The fuel driving the engine of growth and sustainable development of any nation is the nation’s access to reliable and adequate geospatial information. The socio-economic and environmental management decisions are based on quality and accurate information on natural resources and other geospatial data. The session will focus on facilitating efficient production, management, dissemination and use of geospatial information for sustainable development and the challenges facing the geospatial community and need for the establishment of a national geospatial data infrastructure.

Prospects and Challenges of Business Directions of Brazilian Geospatial Industry

As the world is witnessing Brazil as emerging political and economic power and is preparing to move towards being highly developed country. The international connectivity and commitment of Brazil to host major business enterprises along with World Cup and Olympics is adding the momentum to manage its resources better and develop quality infrastructure, which are very much pre-requisite for overall growth of the country. Of course geospatial industry of Brazil has its own role to play in this growth story and several of local and international companies are getting ready to develop this industry further and contribute to overall development of Brazil. The panel on “Prospects and Challenges of Business Directions of Brazilian Geospatial Industry” the panelist will put forward their perspectives with regard to road ahead for Brazilian Geospatial Industry.

     Speakers

Plenary 1: Transforming Information into Actionable Knowledge
Chairperson Prof. José Raimundo Braga Coelho President Brazilian Space Agency – AEB Brazil
Chris Gibson Vice President Trimble USA	Sérgio Besserman Chairman Technical Chamber of Sustainable Development Municipality of Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Mark Doherty CTO of Security Government & Infrastructure Division, Intergraph USA	Christopher Cappelli Director ESRI USA

Plenary 2: Advancing Sustainability with Geospatial
Chairperson Wadih João Scandar Neto Director - Geosciences IBGE Brazil
Speakers Marcelo Perrupato Secretary Ministry of Transport Brazil	Michael Jones Chief Technology Advocate Google Inc. USA
Mark Reichardt CEO and President OGC USA	Dr. Steven Hagen Senior Vice President Server Development Technologies Oracle USA

Plenary Panel : Prospects & Challenges of Business of Brazilian Geospatial Industry
Claudio Simao Director President Hexagon United Kingdom	Enéas Brum President Imagen Brazil
Antonio Machado Director AMS Kepler Brazil	Guilherme Brechbuhler De Pinho Chief Executive Officer Fototerra Brazil