Introduction

Since the first Pacific GIS&RS Conference in 1999, this annual event has attracted a lot of participants from as far as the Americas to the sunny islands most of us call home. Each year the range of GIS&RS technologies presented cover an array of applications including the management of resources of the small island Pacific nations. Shallow water bathymetry derived from satellite imagery, forest function maps to identify areas for to be protected, areas identified for developments in flood zones are some of the applications where the development of GIS&RS in the region have been applied in various sectors. As with previous conferences, there are no fees levied for those wishing to attend. Donations however are graciously accepted. This year's theme of the Conference is Pacific Developments

Conference Schedule

Activity No	Time	Session	Presentations	Presenters
DAY 1
01	08:00-08:30	REGISTRATION
02	08:30-09:00	Welcome & Introduction	Nick
03		Opening Address	State Minister for Public Utilities - Samisoni Tikonaisau
04		Overview	Mereoni
05	09:00-09:30	Light Refreshments in the Exhibition Room
06	09:30-12:40	Session 1	The EU in Pacific Island Countries	Florimond Van de Velde
07			PICISOC & GIS Community	R.Singh
08			Pan-Sharpened Quickbird Image Data for Coconut Resources Assessment in Rotuma	W.Forstreuter
09			GeoEye, 41cm Spatial Resolution	F.Raghina
10			GIS Application on Forest Classification Mapping	A.Lewai
11	12:40-13:30	LUNCH BREAK
12	13:30-15:00	Session 2	Digital Mapping Cameras & Photogrammetry	A.Johnson
13			Technology Updates	M.Hewitt
15			Research at the New Zealand Centre for Precision Agriculture	M.Tuohy
16	15:00-15:15	AFTERNOON BREAK
17	15:15-16:30	Session 3	NLTB Project Updates	P.Lasiti
18			FEA Project Updates	E.Naitini
19			USP Project Updates	N. Rollings
20			FLIS Project Updates	R.Rita
21			SOPAC Project Updates	E.Whippy
22			Telecom Project Updates	M.Ravutia
23			Forestry Project Updates	A.Lewai
24	18:00-20:00	Opening Cocktail - Lower Campus Bistro
DAY 2
28	08:30-10:00	Session 4	An Analysis of Pacific Cyclone Track Data using GIS	Wainiqolo & Rollings
30			Pacific Islands Regional Maritime Boundaries Information System	A.Lal & E.Artack
31			Web Based Educational Toolkit for Coastal Remote Sensing	C.Roelfsema
32	10:00-10:30	Light Refreshments in the Exhibition Room
33	10:30-12:30	Session 5	Provincial Participatory GIS in Fiji	N.Racaca
34			Community Open Participatory : System to Support Image Interpretation	G.Gienko
35			Digital Photogrammetry Systems	M.Poidevin
36			Assessing Coastal Change Using Muti-Temporal? Image Comparisons	A.Webb
37			Status of GIS/RS & ICT in Papua New Guinea	H.Iduhu
38	12:30-13:30	LUNCH BREAK
39	13:30-15:00	Session 6	Bio-Regional Classification for Viti Levu	Gaunavinaka & Rollings
40			GIS at Fiji Pine-2006 Developments	A.Nakoci
41			Mapping Of Tropical Benthic Habitats in Fiji	C.Roelfsema
42			Shallow Water Bathymetry Utilising Satelite Imagery	J.Kruger
43	15:00-15:15	Afternoon Refreshments in the Exibition Room
44	15:15-16:30	Session 7	Satellite Oceanography and Coral Bleaching Patterns in the Great Barrier Reef Ecosystem	S.Weeks
45			Climate Surfaces for Fiji	R.Price
47			Giving Rights to Chiefs	W.Ganileo
49	17:30-20:00	Yaqona at USP Oceania Center for arts & culture - upper campus
DAY 3
51	08:30-10:00	Session 8	Hydrodynamic Model of Tarawa	H.Damlamian
52			Current Availability of Spatial Data in NSW	M.Poidevin
53			Using GIS to Determine the Unimproved Capital Value for Navovo Subdivision	G.Tami
54	10:00-10:30	Light Refreshments in the Exhibition Room
55	10:30-12:30	Session 9	The Guam Coastal Atlas	D.Burdick
56			What is Lidar	C.Clouet
57			GIS/RS has developed a better tool for Management & Planning in Solomon Islands	R.Wood
58			GIS for Utilities	A.Johnson
59			Applications of GIS in TEC	B.Manao
60			Telecom Services Kiribati Ltd GIS	N.Teraoi
63	12:30-13:30	LUNCH BREAK
64	13:30-15:00	Session 10	Using Topology for Quality GIS Data	Robinson & Gestro
65			Use of GIS & 3D Modelling in Town & Country Planning	M.Gallois
66			Topographic Surfaces; Terrestrial and Marine Integration Using GIS	C.Clouet
67			Opportunity for Increased Efficiency in Pacific Islands Utilities	L.Allinson
69	15:00-16:30	Session 11	Poster Exhibition Session
DAY 4
70	08:30-10:00	Session 12	Free & Open Source GIS Software	Bola & Rollings
71			Accessing Pacific Island GeoCMS with WMS Clients	F.Martin
74			Orchard Mapping via the Web	D.Gillgren
75			Development of GIS&RS Units in Pacific Islands Countries through the SOPAC-EU Project	W.Forstreuter
76			The 10th European Development Fund & GISRS	Florimond Van de Velde
77	10:00-10:30	Light Refreshments in the Exhibition Room
78	10:30-12:30	Session 13	Discussion:New Developments and Follow up in the Areas of GIS/RS/GPS
79	12:30-13:30	LUNCH BREAK
80	13:30-15:00	Session 14	How GIS can Enhance the Landuse Planning Course at USP	S.Dakaica
81			Developing Future E-map Solutions	R.Rita
82			Space Borne Radar for Coastal Change Detection	F.Raghina
83			An Estimation of Coral Reef Habitation Distribution	J.Mazieres
85	15:00-15:30	Introduction	Silika
86		Closing Address	CEO Lands, Niumaia Tabunakawai
			Followed by Closing Afternoon Tea
	18:00-20:00	Closing Dinner at the Defense Club - Tickets $15.00

