largest geospatial event in the UK

64 Pages·2017·4.24 MB·English

BUSINESS 2017
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Your guide to the
largest geospatial
event in the UK
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GEO Business
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Contents
Meet the team... Welcome from Diversified Communications 4
Welcome from AGI 4
Event schedule 5
Social events 5
Versha Carter Caroline Hobden
Group Event Director Event Director
Welcome from RICS and TSA 6
Welcome from ICES and ICE 8
General information 11
Sophie Potten Cheri Arvonio
Conference chairman welcome 13
Marketing Manager Operations Manager
Conference committee 13
Conference programme 15
Associated meetings 20
Danielle Smith Apinya Clark
Event Coordinator Senior Event Coordinator
Commercial workshop programme 22
Outside displays 27
Supporters 29
Charlotte Brown
Marketing Executive Geo Careers 35
Exhibitor listings 37
Products & services index 57
Diversified Communications Ltd
The Pike House, George Street, Nailsworth Floor plan 62
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Welcome
I can’t quite believe we are opening the GEO Business doors for
the fourth time and on reflection we are absolutely delighted
with the developments we, as an industry, have made over the
past few years. Caroline Hobden, Event Director, GEO Business
At the very heart of the show lies the exhibition which has grown There are so many thank you’s we must extend, starting with our
an inordinate amount, each year welcoming more and more Working Committee, who since the very first meeting all those
manufacturers and service providers. The conference has become years ago when we discussed the possibility of a geospatial event
synonymous with cutting edge content, never afraid to delve deep in the UK, have given nothing but support, encouragement and
into the core matters facing the industry; the hands-on workshops advice. AGI, RICS, TSA, ICES and ICE we thank you, without you none
continue to draw crowds keen to learn, develop skills and of this would be possible.
ultimately try before they buy. Then there are theinfamous
Our Technical Conference Committee, under the leadership of this
networking events we hope will yet again entertain and help
year’s chairman and AGI representativeSteven Eglinton, have
encourage new business relationships. The associated meeting
willingly given their expertise to help develop one of the most
programme that was introduced last year is making a welcome
exciting programmes we have ever seen. We must thank our
return to focus on current hot topics. and finally we welcome a
exhibitors who are the soul of GEO Business and finally our industry
brand new chapter to GEO Business – the GEO Careers event. An
magazines, journals and supporting organisations who have once
initiative that aims to offer inspiration to the next generation and
again helped us to spread the GEO Business gospel, for ensuring our
help address the skills shortage.
message reaches the far reaching corners of the world.
There is so much to see and do this week, but one element we hope
Finally, on behalf of the entire team, we look forward to welcoming
you will all attend includes the GEO Business Question Time session
you personally and hope that you enjoy an action packed two days
on day two that asks (amongst other things), ‘What is the Future of
with us at GEO Business 2017.
the Industry?’
Abi Page,Chair, Association for Geographic Information
I’m delighted to also be extending the warm And, quite reassuringly, it feels as though we share the same levels
welcome to GEO Business 2017, and I’m looking of enthusiasm for exploring the future together: embracing new
technologies; expanding our own horizons as geographers; and
forward to meeting many of you in person.
promoting the awareness of geo as a discipline that can make an
essential difference.
The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) has worked hard
to build a reputation for being the clear voice of the geospatial
In fact, staying abreast of what’s going on is almost a full-time job
industry in Britain. We promote the value of using location in every
in itself! That’s one of the reasons I enjoy Geo Business so very
aspect of work, business, and all walks of life. There’s never been a
much. It’s an opportunity for us all to meet up, share ideas, discover
better time to be working in the geospatial industry.
something new and immerse ourselves with colleagues. If you have
time, please, do stop me if you see me, or introduce yourselves and
That said, the industry is changing. In very many other disciplines,
chat to other members of the AGI. GEO Business really is the place
there’s now an appetite for finding out more about the world we
to be – and we are the organisation to be with – if you want to stay
live in – not just examining information about the physical
one step ahead of what’s coming next in the industry.
landscape, but also using geo insights that can help us to ‘live life
better’ too.
