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INVITED SPEAKERS AND HOSTS

Hon Victor Dominello, Minister for Innovation and Better Regulations

Opening Address by NSW Government – Launch of NSW Location Intelligence Strategy

Responsible for the Office of Fair Trading and the NSW Government’s ICT Strategy and a range of open government, data analytics, innovation and regulatory reform

initiatives.

Dr Hugh Williams, VP Engineering, Google

Insights and Trends – mapping and the future of data driven decision making

Hugh is an innovator, executive leader, and expert in building data-driven products. His passion is creating great ideas with smart people, and delivering thought-leading,

massive scale consumer products that impact millions of people. Hugh currently leads the Google Maps product and engineering teams. Amongst other roles, he was also

previously a Vice President at eBay and worked on the Bing development team at Microsoft. He began his career at RMIT University and has a PhD in information retrieval.

Roland Slee, MD Asia Pacific, Bravura Solutions

Prospering in the Age of Disruption

Roland is the Managing Director – Asia Pacific for Bravura Solutions, a leading technology provider to some of the world’s largest wealth management companies. Roland is

responsible for accelerating growth, developing new lines of business, implementing major change programs and leading merger and acquisition activity. He was previously

Vice President Database Product Development for Oracle Corporation.

Dr Catherine Ball, CEO, Remote Research Ranges and Telstra Business Woman of the Year, 2015

Connecting Spatial Applications, the Power of Drones, Big Data and New Markets

Catherine is an author, founder and ethics advocate working across global projects where robotics and new technology meet environmental protection. Currently CEO of

an Australian start-up working with the application of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) across remote communities, schools and industry. Catherine is leading the

call for discussions around the ethics of spatial data. In 2015, Catherine was awarded Telstra Business Woman of the Year.

Peter Biggs, CE, Assignment Group New Zealand

The Benefits of Innovation: Telling a different kind of story about ourselves Peter Biggs is one of New Zealand’s most distinguished business leaders. As the National Chief Executive of Assignment Group New Zealand, Peter is an expert on branding, marketing, creativity and leadership. Peter believes that key to telling great stories of science and innovation is the collision of normal and weird, and that nations need to invest in the creative intellectual property of the country as much as the infrastructure.

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Peter is Chair of the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Clemenger BBDO in Melbourne and is a former member of the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Growth and Innovation Advisory Board. Peter was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in 2013 for services to philanthropy and arts governance. Barry Sandison, CEO, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Why a strategic and whole of organisation approach to spatial enablement is critical to successful implementation; a case study.

Barry Sandison is CEO of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. He is dedicated to facilitating the use of data and analytics within the public service, while

promoting better access to and use of public data outside the public sector.

Barry was Deputy Secretary in the Federal Department of Human Services, where he was responsible for the administration and delivery of a range of programs in the

health, government and business areas, which included being Chief Executive of Medicare. His expertise covers a wide range of health and welfare related work in policy

and service delivery.

Barry is a board member of L’Arche Genesaret, an ACT community organisation for people with intellectual disability.

Catherine Caruana-McManus, Sales and Strategy Director, MESHED and Internet of Things Integrator

IoT and smarter industries and communities

Catherine is a serial disrupter. She is a member of the IoT Alliance Australia and the National Data IoT Research Network. As the Sales and Strategy Director with MESHED,

Catherine uses open source technologies to test and deploy capabilities in data research networks; the collection of data from a range of internet platforms to allow real-

time data visuals.

Catherine is a global expert in Smart Cities and intelligent asset management. She was a director for IBM’s Smart Cities and Industries business for Australia and New

Zealand and has worked across smart cities projects in energy, water, transport, and asset management across the UK, US, Canada and Asia Pacific.

Allison Hornery, Director, Cofluence

MC and panel host: Rapid in the Real World

Allison has designed and led a range of major public governance and knowledge facilitation programs at local, state, national and international levels. She has a diverse

background in digital policy analysis and development, creative campaigns and communication, facilitation and workshop delivery.

