INSPIRE conference 2013

Coordination of activities of OSGeo projects at INSPIRE Conference

Links

 * INSPIRE 2013 Conference Page
 * OSGeo Standards Mailing List (check out the archive searching for "INSPIRE")

Important Dates
The workshop "Ping - Pong Match : OSGeo & INSPIRE" will take place at 11:00 on Monday, June 24 in Room 1. Other important dates are:
 * March 15, 2013: Deadline for submitting paper and workshops proposals (extension given from March 1)
 * March 29 2013: Deadline for submitting poster proposals
 * June 7 2013: Enroll in speakers list

Workshop: Ping-Pong match OSGeo & INSPIRE
This workshop will be run in an open round style (like a mini-barcamp). The workshop aims at attracting people from all disciplines to start cross domain communication which currently appears to be the major blocker to get INSPIRE implemented.

Download
The summary slide set of the workshop is available:
 * Download slide set as ODP (1.7 MB)
 * Download slide set as PDF (0.75 MB)
 * Read on SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/arnulfchristl/osgeo-inspire-pingpong-match/

Abstract
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a non-profit international organization created in early 2006 to support and promote the collaborative development of geospatial open source software (GFOSS). OSGeo provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The foundation's projects are all freely available and usable under an OSI-certified open source license.

In the first 45min of the workshop Open Source software and data providers will give lighnting-talk style presentations of 3 minutes and 3 slides stating: Each presentation focuses on the relevant INSPIRE capabilities of the software or the INSPIRE needs for the data provision and the potential issues and blockers resulting from the current version of the directive.
 * Where do I come from, what is my role
 * What I want or have to do
 * What are the blockers preventing me from getting it done

The second half of the workshop will be dedicated to a round table dialog between all participants.

The following topics will guide through the dialog:
 * 1) Maturity of the standards
 * 2) Maturity of the software
 * 3) Maturity andf correctness of the data
 * 4) Implementability of the INSPIRE directive
 * 5) Degrees of freedom in the implementation
 * 6) Complexity of INSPIRE technical guidance and OGC standards
 * 7) INSPIRE implementing rules, international and national standards
 * 8) Communication channels between OSGeo and INSPIRE
 * 9) How to contribute to INSPIRE Maintenance Presentation by Vanda Nunes de Lima

Practical follow-ups
 * 1) Setting up Wiki pages (multilingual) to make INSPIRE documentation more readable
 * 2) How to test and validate INSPIRE compliance
 * 3) How to change/simplify INSPIRE technical guidance in practice
 * 4) How to contribute to INSPIRE maintenance
 * 5) Automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages
 * 6) How an implicit support for INSPIRE in any software will give a boost to the adoption of the directive even outside EU
 * 7) Automation of INSPIRE adoption through support in the various software packages

Notes on Workshop Description and Goals
The session will involve short presentation (lightning talks) with a follow-up dialog, potentially in sub groups. Participants should bring a computer, tablet or smartphone to the workshop to be able to participate in Wiis, mailing lists, web sites, Twittter, and so on.''

Notes on Intended Audience and any Required Skills or Interests

 * Data providers who have to implement INSPIRE
 * Open Source Software developers
 * Businesses providing support for Open Source software
 * Academia
 * INSPIRE Representatives (Who is that exactly? If nobody shows up we will finally know that this role has not been implemented)

Invitation Mail
Dear ..., OSGeo is organizing a 90 minute round table dialog at the INSPIRE conference in Florence [1]. During the first 45min of the workshop Open Source software providers and data producers / publishers will give 3 minute lightning-talk style presentations with 3 slides stating:
 * Where do I come from, what is my role
 * What I want or have to do
 * What are the blockers preventing me from getting it done

Each presentation focuses on the relevant INSPIRE capabilities of the software or the INSPIRE needs for the data provision and the potential issues and blockers resulting from the current version of the directive.

The second half of the workshop will be dedicated to a round table dialog between all participants.

We are very interested in hearing what you have to contribute and guarantee that you will take away a lot of new ideas and hear a lot of valuable experience from others.

Please let me know if you will participate, either actively with a short presentation or just coming to the event. Slides are optional, just talk a few minutes. Please also feel free to forward this invitation to your colleagues.

Thank you for your interest, ...

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/INSPIRE_conference_2013

-- Arnulf Christl (Executive Director) Open Source Geospatial Software, Data and Services http://www.metaspatial.net

Current List of Invitees

 * EEA (SEIS)
 * Stefan Jensen (presenter)
 * Franz Daffner (represented)
 * Jan Bliki (represented)
 * Sven Schade (represented)


 * Commission
 * JRC (IES Institue for Env. Studies / Digital Earth Unit)
 * Michael Lutz (presenter)
 * Robin Smith (presenter)
 * Paul Smits (represented)
 * DG Environment (EU Commission)
 * Hugo de Groof (presenter)


 * Member States
 * RLP, Germany
 * Armin Retterath (presenter)
 * NRW-Landesvermessung, Germany;
 * Stefan Sandmann (presenter)
 * MetOffice UK
 * Chris Little (represented)
 * Ian Edwards (represented)
 * Meteorology Romania
 * Vasile Craciunescu (unavailable)
 * Ordnance Survey
 * Clare Hadley (Ordance Survey Great Britain and Ex UK Location Program) (represented)
 * LFRZ, Austria
 * Wolfgang Tinkl (presenter)
 * Geonovum
 * Marcel Reuvers (to explain the NL way of aadopting standards: Comply or explain why not) (unavailable)
 * Finnish Land Survey
 * Jani Kylmäaho (presenter)
 * Antti Jakobsson (NLS) (represented)
 * Jari Reini (NLS) experience with OSKARI (represented)
 * BKG, Germany
 * Anja Hopfstock (unavailable)
 * GDI DE, Germany
 * Martin Lenk (represented)


 * Industry
 * Help Service Remote Sensing
 * Jachym Cepicki (unavailable)
 * Karel Charvat (unavailable)
 * EOX
 * Stephan Meissl (unavailable)
 * Faunalia
 * Paolo Cavalini (unavailable)
 * metaspatial, Germany (presenter)
 * Arnulf Christl
 * interactive instrucments
 * Clemens Portele (maybe)
 * Occam Labs
 * Markus Schneider (presenter)
 * GeoCat
 * Jeroen Ticheler (presenter)
 * Freelance
 * Just van den Broecke: http://stetl.readthedocs.org/ and Geospatial ETL(represented)
 * GeoSolutions IT
 * Simone Giannechini (presenter)
 * R3 GIS
 * Paolo Viscanic (FreeGIS project: How SME can collaborate towards INSPIRE) (presenter)
 * Terradue
 * Pedro Gonçalves (unavailable)

Actively participating in the workshop in Florence
If you are on this list please make sure that you are really coming:
 * Arnulf Christl from metaspatial, Germany (Chair, presenter)
 * Simone Giannecchini from Italy (Presenter)
 * Jeroen Ticheler (Presenter)
 * Markus Schneider (Presenter)
 * Jachym Cepicky (planning to participate)
 * Dimitris Kotzinos (planning to participate)
 * Nicola Giuliani (planning to participate)


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