Table of contents

• Introduction
• Host Organising Committee
• Conference Schedule
• Sponsors

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. The theme for 2009 was GIS&RS:The Pacific Way Forward



Last year's conference was a huge success. There were more than 200 registered participants from around the Pacific region and a handful international participants. There were 30 presentations with 6 different themes ranging from Satellite Imagery Utilization to Disaster Management using GIS. There was a open discussion session and last year's one is the best so far compared to previous years sessions. Topics covered during the discussion session were Digital Terrain Models for Low Lying Islands, Radar Application for Fishing Vessel Detection, Radar Application for Mapping Extent of Flooding and Coastal Change, Vegetation Mapping, DTM Editing, Utilisation of Google Earth Image Display, Semi Automatic Map Content Capture and Open Source Software Application.

Host Organising Committee

Name	Role	Organisation	Contact
Wolf Forstreuteur	Conference Committee	SOPAC	wforstreuter@yahoo.co.uk
Rashmi Rita	Conference Committee	FLIS	rrita@lands.gov.fj
Joe Wakolo	Conference Committee	Forestry	josuawakolo@yahoo.com.au
Arieta Sokota	Conference Committee	SOPAC	arieta@sopac.org
Vasiti Litidamu	Conference Committee	DTCP	vasiti.soko@govnet.gov.fj
Conway Pene	Conference Committee	USP	pene_c@usp.ac.fj
Vilisi Tokalauvere	Conference Committee	SOPAC	vilisi@sopac.org
Elizabeth Lomani Whippy	Conference Committee	SOPAC	lizlomani@yahoo.com
Joy Papao	Conference Committee	SOPAC	joy@sopac.org
Edwin Liava'a	Conference Committee	SOPAC	edwin@sopac.org

