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UK Location User Needs Workshop
Date: 9th June 2011
Venue: School of Economic Science, 11 Mandeville Place, London, W1U 3AJ
Time: 09:30 till 16:00
UK Location User Needs Workshop
UK Location User Needs Workshop facilitated by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and the Demographic User Group (DUG)
Growing Location-based Applications in Retail, Financial Services and Transport sectors: How can the UK Location Programme help?
POLITE NOTE: This particular event is aimed at end-users of Location-based Applications/GIS in the above sectors. It is not intended for delegates from solutions providers or users from other industry sectors.
Objectives
The objectives of the workshop are:
- To increase awareness of what is being provided under the UK Location Programme and discuss how the use of these facilities across the sectors can be maximised.
- To consider what the sectors need from Government in the future to optimise economic growth.
The programme has been structured to reflect these objectives with the morning session focusing on the “here and now” and the afternoon looking at future needs.
Programme
- 09:30 Registration
- 10:00 Welcome, Introductions and objectives - Session chair: Keith Dugmore, Director, Demographics User Group
- 10:05 Keynote Address - Carol Tullo, Director, The National Archives
- 10:25 Location Programme: Status Report - Mick Cory, Chair, UK Location User Group
- 10:45 Location Programme: An External View - Robin McLaren, Director, Know Edge Ltd
- 11:05 Coffee
- 11:30 Panel Discussion and open debate - Answering the challenge of adopting and developing the UKLP.
Panel: Martin Callingham, Visiting Professor Birkbeck University; Andrew Hudson-Smith, Director, CASA and Ray Boguslawski, Deputy Director, Business Solutions, DEFRA
- 12:15 Lunch
- 13:00 Looking Forward: Introduction - Session chair: Andrew Coote, Director, ConsultingWhere
- 13:10 Manifestos for Social and Economic Growth - Experts summarise their views on the needs of the sector in terms of Government support to optimise growth:
Retail: Mike Whitelegge, Marks and Spencer
Insurance: Matt Cullen, Association of British Insurers
Transport: Peter Miller, Chairman ITO World
- 14:10 Breakout Sessions: What does the “location community” really need from Government? Facilitated sessions using the manifestos as a starting point for discussion.
- 15:15 Coffee
- 15:30 Reporting back - Facilitator for each group to report back on the conclusions. Facilitators: Keith Dugmore, Andrew Coote and Mary Short
- 15:50 Next Steps - Session chair
- 16:00 Close
Registration
£50+VAT
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