200 Senior Level Stakeholders 40 Industry Thought Leaders 35 Presentations 3 Strategic, technical and operational take aways ONE

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Information Sharing and Interoperability in a Digital Era

Strategic approaches to meeting the latest requirements Technical updates, challenges and opportunities Operational lessons learned and best practices 35 Speakers Already Conrmed and Include:

Rear Admiral Jonathan W. White, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, US Navy

Rear Admiral Nick Lambert, UK National Hydrographer and Deputy Chief Executive, UKHO

Evert Flier, Director, Norwegian Hydrographic Service

Andre Cocuccio, Unit Head Hydrography, Maritime and Coast Guard Agency

Lieutenant Commander Chris Parry MBE MA, Staff Ofcer AWNIS (Capability Management & Commitments), Defence Maritime Geospatial Intelligence Centre

INTELLIGENCE

INFRASTRUCTURE

COLLABORATION

REQUIREMENTS

Rear Admiral White will be dening the evolving requirements of intelligence in support of maritime operations

Discover the priorities in UK hydrography when Rear Admiral Lambert discusses geospatial information in the maritime domain 2012 and beyond

Join Evert Flier to learn how he is building the "infrastructure for a digital age"

Learn how to improve efciencies with Gather Once, Use Many Times: Collaboration, Standards and Information Sharing

Hear how Lieutenant Commander Parry, awarded an MBE for his work in international anti-piracy, has improved situational awareness and enhanced security

Geo Maritime 2012 will be the rst opportunity in the UK for commerce, government and defence stakeholders to jointly and constructively discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the maritime community.
John Pepper, Managing Director, John Pepper Consultancy

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DAY ONE WEDNESDAY 13TH JUNE 2012
08.00 Registration 09.00 Chairmans Opening Remarks Marine Data Governance: Standards and Directives Industry Update 09.10 Keynote Address: Geospatial Information in the Maritime Domain 2012 and Beyond
Rear Admiral Nick Lambert, UK National Hydrographer and Deputy Chief Executive, UKHO

10.30 Networking Break 11.00 Panel Discussion: Maritime Geospatial Standards and Directives - The Summary, Best Practices and Your Questions Answered
Captain Robert Ward, Director, IHB
Captain Robert Ward has the principal responsibility for the administration of the technical program of the International Hydrographic Organization. In addition, he is the Director assigned to the following Regional Hydrographic Commissions: Baltic, Canada and the US, East Asia, Nordic, and the South West Pacic

09.30 Reviewing S-100: The Journey so Far and the Next Milestones
Barrie Greenslade, Digital Hydrographic Standards, UKHO
Barrie has been involved in electronic charting (raster and vector) for 22 years. His work for the International Hydrographic Organization includes developing and maintaining standards and leading the development of S-100. Barrie chairs the IHO Transfer Standard Maintenance Application and Development Working Group (TSMAD).

Ray Boguslawski, UK Location Programme Director, DEFRA

Ray Boguslawski, from Defra, is the Programme Director for the UK Location Programme, which is implementing the EU INSPIRE Directive and the UK Location Strategy, publishing more accessible and interoperable spatial data. Overall, Ray has 37 years IT and data experience in both public and private sectors, including 20 years in GI

09.50 Harmonising Marine Navigation Systems and Information On-board and Ashore to Ensure SOLAS: IMOs E-Nav
John Erik Hagen, Chairman, Working Groups on E-Navigation, IMO
John is chairman of the NAV, COMSAR and STW working groups on e-navigation. In addition to this role he also represent Norway on the Working Group established to achieve cooperation between the Russian Federation and Norway on Maritime safety in the Barents area.

Dr.-Ing. Mathias Jonas, Head Nautical Hydrography,German Hydrographer, BSH

Dr Mathias Jonas, Germanys National Hydrographer, Involved in ECDIS matters at IMO, IHO and IEC since 1994, former Chairman of IHO working group for ECDIS chart display standardization, current vice chair of the IHO Hydrographic Standards and Service Committee.

Captain Gurpreet Singhota, Deputy Director, IMO

11.50 Completing the Picture with A Global View of Maritime Trafc: Advances in Detection and Applications 12.20 Luncheon

10.10 INSPIRE: A Maritime Perspective on The European Infrastructure for Spatial Data
Paul Smits, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Paul lead the INSPIRE Action within the SDI Unit. This group is responsible for the technical coordination of the Directive on the establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe (INSPIRE).

