Virtual Roundtable

Overview

The virtual roundtable on “Advancing Role of Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure in World Economy, Society and Environment” is being organized with the geospatial ecosystem stakeholders to deep dive into understanding the contexts and readiness for supporting a Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure. Discussions during the roundtable meetings will revolve around current geospatial data infrastructure, policies, institutional capacities, industrial capacity and user capacity. The roundtable meetings will also explore various possible partnership networks, including government to government, government to private, government to multilateral and private to multilateral agencies.

Program Agenda

Time	Agenda
1600 – 1615	Welcome note by chair Prof Arup Dasgupta, Managing Editor, Geospatial World and Advisor to India Observatory/FES Setting the Tone Dr Devpriya Dutta, Head, SEED and State S&T Programme(SSTP), Department of Science and Technology Introductory remarks on Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) Anamika Das, Vice President – Geospatial Infrastructure, Geospatial Media
1615 – 1630	Presentation on GKI John Kedar, Advisor, Geospatial Infrastructure, Geospatial Media
1630 - 1640	Viewpoint: Integration of UN-IGIF and GKI Greg Scott, Inter-Regional Advisor, UN-Global Geospatial Information Management
1640 - 1720	Discussion on “Geospatial Readiness and Value of GKI” The discussion will delve upon: Current geospatial infratructure scenario: moving from data to knowledge infrastructure Value and relevance of geospatial infrastructure for development from India's perspective Preparedeness for an Integrated Policy Framework Initial Thoughts by: Moderator: Lt General Girish Kumar,VSM, Former Surveyor General of India Subhashish Bhadra, Principal, Omidyar Network India Pankaj Mishra, Dy. Surveyor General (Tech), Survey of India Vinod Bothale, Associate Director, NRSC
1720 – 1755	Discussion on “Collaborative Approach and Business Model for Geospatial Knowledge” The discussion will delve upon: The good practices in partnerships for data production across the wider data environment? What are the challenges? What potential partnerships could help move national geospatial agencies up the knowledge value chain? User engagement for achieving GKI Initial Thoughts by: Moderator: Dr. Rajkumar Khatri, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Labour Department, Government of Karnataka Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse FRGS FSSSI FIEAust, Executive Director – Strategic Consulting & International Relations Dr Satarupa Bhattacharjee Kapoor, Institutional Business Development - South Asia Region, Trimble Inc. Anuj Gangwal and K Prashan, Tata Trust Shreeramam GV, CEO, NeoGeoInfo Technologies
1755 – 1800	Concluding Remarks by the chair: Prof Arup Dasgupta, Managing Editor, Geospatial World and Advisor to India Observatory/FES