The Society for Location Analysis
Jon Walker Award 2012
The SLA will be awarding a trophy each year in the memory of Jon Walker, who passed away on 22nd March 2010 after a long battle with cancer.
The first award took place in 2010. Click here to see who has won the award in the past..
About Jon Walker...
(Jon Walker "It is with great sadness we announce that Jon Walker passed away on the evening of Monday 22nd March 2010.
Jon had been fighting cancer for the last 15 months. Throughout that time he showed immense positive mental strength
to all around him and this is testament to his attitude to life and his coming to terms with his condition. Jon was a
founding member of the SLA when the idea was born in a conversation with Christine Reeves (Tesco) and Mark Teale
(CBRE) over 6 years ago. He helped form its ideals, philosophy and was an active participant at the SLA meetings and
social gatherings. Former colleagues and friends of Jon have been leaving memories of Jon at www.wendovergroup.blogspot.com.
Please visit the site and leave a message for Jon’s family. Jon is survived by his wife Corrine, his first wife Jill and their
three boys William, Sam and Joe. Our thoughts are with them at this time.
Missed but never forgotten.")
Many SLA members will have met Jon, some will have worked with him, at GeoBusiness Solutions, MapInfo, or The Wendover Group.
Jon was very well regarded by all those who came into contact with him; he also played an instrumental role in setting up the SLA.
Make your nominations here today.
The Rules
1. The Jon Walker Award will be awarded annually by the Society for Location Analysis ( SLA ) for innovation in location analysis, which could be:
- an innovative project
- innovative use of data
- an innovative modeling solution;
- innovative software development
and which can be demonstrated to have had market impact.
2. Deadline for entries will be noon on Friday 12th October 2012 (Judging completed by 17th Oct 2012)
3. Presentation of the Award will be made by Andy Thompson on Tuesday 23rd October 2012 at the SLA Forum, CBRE, Henrietta House, 8 Henrietta Place, London, W1G 0NB
4. Entries need to be made on the form below and submitted to info@thesla.org
5. Judging will be by the SLA committee plus Andy Thompson, Sainsbury's.
(Current committee members are :
Jonathan Reynolds, Academic Director, Oxford Institute of Retail Management
Steve Scholey, Scholey Space Ltd. / Hampshire Customer Insight Partnership
Peter Sleight, Partner, Target Market Consultancy
Jack Steenstra, location expert, now retired; formerly Santander UK
Mark Teale, Director - Head of Retail Research, CB Richard Ellis Ltd.)
Administration of the SLA - Ruth Holroyd, rh marketing.
The Award will go to the entry which, in the opinion of the judges, shows the most innovative approach, and which can be proved to have had
market impact. Clearly, it must relate to the location analysis market.
6. All entries must be nominated by an SLA member; SLA members wishing to submit their own work should seek nomination by another member.
Nominator must be independent, i.e. not simply a colleague or line manager.
7. Examples could be:
- (a) a client supporting a supplier's piece of work
- (b) a data provider supporting a client's use of data
8. The Award is open to all who work in the location analysis industry, but each entry must be nominated by a member of the SLA.
9. The judges will wish to speak to each entrant, either in person or on the telephone (therefore entrants need to have availability
during the period 15th - 17th October for this purpose ).
10. It is hoped that all entrants will be able to attend the Forum on 23rd October. Details will be supplied on request.
11. Application Form - You can nominate a member online here.
If you have any questions about any of the above please contact us by email: info@thesla.org
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