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Keynote Speakers

Social Program

Optional Social Program

Historical Map Display - 400 Years of Mapping in Australia

Member Rates and Registration Fees

CPD Points Allocation

		Surveyors Board of Queensland	BOSSI			SSI
			Survey Practice		Cadastral
PRE-CONFERENCE FORUM
18/09/06	FUNGIS Disaster Management	7	7			9
19/09/06	FUNGIS Disaster Management	7	7			8
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
19/09/06	Digital Lodgement of Cadastral Survey Data (A Practitioner’s Perspective)	7			7	8
20/09/06	Plan Preparation (Qld specific)	3				3.5
20/09/06	Co-Ordinate System Refresher	3	3			3
20/09/06	QSIC Update					2
20/09/06	Spatial Imagery Co-ordination		1.5			1.5
20/09/06	Digital Lodgement of Cadastral Survey Data (A Technical Perspective)	4			4	4
20/09/06	Small Business Update	3	3			4
20/09/06	How To Become Spatially Certified – The Dummies Guide to the Internationally Recognised SSI Spatial Information Commisssion Certification Process	3	3			3
20/09/06	SSI Northern Group AGM	1				1.5
CONFERENCE
21/09/06	Day 1	7.25		6.75	0.5	10
22/09/06	Day 2	8		5.5	1.5	12
23/09/06	Day 3	5.75		1.75	4	7.5

Note: Points shown for the Conference proper are the maximum available and include attendance at SSI AGM on Day 1 and ISA AGM on Day 2

Pre-Conference Forum

The following forum is being organised by Far North Queensland GIS Users Group (FUNGIS) and co-hosted by James Cook University, Cairns City Council and Spatial Sciences Institute Queensland Region.

Bookings must be made via www.fungis.org NOT via the Conference registration form.

MONDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2006 & TUESDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2006

Sandbags and Sandals - An Emergency Spatial Information Management Forum in the Tropics
This forum will review the value of spatial information in disaster management from both an end-users and spatial officers' perspective. It will be an opportunity to provide feedback into the development of emergency information management systems (through a half day workshop, hosted by CRC-SI) and provide input into the summary reference document which will capture the proceedings for the benefit of future emergency spatial information management planning efforts.

Venue: Cairns City Council Chambers, Spence Street, Cairns
Time: 08:30 - 16:30 (Monday) and 08:30 - 16:45 (Tuesday)
Registration:For details on registation and cost, visit http://www.fungis.org

Pre-Conference Workshops

Participation in the workshops is not included in the Conference registratoin fee. Workshop fees are listed in each workshop description. On Wednesday, 20 September attend any two of these workshops for A$150.

Workshop 1 - Digital Lodgement of Cadastral Survey Data - A Practitioner's Perspective

Workshop 4 - Plan Preparation

Workshop 5 - Co-Ordinate System Refresher

Workshop 6 - QSIC Update

Workshop 7 - Spatial Imagery Co-Ordination

Workshop 8 - Digital Lodgement of Cadastral Survey Data - A Technical Perspective

Workshop 9 - Small Business Update

Workshop 10 - SSI Certification

Keynote Speakers

Alistair Hart

Matt Higgins

Col McCowan

Hon Gary Naim MP

Bruce Rigsby

Warwick Watkins

Dr Neil Williams

Peter Woodgate

Social Program

WELCOME RECEPTION
To mark the opening of the Combined 5^th Trans Tasman Survey Conference and the 2^nd Queensland Spatial Industry Conference, all delegates are invited to attend the Welcome Reception. Renew old friendships and make new acquaintances as you are welcomed to Cairns. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.