Allison has held a range of digital government and innovation advisory roles including as an expert adviser to international programs in Geneva, South Korea, India, Nigeria,

Indonesia and South Africa.

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Wednesday 26 October 2016 – CRCSI CONFERENCE PROGRAM

OPENING PLENARY – GRAND LODGE

Host: Dr Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse, Director – NSW Business Development and International Relations, CRCSI

1:00pm

Welcome to Country Welcome Professor Mary O’Kane AC, Chair, CRCSI Opening Address by NSW Government – Launch of NSW Location Intelligence Strategy Hon Victor Dominello, Minister for Innovation and Better Regulations Responsible for the Office of Fair Trading and the NSW Government’s ICT Strategy and a range of open government, data analytics, innovation and regulatory reform initiatives. Insights and Trends – mapping and the future of data driven decision making Dr Hugh Williams, VP Engineering, Google Creator of great ideas with smart people, innovator, and expert in building data-driven products, delivering thought-leading, massive scale consumer products that impact millions of people. Prospering in the Age of Disruption Roland Slee, Managing Director-Asia Pacific, Bravura Solutions Key growth accelerator for developing new lines of business, implementing major change programs and leading merger and acquisition activity. Connecting Spatial Applications, the Power of Drones, Big Data and New Markets Dr Catherine Ball, CEO, Remote Research Ranges and Telstra Business Woman of the Year, 2015 Author, founder and ethics advocate working across global projects where robotics and new technology meet environmental protection.

3:00pm Afternoon Tea

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CONFERENCE PLENARY – GRAND LODGE

Host: Dr Peter Woodgate, CEO, CRCSI

3:30pm

Earth Observation: Data, Processing and Applications – Report Launch Introduction: Professor Tony Milne AO Director, CRCSI Radar Research Applications Facility Group of Earth Observations Program Board Member Former President IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Barb Harrison, Editor and Collaborator This three volume report is an Australian Earth Observation (EO) community undertaking to describe EO data, processing and applications in an Australian context, and includes a wide range of local case studies to promote Australia's growing dependence on EO data. 2026Agenda: Jointly Creating the Future of the Australian Spatial Sector 2026Agenda Team: Eva Rodriguez and Phil Delaney How will Australia become a world leader in the spatial of the future? The 2026 Spatial Industry Transformation and Growth Agenda initiative is a whole-of-industry approach to create a roadmap to transform the sector over the next decade. This interactive session will provide a live taste of the consultation process, present its latest findings and bring the national consultation right into the room. Be ready to be challenged and have your say. The CRCSI’s Role in the Future of the Australia and New Zealand Spatial Industry Discussion with Dr Peter Woodgate (CRCSI), David Sinclair (Chair 43pl), Steven Jacoby (Chair CRCSI Government College), Professor Wendy Lawson (Chair CRCSI Research and Education College) and Glenn Cockerton (Co-Chair 2026 Spatial Industry Transformation and Growth Agenda working group)

5:00pm DAY ONE CLOSE

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CRCSI CONFERENCE DINNER AND AWARDS

6.30pm Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Park Pre-dinner drinks followed by Dinner and Awards Hosted by Dr Peter Woodgate, CEO, CRCSI The CRCSI celebrates the excellence, partnerships and dedication of the CRCSI community with the announcing of four awards. These awards are:

The CRCSI Chair’s Awards in recognition of an outstanding achievement in any aspect of the CRCSI, presented by Professor Mary O’Kane AC, Chair, CRCSI.

Research Excellence Award to recognise the outstanding contributions to CRCSI research and innovation promising high impact outcomes for end users, presented by Emeritus Professor John Richards, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU.

Student Excellence Award to recognise outstanding research effort and contribution to a CRCSI project outcome, presented by Dr Nathan Quadros, Education Manager, CRCSI.

43pl Company Award for a company or individual that has made an outstanding contribution, presented by David Sinclair, 43pl Chair.

