South Asia Geospatial Forum

South Asia Geospatial Forum

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John Whitehead

Sales Director
Asia Pacific
Trimble

Presentation on:Transformative Geospatial Technologies for SAARC

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Srinibas Patnaik

Senior Director – Business Development
SAARC Region
DigitalGlobe

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Krishna Raj BC

Director General
Survey Dept of Nepal
Presentation on:Survey Department Nepal’s Initiatives towards Geospatial Empowerment

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Ashish Arora

Senior Consultant-Enterprise Solutions
Hexagon Geospatial

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BIRENDRA BAJRACHARYA

GIS Specialist
ICIMOD
Nepal
Presentation on:SERVIR Initiative for Geospatial Capacity Building in South Asia

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BRIGADIER GENERAL MD SYEED ANWARUL ISLAM

Chief Engineer
Dhaka North City Corporation

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Pushpa Gamage

Director
Urban Development Authority
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Presentation on:Smart Spatial Data for Smart People

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Basantha Shreshtha

Director Strategic Cooperation International Center for Integrated Mountain Development
Nepal

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Yeshi Dorji

Head-Land Registry
Bhutan Land Commission

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Dr Shahnawaz

Director - South & SE Asia
UNIGIS
Austria

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H. Hemanth Kumar

Principal Investigator
Karnataka State Spatial Data Infrastructure Programme
India
Presentation on:Geospatial Technologies for informed decision making

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Dr. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed -Ghouse

Director - NSW Business Development
Research & International Relations | CRC for Spatial Information, Australia
Presentation on:Spatial enablement of urban areas

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Dr PG Diwakar

Deputy Director
Remote Sensing Applications Area
National Remote Sensing Centre, India
Presentation on:Geospatially empowering South Asia

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Meghraj Adhikari

Specialist (Urban Planning)
Dept of Works and Human Settlement
Bhutan
Presentation on:Bhutan Urban Planning and Development Using GIS Applications

South Asia region consists of a set of countries in close geographical proximity. These countries share commonality that incorporates a whole gamut of social, economic, political, cultural, historical factors. These countries are bolstered by a collective desire to come together on a common plank to create some lasting mechanism for regional cooperation.

In its maiden initiative to address these sentiments, Geospatial Media & Communications, hosted the South Asia Geospatial Forum 2015. In an attempt to take a step forward, we are hosting the 2nd South Asia Geospatial Forum with the theme, “Trans-boundary cooperation for sustainable regional development”.

Theme: Trans-boundary cooperation for sustainable regional development

The countries of South Asia have rapidly growing populations, which have put tremendous strain on available land and other resources. Nowhere in the world are collective efforts more urgent than in South Asia; and, nowhere else is it so modest. Big and small, we face the same challenges- a long climb to the summit of development. These countries put together have a boundless potential; and, confidence - that comes from the many inspiring stories of innovation and initiative in each of these countries.

The theme “Trans-boundary cooperation for sustainable regional development” shall focus on promoting the use of geospatial technology for cooperation and collaboration across the boundaries of South Asian countries for sustainable regional development and planning. The conference shall focus on optimizing resources, standardizing policies and geospatial technology transfer towards trans-boundary cooperation for sustainable development.

Objectives

  • To leverage Geospatial Technology for sustainable development of the region.
  • Deliberate reform of spatial policies& action plan to empower the region.
  • To harness Geospatial technology for infrastructure development by optimal sharing of available resources and enhanced cooperation in technology transfer, standardization and capacity development.

Agenda

Collaborative approaches enabling spatial technologies for regional resources management

This session will deliberate on the conscious and collective effort of the South Asian countries to understand & establish spatial technologies towards critical issues of disaster management, resource management, weather forecasting and communication. This session shall also focus on the converging abilities to apply space technology for earth observation for the purpose economic development and governance in the region.

Geospatial applications optimizing sustainable development of urban areas

This session shall focus on the South Asian perspective of GS tech & ICT in Smart Cities, Smart Transport and smart communication towards sustainable development of the urban areas.

Panel: Strategic approaches to strengthen Geospatial enablement across the region for sustainable development.

  • Policy perspective
  • Capacity building efforts
  • Role of NMOs & SDIs