Vancouver, BC, CANADA, April 25, 2008 – GeoWeb 2008 Conference Organizers have opened registration for this year’s incredible conference. Don’t miss this opportunity to register and hear from industry leaders as they share their knowledge and to network with your fellow peers.

GeoWeb 2008’s conference line-up is exciting, and we are pleased to present our conference program:

Keynote Speakers
• Dr. John Curlander, general manager, Microsoft Virtual Earth Business Unit
• Michael T. Jones, chief technology advocate, Google
• Alex Miller, founder and president, ESRI Canada Ltd.

Invited Speakers
• Dr. Michael F. Goodchild, professor of geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Dr. Michael Kay, technical director, Saxonica
• Kimon G. Onuma, FAIA, president, Onuma, Inc.

Workshops
This year’s workshops are promising to challenge our attendees with new and thought provoking concepts and ideas that include:
• 3D Geospatial: Project Implementation Methods and Best Practices
• A Complete Guide to Geo-Spatial Technology at Microsoft
• A Developer-Level Introduction to Using Javascript, REST and Web 2.0 Technologies
• BIMStorm Vancouver
• Creating and Using Geospatial Image and Data Services
• GeoSpatial Data Quality
• GML and Related Technology
• Google Earth Weather and KML Layers
• LiDAR: Understanding the Basics of Pulsing Lasers in the Creation of 3D Digital Point Datasets
• Map Based RIA Development Using Adobe Flex and AIR
• Mapguide Open Source brings Together CAD, GIS and BIM Technologies
• OGC and OGC Standards: An update on activities and current status of key OGC standards.
• Registries for the GeoWeb
• Using Open Source Software to Process Geo-Semantic / Geo-Spatial Knowledge and Visuals – (Part 1 & 2)
• XML and XQuery, and Their Application to Spatial Information

Paper Presentations
With an overwhelming response and an increase of 60% submittals, we are pleased to have over 50 presenters discussing such topics as:
• Architecture and Semantics of the Geospatial Web
• Business and Policy in the Geoweb
• CAD-BIM GIS Integration
• GeoWeb in Security and Defense
• Data Federation for the GeoWeb
• Municipal GeoWeb Applications
• Community Collaboration
• Real Time Emergency and Public Safety
• GeoWeb for Physical Infrastructure

Vendor Exhibit Hall & Reception
This is a great opportunity to meet all of our vendors and to hear each of them as they present information on their organization and products.

Spark Panels
This year’s two Spark Panels will include:
• A Look at Three Open Source GIS Servers: GeoServer, MapGuide, and MapServer
• National Critical Infrastructure Data Models: Implications for Local Government and Utilities

GeoWeb’s 1st Student Contest
As the student contest will be closing in less than a month, we look forward to being able to showcase our winner(s) at the GeoWeb 2008 conference.

Networking Reception & Fireworks
This will be an unforgettable networking event and dinner, while we are onboard the MV Britannia and sharing in Vancouver’s spectacular Celebration of Light International Fireworks Competition.

Sponsorships
Our sponsorships are filling up fast. Don’t miss this great event to help make your mark in the GeoWeb world. For more details please check out our sponsorship prospectus.

Going Green
In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of hosting a conference, the GeoWeb organizers are taking the necessary steps to make the GeoWeb Conference, a more green and sustainable conference.

For full information on the conference, please visit us at www.geowebconference.org.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.
+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, April 18, 2008 – With less than a month away to submit, could you be the winner of the 1st GeoWeb Student Contest? If so, we want to hear from you!!!

The deadline for submitting your registration and final submissions is less than one month away.

The objective of the contest is to materially advance the development of the GeoWeb with either:
· A theoretical solution or a piece of software (All software must be open source and free of any royalties or other encumbrances)

To help students prepare their submissions for the GeoWeb 2008 student contest, here are a few ideas:
· Generate 3D models for Google Earth, Virtual Earth etc. from CAD drawings automatically.
· To enhance position measurement inside a building.
· Integrate Google or Virtual Earth with Second Life
· Generalize from large scale to small scale in 2D and 3D.
· Generate GML (observations) from KML and KML (by styling) from GML.
· Validate geography and topology automatically using a rule based mechanism.
· To visualize the content of an ebRIM (OASIS) registry.
· Develop visualization mechanisms for travelogues
· Use wavlets to integrate geometry, coverages and observations.

Students may submit a registration of an abstract of their proposal at any time (see http://geowebconference.org/students-academia/contest-information).