Date: Thursday, 21 September 2006
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Venue: Trade Exhibition Area, Cairns Convention Centre
Cost Per Person: Included in the full registration fee. As tickets will not be automatically allocated, please indicate on your registration form if you will be attending.
Additional tickets: A$55 per person

QUEENSLAND SPATIAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS GALA DINNER
This year, the Conference Dinner will be combined with the Queensland Spatial Excellence Awards (QSEA) Dinner. These awards are the State equivalent and lead in to the Asia Pacific Excellence Awards - the only awards for the Asia-Pacific region that recognise, at the same event, the excellent achievements of both individuals and organisations engaged in the spatial information industry across the region. Winners at QSEA automatically are nominated to the APSEA. Jointly hosted by the Australian Spatial Information Business Association (ASIBA) and the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI), the dinner is a wonderful way of showcasing excellence in the industry.

Date: Friday, 22 September 2006
Time: 19:00 - 23:30
Venue: Hall 2, Cairns Convention Centre
Dress: Wear your favourite tropical shirt!
Cost Per Person: Included in the full registration fee. As tickets will not be automatically allocated, please indicate on your registration form if you will be attending
Additional tickets: Guest of Registered Delegate - A$95 per person
Non-Registered Delegate:A$120 per person

Optional Social Program

BAREFOOT BOWLS & BBQ
After attending the pre-Conference workshops, spend the night networking with your fellow delegates at the Barefoot Bowls & BBQ night. Being held at the Edge Hills Bowls Club, known fondly as the the friendliest Bowls Club in Cairns, have fun playing bowls (no shoes required!) and enjoying a lovely BBQ. There's something distinctly appealing about relaxing on a wide Queenslander-style veranda, overlooking a neatly kept bowling green while enjoying the company of your colleagues.

Date: Tuesday, 19 September 2006
Time: 17:30 - 21:00
Venue: Edge Hill Bowls Club, 181 Woodward Street, Edge Hill
Cost Per Person: A$65.00 (Includes bowling and instruction, BBQ dinner and beverages)

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND WISE ONES COCKTAIL FUNCTION
After working hard all day at the pre-Conference workshops, relax and enjoy the spectacular view from across Trinity Inlet. This is an excellent opportunity to network with Young and Not As Young Professionals!

Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2006
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: Mondo's Resataurant, Hilton Cairns
Cost Per Person: A$50 for Young Professionals or A$65 for Wise Ones (Includes canapes and beverages)

Historical Map Display - 400 Years of Mapping in Australia

To celebrate 400 Years of Mapping in Australia, the Conference Organising Committee will create an exhibition of facsimilies of the earliest maps of Australia, as well as a number of maps deemed to be of significance in the history of the mapping of the continent. Well known members of the spatial science community have been asked to choose a map of particular importance or interest to them.

In 1606, the small Dutch ship Duyfken from Banda, Indonesia (under the command of Willem Janszoon), explored and chartered part of the coast of now Western Australia. Captain Janszoon was the first European to map and record Australia in history. After leaving Banda on 18 November 1605, at the end of March 1606 VOC Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew, charted about 300km of the west coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. They were the first Europeans evidently known to have landed in Australia. This was the beginning of maritime mapping of Australia.

Member Rates and Registration Fees

MEMBER RATES
The Conference Organising Committee is delighted to offer members of the following organisations access to discounted member rates to this Conference:

Australian Map Circle (AMC)

Australian Spatial Information Education and Research Association (ASIERA)

CSIRO

Far North Queensland GIS Users Group (FUNGIS)

Institution of Surveyors Australia (ISA)

Institute of Engineering & Mining Surveyors Australia (IEMSA)

Institute of Engineering & Mining Surveyors Queensland (IEMSQ)

Institution of Surveyors Australia - Queensland Division (ISAQ)

Mapping Sciences Institute (MSI)

New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS)

Queensland Spatial Information Council (QSIC)

Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI)

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES
(Thursday, 22 - Saturday, 23 September)

Registration for will be available in June 2006. As a preliminary overview, the registration fees will include plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, Welcome Reception and dinner. The registration fees have been confirmed as:

Early Registration until Friday, 4 August 2006
Member: A$680
Non-Member: A$980
SSI Young Professional: A$500
Conference Membership Package (includes SSI membership)**: A$980
International Conference Membership Package (includes SSI membership)**: A$860
Full Time Student*: A$360
Member - Day: A$300
Non-Member - Day: A$350
Accompanying Persons: A$320

Standard Registration from Saturday, 5 August 2006
Member: $780
Non-Member: $1,080
SSI Young Professional: A$600
Conference Membership Package (includes SSI membership)**: A$1,080
International Conference Membership Package (includes SSI membership)**: A$960
Full Time Student*: A$420
Member - Day: A$350
Non-Member - Day: A$400
Accompanying Persons: A$320

Full Time Student Registration will only be confirmed upon receipt of a copy of your student ID card (by fax to + 61 3 9682 0288), or a faxed statement from your supervisor verifying your student status

** Conference Membership Registration includes a one year membership to the Spatial Sciences Institute.

Membership Benefits of the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI)
The Spatial Sciences Institute is a national professional organisation representing the interests of all people involved in the spatial community and providing an identity for people working in the spatial information industry. The specialist and complementary nature of the spatial sciences is a powerful combination, and the Institute aims to pool expertise to support and inform professionals of new and innovative solutions to meet the new and increasing demands placed on spatial professionals.

Representing - The Spatial Sciences Institute represents the professional interests of people who specialise in the spatial disciplines and Communities of Practice that use spatial information to complement and support their business operations or personal activities.

Members' Professional Needs - For members, the Spatial Sciences Institute will be:

Providing recognition through professional certification

Maintaining member competency through the Continuing Professional Development Program

Informing members through publications such as journals, newsletters and magazines

Organising regular activities to share ideas and experiences

Representing member professional interests at public and private sector forums

Providing discounted registration at regional / international SSI conferences

Providing access to industry and professional resource information

Offering access to a discount member-buying program.

The Spatial Sciences Institute is a full member of Professions Australia through which the Institute represents all spatial professionals.

Workshop 1

WORKSHOP 1 - Digital Lodgement of Cadastral Survey Data - A Practitioner's Perspective

Tuesday, 19 September 2006

This workshop is designed for practitioners to become aware of the ePlan Digital Lodgement Model and will explore the impacts on a Survey Practice from a Business Perspective. The workshop will have sessions on:

Overview of the Project and some terminology that is used

Digital Searching and the products that are required and the uses of these products. These products will include:

Cadastral Infrastructure Search

Digital Survey Control

Digital Title Search

Preparation of Cadastral Information Files (CIF)

Electronic Validation of Cadastral Information Files

Internal Validation

External Validation

Uses of Digital Files within the Land Registry

Future aspects of Digital Lodgement

The workshop will give the practicing surveyor a firm understanding on the concepts and processes of digital lodgement and an understanding of the timelines involved in the roll out of Digital Lodgement within the Queensland context but also have an understanding of progress in other jurisdictions.

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Wharf Street, Cairns
Presenter: Nevil Cumerford, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water, Queensland
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Cost Per Person: A$55 (Includes morning tea and lunch)

Workshop 4

WORKSHOP 4 - Plan Preparation

Wednesday, 20 September 2006

This workshop will provide an overview of the essential requirements for the preparation of registrable Volumetric Format Plan together with an introduction to the concepts and components of a Building Management Statement. An overview of the basic components of a Community Title Scheme and a Community Management Statement and a discussion and explanation of some of the more common dealings with scheme land. An update from the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water on recent departmental changes and key issues relating to cadastral surveying will also be given.