11.00pm CLOSE

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Thursday 27 October 2016 – CRCSI CONFERENCE PROGRAM

EXHIBITION AREA

8.45am

Welcome: Dr Phil Collier, Research Director, CRCSI Blockchain Solvathon – a marathon in problem solving and thinking Australia and New Zealand’s great spatial minds innovate with blockchain technology The CRCSI Student Day focused on developing a concept using blockchain technology to benefit the spatial sector. The students thought creatively about blockchain technology, unusual data and apps. Presented by the two Solvathon teams, please vote through the conference app on the winning approach.

RESEARCH

THEMES CORINTHIAN DORIC GRAND LODGE

9:00am Rapid in the Real World

Rapid discussions and interactive demonstrations

about people movement, open rapid analytics,

digital reporting and QA4mobile.

MC and Panel Host: Allison Hornery, Director,

Cofluence.

Rapid Analytics Demonstrations:

People Movement with Kate Williams, GHD.

Open Spatial Analytics with Alan Both, Geoscience

Australia.

State of the Environment Digital Reporting with

TO Chan, DELWP.

Dynamic Positioning

Solving the signal processing and economic

impediments to operating at 2cm accuracies.

Opening Conversation: Dr Andy Barnicoat, Chief of

Division, Community Safety & Earth Monitoring,

Geoscience Australia and Graeme Blick, Chief

Geodesist, LINZ.

Presentations:

The National Positioning Infrastructure; what will it

look like: Dr John Dawson, Branch Head, Geodesy

and Seismic Monitoring, Geoscience Australia.

Datums; the impacts and implications: Professor

Chris Rizos, Professor of Geodesy and Navigation in

the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

UNSW.

Spatial Infrastructures – Can I trust this information?

Delivering opportunities to utilise and commercialise

research through industry best practice, proof of

concept designs and robust end user documentation.

MC: Kylie Armstrong, Spatial Infrastructures Director,

CRCSI.

Opening Conversation: The drivers for change: Bruce

Thompson, Executive Director, Spatial Services, NSW

Department of Finance, Services and Innovation.

White Paper Launch: Next Generation Spatial

Infrastructures white paper: Dr Phil Collier, Research

Director, CRCSI.

Presentations and Demonstrations:

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QA4MOBiLE with Jess Keysers, CRCSI.

RAISE with Simon Gilkes, NSW Valuer General and

Professor Chris Pettit, Professor of Urban Science

and Associate Director – Future Cities, UNSW.

Panel Discussion:

Simon Gilkes, NSW Valuer General.

John Blackburn, Business Manager Geospatial

Solutions, AAM Group.

Kate Williams, Service Line Leader, GHD.

Michael Comninos, Acting Executive Director,

Greater Sydney Commission.

Dynamic adjustments; how do Victoria and other

states use it: Dr Roger Fraser, Manager Geodetic

Survey, Office of Surveyor-General Victoria.

Mulit-GNSS PPP-RTK network processing; achieving

the accuracy: Professor Peter Teunissen, Global

Navigation Satellite Research Centre, Curtin

University.

Development of the Analysis Centre Software; a

framework: Dr Stavros Melachroinos, Team Leader,

GNSS Positioning and Algorithms Development,

Geoscience Australia.

Ionospheric modelling; the algorithms and prototype source code: Dr Mike Terkildsen, Research scientist, Space Weather Services, Bureau of Meteorology. Satellite Delivery Systems: Dr Suelynn Choy, Senior Lecturer, School of Science, RMIT. Demonstration; comparing RTK (GPS) with PPP-RTK during normal mine operations: Luis Elneser, Site & Project Services Consultant, Position Partners and CRCSI PhD student. Q&A: Hosted by Dr John Dawson, Branch Head, Geodesy and Seismic Monitoring, Geoscience Australia.

Automation of Road Naming; Annaleise Walster, Director of Product Delivery, Landgate. Automatic Federation of cross-government water data for decision making: Byron Cochrane, SDI Technical Lead, LINZ. Proof of concept for Automation of Data Quality for M1 Requests: John Gallagher, Manager Data Services, Land Use Victoria. Proof of concept for improved search: Keith Moss, Manager Open Data WA, Landgate.

