Events

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Telephone: +30 210 930 0000
http://athensledramarriott.com

The tentative agenda is now available.  Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated.

OGC has contracted with the Ledra Marriott for a special rate of €140.00 per night for a single room, or €155.00 for a double.  This included all taxes and a full "American-style" breakfast.  Group code is: "gspgspa"

Please Click here to enter your reservation!!!!! 

There is a cancellation policy with this hotel block, please read the confirmation carefully prior to reserving your room.

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Telephone: +30 210 930 0000
http://athensledramarriott.com

The tentative agenda is now available.  Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated.

OGC has contracted with the Ledra Marriott for a special rate of €140.00 per night for a single room, or €155.00 for a double.  This included all taxes and a full "American-style" breakfast.  Group code is: "gspgspa"

Please Click here to enter your reservation!!!!! 

There is a cancellation policy with this hotel block, please read the confirmation carefully prior to reserving your room.

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Telephone: +30 210 930 0000
http://athensledramarriott.com

The tentative agenda is now available.  Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated.

OGC has contracted with the Ledra Marriott for a special rate of €140.00 per night for a single room, or €155.00 for a double.  This included all taxes and a full "American-style" breakfast.  Group code is: "gspgspa"

Please Click here to enter your reservation!!!!! 

There is a cancellation policy with this hotel block, please read the confirmation carefully prior to reserving your room.

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Telephone: +30 210 930 0000
http://athensledramarriott.com

The tentative agenda is now available.  Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated.

OGC has contracted with the Ledra Marriott for a special rate of €140.00 per night for a single room, or €155.00 for a double.  This included all taxes and a full "American-style" breakfast.  Group code is: "gspgspa"

Please Click here to enter your reservation!!!!! 

There is a cancellation policy with this hotel block, please read the confirmation carefully prior to reserving your room.

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Telephone: +30 210 930 0000
http://athensledramarriott.com

The tentative agenda is now available.  Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated.

OGC has contracted with the Ledra Marriott for a special rate of €140.00 per night for a single room, or €155.00 for a double.  This included all taxes and a full "American-style" breakfast.  Group code is: "gspgspa"

Please Click here to enter your reservation!!!!! 

There is a cancellation policy with this hotel block, please read the confirmation carefully prior to reserving your room.

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
115 Syngrou Avenue
Athens, 11745 Greece

Telephone: +30 210 930 0000
http://athensledramarriott.com

Special thanks to:

	and

The complete agenda is available for download.

The registration for this event is free.  Please register now for this event .

On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) will conduct a free webinar demonstrating results from the OGC Web Services, Phase 6 (OWS-6) testbed activity. The 2 hour webinar will start at: 8:30am in Mumbai, 11am in Perth, noon in Tokyo, 1pm in Sydney, 3pm in New Zealand (http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=6&day=9&year=2009&hour=13&min=0&sec=0&p1=240 ).

The webinar connection URL is:   http://ogc.acrobat.com/r98569497

The OWS-6 webinar will be conducted using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, which only requires a web browser with Adobe Flash plug-in. Audio as well as visual will be provided via Flash inside the browser. Go to Adobe.com to test and install Flash in your browser if you are not sure you have it.

The URL below runs you through a test for your connection.  As an attendee, you only need to pass steps 1-3.  Step 4 is only for the presenters.
----------------
If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:
Test your connection: http://ogc.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview
----------------

If your computer doesn't support audio, we are still investigating an alternative dial in capability

To register for this webinar go to:
http://portal.opengeospatial.org/public_ogc/register/090609_ows6_webinar.php

On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) will conduct a free webinar demonstrating results from the OGC Web Services, Phase 6 (OWS-6) testbed activity. The 2 hour webinar will start at: 8:30am in Mumbai, 11am in Perth, noon in Tokyo, 1pm in Sydney, 3pm in New Zealand (http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=6&day=9&year=2009&hour=13&min=0&sec=0&p1=240 ).

The webinar connection URL is:   http://ogc.acrobat.com/r98569497

The OWS-6 webinar will be conducted using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, which only requires a web browser with Adobe Flash plug-in. Audio as well as visual will be provided via Flash inside the browser. Go to Adobe.com to test and install Flash in your browser if you are not sure you have it.

