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BREAKING NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM GISSA Ukubuzana 2012
Conference and exhibition of geo-informatics, ICT, surveying, remote sensing and location-based business
An African Dialogue:
Geomatics for Infrastructure Development and Service Delivery 
DATE: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 2, 3 & 4 October 2012
TIME: 08h00 to 17h00; with cocktail party and gala banquet thereafter
VENUE: Emperors Palace, Jones Road, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa
WEBSITE: Click to visit the GISSA Ukubuzana 2102 website for full details
GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 accredited by PLATO for CPD points
GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 has been accredited by the South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors (PLATO) under the new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme for surveyors, GIS and remote-sensing practitioners. Delegates attending GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 qualify for three CPD points, and presenters qualify for an additional one CPD point. Certificates of attendance will be issued for CPD purposes.
Join the Ekurhuleni Heritage Tour for a taste of the real "Africa on the move"
In line with the theme "An African dialogue", the City of Ekurhuleni has arranged an all-expenses-paid tour on Monday 1 October for GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 delegates. From Emperors Palace, to Johannesburg Park Station, the landmarks of Soweto and the OR Tambo airport precinct, the tour will be followed by a sumptuous township evening dinner to experience the REAL taste of "Africa on the move". Click here for full details and bookings.
Mayor of Ekurhuleni to welcome delegates to GISSA Ukubuzana 2012
The City of Ekurhuleni supports and endorses GISSA Ukubuzana 2012, and has signed up as Diamond Sponsor of the event. The Mayor of Ekurhuleni, Hon. Mondli Gungubele will provide a warm welcome to delegates to his burgeoning city, which lies in the very heart of the business, commercial, industrial and transport hub of South and sub-Saharan Africa.
Chief Surveyor-General of South Africa to give opening address
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform supports and endorses GISSA Ukubuzana 2012, and the Chief Surveyor-General of South Africa, Mmuso Riba, will be giving the opening address. Over 120 delegates from the Department will be attending the conference as delegates.
Line-up of sponsors and endorsers of GISSA Ukubuzana 2012
Sponsors: Platinum: ESRI; Gold: SA Post Office; Silver: MapIT; Diamond: City of Ekurhuleni;
Event supported and endorsed by: Department of Rural Development and Land Reform; Statistics South Africa; PLATO; SAGI; IMSSA; University of Pretoria; University of Cape Town; University of Johannesburg; Stellenbosch University. Click here for full details.
Over 300 delegates already registered and 54 exhibition booths booked
Already there are over 300 delegates registered and 54 exhibition booths booked for GISSA Ukubuzana 2012. Click here to check out who is exhibiting. Do not be left out - join the geo-informatics event of the year! Click here for the GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 brochure.
Click here for a printed delegate registration form. Or click here to register on-line now.
Nomfusi and the Lucky Charms for the opening champagne breakfast
Come and hear the beautiful Nomfusi and her Afro-jazz band singing Sophiatown, Motown and her unique blend of SA music at the opening champagne breakfast from 8 am to 10 am on Tuesday 2 October. Click here and here and here and here for a preview of her stunning music.
Loyiso Gola and the Gala Banquet line-up at GISSA Ukubuzana 2012
Guests to the Gala Banquet will be welcomed by a 4-piece string quartet from the Joburg Philharmonic Orchestra, who will play during the starter and main course. Top SA comedian and TV personality, Loyiso Gola, will then give a 30-minute, stand-up comedy act, which will be followed by dessert and a disco. Join the who's who of the industry - not to be missed!
Keynote presenters at GISSA Ukubuzana 2012
The current line-up of local and international keynote presenters includes: Dean Angelides, ESRI, USA; J Kim Fenell, deCarta, USA; Jeff McKenna, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), UK; Trevor Taylor, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Canada; Dr. Derek Clarke, National Geospatial Information, South Africa; Neil Gyte, Google, UK.
Panel discussions and debates of serious issues in the sector
There are five important panel discussions at GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 that will debate serious issues in the sector, namely:
- Collective intelligence, crowd sourcing and volunteered geographic information, and how these can be exploited in a developing country
- The importance of standards for spatial data infrastructure and business in a developing country
- Developing capacity and skills for remote sensing at a policy and technical level; is the value of remote sensing understood by the decision makers?
- Continuing professional development: the needs and requirements of the South African geospatial industry
- GIS business models in a developing country - what are the options?
Click here for the line-up of panel chairs and panellists. Join the debate with industry leaders!
VIP executive briefing and luncheon
A VIP executive briefing from is being held on 3 October to sensitise high-level executives in the public and private sectors of the importance of GIS for effective infrastructure development and service delivery, and to encourage investment in GIS human resources and technology. The briefings will be presented by: Dr. Derek Clarke, director, National Geo-spatial Information (NGI); Dr. Herman Booysen, national chairman, GISSA, Morena Letsosa, director: geo-informatics, City of Ekurhuleni; and Paul Marshall, president, PLATO.
Academic papers, general papers, short papers and poster papers
Some 60 peer-reviewed academic papers, general papers, short papers and poster papers will be presented. The final line-up and programme of presentations and papers is under preparation and will be formally announced and made available for download shortly. The final printed programme will be distributed in the September 2012 issue of PositionIT magazine.
Training workshops at GISSA Ukubuzana 2012
Computer-based training and knowledge transfer workshops will be conducted in three training rooms, each kitted out with chairs and tables arranged classroom-style for 30 trainees, with a screen, digital projector, notebook PC for the presenter and 15 PCs. The programme will be announced shortly, and distributed in the September 2012 issue of PositionIT magazine.
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