11:00am

Morning Tea

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CORINTHIAN DORIC GRAND LODGE

11:30am Building a Cohesive Community

Using spatial planning systems in the field;

balancing community, council and infrastructure.

Opening conversation: Professor Peter Newman,

Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University.

Panel Discussion:

Spatial tools; Rezone, ENVISION and Envision

Scenario Planner: Dr Steve Glackin, Project Leader,

Institute for Social Research, Swinburne

University.

Using land value uplift models to increase

infrastructure funding for cities: Professor Chris

Pettit, Professor of Urban Science and Associate

Director – Future Cities, UNSW.

Using demand to engage with community: Dr

Stephen White, Energy Efficiency Research, CSIRO.

The business case for spatial tools in the built environment: Dr Rita Dionisio, Post-Doctoral Fellow Researcher, Greening the Greyfields Project, University of Canterbury. Researchers and city councils overcome real world

challenges: Dale Bristow, Team Leader Strategic

Ag and Natural Resources: IoT and Smarter

industries and communities

Data cubes, digital natural resources, carbon

capture and real-time biomass are just the

beginning of the Internet of Things.

Opening Conversation: Catherine Caruana-

McManus, Sales and Strategy Director, MESHED.

Presentations:

Harnessing the data Cube and driving application

development: Trevor Dhu, Programme Director,

Data Cube, Geoscience Australia.

The digital Great Barrier Reef: Professor Kerrie

Mengersen, Professor of Statistics, QUT.

Monitoring and forecasting frameworks for

sustainable forest management: Dr Mariela Soto-

Berelov, Research Fellow, Mathematical and

Geospatial Sciences, RMIT.

High Resolution Carbon Accounting: Arjan Wilkie,

CRCSI PhD Student, UNE.

Real-time biomass estimation in pastures: Karl

Andersson, Research Fellow, Precision Agriculture

Research Group, UNE.

Spatial Information Saving Lives

The value of spatial enablement in health strategy to

manage change and the tools required.

Opening Conversation: Professor Clive Sabel, Chair in

Quantitative Geography, Bristol University.

Presentations:

A strategic approach to spatial enablement is critical:

Barry Sandison, CEO, AIHW.

You can’t manage if you can’t measure – measuring

spatial maturity: Professor Tarun Weeramanthri,

Assistant Director General, Public Health, Department

of Health, WA.

Spatial enablers – the ‘how to’ of spatial enablement:

Dr Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse, Director – NSW Business

Development and International Relations, CRCSI.

Innovation begins with a problem: Paula Fievez, Health

Program Manager, CRCSI.

Tracking cystic fibrosis patients indoors: Dr Nusrat

Homaira, Sydney Children’s Hospital.

Burns assessment using Photogrammetric Analysis: Dr

Fiona Wood, Fiona Wood Burns Unit.

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Planning and Sustainability, Maroondah City

Council.

Lot amalgamation, community buy-in and the

tools: Gerald Coutts, Managing Director, Gerard

Coutts and Associates.

Debate: The business case for spatial tools in the

built environment.

Hosted by Adam Beck, Executive Director at Smart

Cities Council Australia New Zealand.

Using globes to understand the changing climate:

COP21 and Coastal Risk: Nathan Eaton, Principal

Consultant, NGIS Australia.

Integration of Spatial Tools; NRM Spatial Hub: Phil

Tickle, Program Manager – Agriculture, Natural

Resources and Climate Change, CRCSI.

Q&A:

Hosted by Professor David Lamb,

Precision Agriculture Research Group, UNE.

Atlas of Environmental Health: Dr Peter Neville,

Environmental Health Directorate, Department of

Health, WA.

1:00pm Lunch

RESEARCH

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CORINTHIAN DORIC GRAND LODGE

2:00pm

New Zealand VIP High Tea

Robust community, business and government

consultation has led to the New Zealand

Geospatial Research and Development Priorities

and Opportunities strategy, and the Geospatial

Research Institute.