Note that both registration and final submissions are due and must be submitted no later than May 15, 2008.

For full contest and conference details, please http://geowebconference.org.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.
+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, April 16, 2008 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are pleased to announce the recent sponsors of the GeoWeb 2008 conference.

• Microsoft Virtual Earth as a new Platinum Sponsor
• Safe Software as a new Gold Sponsor
• GeoWorld Magazine as our returning Industry Media Sponsor

"We are very pleased to announce our two newest conference sponsors, Microsoft Virtual Earth and Safe Software. The partnership with these two companies is important to achieving the ambitious objectives we have for this conference,” said Bob Samborski, Executive Director of GITA.

Ron Lake, CEO of Galdos Systems, Inc. says ““The addition of these industry leaders shows the importance of the GeoWeb for the GI and wider IT industries.”

GeoWeb is one of the only annual conferences focusing exclusively on the convergence of GIS and the Internet and the economic potential associated with the convergence of XML, web services and geographic information systems.

The theme for this year’s GeoWeb conference is Infrastructure: Local to Global. The key themes of this year’s paper presentations are:

• Global aggregators and Data Communities
• GeoWeb in Security and Defense
• Real time emergency response and environmental security
• Neo-geo, user generated data and the GI professional
• CAD-BIM-GIS-Games Integration – 3D Cityscapes (Worlds Real and Virtual)
• Infrastructure for information – building alongside physical infrastructure
• Municipal SDI in the GeoWeb
• Imaging, Coverages and Information Infrastructures

For media inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.
+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, April 3, 2008 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are pleased to announce GeoWeb 2008’s Keynote and Invited Speakers.

Ron Lake, CEO of Galdos Systems, Inc. says “The GeoWeb Conference is a focal point for the geospatial industry – a sort of Davos for geo-industry leaders. This year we have attracted some of the brightest and most forward looking people in the industry – representing a diversity of points of view and approaches to realization of the GeoWeb.”

The 2008 Keynote Speakers consists of:
· Dr. John Curlander, General Manager, Microsoft Virtual Earth Business Unit
· Michael T. Jones, Chief Technology Advocate, Google
· Alex Miller, founder and President, ESRI Canada Ltd.

The 2008 Invited Speakers consists of:
· Dr. Michael F. Goodchild, Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
· Dr. Michael Kay, Technical Director, Saxonica
· Kimon G. Onuma, FAIA, President, Onuma, Inc.

"It’s these thought leaders that ignite the idea sharing process at GeoWeb, and we’re looking forward to seeing their impact on the rest of the conference." said Bob Samborski, Executive Director of GITA.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.
+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, February 19, 2008 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are pleased to announce the recent sponsors of the event.

Google returning as a Platinum Sponsor

Pitney Bowes MapInfo as a new Silver Sponsor

The annual conference will take place in Vancouver from July 21-25th, 2008 and the meetings being held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. GeoWeb is one of the only annual conferences focusing exclusively on the convergence of GIS and the Internet and the economic potential associated with the convergence of XML, web services and geographic information systems. The GeoWeb 2008 conference welcomes both public and private organizations to meet, discuss and learn about today’s most innovative geospatial technologies.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.

+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, February 4, 2008 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are pleased to announce the recent sponsors of the event.

ESRI returning as a Platinum Sponsor

Digital Globe as a new Gold Sponsor

The annual conference will take place in Vancouver from July 21-25th, 2008 and the meetings being held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. GeoWeb is one of the only annual conferences focusing exclusively on the convergence of GIS and the Internet and the economic potential associated with the convergence of XML, web services and geographic information systems. The GeoWeb 2008 conference welcomes both public and private organizations to meet, discuss and learn about today’s most innovative geospatial technologies.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.

+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, February 3, 2008 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are pleased to announce GeoWeb 2008’s Organizing Committee.

The 2008 Organizing Committee consists of:
* David Burggraf, Director of Research and Development, Galdos Systems, Inc.
* Tim Case, Geospatial Practice Lead, Parsons Brinckerhoff
* David Dodds, Director, Open-Meta Computing Inc.
* Michael Gerlek, Software Architect, LizardTech, Inc.
* Michael Jones, CTO, Google Earth
* Ron Lake (Committee Chair), Chairman & CEO, Galdos Systems, Inc.
* Natasha Leger, Columnist, Imaging Notes
* Nicolas Loubier, Product Manager, Bentley Systems
* Gordon Plunkett, Director, ESRI Canada Limited
* Carl Reed, III, CTO, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
* Carsten Roensdorf, Principal Data Consultant, Ordnance Survey
* Daniel Shannon, Manager Operations, Telus Geomatics (TCI)
* Geoff Zeiss, Director of Technology, Autodesk

For media inquiries, please contact:

Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.

