[SDI-Africa] Register for Map Africa 2007, 2nd Annual African Conference on Geospatial Technology

[Megha Datta]

Department of Land Affairs, South Africa and GIS Development are organising Map Africa 2007, the Second Annual African Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial Information Technology and Applications, from October 29-30, 2007 at The Southern Sun Cape-Sun, Cape Town, South Africa.
 
The details of the Conference and the speakers are:

Plenary Session : Building Geospatial Capacities in Africa 

Chair: Nozizwe Makgalemele, DDG, Department of Land Affairs, South Africa

Speakers:
*  Prof. Josef Strobl, Centre for Geoinformatics, Salzburg University, Austria
*  Pontsho Maruting, Chief Director, Space Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa
*  Kate Lance,  ITC, The Netherlands
*  Gavin Lloyd, President , South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI), South Africa
 
Plenary Session: Enterprise GIS & Infrastructure Development 

Chair: Dr.Derek G Clarke,Chief Director, Surveys and Mapping, Department of Land Affairs, South Africa

Speakers:
*  Richard McKay, Senior Vice President, Global Sales,  Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, USA
*  Baraq Hadi, Managing Director, Bentley Systems Middle East, Jordan
*  Ashok Wadhwani, President, Applied field Data Systems inc, USA

Workshop: Professional Education for the GeoInformation Society

Speakers:
*  Prof. Josef Strobl, Director, UNIGIS, Austria
*  Gregory Breetzke, Department of Geography, University of Pretoria, South Africa
*  Lizette Rust, GIMS Pty (ESRI), Midrand, South Africa

Seminar: Building Remote Sensing Capabilities in Africa

Speakers:
*  Dr. R S Rao, Sr. Director, GeoEye, USA
*  Amenda Crowie, Manager GIS Unit, Kuteng Department of Public Transport Roads and Works
*  Prof. Michael Inggs, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa
*  Nicholas Faller, COO, Infoterra, Germany
*  Prof. Sias Mostert, SunSpace, South Africa
*  Alex Fortescue, CSIR Satellite Application Centre, South Africa
*  Adrian Roos, Intergraph Systems, South Africa

Seminar: Surveying, Mapping & Infrastructure Development 
Partner organisation: SAGI

Speakers:
* Richard Wonnacott, Director Survey services, CDSM, South Africa
* Kenneth Smillie, Sales Director Airborne Sensors, Geosystems Division, Leica Geosystems AG, USA
* Dr.Derek G Clarke,Chief Director, Surveys and Mapping, Department of Land Affairs, South Africa
* Nikolaus Faller, COO, Infoterra, Germany
* H. Du. Plessis, CDSM, South Africa
* C.E. Oboli, Director (Cadastral Survey), Federal Ministry of Environment Housing and Urban Development (FMEHUD), Nigeria
* A. Jagdish, Head, Business Development, Speck SpatialTech Limited, India
* Lance Neil, TGIS
* Dirik Bonse, Rollei Metic, Germany

For more information on the conference and to register, please visit the conference website http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net
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