Activity No refers to the Presentations that are on the Conference DVD that should be released soon

Registration, Flights and Accomodation

Please see PacGISRS2006Registration

Conference Centre

Marine Studies Campus, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

Host Organising Committee

Name	Role	Organisation	Contact
Mereoni Buatoka	Conference Chairlady	FLIS	mbuatoka@lands.gov.fj
Wolf Forstreuter	Conference Committee	SOPAC	wforstreuter@yahoo.co.uk
Litea Biukoto	Conference Committee	SOPAC	Litea@sopac.org
Emily Artack	Conference Committee	SOPAC	emily@sopac.org
Vasiti Soko	Conference Committee	NLTB	vsoko@nltb.com.fj
Etika Naitini	Conference Committee	FEA	EtikaN@fea.com.fj
Nick Rollings	Conference Committee	USP	rollings_n@usp.ac.fj
Timoci Bavadra	Conference Committee	FEA	timoci.bavadra@fea.com.fj
Jeremaiya Taganesia	Conference Committee	MRD	Jerry@mrd.gov.fj
Rashmi Rita	Conference Committee	FLIS	rrita@lands.gov.fj
Joe Wakolo	Conference Committee	Forestry Department	jwakolo@mff.net.fj
Nacanieli Senibaravi	Conference Committee	TFL	Naca.Senibaravi@TFL.COM.FJ
Silika Tuivanuavou	Conference Committee	NLTB	stuivanuavou@nltb.com.fj
Elizabeth Whippy	Conference Committee	SOPAC	elizabeth@sopac.org
Joy Papao	Conference Committee	SOPAC	joy@sopac.org

DVD of Conference

We recovered most of the power point presentations of the Pacific Islands GIS and RS User Conference. In addition, we have videos of some presentations and the broadcast of Fiji 1, which we copy to a DVD.

This DVD is available now. We will include additional presentations, which might arrive at a later stage, in the next version(s) of the DVD.

We will not send to each person of interest directly, we collect the names and send a corresponding number of DVDs to the distributor of the GIS&RS Newsletter in each country.

To get a DVD please send e-mail to with CC to a cc to newsletter distributor in your country. List of newsletter distributors is on this web site under chapter newsletter.

Contributors to this page: joy , LesA , wolf , litea , Vasiti and Franck .
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