Conference Schedule

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Time	Type Slot	Title	Presenters
8:30-10.00	.	++++++++++ REGISTRATION ++++++++++
10:00-10:05	Opening	Welcome	Conway Pene
10:05-10:20	Opening	Key Note by Director SOPAC	Cristelle Pratt
10:20-10.35	Opening	Key Note by Permanent Secretary for Lands and Mineral Resources, Fiji	Maria Matavewa
10:35-10:45	Opening	Conference Overview	Wolf Forstreuter
10:45-11:00	.	Conference Photograph by Navneet Lal
	.	ORGANISATIONAL STATEMENTS SESSION
11:00-11:20	.	++++++++++ LIGHT REFRESHMENTS ++++++++++
11:00-11:10	Org. Statement	GTZ Activities and GIS&RS Involvement	Hermann Fickinger
11:10-11:20	Org. Statement	SPC Land resource Division's Activities and GIS&RS Involvement	Sairusi Bulai
11:20-11:30	Org. Statement	PICISOC	Leslie Allinson
11:30-13:30	.	++++++++++ LUNCH ++++++++++
	.	SATELLITE DATA SESSION
13:30-13:50	Technical Pres	Satellite Image Data for Pacific Island Countries	Wolf Forstreuter
13:50-14:20	Technical Pres	GeoEye-1	Clay Atcheson
14:20-14:40	Technical Pres	Potential and Utilisation of Fiji’s new Coloured Ortho Photographs	David Napier
14:40-15:10	Technical Pres	WorldView-2	Clay Atcheson
15:10-15:30	Technical Pres	ELA (Enterprise License Agreement) Software Oppourtnities	Kenna Kelly
15:30-15:50	.	++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
	.	GENERAL DATA SESSION
15:50-16:10	Technical Pres	Digital Photogrametry	Samuela Naicegucegu
16:10-16:30	Technical Pres	Potential and Utilisation of Fiji’s new Coloured Ortho Photographs	David Napier
16:30-16:50	Technical Pres	Automatic creation of Google Earth links for place names in a PDF document	Franck Magron
16:50-17:10	Technical Pres	GIS & Databases, Perfect Partners	Craig Clouet
18:00-20:00	Social Event	++++++++++ CONFERENCE OPENING COCKTAIL at USP, Lower Campus ++++++++++
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
	.	URBAN AND LANDUSE SESSION
9:00-9:20	Technical Pres	Application of Remote Sensing Data for Advanced Population Analysis	Scott Pontifex
9:20-9:40	Technical Pres	Mapping Potential Soil Erosion in Fiji Using GIS and RS	Pascal Dumas
9:40-10:00	Technical Pres	An Urban Growth Prediction Model for Suva	Conway Pene
10:00-10:20	Technical Pres	State Land GIS	Atelini Boletakarakadavu
10:20-10:50	.	++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
	.	URBAN AND LANDUSE SESSION
10:50-11:10	Technical Pres	GIS in Urban Planning	Kala Wati
11:10-11:20	Technical Pres	Mapping of Town boundaries	Vasiti Soko
	.	VEGETATION MAPPING SESSION
11:20-11:40	Technical Pres	Vegetation Mapping for Low Lying Islands	Wolf Forstreuter
11:40-12:00	Technical Pres	Land Use Suitability Assessment for Bio-Fuel? Production from Cassava	Kasaqa Tora
12:00-12:20	Technical Pres	Priority Connectivity Region for Conservation and Restauration in Fiji	Ingrid Pifeleti Qauqau
12:20-12:40	Technical Pres	Managing and Monitoring Fiji's Forests	Akosita Lewai
13:00-14:00		++++++++++ LUNCH ++++++++++
	.	DISASTER MANAGEMENT SESSION
14:00-14:20	Technical Pres	Overview of the Use of Space-based Information to Support Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Res	David Stevens
14:20-14:40	Technical Pres	Semi Automatic Mapping of Flooded Areas Employing TerraSAR-X Data	Wolf Forstreuter
14:40-15:00	Technical Pres	Global Hazard Information Network	Todd A. Bosse
15:00-15:20	Technical Pres	A Pacific Exposure Database	Phil Glassey
15:20-15:40		++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
	.	DISASTER MANAGEMENT SESSION
15:40-16:00	Technical Pres	Application of GIS for Assessment of Tsunami Waves Impact on the Tiny Island of Niuatoputapu	Richard A. Kautoke
16:00-16:20	Technical Pres	GIS Application for Development of Emergency Evacuation	Seli Taufa
16:20-16:40	Technical Pres	Sharing Data / Response to Disaster	Roy Kamen
17:00-20:00	Social Event	++++YAQONA NIGHT & Entertainment by the Voqa ni Delai Dokidoki string band at the Seafood Village, Lower Campus ++++
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
	.	UTILITIES SESSION
9:00-9:20	Technical Pres	GIS Development FEA	Etika Naitini
9:20-9:40	Technical Pres	Data Capture with GPS as Position and Data Logger and Data Conversion to GIS	Dominic Afuyave
9:40-10:00	Technical Pres	Making Use of GIS in TFL	Nacanieli Senibaravi
10:00-10:20	Technical Pres	NFA GIS Apllications	Ifereimi Dobui
10:20-10:40	Technical Pres	GIS Integration with TIDEDA	Edwin Liava'a
10:40-11:00	.	++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
11:00-13.00	.	Panel Discussion	.
13:00-14:30		++++++++++ LUNCH ++++++++++
	.	MIXED SESSION
14:30-14:50	Technical Pres	The Future of GIS and the Pacific	Bruce Davis
14:50-15:10	Technical Pres	Compare and Contrast GIS Community / Environment in Africa and the Pacific	Alex Webster
15:10-15:30	Technical Pres	The e-Governance Project: Balancing Technology and Processes	Sitiveni Nabuka
15:30-15:50	.	++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
	.	MIXED SESSION
15:50-16:10	Technical Pres	GPS for the Mobile Workforce	Warren Eade
16:10-16:30	Technical Pres	Implementation of the UN Law of the Sea Convention for SOPAC member countries	Emily Artack
16:30-16:50	Technical Pres	Vanuatu Disaster Inventory: Tools for better decision making in Disaster Risk Reduction	Steven Clegg
16:60-17:10	Technical Pres	An integrated Remote Sensing GIS project for broad scale management of wildlife and livestock – an example application supporting government in decision making	Lalit Kumar
19:00-0:00	Social Event	++++++++++ CONFERENCE DINNER at the TENNIS CLUB. Tickets $20 ++++++++++++++++++

Sponsors

• SOPAC
• FLIS
• PICISOC
• Intergraph NZ
• Geosystems
• Lukemine Enterprises
• EAGLE Technology
• ESRI
• NLTB
• MDA

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