The URL below runs you through a test for your connection.  As an attendee, you only need to pass steps 1-3.  Step 4 is only for the presenters.
----------------
If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:
Test your connection: http://ogc.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview
----------------

If your computer doesn't support audio, we are still investigating an alternative dial in capability

To register for this webinar go to:
http://portal.opengeospatial.org/public_ogc/register/090609_ows6_webinar.php

On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT (15:00-17:00 UTC), the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) will conduct a free webinar demonstrating results from the OGC Web Services, Phase 6 (OWS-6) testbed activity.

The webinar connection URL is:   http://ogc.acrobat.com/ows6

The OWS-6 webinar will be conducted using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, which only requires a web browser with Adobe Flash plug-in. Audio as well as visual will be provided via Flash inside the browser. Go to Adobe.com to test and install Flash in your browser if you are not sure you have it.

The URL below runs you through a test for your connection.  As an attendee, you only need to pass steps 1-3.  Step 4 is only for the presenters.
----------------
If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:
Test your connection: http://ogc.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview
----------------
If your computer doesn't support audio, we are still investigating an alternative dial in capability. If available, these details we be visible on the webinar screen when you log in. Regardless of your audio connection, questions from attendees will be welcomed using a text-chat capability within the webinar.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

The meetings will be held between the Stata Center (Building 32), Building 32 and Building 4.

The tentative agenda for the week is now posted. Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated.

The Cambridge Marriott is the Official Headquarters of the OGC Technical and Planning Committee Meeting.  OGC has secured a limited block of rooms at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel for $199.00 per night plus tax (this rate includes free Internet).  The Marriott is the most convenient hotel to the OGC Meetings. 

Parking is $22 per day for self-park, or $30 per day for Valet.  Public Transportation from the Airport is available (Silver Line to South Station then the Red Line to Kendall Square/MIT), and Kendall Square Station is adjacent to the Marriott Hotel.

Guests may reserve their rooms on-line or by calling Marriott Central Reservations at 1-800-228-9290, (Group Code: OGCOGCA), no later than Monday, June 1, 2009 to receive the discounted rate for the room block

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

The meeting will be held at the Stata Center (Building 32).

Special thanks to:

and

as sponsors, and to

for hosting this event.

If your organization would like to help, please contact Greg Buehler.

Please find below the TENTATIVE agenda for this summit.

Purpose: Enabling Licensing Models: connecting business with technical infrastructure for managing and protecting intellectual property.

The Registration for this session is now OPEN.  There is a $40.00 charge for each Summit for non-OGC members, and a $20 charge for all OGC Members.

Non-Members: Go to the Summit Registration Page.

OGC Members: Login to the OGC Registration Page.

Note: This Web Portal uses the SSL Certificate Authority of the Open Geospatial Consortium. You may install the OpenGIS Root Certificate and bypass future warnings about using OGC's Certificates.

Airport

The closest international airport is Logan International Airport (BOS)

Parking

Parking in Cambridge and Boston can be expensive and hard to find (Marriott Parking is $22 per day for self-park).  Whenever possible, park your car at the hotel, and use public transportation to get to the MIT campus. If you must drive to the campus, on- and off-street parking is available for a fee, but most public parking is not very close to the center of the MIT campus

Public Transportation (the MBTA, known as "the T")

The closest subway station to campus is Kendall Square on the Red Line, you may also want to consider going to Central Square (also on the Red Line) or taking the #1 or CT1 bus across the Charles River from Back Bay, depending on where you are coming from and your destination on campus.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

The meetings will be held between the Stata Center (Building 32), Building 32 and Building 4.

The tentative agenda for the week is now posted. Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated.

The Cambridge Marriott is the Official Headquarters of the OGC Technical and Planning Committee Meeting.  OGC has secured a limited block of rooms at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel for $199.00 per night plus tax (this rate includes free Internet).  The Marriott is the most convenient hotel to the OGC Meetings. 

Parking is $22 per day for self-park, or $30 per day for Valet.  Public Transportation from the Airport is available (Silver Line to South Station then the Red Line to Kendall Square/MIT), and Kendall Square Station is adjacent to the Marriott Hotel.

Guests may reserve their rooms on-line or by calling Marriott Central Reservations at 1-800-228-9290, (Group Code: OGCOGCA), no later than Monday, June 1, 2009 to receive the discounted rate for the room block

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

The meeting will be held at the Stata Center (Building 32).

Special thanks to:

and

as sponsors, and to

for hosting this event.

If your organization would like to help, please contact Greg Buehler.

Overview

This is the first time in North America that industry leaders are coming together to exchange knowledge about 3D geospatial solutions for urban planning, homeland security, urban warfare, and personal navigation. Implementers, software vendors, public agencies, and academia will provide diverse perspectives. If you are considering 3D solutions, come see the latest available. If you are already working in 3D, learn more about the latest in 3D open standards and interoperability.

