Program of GIS conference:

Day 1 May 5
RESISTRATION 8:00-9:00AM
Opening Speeches
9:00-10:00		Joint prayer
		Technical program chair Ir. Vincent Tarus, MSc, PhD
		Program coordinator CDU, Bronwyn Myers, PhD
		Rektor of UNDANA (Kupang), Prof. Frans Umbu Datta, M.App.Sc., Ph.D
10:00-10:30		Morning Tea
Remote Sensing Applications For mapping and monitoring in NTT
10:30	Rohan Fisher		Charles Darwin University		Satellite imagery for land resource monitoring in NTT.
11:00	Agus Rawambaku		BAPEDDA Sumba Timor		GIS for fire mapping in East Sumba
11:30	Dudy Kurnia		ICRAF, Bogor, Indonesia		Monitoring Hidrologi dengan Indikator Perubahan Tutupan Lahan (1989-1999); Studi Kasus di DAS Talau – Kabupaten Belu Monitoring hydrology with changes in land cover (1989-1999); case study in Talau Catchment – Belu district
11.30-12.00	30 Min panel discussion
12:00 - 1:00				Lunch
Afternoon Session
GIS applications for Community development and good governance
1:30	Jeff Fox		East West Center Hawaii		GIS and community development in Sumba, eastern Cambodia, Northern Laos
2:00	Pedruco Capelao /Marrie-Ann Meza		Concern Timor Leste		Lessons Learnt in using 3D Mapping & Participatory GIS
2:30	George Manu		Representing CARE International		Vision Mapping, A Story from PULIH Project
3:00-3:30	Discussion – Afternoon  Tea
4:00	Ansariadi		Dept of Epidemiology Univ. Hasanuddin Makassar		Analisis spatial terhadap beberapa penyakit utama di Sulawesi Selatan  Pengalaman menggunakan metoda GIS di bidang kesehatan Spatial análisis for several important diseases in South Sulawesi. Experiences using GIS methods in the Health field
4:00 – 4:30	30 Min Panel discussion.
Evening – Conference dinner for presenters and invited guests.
Day 2 May 5
Morning Session
Natural Resource Mapping Applications
9:00	Karen Edyvane		Chief Marine Scientist - Northern Territory Government		GIS for costal environmental mapping
9:30	Juno Rownhurst		Charles Darwin University		Monitoring changes in the Caraulun river delta Timor Leste
10:00	Vincent Tarus		UNDANA		Agroecological Zonation For Regional Agriculture Planning in Manggarai Barat, NTT
10.30	Morning Tea
11:00	Tjeerds Wits		BAPEDDA Ngada		Critical Land Assessment in Assesa Catchment
11:30	Efraim Muga		BAPEDDA Ngada		Collaboration on management of Watuata protected area
12.00	30 Min panel discussion
12:30-1:30				Lunch
Afternoon Session
GIS Development, Data Standards and community building
1:30	Markus Lupp		Lat/Lon Consulting		International standards for exchange of geospatial data and their applicability in the NTT region
2:00	John Asbano		BAPEDDA TTS		GIS and local government in Indonesia. Experiences, difficulties and potentials in Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan
2:30	Edy Irwansyah		Yayasan Inovasi Pemerintahan Daerah		GIS development in Sulawesi
3:00-3:30	Discussion – Afternoon Tea
2:30	Katerina Lupp			BAPPEDA NTT	Data sharing arrangements in Province NTT
3:30	Renee Bartolo			President of the Aust Spatial Sciences Institute	Building GIS communities, an example from Northern Australia
4:00	Open Discussion and Closing Speech