Join Team NZ for afternoon tea to learn more,

strengthen research opportunities and deepen

activities through collaboration.

Opening Conversation: Dr Peter Woodgate, CEO,

CRCSI and Dr Anna de Raadt, NZ Director of

Operations, CRCSI.

Agriculture and Natural Resource Spatial Platforms

Create Opportunities

In workshop style, this session is a hands on

approach to delve into common spatial platforms,

future opportunities and investment.

Hosted by Professor David Lamb, Precision

Agriculture Research Group, UNE.

Health Research in Action

Opening Conversation: Professor Kerrie Mengersen,

Professor of Statistics, QUT.

Short presentations hosted by Rob Freeth, CRCSI

Health Board and consultant.

Personalised Health; Sensing City: Dr Malcolm

Campbell, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and

Director of GeoHealth Laboratory, University of

Canterbury.

Health Equity; National Cancer Atlas: Dr Suzanna

Cramb, Spatial Modeller, Queensland Cancer Council.

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Team NZ:

Simon Jellie, Chief Executive, e-Spatial.

Rob Deakin, Chief Steward, National SDI.

Dr Rita Dionisio, Post-Doctoral Fellow Researcher,

Greening the Greyfields Project, University of

Canterbury.

Graeme Blick, Chief Geodesist, LINZ.

Nic Donnelly, Technical Manager, Geodesy, LINZ.

Dr Ioannis Delikostidis, Geographical Information

Systems, University of Canterbury.

Levi Mutambo, CRCSI PhD Student, University of

Canterbury.

Hamish McNair, CRCSI PhD Student, University of

Canterbury.

Wayne Tyson, Manager, Geospatial Research

Institute.

Dr Matthew Wilson, Professor of Spatial

Information, Geospatial Research Institute and

University of Canterbury.

Imaging Technology; 3D-FAST for rare disease

diagnosis: Richard Palmer, Research Associate, Curtin

University.

Disaster Recovery Preparedness; Canterbury (NZ): Dr

Daniel Hogg, CRCSI PhD Student alumni, University of

Canterbury.

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CONFERENCE PLENARY – GRAND LODGE

Hosted by: Dr Graeme Kernich, Deputy CEO, CRCSI

3:00pm

The Business of CRCSI Dr Peter Woodgate, CEO, CRCSI Year in review and what to expect next The Benefits of Innovation: Telling a different kind of story about ourselves Peter Biggs, CE, Assignment Group New Zealand Peter is one of New Zealand’s most distinguished business leaders. As the National Chief Executive of Assignment Group New Zealand, Peter is an expert on branding, marketing, creativity and leadership. Peter believes that key to telling great stories of science and innovation is the collision of normal and weird, and that nations need to invest in the creative intellectual property of the country as much as the infrastructure. Thank you and Farewell Dr Graeme Kernich, Deputy CEO, CRCSI

4:00pm CONFERENCE CLOSE AND DRINKS

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CRCSI STUDENT PROFILES

The Education Program focuses on funding and fostering PhD and Masters students to integrate with the spatial industry. These students work with our university partners

and 43pl members to gain real-world supervision and experience to create a talented workforce that delivers excellence and sustainability to the spatial industry in

Australia and around the world.

The CRCSI is hosting a student day Blockchain Solvathon – a marathon in problem solving and thinking. The Solvathon will focus on developing a concept using blockchain

technology to benefit the spatial sector. The idea is to think creatively about blockchain technology, unusual data and apps. To set the tone for creative thinking and

blockchains, Adjunct Professor Paul X McCarthy, UNSW will open the concept to the students.

Presentations will be made by each of the two Solvathon teams on Thursday morning at 8.45am in the exhibition space. The audience will be asked to vote through the

conference app on the winning team.

2016 STUDENT COHORT

Nic Donnelly is the Technical Manger Geodesy, LINZ and is supported by UNSW for his PhD in the Next Generation Datum project (P1.02). Recently Nic’s work relating to

Earthquake changes to land boundaries provided a critical part of the technical foundation for a new Bill currently sitting within the New Zealand Parliament. The geodetic

modelling technique used in this research is a world first in application to cadastral data over large areas.