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Schedule
Tuesday 23 May FREE TO
ALE
ATTEND
TRAIL
0900 Onsite registration open
0900 –1800 Exhibition opening hours
0930 –1640 GEO Business Conference Ale Trail
(Registered conference delegates only)
0930 –1645 Commercial Workshops Exhibition Floor
(Arrive early if you plan to attend Tuesday 23 May, 4.00pm until 6.00pm
the first sessions)
FREE TO ATTEND
1015 –1515 Associated Meetings for all pre-registered visitors and exhibitors
1600 –1800 Ale Trail Want to enjoy an informal networking event with colleagues
FREE to attend and clients alike and sup a glass or two of some of the best ale
Exhibition Hall the UK has to offer at the same time?Then look no further as
GEO Business welcomes the return of the infamous
1930 –late Gala Dinner
networking initiative that succeeds at ticking all your boxes.
TICKET HOLDERS ONLY
Visitors to GEO Business will be mesmerised by the varying
Pullman London St Pancras Hotel
quality ales that will be positioned around the hall, all ready
100-110 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AJ
for you to try and re-try for good measure! #GEOAle
Sponsored by:
Wednesday 24 May
0900 Onsite registration open
0900 –1600 Exhibition opening hours
0930 –1600 GEO Business Conference
(Registered conference delegates only)
0930 –1600 Commercial Workshops
(Arrive early if you plan to attend
the first sessions)
0930 –1345 Associated Meetings
1100 –1600 GEO Careers
Students from Clacton Coastal Academy
and DEC! teachers only
Executive Centre
GEO Business Gala Dinner
1400 –1600 GEO Business Question Time:
What is the Future of the Geospatial Industry? Pullman London St Pancras Hotel
OPEN TO ALL 100-110 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AJ
Conference Threatre Tuesday 23 May, 7.30pm onwards
TICKET HOLDERS ONLY
The hugely anticipated gala dinner will be taking place on
the opening night of GEO Business when it returns to the
Pullman London St Pancras Hotel.With a combination of
live entertainment, excellent cuisine and great company
we are sure it’s going to be one to remember! See the
GEO Business Organisers Office for last minute availability.
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Welcome
Adam Bradley,President, The Survey Association
TSA is excited to be supporting GEO Business again Last year’s very well attended workshop at the Conference on
this year and now with over 175 member tackling equipment theft provided some thought provoking
challenges from the audience and TSA are now leading a working
companies we look forward to seeing as many of
group to look at these in greater detail. That’s what is great about
you as possible over the two days.
these events, an opportunity to voice an opinion and catch up with
the latest in Industry software and hardware developments.
Come and visit our stand (C2) for an update on the things TSA are
currently working on and as our recent AGM focussed on ‘Surveyors The future of our profession in terms of innovation and grass roots
of the Future’, The Survey School also have a stand (E5 in the surveying is looking very bright and I’m excited to see what this
Education Zone) to talk about the various academic and technically year’s conference and exhibitors present to show how our
specific short courses they run. We welcome from our members profession’s role in managing and delivering quality spatial data is
ideas for future seminars, short-courses or indeed, if you wish to evolving.
become a member and find out what TSA does in greater detail, then
come and have a chat.
Gordon Johnston,Chair, RICS Geomatics Professional Group Board
As we continue to experience a busy work period, Our professionals are required to keep up to date with current
with new technologies and initiatives to keep practice through a programme of lifelong learning. So with GEO
Business if you’re involved in land development, construction,
abreast of, GEO Business offers a great
infrastructure, utility and asset mapping, topographic, land or
opportunity to gain further knowledge to support
hydrographic surveys and projects then there is much to gain
you, your profession and to achieve sustained and your CPD will benefit!
benefits.
The RICS seeks to influence governments, international organisations
and key stakeholder organisations around the world with the aim of
The Geomatics Professional Group is the professional specialism
developing and embedding standards and creating a vibrant and
across the many sectors of geomatics providing the technical
sustainable land, property and construction sector. RICS members
guidance and market insight that underpin our standards and
demonstrate how our professionalism, technical knowledge and
guidance. Individuals can either gain chartered status and
standards can practically deliver to the public advantage.
designations such as Chartered Land Surveyor, Chartered
Hydrographic Surveyor, Chartered Engineering Surveyor or
If you attend the conference you’ll be able to listen to many high
alternatively gain the technical designation of AssocRICS. RICS,
level expert speakers and engage with the geo-question time
along with the entire geospatial industry, has been very
debate. Many speakers will underline and discuss how the
supportive of the new geospatial surveying apprenticeships, a
Geospatial industry is a key ingredient of infrastructure projects
very exciting development for our industry and an initiative you
now and how, increasingly for the future, it’s important we
can learn about at GEO Business. I would also commend the new
contribute to project delivery. Such encouragement and insight is
Geo Careers element of this event. If you are interested in joining,
just one aspect of the GEO Business event. Do leave time to attend
supporting or contributing to the work carried out by the
some of the hands on workshops and visit the exhibition because
Geomatics Professional Group or any of the RICS Groups then
it’s often here that new ideas, relationships and networks are
please contact us on stand C2.
generated. See you on the ale trail!

