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.

Time: 1430 - 1630	Hall A & B
Chairperson Wadih João Scandar Neto Director - Geosciences IBGE Brazil
Speakers Paulo Roberto Schubnell de Rezende Lima Director of Information Department of Transportation Ministry of Transports Brazil
Michael Jones Chief Technology Advocate Google Inc. USA
Mark Reichardt CEO and President OGC USA Presentation
João Paiva, Ph.D. Spatial Information and Science Engineering Oracle USA Presentation
Sergiy Guchenkov Chief Commercial Officer of the Alcantara Cyclone Space Binational Company (ACS) Brazil