Further information about Nic’s research can be found here

Luis Elneser is a Site and Project Services Consultant with 43pl member Position Partners. His research is focused on comparing and validating RTK with the PPP-RTK

method being used in the Positioning Program. Luis is supported by RMIT.

Further information about Luis’ research can be found here

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Ben Fitzpatrick is located at QUT and works on the Biomass Business project (P4.18) on research into experimental designs and Bayesian spatiotemporal models for carbon

in farmscapes. He is also a Research Associate in the School of Mathematical Sciences. Ben’s research is in the area of Applied Statistics leveraging rich ensembles of

environmental data layers to aid the interpolation of sparse, ground truthed observations.

Ben is open to discussions on point referenced, spatial observations to interpolate with the aid of high resolution observations of other related things. His interests lay with

points on a map to predict full cover rasters or smooth surfaces. Ben has opensource code to share and is keen to pursue case studies to analyse and write up as journal

articles with interested co-authors.

Further information about Ben’s research can be found here: Research poster and Research update

Teuku Aulia Geumpana is located at UNSW and is working on the information priority model for GIS-based mobile cloud application in disaster emergency response. He

recently the joined the CRCSI student group and is in the early stage of his PhD research which supports the work of Rapid Spatial Analytics.

Paul Goodhue, located at the University of Canterbury is working on the Biomass Business 2 project (P4.18). Paul’s research centres on validating the crowdsourcing

component of data gathered from the field through agricultural consultants and farmers. His work is integrated into Spatial Infrastructures (Program 3) to improve the trust

of crowdsourced geographic information.

Paul is interested in crowdsourcing walking and biking track information through apps (android and web) that he has developed as part of his PhD. Paul will use this

information to analyse the ability of a conceptualised crowdsourcing model to improve the trust of crowdsourced geographic information.

Further information about Paul’s research can be found here

E-K Gulland is supported by Curtin University. Her research crosses two program – Spatial Infrastructures (P3.01) and Health (P4.41) and examines the improvement of

usability of online health geovisualisation tools.

Further information about E-K’s research can be found here

Sam Hislop is supported by RMIT as part of the LandFor: Landsat for Forests project (P.4.101). The project team is researching methods to take advantage of the extensive

archive of Landsat satellite imagery to model and map disturbance in Victorian forests. By creating an ‘image stack’ from almost 30 years of images, the team can analyse

change as a function of time on a pixel by pixel basis. Using a combination of machine learning and user trained multiple lines of evidence, large area disturbance histories

will be modelled.

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Sam has government experience in spatial mapping in emergency management.

Further information about Sam’s research can be found here

Hamish McNair is located at the University of Canterbury and supported by 43pl member Trimble. He is working on the Supply Chains project (P3.02). Hamish’s research

centres on trusting crowdsourced spatial information throughout a spatial data supply chain.

Hamish is investigating how crowdsourcing can be better integrated into processes that utilise spatial information. This research seeks to engage people in more than

simply the collection of data so that local knowledge can more directly influence decision-making processes. His current focus is on incorporating local perspective in

planning processes by spatially arranging users’ observations and opinions on cycle infrastructure performance.

Further information about Hamish’s research can be found here

John Lewis is located at UNSW and recently joined the CRCSI student group. He is working on enhancing information systems to support the care of colorectal cancer

survivors by GP led primary care services.

Levi Mutambo, located at the University of Canterbury is working on the Supply Chains project (P3.02) to explore the potential of crowdsourcing and open source

technologies in addressing the challenges of government-driven Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) in resource constrained contexts.

The global spread of mobile devices with mapping capabilities and the maturing of open source software for SDI development have opened the door of opportunity to

research on the possibility of crowdsourcing an SDI in order to reduce costs, speed up delivery, and increase access to location information for better decision-making in

regional development.

