SSSI SICC News - October 2019

September 30, 2019

Committee Meeting Report

September Committee Meeting

This was the final meeting of the current Committee, as nominations were underway for representatives for the next 2 years.

The Committee contributed to and endorsed a briefing paper for the SSSI Board outlining the coming URISA Exchange trip to the GIS Pro (URISA) conference in the USA. More about this exchange program in this newsletter.

The SICC Annual Report 2018-19 was discussed and all contributed content ideas for inclusion.

The Committee discussed how SICC can encourage GISP-AP recipients to provide information about themselves and their work. The Committee will draft a standard letter to newly certified professionals.

Member Highlights

SICC welcomes the following new members:

Chad Ajamian	NSW	Member
Geoffrey Lawes	QLD	Member
Peter Schmidt	NSW	Member

Event Highlights

South East Asia Survey Congress 2019

It was wonderfully refreshing to attend a conference where I could learn from other countries rather than just discussing usual issues amongst Australians. It really serves to attend an international conference to question the reason you do things and the way you do them now. A wide array of topics were presented with highlights for me including how other counties are approaching the need for certifications in the GIS . There is a gap between the formal education and the needs of major employers, including Government .

The major take-a-way for me is that more than ever in my career is the overlap and collaboration required between survey, cartography and GIS.

Angus Scown, member National SICC Committee, Queensland

Upcoming Events

SSSI SICC related events over the next few weeks

Mon 7^th Oct	SSSI WA	Perth	Data Sharing and Privacy Seminar
Fri 18^th Oct	SSSI QLD	Brisbane	Qld Surveying & Spatial Day, inc APSEA-Q
Mon 21^st Oct	SSSI National	Sydney	Upgrades to Australian Geospatial Reference System Webinar Series: PART THREE
Thu 25^th Oct	SSSI Vic	Melbourne	SSSI VIC Women in Spatial Seminar
Fri 25^th Oct	SSSI SA	Adelaide	Spatial Information Day & APSEA-SA 2019
Fri 25^th Oct	SSSI National	Adelaide	SSSI 2019 Annual General Meeting
Thu 31^st Oct – Fri 1^st Nov	SSSI QLD	Gladstone	2019 Central Group Conference
Fri 8^th Nov	SSSIYP – National	Sydney	SSSI Young Professionals Mentoring Program - NSW/ACT Graduation Event
Fri 15^th Nov	SSSI – NSW	Sydney	GIS Day 2019: Breakfast with Don Murray (Sydney)

Other Association Events

GIS-Pro 2019 – 28 September – 2 October 2019 – New Orleans, Louisiana
8th FIG Land Administration Domain Model Workshop (LADM 2019)
Joint event with UDMS's 4th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC2019) and Geomatics Geospatial Technology (GGT2019) isoladm.org/LADM2019Workshop 1–3 October 2019 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
URISA GIS Leadership Academy – 21–25 October 2019 – Phoenix, Arizona
FOSS4G & SOTM 2019 | Wellington, NZ | 12–15 November 2019
URISA’s 2019 Caribbean GIS Conference – 18–21 November 2019 – Port of Spain, Trinidad
2020 GIS/Valuation Technologies Conference – 23–26 March 2020 – Louisville, Kentucky
GIS-Pro 2020 – 27 September – 1 October 2020 – Baltimore, Maryland

Important News

The SSSI Spatial Information & Cartography Commission has an international exchange arrangement with Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. This year, the SICC Chair, Kerry Smyth is representing SSSI as our invited delegate to attend the GIS-Pro 2019 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. While at the conference, Kerry will be meeting with representatives from URISA and the GIS Certification Institute to review and ratify existing agreements that SICC has with them and renewing collaboration with them. SICC has used the existing agreements to draw on a range of resources for holding workshops and developing our certification system. Kerry will return with renewed relationships that will continue to serve our commission’s programs and benefit the wider membership.

More about URISA

More about the GIS Pro Conference in New Orleans.