8 - 9 a.m.	Registration
9 a.m.	Introduction to 3D @ OGC Tim Case, GISP, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Chair, OGC 3D Information Management Registration: The Registration for this session is now OPEN.  There is a $40.00 charge for each Summit for non-OGC members, and a $20 charge for all OGC Members. Non-Members: Go to the Summit Registration Page. OGC Members: Login to the OGC Registration Page. Note: This Web Portal uses the SSL Certificate Authority of the Open Geospatial Consortium. You may install the OpenGIS Root Certificate and bypass future warnings about using OGC's Certificates. Local Information and Travel: Airport The closest international airport is Logan International Airport (BOS) Parking Parking in Cambridge and Boston can be expensive and hard to find (Marriott Parking is $22 per day for self-park).  Whenever possible, park your car at the hotel, and use public transportation to get to the MIT campus. If you must drive to the campus, on- and off-street parking is available for a fee, but most public parking is not very close to the center of the MIT campus Public Transportation (the MBTA, known as "the T") The closest subway station to campus is Kendall Square on the Red Line, you may also want to consider going to Central Square (also on the Red Line) or taking the #1 or CT1 bus across the Charles River from Back Bay, depending on where you are coming from and your destination on campus. more info Wednesday, June 24, 2009 (OGC TC/PC) June '09 OGC Technical Committee Meeting (all day) Start: 2009-06-22 08:00 End: 2009-06-26 17:00 Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 The meetings will be held between the Stata Center (Building 32), Building 32 and Building 4.   Schedule of Meetings: The tentative agenda for the week is now posted. Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated. Accommodations: The Cambridge Marriott is the Official Headquarters of the OGC Technical and Planning Committee Meeting.  OGC has secured a limited block of rooms at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel for $199.00 per night plus tax (this rate includes free Internet).  The Marriott is the most convenient hotel to the OGC Meetings.  Parking is $22 per day for self-park, or $30 per day for Valet.  Public Transportation from the Airport is available (Silver Line to South Station then the Red Line to Kendall Square/MIT), and Kendall Square Station is adjacent to the Marriott Hotel. Guests may reserve their rooms on-line or by calling Marriott Central Reservations at 1-800-228-9290, (Group Code: OGCOGCA), no later than Monday, June 1, 2009 to receive the discounted rate for the room block more info (OGC Event) OGC Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) Summit Start: 08:00 End: 18:00 Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 The meeting will be held at the Stata Center (Building 32).   Sponsors: Special thanks to: and as sponsors, and to for hosting this event. If your organization would like to help, please contact Greg Buehler. Schedule of Events: Will be posted shortly. Registration: The Registration for this session is now OPEN.  There is a $40.00 charge for each Summit for non-OGC members, and a $20 charge for all OGC Members. Non-Members: Go to the Summit Registration Page. OGC Members: Login to the OGC Registration Page. Note: This Web Portal uses the SSL Certificate Authority of the Open Geospatial Consortium. You may install the OpenGIS Root Certificate and bypass future warnings about using OGC's Certificates. Local Information and Travel: Airport The closest international airport is Logan International Airport (BOS) Parking Parking in Cambridge and Boston can be expensive and hard to find (Marriott Parking is $22 per day for self-park).  Whenever possible, park your car at the hotel, and use public transportation to get to the MIT campus. If you must drive to the campus, on- and off-street parking is available for a fee, but most public parking is not very close to the center of the MIT campus Public Transportation (the MBTA, known as "the T") The closest subway station to campus is Kendall Square on the Red Line, you may also want to consider going to Central Square (also on the Red Line) or taking the #1 or CT1 bus across the Charles River from Back Bay, depending on where you are coming from and your destination on campus. more info Thursday, June 25, 2009 (OGC TC/PC) June '09 OGC Technical Committee Meeting (all day) Start: 2009-06-22 08:00 End: 2009-06-26 17:00 Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 The meetings will be held between the Stata Center (Building 32), Building 32 and Building 4.   Schedule of Meetings: The tentative agenda for the week is now posted. Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated. Accommodations: The Cambridge Marriott is the Official Headquarters of the OGC Technical and Planning Committee Meeting.  OGC has secured a limited block of rooms at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel for $199.00 per night plus tax (this rate includes free Internet).  