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Welcome
Harry Bell ,Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES)
Welcome to GEO Business! What an achievement it students and their teachers just how amazing and important
has been over the last four years to see this event geospatial technology is.
grow into the success it is. I am immensely proud Since the last GEO Business, ICES has had an incredibly busy and
of the geospatial industry and it truly deserves the productive 12 months. We continue to support members on their
pathways to professional registration, whether that be for
showcase that you are visiting today.
chartered engineer or incorporated engineer. We have expanded
The organisation of GEO Business is very much a collaborative our international outreach with developments taking place in
effort between professional bodies and associations in the China, Macau, Qatar and the UAE. We are involved in the UK BIM
geospatial arena. This mirrors the increasing collaboration we Alliance and continue to support Survey4BIM. And we have
are seeing throughout the civil engineering industry. It is only by recently signed up as a Buildforce champion to encourage former
working together that we will share our knowledge, experience military personnel into construction.
and best practice for the benefit of society.
If you would like to find out more about ICES and our initiatives,
This year sees the launch of GEO Careers. ICES has been working please come along to stand C2. Whether you want to talk about
to improve the communication and involvement between our membership, accredited courses, training, development schemes
members and schools, and I am delighted to see this coinciding or simply want to pick up a copy of our respected journal Civil
initiative at GEO Business. What a wonderful way to show school Engineering Surveyor, stop by. We will be delighted to meet you.
Chris Preston, Chair ICE Geospatial Engineering Panel
The ICE is pleased to be once again supporting vendors and users strive for faster, cheaper and more robust
GEO Business. Geospatial applications and data implementations. These Cloud initiatives will themselves raise
security concerns; we only need to read about the numerous data
are an ever more important feature of everyone’s
confidentiality breeches to appreciate the potential pitfalls.
everyday life and particularly that of engineers.
Security must be an important design consideration and cover
not just data access, but also service continuity and availability.
The geospatial business is continuing to mature and the
However, implemented in the correct way with the correct
techniques and processes that we use are becoming more
controls, Cloud solutions undoubtedly provide an opportunity
mainstream by the day. At the same time many of the specialists
which geospatial solutions can use. Many will be on display at
are moving into the consumer environment. This trend will
GEO Business 2017.
undoubtedly continue in 2017. However, this and a number of
other things present us with ongoing challenges. As geo businesses mature, data exchange and standards will have
an ever growing importance. Two recent examples which will
With many more people taking geospatial technologies and data
impact the utilities are ‘PAS 128 - Specification for underground
availability for granted there is a need for the capture of geospatial
utility detection, verification and location’ published in 2014 and
data more quickly and in more detail. With this we could see an
‘PAS 256 - Buried assets – Capturing, recording, maintaining and
exponential rise in data volumes. The use of drones and remote
sharing of location information and data’ which ICE launched on
sensing are examples of the innovative tools for data capture,
the 11th April. ICE will be concentrating on ‘Digital Engineering
but a rise in the adoption of SMART initiatives such as SMART
and the Built Environment’ as one of its campaign themes this
Infrastructure will also impact the overall scope of geospatial data.
year and over the next few years.
At the same time the use of Cloud technologies to address some of
Please do visit us on stand C2, where we look forward to meeting
these issues will present their own challenges. We are likely to see
you.
more examples of Cloud applications and data storage options as

Geo-enabling BIM
2017: A new challenge
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is driving
digital transformation of the built environment, and
the geospatial industry has a key role to play.
Survey4BIM is your industry champion and in 2016
defined the Big 5 BIM challenges for the geospatial
community.
Join us at GEO Business for an update on our
GENERALISATION
Accuracy challenge, and for the launch of the
Interoperability challenge where we will be seeking
out your views on Interoperability in geospatial, and
LEVEL OF DETAIL
how it affects your BIM integration.
In addition we will update you on our Industry
Engagement plans for 2017, including where we
INTEROPERABILTY
need your support.
Join us at the following sessions:
META-DATA 1315 – 1345 hours, Tuesday 23 May 2017
1015 – 1045 hours, Wednesday 24 May 2017
ACCURACY