International Forum on Geospatial Trends

May 29th, from 9AM to 5:45PM

Learn what executives of major international companies of geotechnology have to say on trends in information sharing for years to come, and how these concepts are already acting to improve the world. This forum will have simultaneous translation to Portuguese, Spanish and English.

9AM to 9:30AM Opening Ceremony

9:30AM to 10:45AM Spatial Data Infrastructure in Latin America and the World Context
Meet the main initiatives and implementation challenges of SDI projects in the world, highlighting Latin America
Luiz Paulo Fortes | IBGE/ONU-GGIM
Valéria Oliveira Henrique de Araújo | IBGE/CP-IDEA
Chairman Emerson Granemann | MundoGEO

10:45AM to 11:15AM Fair Opening
Know which companies and institutions will be exhibiting their products and services at MundoGEO#Connect 2012 Fair

11:15AM to 12:30PM What is the future of GIS?
Innovative solutions for geographic information systems in a world increasingly connected
Luiz Bermudez | OGC
Clinton Libbey | Google Enterprise
Brad Skelton | Intergraph/Erdas
Geoff Zeiss | Autodesk
Chairman Eduardo de Rezende Francisco | AES Eletropaulo/FGV

2PM to 3:30PM What to expect of GNSS systems in the future?
Learn what will be the improvements for users of GPS, Glonass, Galileo and Compass systems regarding data quality and productivity in the surveys
Ben Mallen | Trimble
Peter Grognard | Septentrio
Michael Rutschmann | Leica Geosystems
Raymond Kerwin | Topcon
Chairman Eduardo Freitas | MundoGEO

4:15PM to 5:45PM The future of Remote Sensing
How to keep sensors updated when you have users overly demanding regarding prices, terms and data quality?
Aaron Crane | DigitalGlobe
Mack Koepke | GeoEye
Marcello Maranesi | Telespazio
Mauricio Braga Meira | RapidEye
Chairman Gilberto Camara | Inpe