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Wharf Street, Cairns
Presenters: Richard Statham, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water, Queensland and Dr Russell Priebbenow, Director Land Policy, Land Management & Use, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water, Queensland
Time: 09:00 - 12:30
Cost Per Person: A$120 (Includes morning tea and lunch)

Workshop 5

WORKSHOP 5 - Co-Ordinate System Refresher

Wednesday, 20 September 2006

This workshop will provide an update on fundamental geodetic concepts, with a particular emphasis on
co-ordinate systems and their practical application to spatial science. The workshop will comprise a series of short information sessions, each designed mainly as a refresher for those who have some prior knowledge in these areas. It will be suitable for anyone with Associate Degree surveying qualifications or higher though others should not be discouraged from attending if they have some understanding of, or relevant practical experience with, the use of co-ordinates. The following topics will be covered very briefly:

Geoids and Ellipsoids

Vertical Datums and link to GPS heights

Horizontal Datums

Coordinate Systems

Geographic (Latitude and Longitude)

Cartesian (X, Y, Z)

Grid (Easting and Northing)

UTM projection (AMG and MGA)

Local ground-based plane co-ordinates (mainly for use with RTK GPS)

Due to the nature of the workshop, there will be little opportunity for any 'hands-on' by the attendees. However, equipment simulators and live examples will be used to demonstrate concepts.

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Wharf Street, Cairns
Presenter: Peter Gibbings, Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Cost Per Person: A$120 (Includes morning tea and lunch)

Workshop 6

WORKSHOP 6 - QSIC Update

Wednesday, 20 September 2006

2005 and 2006 has been one of the busiest times in the 14 year history of the Queensland Spatial Information Council (QSIC) and its supporting Committees. The staff of the Queensland Spatial Information Office (QSIO) will give you a detailed overview of strategic whole of industry projects that have been commissioned by QSIC and as the projects move to implementation will positively impact on the spatial industry in Queensland. These projects include the QSIC Whole of Government Information Licensing Project, QSIC Review of Queensland Addressing Practices, Whole of Government Imagery Acquisition Project etc.

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Wharf Street, Cairns
Presenter: Tim Barker, Assistant Government Statistician
Time: 09:00 - 11:00
Cost Per Person: No charge

Workshop 7

WORKSHOP 7 - Spatial Imagery Co-Ordination

Wednesday, 20 September 2006

This workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss issues relating to the use of spatial imagery, such as:

The recently developed Queensland Spatial Imagery Acquisition Plan, with particular reference to its implementation in north Queensland

Recent and pending acquisition projects in North Queensland (including Tropical Cyclone Larry)

Technical issues in relation to the use of spatial imagery

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Wharf Street, Cairns
Presenter: Keith Wilson, Department Natural Resources, Mines and Water, Queensland
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Cost Per Person: A$120 (Includes morning tea and lunch)

Workshop 8

WORKSHOP 8 - Digital Lodgement of Cadastral Survey Data - A Technical Perspective

Wednesday, 20 September 2006

This workshop will look in detail at the Australian and New Zealand ePlan Model and its mapping to LandXML. The workshop will be of a technical nature and is designed for participants who would like a deeper understanding of the ePlan Model. It will look at the structure of both a Cadastral Information File (CIF) and the Cadastral Infrastructure Search. The workshop will look at some of the technical rules and constraints within the model and how they relate to an existing Cadastral Plan.

The workshop will look at areas such as:

Plan Information

Parcel Information

Coordinate Geometries

2D and 3D Cadastral Models

Observations

Monuments

Parcel Allocations (Linkages)

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Wharf Street, Cairns
Presenter: Nevil Cumerford, Department of Natural Resources,Mines and Water, Queensland
Time: 13:00 - 17:00 (Lunch from 12:00)
Cost Per Person: A$120 (Includes lunch and afternoon tea)

Workshop 9

WORKSHOP 9 - Small Business Update

Wednesday, 20 September 2006

Learn some things that can enhance your business operations tomorrow, contribute to the progress of some business tools under development, and get an update on some important business issues that are being addressed by the industry. ASIBA Business Coaches will lead you through some activities that will enable you to learn:

How to build a high performance team

How to double your profits in less time

Strategic planning for small business

ASIBA will launch its Small Business Health Diagnostic System and demonstrate its use as well as work through and get your input to the upcoming Spatial Fee Calculator system. In addition, you will get an update and have opportunity to raise questions related to current issues in spatial business such as:

Workchoices and the new industrial relations scheme

Limitation of liability and the Professional Standards Act

Model Scholarship documentation

Limit on the life of a surveyor's signature

Copyright

Development of an industry based practice management system

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Wharf Street, Cairns
Presenter: Jack De Lange, Chief Operating Officer, ASIBAdat
Time: 13:00 - 17:00 (Lunch from 12:00)
Cost Per Person: A$120 (Includes lunch and afternoon tea)

Workshop 10

WORKSHOP 10 - How to become Spatially Certified - the Dummies Guide to the Internationally Recognised SSI Spatial Information Commission Certification Process

Wednesday, 20 September 2006

This seminar will outline all the information that applicants will need in order to assemble an application to be considered for certification as a "Geographic Information Systems Professional - Asia Pacific" (GISP-AP). The SSI, in partnership with the GIS Certification Institute in the United States, has developed this certification process to meet the needs of spatial information professionals in the Asia pacific, while enusring that professionals will be recognised internationally. The SSI commends all members and non-members to take this voluntary step forward in their professional development. And remember, the founding members of the SSI are not required to pay for GISP-AP Certification as it is part of their membership package. So come along and here expert members of the certification panel outlines how they stepped through the process.

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Wharf Street, Cairns
Presenter: Tim Barker, President, SSI Australia and Rob Bischof, Strategic Information Services Department of Local Government and Planning, Sport and Recreation
Time: 13:30 - 16:30 (includes afternoon tea)
Cost Per Person: No charge

Alistair Hart

Data Manager (Spatial), Tropical Population Health Unit, Queensland Health
Alistair's interest in spatial information began as a child, as former surveyor and family friend Len Beadell regaled his adventures surveying and constructing highways through Outback Australia (including the Gunbarrel Highway). The map of Australia on the kitchen wall was soon full of highways, atomic weapons test sites and rocket ranges - much to Alistair's fascination. Alistair's first job outside school was as a surveyor's assistant on the Nullarbor, helping to survey a fibre-optic cable route from
Adelaide to Perth in 1994 using the relatively new Omnistar GPS differential beacon and some 'high-tech' 8 channel Garmin receivers. He has since immersed himself in the world of spatial information, and is currently enjoying the challenges he faces managing spatial information within
Queensland Health.

Matt Higgins

Principal Survey Advisor, Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines
and Water
Matt holds Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Surveying. From 2002 to 2006, Matt Chairs a Commission of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and is currently a member of FIG Council. He also represents FIG on the UN mandated International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems. He is a Registered Cadastral Surveyor and Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors Australia and Spatial Sciences Institute. At the 2005 Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards, Matt received the award for "Professional Eminence and Excellence in the Spatial Sciences".

Col McCowan

Manager Careers & Employment Service, Queensland University of Technology
Col McCowan is a registered teacher, psychologist and counsellor who has been Manager of the Careers & Employment service at QUT for the past 13 years. Prior to that, he worked in private practice and government - at service-delivery, training, management, and senior policy levels. His Service at QUT has won two recent national awards for best practice, he won the 2004 National Award for Excellence in Career Counselling and he received an Order of Australia Medal in the 2006 Australia Day Honours List. He is the only Australian Fellow of a prestigious UK Institute, is on the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Career Development, and has written three professional books in the careers area. He has undertaken international (UNESCO) consultancies for the countries of Bhutan and Oman.
His interest and research in Gen Y stems from needing to change his service delivery model to better meet the needs of students coming to QUT. He has presented and/or consulted on this topic to a wide range of sporting, business, training, commercial, educational, and community organisations and groups.

