Conference Day Two: 26 August 2009

9.00 Opening Remarks And Presentation From Chair

Maximising the Value of Spatial Information with Effective Data Management & Data Currency Strategies

9.10 Closing The Gap: Can Spatial Data Custodians Make A Difference?

The apology to Indigenous Australians amongst other things recognised the important place land and resources have in their cultural, spiritual, social and economic lives. As one of many data custodians who hold information about interests in land I consider that we collectively can contribute to the reconciliation process by recognising this engagement in land and resources as opportunities arise. Sharing what we are doing in this space is a first step. Highlighting what we are doing to make a difference including:

• Taking a collaborative approach to building a national framework reference dataset (land tenure) which can acknowledge the primary tenure prior to colonisation as Indigenous
• Delivering online user access that allows visualisation and inquiry of native title matters over any area of the nation
• Providing ready and no-cost access to native title spatial datasets to allow integration within an organisations information system to maintain awareness
• Progressing delivery via web services to further improve service and timeliness/currency of information
• Collaborating with other custodians to ensure information consistency
• Deploying and integrating data with existing applications and other government jurisdictions to provide significant value to all stakeholders
• Ensuring all data is compatible across jurisdictions and datasets which is referenced to the same framework i.e. cadastre and topography

Peter Bowen
Principal Geospatial Scientist
NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL

9.50 Making Better Business Decisions By Integrating Spatial & Business Data: Answering The Difficult Questions

• Pooling spatial data and associated business data often stored in disparate systems into one source system to get a single version of truth
• Reducing the risk - GiS versus Data warehouse or an alternative approach
• Empowering better decision making: Allowing you access to information faster, with more accuracy, improved performance and service delivery
• Discussing how to effectively bring together your spatial and business data in an open standards central repository

Brian Middleton
General Manager
EXOR CORPORATION

10.30 Morning Tea And Networking

11.00 Geo-Coding Attributes Into Risk Model: An Effective Approach At The ATO

• Analysing the importance of analysis of data: Ensuring information isn’t just used for mapping
• Utilising data to identify derived spatial features
• Ensuring full geo-coding and spatial analysis within the ATO

Ray Lindsay
Senior Data Miner
AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

3.50 Analysing The Benefits Of GIS For The Department Of Health

• Discussing Data Management: Validation and Integration
• Highlighting Spatial Analysis: Point pattern analysis, Network analysis and Disease mapping
• Expanding the usage of spatial data including: Health research, health planning, funding allocation, reporting health issues
• Continuing development of GIS: Analysing the possibilities for the future within the Dept of Health

Grace Yun
Research Analyst GIS
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH – WA

4.30 Initiating An Effective Data Capture And Delivery Of Data: A Queanbean City Council Approach

• Changing the way it deals with open text and technology management
• Going to tender: digitisation of the land environment protection instrument
• Correcting the cadastre as near perfect as possible
• Highlighting the challenges and benefits of correcting the LEP through GIS
• Initiating changes for Local Councils: Requiring greater accuracy and the capacity to take care of the corrections
• Developing the spatial association of components: The upstream and downstream of network

Alex Schultz
GIS Coordinator
QUEANBEYAN CITY COUNCIL

5.10 Moving Spatial Data Into Information: Why GIS Is Not The Stand Alone Business Solution – A Search & Rescue Example

• Designing a GIS application to satisfy a business need: Highlighting some of the things people should bear in mind
• Analysing application design - business flow
• Exploring the power of GIS through system integration
• Investigating integration that goes beyond your own application eg to the web for others to access
• Moving spatial data into information
• Discussing GIS as part of mainstream IT

Lyn Murray
GIS Administrator
AUSTRALIAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY

5.50 Closing Remarks From Chair

6.00 Close Of Conference

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