STREAM A GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL INITIATIVES: INFORMATION SHARING AND INTEROPERABILITY IN A DIGITIAL ERA
This stream has been designed to bring together stakeholders in the maritime domain to achieve information sharing and foster interoperability. Learn the latest strategies, tools and techniques from the leading hydrographic, oceanographic and meteorological experts.

STREAM B MARITIME SECURITY & VESSEL TRACKING: REAL TIME, ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR IMPROVED DECISION SUPPORT
Gather with your peers to further discuss the latest advancements in AIS, maritime security, tracking monitoring and surveillance. Receive the latest strategies, technical and operational insights on geospatial capabilities in the maritime domain.

13.20

Building the Most Effective Infrastructure for a Digital Age

Evert Flier, Director, Norwegian Hydrographic Service

The Next Generation of Offshore Combatant Vessels: An MHPC Review

13.50

Evaluating the Latest Technologies for Accurate, Rich Hydrographic, Oceanographic and Marine Data Acquisition Demonstrating A Comprehensive Hydrographic and Sonar Data Processing System

AUVs as an Effective Marine Data Gathering Platform in Littoral Waters

John Osler, Program Manager, Environmental Knowledge & Operational Effectiveness NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC)

14.20

Leveraging Geospatial Information to Support Operations and Build Maritime Capacity

Harm Greidanus, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

15.00 15.30

Networking Break Interactive Round Table Discussions

Join your peers in focused discussions dedicated to specic topics of priority within the maritime domain. Guided by the facilitator, discuss and debate your views where the Chatham House Rule will apply. Tables will be limited to 10 people and allocated on a rst come rst served basis.

The Latest Advancements in Geospatial Information as a Key Component to Thwarting Piracy Attacks
Representative, NATO Shipping Centre

Lidar Mapping 16.00

Multibeam Sonar

Data Storage

Gather Once, Use Many Times: Improving Information Sharing and Meet International Standards
Andre Cocuccio, Unit Head Hydrography, Maritime and Coast Guard Agency

Interactive Round Table Discussions

Join your peers in focused discussions dedicated to specic topics of priority within the maritime domain. Guided by the facilitator, discuss and debate your views where the Chatham House Rule will apply. Tables will be limited to 10 people and allocated on a rst come rst served basis.

VTS

Satellite Imagery

hosting Shared Situational Understanding

16.30

PANEL DISCUSSION: Outlining Frameworks for the Management of Marine Data to Ensure National and International Consistencies
David Cotton, Programme Manager, MEDIN Caroline Texier, Project Manager INFRAGEOS-H, SHOM

PANEL DISCUSSION: Leveraging Real Time Accurate Geospatial Data to Improve Maritime Security, Vessel Tracking and Monitoring
Leveraging satellite and AIS data Devising strategies to track small and medium vessels Building capacity to monitor and track vessels inland and offshore Reviewing the latest technologies in navigation and vessel tracking Strategic, technical and operational lessons learned

17.10 Closing Remarks - End of Day One

Geo Maritime 2012 has been designed through extensive research and feedback from our esteemed industry advisory board, which has made sure only the current, most challenging and pressing issues in the maritime community are tackled.

Created by the Maritime Industry for the Maritime Industry

Nick Rigby Brigadier, UK MoD ( Ret.) ESRI

Barrie Greenslade, Digital Hydrographic Standards, UKHO Roger Longhorn, Information Policy Advisor, EUCC- The Coastal & Marine Union

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DAY TWO THURSDAY 14TH JUNE 2012
08.20 Registration 08.45 Chairmans Opening Remarks & Recap of Day One Stream discussions Effective Information Sharing and Dissemination to Improve Situational Awareness and Achieve SOLAS 09.00 Keynote Address: The Evolving Requirements of Intelligence In Support of Growing Maritime Operations
Rear Admiral Jonathan W. White, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, US Navy
White has commanded Naval Training Meteorology and Oceanography Facility, Pensacola, Fla., and was the 50th Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory. Other milestone leadership tours include serving as Executive Ofcer at the Naval Atlantic METOC Facility, Jacksonville, Fla.; and as Executive Ofcer at Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center in Monterey, Calif. He also served on the staff of the Oceanographer of the Navy (CNO NO96) in Washington, D.C.

