Cape Town, South Africa July 10, 2008 – GIS Development, organizer of Map Africa 2008, the third Annual
African Conference and Exhibition on Geographical Information Technology and
Applications, is pleased to announce the distinguished line of Conference Speakers.
Map Africa 2008, which is being co-organized by the Department of Land Affairs,
South Africa is scheduled
for August 25 – 26, 2008 at Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South
Africa.
Dr. Derek Clarke, Chief Director: Surveys and Mapping, South Africa
and co-organizer of the conference said, “Map Africa 2008 brings to us top
quality international speakers in the field of geo-spatial information science
and technology, such as Vanessa Lawrence, Ian Williamson, Bill Cartwright and
Josef Strobl. Having such renowned speakers on our doorstep at the same time
does not happen often, so this is a golden opportunity to interact with these
experts and our colleagues from Africa. My
staff will participate in building their knowledge of the utilization of
geo-spatial information for the development of Africa.”
On the occasion, Sanjay Kumar, Chief Executive Officer GIS Development
expressed his pleasure by stating, “We are really glad to announce the
distinguished line of speakers for Map Africa 2008. I am confident that the expertise
and experience of such outstanding speakers will contribute to developing the
knowledge base of the African geospatial community. I am also pleased to inform
that this year at the exhibition of Map Africa, we have an excellent mix of
international as well as African companies who will put on display their latest
technology and services. I welcome all speakers, participants and exhibitors to
the conference and sincerely hope that each participant can derive maximum out
of this opportunity.”
The confirmed speakers for the conference are:
Inaugural Speakers
Dr. Vanessa Lawrence
Director General
and Chief Executive Officer
Ordnance Survey
Great Britain
Prof. William Cartwright
President
International
Cartographic Association
Australia
Dr. Derek Clarke
Chief Director
Surveys & Mapping
Department of Land
Affairs
South Africa
Dr. Marc Tremblay
Vice President and
General Manager - CBU
DigitialGlobe
USA
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Hartmut Rosengarten
Programme Manager -
Europe, Middle East
and Africa
Intergraph Earth
Imaging Solution Centre
Germany
Dr. R S Rao
Senior Regional
Sales Director-
Middle East,
Africa, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
GeoEye
USA
Prof. Ian Williamson
University of Melbourne
Australia
Kaushik Chakraborty
Vice President India, Middle East & Africa
Erdas
India
Prof. Arup Dasgupta
Managing Editor
GIS Development
India
Prof. Josef Strobl
Director
Center for
Geoinformatics
University of Salzburg
Austria
Eng. Mohammed Al Zaffin
Director GIS Centre
Dubai Municipality
UAE
John Sasser
President
Rolta Middle East
and Africa
UAE
Over the last two years, Map Africa conference has witnessed tremendous
growth, in terms of participating delegates, speakers as well as companies taking
part in the exhibition. This year, the exhibition of Map Africa 2008 will
provide opportunity to the following companies and agencies to showcase their
latest offerings to the participating delegates:
AAM Hatch
Antirx Corporation, India
Computa Maps
Department of Land Affairs, South Africa
DigitalGlobe
Erdas
Fugro Maps
GeoEye
GeoSence
Reutech Radar Systems
Rolta Simeka
Southern Mapping Company
Sivan Design
Speck Systems
SuperGeo
Vexcel
Map Africa 2008
poses to be an ideal networking hub and a not-to-be-missed destination for
professionals, academicians, researchers and industry personnel of Africa.
For more
information about GIS Development, visitwww.GISdevelopment.net.
For more information about the
Department of Land Affairs, visitland.pwv.gov.za/.
Map Africa 2008: The Prestigious African Conference on Geospatial Technology
July 11, 2008
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