WG 1 Meeting on Positioning and Datum Modernisation
3 November 2019, 09:30-17:00
National Convention Centre Canberra, Room: Torrens Room
As part of the three-day Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM-AP, hosted in Canberra by the Australian Government, Working Group 1 on 'Geodetic Reference Frame' is meeting on the first day. The meeting is hosted by UN-GGIM-AP, UN Subcommittee on Geodesy Education Training and Capacity Building WG, FIG Asia Pacific Capacity Development Network and Commission 5, and Geoscience Australia.
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration | |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Session 1A | |
| UN-GGIM-AP Reference Frames | Basara Miyahara | |
| Modernisation of a Geospatial Reference System | Nick Brown | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Morning Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Session 1B | |
| ITRF, Asia Pacific Reference Frame (APREF) and its Infrastructure and Data Analysis Centres | John Dawson | |
| Modernising a Geodetic Datum | Graeme Blick | |
| Unification of Heights and Vertical Reference Surfaces | Basara Miyahara | |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:15 – 13:40 | Session 1C | |
| Importance of Positioning Infrastructure | John Dawson | |
| 13:40 – 15:00 | Session 2A | |
| UN SCoG ETCB and IGIF | Allison Craddock | |
| FIG Asia Pacific Capacity Development Network | Rob Sarib | |
| The Future – NPI 2.0? | Chris Rizos | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 15:30 – 17:30 | Session 2B | |
| Case Studies on geodetic infrastructure and systems development; datum modernisation progress; and capacity building from Member States | ||
| UN-GGIM Arab States WG on geodetic reference frame and ARABREF | Othman Al-Kherayef | |
| Geodetic infrastructure development and datum modernization in Indonesia | Arief Syafi'i | |
| Geodetic infrastructure / system development in Bangladesh | Rouf Howlader | |
| Modernization of Tonga's Geodetic Infrastructures using Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) | Nick Brown | |
| 17:30 | Drinks and Canapés Reception | The Crown Plaza | |
Please see logistics of the Eighth Plenary Meeting.