The Marriott is the most convenient hotel to the OGC Meetings.  Parking is $22 per day for self-park, or $30 per day for Valet.  Public Transportation from the Airport is available (Silver Line to South Station then the Red Line to Kendall Square/MIT), and Kendall Square Station is adjacent to the Marriott Hotel. Guests may reserve their rooms on-line or by calling Marriott Central Reservations at 1-800-228-9290, (Group Code: OGCOGCA), no later than Monday, June 1, 2009 to receive the discounted rate for the room block more info Friday, June 26, 2009 (OGC TC/PC) June '09 OGC Technical Committee Meeting End: 17:00 Start: 2009-06-22 08:00 End: 2009-06-26 17:00 Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 The meetings will be held between the Stata Center (Building 32), Building 32 and Building 4.   Schedule of Meetings: The tentative agenda for the week is now posted. Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated. Accommodations: The Cambridge Marriott is the Official Headquarters of the OGC Technical and Planning Committee Meeting.  OGC has secured a limited block of rooms at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel for $199.00 per night plus tax (this rate includes free Internet).  The Marriott is the most convenient hotel to the OGC Meetings.  Parking is $22 per day for self-park, or $30 per day for Valet.  Public Transportation from the Airport is available (Silver Line to South Station then the Red Line to Kendall Square/MIT), and Kendall Square Station is adjacent to the Marriott Hotel. Guests may reserve their rooms on-line or by calling Marriott Central Reservations at 1-800-228-9290, (Group Code: OGCOGCA), no later than Monday, June 1, 2009 to receive the discounted rate for the room block more info (OGC Event) OWS-6 Interoperability Day Start: 08:30 End: 15:00 Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Building 4 Rm 270 Cambridge, MA, USA Schedule of Events:      Topic  Speaker  Opening  8:30 Welcome and opening George Percivall, OGC  8:35 Logistics and Introduction to OWS-6 Objectives David Arctur, OGC  SESSION 1: Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) Thread  8:45 AIM Overview AIXM WFS Architecture AIM Event Architecture AIM Client Demonstration Nadine Alameh, MobiLaps LLC Ian Painter, Snowflake Software Thomas Everding, U of Muenster Nuke Goldstein, Carbon Project  SESSION 2: Decision Support Services (DSS) Thread  9:25 DSS Composite Demonstration Tom Merkle, Lockheed Martin IS & GS  9:45 3D Routing & Tracking Services Akiko Sato, Hitachi  10:00 Web Map Tiling Service (WMTS) Clients, Servers Joan Masó, UAB-CREAF-MiraMon  10:15  Refreshment Break  SESSION 3: GeoProcessing Workflow (GPW) Thread  10:30 GPW Introduction Lew Leinenweber, BAE Systems  10:35 RESTful Workflow and Security Lew Leinenweber, BAE Systems  11:00 Debris Flow Demonstration Lan-Kun Chung, Feng Chia University, Taiwan  11:15 Urban Topographic Data Store (UTDS) Application Schema Clemens Portele, interactive instruments  SESSION 4: Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) Thread  11:30 SWE Composite Demonstration Josh Lieberman, Traverse Technologies  SESSION 5: Compliance & Interoperability Test & Evaluation (CITE) Thread  12:00 CITE Test Demonstration Jen Marcus, Northrop Grumman  12:30 Lunch Break Live Demonstration Setup    SESSION 6: Live Demonstrations  13:00 Server and Client Demonstrations Available Participant Organizations  Closing  14:45  Closing Remarks, Introduction to OWS-7  David Arctur, OGC  15:00  Hall must be vacated           Registration: Register here . more info Monday, June 29, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science Start: 00:00 Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Wednesday, July 1, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Thursday, July 2, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Friday, July 3, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Saturday, July 4, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Sunday, July 5, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Monday, July 6, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Tuesday, July 7, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Wednesday, July 8, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Thursday, July 9, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science (all day) Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Friday, July 10, 2009 (OGC Related Event) Vespucci summer institute 2009: 7th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science End: 18:00 Start: 2009-06-29 00:00 End: 2009-07-10 18:00 more info Monday, July 27, 2009 (OGC Related Event) GeoWeb 2009 - Vancouver, BC, Canada Start: 08:00 Start: 2009-07-27 08:00 End: 2009-07-31 17:00 Event Logo: more info Tuesday, July 28, 2009 (OGC Related Event) GeoWeb 2009 - Vancouver, BC, Canada (all day) Start: 2009-07-27 08:00 End: 2009-07-31 17:00 Event Logo: more info	TC/PC Sponsors & Hosts