2012 GeoAlberta Conference Keynote Speakers
Peter Batty
Tuesday Breakfast Keynote
There has been a revolution going on in the geospatial industry over the past several years. A specialized back room technology has become an increasingly pervasive element of mainstream IT, and this is driving many new and innovative applications. This presentation will examine current and future trends that are impacting the geospatial industry, including developments in wireless communications and mobile devices; web-based applications, data and services; location tracking technologies, both global and local; and the impact of offerings from major IT companies including Google and Microsoft, as well as the growth in open source solutions; how crowdsourcing is revolutionizing data creation and maintenance; and growth in multi-media geospatial data.
Peter Batty is a co-founder and CTO of the geospatial division at Ubisense. He has worked in the geospatial industry for 25 years and has served as CTO for two leading companies in the industry (and two of the world's top 200 software companies), Intergraph and Smallworld (now part of GE Energy). In recent years Peter has worked extensively with new generation geospatial technologies, including Google Maps and a variety of open source solutions. He serves on the Advisory Board of geoIQ, and is on the board of OSGeo (the Open Source Geospatial Foundation).
In 2011 he gave the keynote address at the annual Google Geospatial Awareness Day, and was chair of FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial), the leading global conference on geospatial open source. He has received a record nine speaker awards from GITA (the Geospatial Information and Technology Association), for presentations at their North American and Australian conferences. He blogs at http://geothought.blogspot.com.
Chris Moore
Wednesday Breakfast Keynote
As technology becomes more pervasive, residents expectations are changing in terms of how we deliver and provide services to them. Over the past several years, Edmonton has become a national and global leader in the use of social media, open data, and other open tools. We now need to look beyond using these tools and determine how we can work as one government to most effectively meet residents needs through the proper application of open government technology.
Chris Moore is the Chief Information Officer at the City of Edmonton. Through this position, Chris provides vision and leadership of the City's information and technology direction. He continues to partner with local and global organizations to foster Edmonton's role as a technology leader. In addition, to being a founding member of the World eGovernments Organization, Chris has spoken to audiences all over the world about his experience and ideas for technology in government. Chris has fulfillment and freedom in his work as a leader who desires to see those around him attain fulfillment and freedom as well. Chris has been described as transformational, innovative, disruptive and refreshing. He is an adovcate of an Open Ecosystem, Open Gov, and Open Data. He desires to see his team embrace innovation, pursuing the possible and building the future together.
2012 GeoAlberta Conference Keynote Speakers
Peter Batty
Tuesday Breakfast Keynote
There has been a revolution going on in the geospatial industry over the past several years. A specialized back room technology has become an increasingly pervasive element of mainstream IT, and this is driving many new and innovative applications. This presentation will examine current and future trends that are impacting the geospatial industry, including developments in wireless communications and mobile devices; web-based applications, data and services; location tracking technologies, both global and local; and the impact of offerings from major IT companies including Google and Microsoft, as well as the growth in open source solutions; how crowdsourcing is revolutionizing data creation and maintenance; and growth in multi-media geospatial data.
Peter Batty is a co-founder and CTO of the geospatial division at Ubisense. He has worked in the geospatial industry for 25 years and has served as CTO for two leading companies in the industry (and two of the world's top 200 software companies), Intergraph and Smallworld (now part of GE Energy). In recent years Peter has worked extensively with new generation geospatial technologies, including Google Maps and a variety of open source solutions. He serves on the Advisory Board of geoIQ, and is on the board of OSGeo (the Open Source Geospatial Foundation).
In 2011 he gave the keynote address at the annual Google Geospatial Awareness Day, and was chair of FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial), the leading global conference on geospatial open source. He has received a record nine speaker awards from GITA (the Geospatial Information and Technology Association), for presentations at their North American and Australian conferences. He blogs at http://geothought.blogspot.com.
Chris Moore
Wednesday Breakfast Keynote
As technology becomes more pervasive, residents expectations are changing in terms of how we deliver and provide services to them. Over the past several years, Edmonton has become a national and global leader in the use of social media, open data, and other open tools. We now need to look beyond using these tools and determine how we can work as one government to most effectively meet residents needs through the proper application of open government technology.
Chris Moore is the Chief Information Officer at the City of Edmonton. Through this position, Chris provides vision and leadership of the City's information and technology direction. He continues to partner with local and global organizations to foster Edmonton's role as a technology leader. In addition, to being a founding member of the World eGovernments Organization, Chris has spoken to audiences all over the world about his experience and ideas for technology in government. Chris has fulfillment and freedom in his work as a leader who desires to see those around him attain fulfillment and freedom as well. Chris has been described as transformational, innovative, disruptive and refreshing. He is an adovcate of an Open Ecosystem, Open Gov, and Open Data. He desires to see his team embrace innovation, pursuing the possible and building the future together.