Table of contents

• Introduction
• Conference Date
• Important Dates
• Registration, Flights, Accommodation and other Information
• Conference Centre
• Conference Agenda
• Host Organising Committee

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 years theme is You cannot manage what you dont map.

Conference Date

23 - 26 November 2010.

Important Dates

15th September	Deadline for Presentation Titles
2nd November	Deadline for Abstracts

Registration, Flights, Accommodation and other Information

Please see PacGISRS2010Registration

Conference Centre

Lali Conference Room 1, Holiday Inn Hotel, Suva, Fiji Islands

Conference Agenda

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Time	Type Slot	Title	Presenters
8:30-8:55	.	++++++++++ REGISTRATION ++++++++++
8:55-9:00	Opening	Welcome	Conway Pene
9:00-9:20	Opening	Key Note by Director SOPAC	Russell Howorth
9:30-9:55	Opening	Key Note by Permanent Secretary for Lands and Mineral Resources, Fiji	Mr Filimoni Kau
9:55-10:05	Opening	Conference Overview	Wolf Forstreuter
10:05-10:20	.	Conference Photograph by Navneet Lal
10:20-10:50	.	++++++++++ LIGHT REFRESHMENTS ++++++++++
	.	SPATIAL DATA
10:50-11:10	Technical Pres	Available Space Borne Image Data for Pacific Island Countries	Wolf Forstreuter
11:10-11:30	Technical Pres	DigitalGlobe WorldView-2? Satellite	Clay Atcheson
11:30-11:50	Technical Pres	Regional Multi-Lateral? Maritime Operations and Vessel Monitoring System	Bryan Scott
11:50-12:10	Technical Pres	MDA's seaview	Clay Atcheson
12:10-12:30	Technical Pres	The COSMO SkyMed? Programme	GAF
12:30-13:50	Technical PresWorldView-2? Satellite Data Applications (or similar title)	Craig Clouet
13:50-14:20	.	++++++++++ LUNCH ++++++++++
	.	SPATIAL DATA
14:20-14:40	Technical Pres	Sensor Web Enablement for the Pacific	Franck Magron
14:40-15:00	Technical Pres	DEM Accuracies derived from GeoEye? and Ikonos Satellite Imagery	Lori Ward
15:00-15:20	Technical Pres	Possible impacts from proposed channel alterations, Aitutaki, Cook Islands	Damlamian, H. & Kruger, J.
15:20-15:50	.	++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
15:50-16:10	Technical Pres	The Application of Object Based Analysis of High Spatial Resolution Imagery for Mapping Large Coral Reef Systems in Fiji at Geomorphic	Chris Roelfsema
16:10-16:30	Technical Pres	3D visualisation	Phil Bright
16:30-16:50	Technical Pres	The application of a three dimensional coupled wave-current hydrodynamic model for the management of Saipan Lagoon, CNMI	Damlamian, H. & Kruger, J
16:50-17:10	Technical Pres	Planning for GIS	Kenna Kelly (Eagle Technology)
17:10-17:30	Technical Pres	Using foraminifera for coastal rehabilitation of damaged areas in Tuvalu	Ashishika Sharma & Kayanne, H.
19:00-20:00	Social Event	++++++++++ CONFERENCE OPENING COCKTAIL AT THE FRINGING REEF FORMELY KNOWN AS THE LIGHTHOUSE ++++++++++
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
	.	VEGETATION MAPPING
9:00-9:20	Technical Pres	Mapping Forest Clearing in Eua, Tonga	Chrintine Fung / Steven Hamani
9:00-9:20	Technical Pres	Vegetation Mapping of Low Lying Islands	Taato Murdoch
9:40-10:00	Technical Pres	Forest Cover Mapping in Fiji for Forest Change Detection	Vilisi Tokalauvere
10:00-10:20	Technical Pres	Forest Classification in Fiji, Automatic Image Classification or Visual Image Interpretation	Wolf Forstreuter
10:20-10:50	.	++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
10:50-11:10	Technical Pres	Vegetation Change Detection of Low Lying Islands	Taato Murdoch
11:10-11:30	Technical Pres	Permanent Sample Plots for Forest Monitoring in Fiji	Akosita Lewai
11:30-11:50	Technical Pres	GIS and RS Needs for Land Resource Division of SPC	Anju Mangal
	.	GPS APPLICATION
11:50-12:10	Technical Pres	From Data Collection to data Use	Warren Eade
12:10-12:30	Technical Pres	Establishing a Geo/Earthcache Programme for Global Enivronmental Change Education and Awareness in the South Pacific	John Lowry
12:30-14:00		++++++++++ LUNCH ++++++++++
	.	GIS FOR DISASTER APPLICATION
14:00-14:20	Technical Pres	Strengthening Disaster Information Management System	Fiji NDMO
14:20-14:40	Technical Pres	Tsunami 2009	Samoa
14:40-15:00	Technical Pres	Pacific Risk Exposure Database	Phil Glassey
15:00-15:20	Technical Pres	Catastrophe Risk Financing Initiative	Bishwa Pandey