Hon Gary Nairn MP

Federal Member for Eden-Monaro, Special Minister of State
The Hon Gary Nairn was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, winning the crucial New South Wales seat of Eden-Monaro and has held the seat since. Mr Nairn was sworn into the Howard Ministry as Special Minister of State on the 3^rd February 2006. As a Minister within the Finance portfolio Mr Nairn's responsibilities include Ministerial and Parliamentary Services, the Australian Electoral Commission, the Australian Government Information Office, government advertising and a number of Government Business Enterprises including Film Australia, Film Finance Corporation and
the Defence Housing Authority. Prior to entering politics Mr Nairn was Managing Director of his own survey and mapping business that, between 1983-1996, operated in the Northern Territory and later in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Mr Nairn grew up in the eastern suburbs of Sydney where he attended Sydney Boys High School. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Surveying and worked in the surveying and mapping industry in both Australia and abroad.

Bruce Rigsby

Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, The University of Queensland
Bruce has taught at The University of Queensland from 1975-2000. Born and educated in America, he is Australian by choice. Bruce has worked with the Lamalama people of the Princess Charlotte Bay region of eastern Cape York Peninsula since 1972. His research mainly concerns traditional-customary
land and sea tenure and matters of native title. He is a co-editor and author of Customary Marine Tenure in Australia (1998) and Donald Thomson, the Man and Scholar (2005). Bruce worked on the Delgamuukw Case, the Lakefield and Cliff Islands National Parks land claims and the Weipa Indigenous Land Use Agreement in Australia and Canada. He received a Centenary Medal in 2003 "for distinguished achievements through anthropology and native title in Australia".

Warwick Watkins

Director General, Department of Lands, Surveyor General and Registrar General of NSW
In addition to the above, Warwick also holds the position of Norfolk Island Surveyor General; Pro Chancellor of the University of Technology, Sydney; President of the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information (BOSSI); Chair of the Geographical Names Board (GNB); Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC); Advisory Board Member of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultra-High Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS); Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRC SI); Deputy Chair of the CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship Advisory Council; Member, National Land and Water Audit Advisory Council; Member, Australian Government's Consultative Committee on Knowledge Capital; and an Honorary Associate of the Graduate School of Government. He is also a Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors NSW Inc and a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute.

Dr Neil Williams

Chief Executive Officer, Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia is Australian Government's national geoscientific research and spatial information agency. He is also responsible for spatial information policy development throughout the Australian Government and chairs the Government's Spatial Data Policy Executive. He also represents the Commonwealth on ANZLIC - the spatial information council. Neil is a geologist by training with a BSc (Hons) degree from the Australian National University and PhD from Yale University. He worked for 10 years as an academic specialising in mineral-deposit geology, before joining the then
MIM group as a mineral explorer. He spent another 10 years with MIM and held the position of Chief Geologist when he joined Geoscience Australia's predecessor, the Bureau of Mineral Resources, in 1991. Neil is Chairman of the board of Australian Marine Science & Technology (AMSAT) Limited, and was the last Chairman of the Snowy Mountains Council, the body that oversaw the running of the Snowy Mountain Hydroelectric Scheme prior to its corporatisation in 2002. Neil is a Fellow of both the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Peter Woodgate

CEO, Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information
The Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information is a $78 million investment by over 50 partners from the industry, government and university sectors across Australia. Prior to taking up this role, he was the CEO of the Geospatial Science Initiative at RMIT University, where he helped create RMIT's first spin-off company, Spatial Vision Pty Ltd. Peter was also involved in the creation of RMIT's Risk & Community Safety Research Centre and the Global Sustainability Institute. He had many years in Victorian public service, where he helped lead the development of various business units in the natural resource and spatial information area. He has a long-standing interest in forest management, salinity research, greenhouse and the use of remote sensing for monitoring natural resources. He is currently undertaking a Doctorate of Business Administration at RMIT University on the identification of factors that operate to both promote and impede the development of early phase innovation in the business cycle of the information communication technologies industry.