There was a triple header opening plenary for the AGI GeoCommunity 08 Conference being held in Stratford-on-Avon. Two private sector players, Microsoft and Autodesk, represented by Sean Phelan of Multimap, now part of Microsoft and Geoff Zeiss of Autodesk, bookended a presentation from Vanessa Lawrence of Ordnance Survey.
All three responded to the event theme: Shaping a Changing World. Phelan took a business perspective, providing some valuable insights for those looking at the economic realities of Web mapping in particular. Lawrence tapped into our, that is, the geocommunitys role, in this changing world as well as noting the current issues at OS. Zeiss focussed on the worlds infrastructure and the challenges it posses to the world and the geospatial community.
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