15:20-15:50		++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
	.	GIS FOR UTILITES
15:50-16:10	Technical Pres	Status and Development of Utility GIS in Pacific Island Countries (or similar title)	Edwin Liava'a
16:10-16:30	Technical Pres	Status of Samoa's Power Utility GIS (or similar title)	Nomeneta Saili
16:30-16:50	Technical Pres	Status and Development of FEA GIS (or similar title)	Etika Naitini
16:50-17:10	Technical Pres	Status and Development of SIEA GIS (or similar title)	Robinson Wood
17:10-17:30	Technical Pres	GIS and TFL	Naca Senibaravi
17:30-17:50	Technical Pres	The EPC Vihicle Tracking System (or similar title)	Nomeneta Saili
18:00-21:00	Social Event	++++YAQONA NIGHT ++++
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
	.	URBAN MAPPING AND PLANNING
9:00-9:20	Technical Pres	School zoning for Suva: a spatial perspective	Conway Pene
9:20-9:40	Technical Pres	Diarrhoea Mapping	Nigel Dowdeswell
9:40-10:00	Technical Pres	GIS Developments at Department of Town and Country Planning, Fiji	Nancy Blakelock
10:00-10:20	Technical Pres	Title Clear	Tonga's Elections Office
10:20-10:50	.	++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
10:50-12.30	.	DISCUSSION
12:30-14:00		++++++++++ LUNCH ++++++++++
	.	Open Source Software and Web Interface
14:00-14:20	Technical Pres	GIS has moved beyond the Desktop	Craig Clouet
14:20-14:40	Technical Pres	Serving Marine Information in the Pacific: The SOPAC Geonetwork	Keleni Raqisia
14:40-15:00	Technical Pres	GIS Data Repository at SOPAC	Sachindra Singh
15:00-15:20	Technical Pres	Geonode – Open Source Web-Based? Geo-Spatial? Data Management	Abigail Baca
	.	MIXED SESSION
15:20-15:40	Technical Pres	Using the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model within GIS for mapping potential soil erosion risk in the Votua forest catchment, Fiji	Arishma R. Ram
15:40-16:10		++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
	.	GIS FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS
16:10-16:30	Technical Pres	Progress of Cook Islands Maritime Boundaries Project- signing of treaty with NZ (Tokelau) in 2010	Vaipo Mataora
16:30-16:50	Technical Pres	Mapping destructive fishing methods for South Tarawa fishers	Tion Uriam
16:50-17:10	Technical Pres	Progress of SOPAC Maritime Boundaries Sector Activities - EEZ and ECS work in 2010	Emily Artack
17:10-17:30	Technical Pres	Progress of Kiribati Maritime Boundaries Project - GPS surveys for northern Gilbert and Line Groups	Tion Uriam
19:00-0:00	Social Event	++++++++++ Pubcrawl in Suva City
Friday, November 26th, 2010
	.	LAND INFORMATION
9:00-9:20	Technical Pres	Integrated Land Information	Rashmi Rita
9:20-9:40	Technical Pres	Fiji 2007 Census Mapping	Poasa Namila
9:40-10:00	Technical Pres	Using Mobile Laser Scanning for Road Inventory Applications	M.Vakautawale
10:00-10:20	Technical Pres	Regional Differences by Analysis of Land Cover on a Transboundary	Leba Gaunavinaka
10:20-10:50	.	++++++++++ COFFEE BREAK ++++++++++
	.	MIXED SESSION__
10:50-11:10	Technical Pres	GIS and Landuse Planning In solomon Islands	Peter Fairamoa
11:10-11:30	Technical Pres	Tonga's Protected Areas	Halalilika Etika
11:30-11:50	Technical Pres	Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Geological Pre-field mapping – PNG Context	Dorothy Damar
17:00-20:00	Social Event	++++Conference Dinner at the FRINGING REEF RESTAURANT AND BAR++++++++++++++++++++++

Host Organising Committee

Name	Role	Organisation	Contact
Keleni Raqisia	Conference Committee	SOPAC	keleni@sopac.org
Joe Wakolo	Conference Committee	Forestry	josuawakolo@yahoo.com.au
Timoci Bavadra	Conference Committee	FEA	timoci.bavadra@fea.com.fj
John Lowry	Conference Committee	USP	lowry_j@usp.ac.fj
Conway Pene	Conference Committee	USP	pene_c@usp.ac.fj
Wolf Forstreuter	Conference Committee	SOPAC	wforstreuter@yahoo.co.uk
Emily Artack	Conference Committee	SOPAC	eartack@yahoo.com
Rashmi Rita	Conference Committee	SOPAC	rrita@lands.gov.fj
Elizabeth Lomani Whippy	Conference Committee	SOPAC	lizlomani@yahoo.com
Joy Papao	Conference Committee	SOPAC	joy@sopac.org
Vilisi Tokalauvere	Conference Committee	SOPAC	vilisi@sopac.org
Edwin Liava'a	Conference Committee	SOPAC	edwin@sopac.org

See last year PacGISRS2009.

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