Levi’s research centres on spatial data infrastructure and volunteered geographic information. His current focus will see farmers in Zambia supply real-time crop harvesting

data into a purpose built app using smartphones donated by Huawei Technologies Australia. Levi’s proof of concept has been developed and is now ready for field testing.

Levi's envisaged research outcomes are an open source framework for a crowd-driven SDI which will include a mobile application and web portal to support the crowd in

collecting and managing location information.

Further information about Levi’s research can be found here

Trung Nguyen is supported by RMIT and is part of the LandFor: Landsat for Forests project (P.4.101). His research is using the Landsat satellite archive and time series

analysis to capture biomass dynamics across Victoria.

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Trung’s work revolves around using time series disturbance mapping and single date forest inventory plot data to capture forest biomass dynamics in forests. He is

interested in connecting with land managers and academics interested in forest monitoring using remote sensing (RS) techniques, along with users of time series RS to map

and analyse disturbance at the landscape scale.

Further information about Trung’s research can be found here

Richard Palmer is supported by Curtin University on the CliniFace project (P4.406). His specific research relates to the Automated generalised methods for the extraction

and analysis of high level information from mobile mapping data.

Further information about Richard’s research can be found here

Tristan Reed is located at Curtin University and works on the Spatial Infrastructures Program (P3.01) with research into the Semantic search and discovery of web-based

services. He is supported by 43pl member NGIS. Tristan’s proof of concept is currently being developed.

Azeem Sadiq is located at Curtin University and supported by 43pl member Omnilink. His research is focused on investigating governance along supply chains and

concentrating on provenance in the Spatial Infrastructures Program (P3.02).

Further information about Azeem’s research can be found here

Jeremy Siao Him Fa is located at Curtin University and supported by 43pl member Amristar. He works on the Spatial Infrastructures research (P3.01) and focuses on

federated data models. Jeremy’s proof of concept is currently being developed.

Chet Bing Tan is supported by Curtin University and works within the Spatial Infrastructures Program (P3.01). His research is focused on Automated orchestration of web

services using semantic web technologies.

Further information about Chet’s research can be found here

Nuddin Tengku is located at Melbourne University and is supported by 43pl member ThinkSpatial. His research is focused on Initiating the development of a test track for

positioning system validation and certification within the Positioning Program (P1.04).

Nuddin is interested in connecting with spatial and engineering consultants to learn more about consulting operations and to seek potential employment.

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Further information about Nuddin’s research can be found here

Latha Varadharajulu is located at Curtin University and supported by Landgate. Her research focus is Spatial data supply chain modelling in Australia and New Zealand

through the Spatial Infrastructures Program (P3.02).

Earlier this year, Latha received the Best Student Paper Award presented to the 2nd International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Application

and Management, held in Rome, Italy.

Latha’s proof of concept has been developed and is being tested by Landgate.

Arjan Wilkie is located at UNE and is working on the just started Improved high-resolution carbon accounting project (P4.103) and the improved measurement and

estimation of Biomass and Soil Carbon in diverse landscapes using high-resolution remote sensing.

Cynthia Yu is located at Curtin University and supported by 43pl member AAM Group. Her research focus is mobile mapping (P2.01) and relates to the semantic and

syntactic methods to match real-world data to models for change detection and recognition.

In 2014, Cynthia and other Curtin University colleagues published a piece on the automatic 3D model reconstruction from terrestrial laser scanning data. The automatic

reconstruction of 3D buildings has been an important research topic during the last years. In this paper, a novel method is proposed to automatically reconstruct the 3D

building models from segmented data based on pre-defined formal grammar and rules.

The full article can be downloaded here

Feiyan Yu is located at Curtin University and supported by Omnilink. Her research, Automatic data conflation using semantic web technologies, supports the Spatial

Infrastructures Program (P3.02).

Further information about Feiyan’s research can be found here

Peiyuan Zhou is located at UNSW and works on Precise Positioning (P1.01) and the lonospheric Delay Variance Modelling. His research will support the Positioning

Program.

Further information about Peiyuan’s research can be found here

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CRCSI CONFERENCE CONTACTS

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