Addressing Disasters Together
OGC is excited to announce a three-day event on the future of innovation for disaster and climate change engagement: OGC Innovation Days. This event brings together OGC members, stakeholders, and guests who are critical to disaster and climate focused policy formulation and technology advancement.
Join us to contribute to discussions on identifying gaps, understanding future requirements, and building capabilities to respond to climate challenges including natural hazards and disaster vulnerabilities.
The “Addressing Disasters Together” event will comprise a two-day workshop, followed by a day of solutions presentations and a strategic planning session.
The initial two-day workshop will reflect on current geospatial technologies and practices for disaster management. It will particularly focus on the current capabilities and roles of local, regional, and national organizations, as well as their evolving needs and challenges. The objective of the workshop will be to identify requirements, priorities, and gaps for serving communities facing disaster and climate circumstances.
The third day will engage executive and director level decision makers and policy makers. It will go beyond disasters to include innovations and strategies that produce actionable solutions and lead to improved interoperability across stakeholders, science domains, industry, and government.
Due to the nature of this event, OGC Innovation Days will be held in person and space is limited. There will not be any online participation options.
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Agenda
| December 6th | Morning Session: 9am ET | Today’s disaster information interoperability issues as seen by OGC and strategic members Welcome, and setting the scene Nadine Alameh, OGC Investing in Climate and Disaster Initiatives Ingo Simonis, OGC Keynote Speech Mike Tischler, USGS Panel: The challenges disasters apply to geospatial Moderator: Nadine Alameh, OGC Speakers: Mike Tischler, USGS Tom Moran, All Hazards Consortium Jonathan Duran, NSGIC Lawrence Friedl, NASA Executive Roundtable: Disaster and Climate Resilience Moderator: Josh Lieberman, OGC Speakers: Joshua Delmonico, FGDC David Green, NASA James Carey UKHO Norman Speicher, DHS Iain Burnell, DSTL |
| Afternoon Session: 1pm ET | Understanding the disaster oriented problem solving ecosystem from a state, province, and local level Stakeholder roles and responsibilities Josh Lieberman, OGC The role of the local city during a disaster Alan Leidner, NYC GIO The role of state during a drought Jonathan Duran, NSGIC The role of NAPSG for first responders Tari Martin, NAPSG Drought response in Canada and the Province of Manitoba Mai Gagujas, Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization Ryan Ahola, NRCan CEOS Analysis Ready Data David Borges, NASA Tim Stryker, USGS Industry Lightning Talks: Aaron Gussman, Google Barry O’Rourke, Compusult Darren Butler, AEVEX Aerospace Lain Graham, ESRI Disasters and Societal Data Greg Yetman, University of Columbia Alan Leidner, NYC Geospatial Information Systems and Mapping Organization (NYC GISMO) Baig Furqan, University of Illinois Day 1 Closing Ingo Simonis, OGC | |
| December 7th | Morning Session: 9am ET | Disaster Readiness outcomes of the OGC Disasters pilot for flooding & landslidesDisaster initiatives accomplishments Josh Lieberman, OGC Climate initiatives accomplishments Nils Hempelmann, OGC The value of public-private partnerships and international cooperation Eldrich Frazier, USGS Panel: Past experience addressing disasters in OGC initiatives Ryan Burley, Geosolutions Shayna Solis, Navteca Dean Hintz, Safe Software Ajay Gupta, HSR Health Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications New approaches to wildfire information innovation David Green, NASA Activities and goals in the 2023 OGC Disasters Pilot and Similar Initiatives Mike Cosh, USDA-ARS Ryan Ahola, NRCan Todd Bacastow, MAXAR Scale and agility in cloud native geospatial and mediated information tools Mark Korver, AWS |
| Afternoon Session: 1:30pm ET | Community scoping of Disaster Pilot 2023 – wildfires and droughtNew tools and technologies for wildfire and drought Sean Ahearn, CARSI Antonio Correas, Skymantics Sheila Steffenson, 1Spatial Benjamin Pross, 52 North Keynote Speech Sumit Gera, NRCan Next Steps: a multi-year path forward for wildfire and drought Nadine Alameh, OGC Nils Hempelmann, OGC Day 2 Closing Ingo Simonis, OGC | |
| December 8th | Morning Session: 9am ET | Highlights of OGC’s Collaborative Innovation & Solution programsIntroduction and Objectives Nadine Alameh, OGC Workshop Outcomes Ingo Simonis, OGC Testbed Highlights Josh Lieberman, OGC FMSDI Highlights Sina Taghavikish, OGC Modernizing Spatial Data Infrastructure Josh Lieberman, OGC Looking ahead toward climate resilience, digital twins, analysis-ready data, and more Nadine Alameh, OGC |
| Afternoon Session: 12:30pm ET | Closed session for OGC Strategic Members |
Event Location:
Trajectory Event Center
13665 Dulles Technology Dr #150
Herndon, VA 20171
If you have any questions regarding the event or your registration, email info@ogc.org.
Housing Details:
The Homewood Suites by Hilton Dulles Int’l Airport, located at 13460 Sunrise Valley Dr., Herndon, VA 20171 is conveniently located 6 minutes walk away from the meeting site. The rate is $159.00 per night plus tax and is available until November 12.
Thank You Sponsors and Supporters:
The OGC Innovation Days would not be possible without the support of organizations across the globe. The organization feels that location is everywhere, and that open standards and interoperable technologies will lead to a future for FAIR data. Thank you:
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