The 5th International Symposium on Digital Earth - Bringing Digital Earth down to Earth.

5th International Symposium on Digital Earth - June 5-9 2007 - Official Program

Day 3 - Thursday - 7 June 2007:
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Indigenous Communities. Emergent Technologies. Blending voices in harmony.

The third day of Digital Earth bridges the divide between local and international identities, with presentations from around the planet that explore how people are using the Digital Earth in their back yard. "What will it take for us to become indigenous again - not as we were, but as we might be." William McDonough

Convene: 9:00am, Plenary, Wheeler Auditorium

Opening: A gathering of the peoples.

Native Nations using Information Technologies to Develop New Governance Models
Yukon Chiefs (Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council, Alaska)

Spatial Considerations in the Development of New Governance Models for Indigenous People
Governor Jim Geringer (Wyoming)

Reconvene: 10:30am, Wheeler Auditorium

Story of a Planet Walker:
Connecting People One Village at a Time
Dr. John Francis (Planetwalker, Pt. Reyes, California)

Serious Games for Sustainable Community Development
Prof. David Wortley (Director, Serious Games Institute, Coventry Univ., UK)

ICT4D Sustainability for Indigenous Peoples
Jeff Harrison (CEO The Carbon Project)

Strengthening Corporate Social Responsibility:
Case Study of the Taiwanese Indigenous Community Care Platform
Kuo, Chia-Chen
(National Center for High-Performance Computing)

Panel
Convening a Dialogue for the Future to Ensure the Viability of Indigenous Communities.

Co-chairs: Melanie St.James, (Empowerment Works!) and David Wortley
Participants: Speakers and participant,
(Continues after lunch in alternate venue)

WiserEarth - Launch of a Global Partnership
Peggy Duvette (Natural Capital Institute, Sausalito, California)

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Conference participants are welcomed to visit the exhibition space and map out "ideas for the future" together in the Pauley Ballroom, Level 3.

Lunch Program
TBD

Reconvene: (2:00pm, Plenary, Wheeler Auditorium)

Concurrent 1 (Part1): Wheeler Auditorium

Nations: Around the world with the spin of a globe

Opener and welcome
Prof Tom Gold, (Dean of International Studies. UC Berkeley) and Gabor Remetey-Fulopp (Budapest, Hungary)

China's Digital Earth Technology
Professor Guo Huadong (Director, International Society for Digital Earth, Beijing, China)

National Agendas for Digital Earth Progress
Dr. Gabor Remetey Flpp SPP (Budapest, Hungary)

Atlas Information Systems and Geographical Names Information Systems as contribuants to Spatial Data Infrastructure
Vladimir S. Tikunov (Moscow), Ferjan Ormeling (Utrecht), and Milan Konecny (President, Int. Cartographic`Association and Vice-President ISDE)

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Reconvene: (3:30pm, Wheeler Auditorium)

Global Challenges and Earth Observation
Brig. General Peter Worden (Director, NASA Ames Research Center)

Spatially Enabling and Interlinking a Knowledge Community
Dr. Michael Goodchild (NCGIA, U.C. Santa Barbara)

Satellite Images: An Extensive Support To Climate Change Impact Assesment
Louis-Francois Guerre (Spot Image, France)

Concurrent Sessions (Part 2): Break out rooms

Health and Digital Earth
Session Chair: Joan Aaron
Session Co-Chair: Samuel P. Walker, MSPH

Sustainable development
Session Chair: TBA

Technical 2
Session Chair: TBA

Closing by 5:30pm - move to Pauley Ballroom for Social

Gala Dinner:with Global Leaders for Change.

Special Introduction: Campaign 2020.

Award Ceremony:Winners of International Digital Earth 3D Visualization Challenge.

Live Music: Free Sound (Honolulu, Hawaii).

Convene (from 5:30pm-7:30pm, Pauley Ballroom)

Day 4 - Friday - 8 June 2007:
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Day 4 draws together major themes for Digital Earth into the future.

Virtual Globes for Science and Humanity - Co-Convened 2nd Virtual Globes for Science Series

Convene: 9:00am, Plenary, Wheeler Auditorium

Technology for Survival of Society
Session Leaders: Tetsuya Sato and John Graham (Japan and USA)

Technology for Collaboration and Infrastructure
Dr. Doug Engelbart (Bootstrap Alliance, Fremont, California)

Specific areas of concern right now:
Beyond Can-Do, What the Supercomputers Are Doing
John Graham (Senior Developer, SDSU Visualization Center, San Diego)

Biggest Computer for Greatest Challenges
Dr. Tetsuya Sato (Director, Earth Simulator, Tokyo, Japan)

EPA Harnessing Spatial Data
Dr. John Lyons

Global Earth Observation System: Critical Content for a Digital Earth
Greg Withee (Senior Advisor to Vice Admiral Lautenbacher on GEOSS, NOAA, Washington, DC)

Earth cafe sets up the process for the "where to from here" on the emergent ideas participants have generated during the Digital Earth Gathering. Ideas captured during the weeks sessions are given a structure for fulfilment. A core group may work with the ideas which have been emerging over the last week and prepare for present-backs for the Final Sessions, Saturday 9 June 2007.

Earth cafe opener
Billy Matheson (New Zealand)

Innovation for Future
Howard Lieberman (Silicon Valley Innovation Institute)

Reconvene: 1:30pm, Wheeler Auditorium

A panel convened by Dr Matt Nolan (University of Alaska)

Leaders in this field take the chance to put aside their "corporate armor" for a few hours and discuss the possibilities for virtual globes within the context of the altruistic digital earth vision.

- Bill Gail, Virtual Earth, Microsoft

- Chuck Stein, GeoFusion

- David Maquire, ESRI

- Rony Ledany, Skyline Software

- Pat Hogan, NASA

- Brian McClendon, Google Earth

Closing by 5:30pm - move to Pauley Ballroom for Social

Social: Virtual Globe Movers and Shakers.

Live Music: Singing Wood Marimba (Santa Cruz, California). click here to listen...

Convene (from 5:30pm-7:30pm, Pauley Ballroom)

Day 5 - Saturday - 9 June 2007:
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The final day of the symposium is a day of emergence. It a time to bridge between what is possible and the next steps for the Digital Earth community.

Coffee: 9:00am, Wheeler Lobby

Convene: 9:30am, Plenary, Wheeler Auditorium

Paths for Progress

Opener - Digital Earth Exchange as a Digital Commons
Dr. Mike Liebhold (Senior Scientists, Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, CA)

Summary reflections-
Speakers from the conference

The Digital Exchange Cafe - Coffee and Conversation
(10:30am-11:00am, Wheeler Foyer)

Community & Affinity Groups
Follow-on Actions

Emergence from the conference
Dr Glen Lauder, Bioneers and a team of conference participants.

Ceremony of Completion
Led by the Youth Insight Participants

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