10.00 Building a Framework for Integrated Land and Sea Data

Roy Mellum, Project Manager,BLAST

10.30 Building a Bridge Across All Data Sets To Improve Information Sharing Capabilities: The UK MoDs SDI Programme
Captain Martin Jones, Head Joint Geospatial Intelligence Branch, UK MoD
His early military data gathering experiences ranged from collecting bathymetry, oceanography and geophysical data from the Atlantic (both north and south), Belize, the Mediterranean and a signicant amount of the SW & NW approaches, serving in HM Ships BEAGLE, HECATE, ROEBUCK and HERALD. After a short assignment serving with the Defence Maritime Geospatial Intelligence Centre at UKHO as the Customer Relations Manager to defence users, he has recently re-joined the MOD to lead Joint Geospatial Intelligence assuming the role of Deputy Head JGI in December 2011.

David Barber, Principal Scientist, DSTL

11.00 Networking Break

09.30 Improving Situational Awareness in the Maritime Domain and Enhance Security
Lieutenant Commander Chris Parry MBE MA, Staff Ofcer AWNIS (Allied Worldwide Navigational Safety Information) (Capability Management & Commitments), Defence Maritime Geospatial Intelligence Centre
Chris is currently Staff Ofcer AWNIS (Capability Management and Commitments) and Capability Manager for AWNIS within the UK. As a result of his AWNIS work within the Anti Piracy operations off Somalia he was awarded an MBE in the 2012 New Years Honours List.

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STREAM A GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL INITIATIVES: INFORMATION SHARING AND INTEROPERABILITY IN A DIGITIAL ERA
This stream has been designed to bring together stakeholders in the maritime domain to achieve information sharing and foster interoperability. Learn the latest strategies, tools and techniques from the leading hydrographic, oceanographic and meteorological experts.

STREAM B MARITIME SECURITY & VESSEL TRACKING: REAL TIME, ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR IMPROVED DECISION SUPPORT
Gather with your peers to further discuss the latest advancements in AIS, maritime security, tracking monitoring and surveillance. Receive the latest strategies, technical and operational insights on geospatial capabilities in the maritime domain.

11.30

A Maritime Geographic Information Thematic Cluster into the Regional public SDI
Christine Archias, Director, CRIGE- PACA

Improving Maritime Surveillance Networks to Achieve a Better Quality Maritime Picture

12.00

Maximising Resources to Achieve the Most Effective Data Management and Dissemination: An INFOMAR Perspective
Fergal McGrath, Survey Team Leader, INFOMAR

Reviewing Maritime Command and Control Information Systems (MC2IS) and Project Triton Geospatial Opportunities

12.30 13.30 13.30 14.30

Luncheon Overcoming Obstacles in Mapping the Arctic Region to Fully Leverage Resources in the Region Geospatial Techniques For Managing Marine and Environmental Resources Discussing the Requirements of Geospatial Capabilities to Achieve Effective Operations in Ports
John Pinder, Port Hydrographer, Port of London Authority

Identifying the Current Gaps in UW GEOINT to Determine Future Requirements Leveraging Geospatial Capabilities in Maritime Preparedness for Safety and Security at the London Olympics Identifying the Current Gaps in UW GEOINT to Determine Future Requirements

15.10
Dermot Grimson, Head External Relations, Plans and Policy, The Crown Estate

Networking Break

15.30 Engaging with Government and Regulators to Plan a Sustainable Future for the UKs Marine Environment

16.00 Panel Discussion: Future Requirements for Effective Maritime Geospatial Information Sharing and Interoperability Across Civilian, Commercial and Defence Organisations
Neil Wiley, Deputy Director of Intelligence, JIOCEUR Analytic Center, United States European Command

16.45 Closing Remarks and End of GeoMaritime 2012 Conference

Steven Ramage, Executive Director Marketing and Communications, OGC Andre Cocuccio, Unit Head Hydrography, Maritime and Coastguard Agency Captain Steven Malcolm, UKHO Commodore Pat Tyrrell OBE MA LL.B Royal Navy (Retired), Director, Vale Atlantic Associates, Director, AFCEA Paul Smits, Joint Research Centre, European Commission William Cairns, Principal Navigation Engineer, Commandant (CG5532) USCG, Chairman, e-NAV Committee, IALA Captain Vaughan Nail, Hydrographer of the Navy, Royal Navy John Pepper, Independent Consultant, John Pepper Consultancy

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