PGSC-5 DAY 2 – 12th August 2020
PGSC PANEL SERIES: Emerging Opportunities in Geospatial and Surveying Practice in the Pacific
Link Participants Host: Ms. Molly Powers-Tora, PGSC Partnership Desk | |||
11.00 AM | Welcome | Meizyanne Hicks, PGSC Vice-Chair | |
11.10 AM | PANEL 1: Geospatial & Remote Sensing Developments and Emerging Opportunities
Moderator: Chee Hai Teo – UN-GGIM · Developing a Geodesy Thematic Layer for the IGIF: First Steps – Allison Craddock, International GNSS Service · National Coordination of Seabed Mapping Activities: From Data Acquisition to Dissemination — Kim Picard, Geoscience Australia · Group on Earth Observations (GEO) — Andrew Jones, Pacific Community · Copernicus & Pacific-An overview – Astrid-Christina Koch, European Commission |
||
11.40 AM | Q&A—Moderated Discussion | ||
12.00 PM | PANEL 2: Infrastructure Developments and Emerging Opportunities
Moderator: Nicholas Brown – Geoscience Australia · UN-GGIM Sub-committee on Geodesy, Coordinated Positioning – Nicholas Brown, Geoscience Australia and Viliami Folau, Tonga · Development of a geoid model for Majuro, Marshall Islands – David Dodd, IIC Technologies Limited, Australasia · Pacific Sea Level & Geodetic Monitoring Project – GNSS CORS Infrastructure Upgrade — Ryan Ruddick, Geoscience Australia · Fiji Geodetic Infrastructure and Campaign – Asakaia Tabua, Fiji |
||
12.40 PM | Q&A—Moderated Discussion | ||
1.00 PM | PANEL 3: Capacity Development and Emerging Opportunities
Moderator: Robert Sarib—FIG Asia Pacific Capacity Development Networt · Surveyors Capacity Development Plan — Viliami Folau, Tonga · Volunteerism: Project ideas and opportunities for Pacific Young Surveyors network — Chethna Ben, University of the South Pacific · Geospatial at USP — Nick Rollings, University of the South Pacific · Survey Education at FNU — Rohitesh Prasad, Fiji National University · Pacific GIS&RS User Conference — Wolf Forstreuter, Pacific GIS & RS Council |
||
1.40 PM | Q&A—Moderated Discussion | ||
2.00 PM | Closing | Meizyanne Hicks, PGSC Vice-Chair | |