+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, January 30, 2008 – Conference organizers of GeoWeb 2008 today announced that due to popular demand, the Call for Papers deadline has been extended to February 22, 2008. The conference will take place from July 21st to July 25th, 2008 and will be held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The theme for the GeoWeb 2008 conference is Infrastructure: Local to Global. This implies the GeoWeb has a local or community dimension as well as a global one – that the integration of local infrastructures will give rise to a global infrastructure – that global aggregators will drive the creation of local infrastructures. Papers on any aspect of these issues are welcome and key themes of the paper presentations are:
• Global aggregators and Data Communities
• GeoWeb in Security and Defense
• Real time emergency response and environmental security
• Neo-geo, user generated data and the GI professional
• CAD-BIM-GIS-Games Integration – 3D Cityscapes (Worlds Real and Virtual)
• Infrastructure for information – building alongside physical infrastructure
• Municipal SDI in the GeoWeb
• Imaging, Coverages and Information Infrastructures
• Conference papers can also be submitted that address these issues in technical terms or in policy/social terms or even combinations of the above.

Presenters will be chosen based on a formal selection process led by GeoWeb’s Organizing Committee. The 2008 Organizing Committee consists of:
* David Burggraf, Director of Research and Development, Galdos Systems, Inc.
* Tim Case, Geospatial Practice Lead, Parsons Brinckerhoff
* David Dodds, Director, Open-Meta Computing Inc.
* Michael Gerlek, Software Architect, LizardTech, Inc.
* Michael Jones, CTO, Google Earth
* Ron Lake (Committee Chair), Chairman & CEO, Galdos Systems, Inc.
* Natasha Leger, Columnist, Imaging Notes
* Nicolas Loubier, Product Manager, Bentley Systems
* Gordon Plunkett, Director, ESRI Canada Limited
* Carl Reed, III, CTO, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
* Carsten Roensdorf, Principal Data Consultant, Ordnance Survey
* Daniel Shannon, Manager Operations, Telus Geomatics (TCI)
* Geoff Zeiss, Director of Technology, Autodesk

Prospective speakers should submit abstracts no longer than 200 words and include the presentation title, the name of the presenter or presenters, the presenting organization, and their preferred theme. The abstract online submission form as well as complete information on the call for papers process may be obtained at www.geowebconference.org and must be submitted prior to Friday, March 7th, 2008.

Complete information on the call for papers process and conference may be obtained at www.geowebconference.org.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems, Inc.
+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Industry leading event focused on GIS and the Internet

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, December 18, 2007—GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are issuing a call for papers for presentations and workshops. The annual conference will take place in Vancouver from July 21-25th, 2008 and the meeting is being held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. GeoWeb is one of the only annual conferences focusing exclusively on the convergence of GIS and the Internet and the economic potential associated with the convergence of XML, web services and geographic information systems. The GeoWeb 2008 conference welcomes both public and private organizations to meet, discuss and learn about today’s most innovative geospatial technologies.

The theme for the GeoWeb 2008 conference is Infrastructure: Local to Global. This implies the GeoWeb has a local or community dimension as well as a global one – that the integration of local infrastructures will give rise to a global infrastructure – that global aggregators will drive the creation of local infrastructures. Papers on any aspect of these issues are welcome and key themes of the paper presentations are:

• Global aggregators and Data Communities
• GeoWeb in Security and Defense
• Real time emergency response and environmental security
• Neo-geo, user generated data and the GI professional
• CAD-BIM-GIS-Games Integration – 3D Cityscapes (Worlds Real and Virtual)
• Infrastructure for information – building alongside physical infrastructure
• Municipal SDI in the GeoWeb
• Imaging, Coverages and Information Infrastructures
• Conference papers can also be submitted that address these issues in technical terms or in policy/social terms or even combinations of the above.

Presenters will be chosen based on a formal selection process led by GeoWeb’s Organizing Committee. The Organizing Committee will include industry leaders from relevant organizations worldwide that include Google, ESRI, Telus Geomatics, GE Energy and many others. Ron Lake, Chairman and CEO of Galdos Systems Inc. will act as Chairman of the committee.

Prospective speakers should submit abstracts no longer than 200 words and include the presentation title, the name of the presenter or presenters, the presenting organization, and their preferred theme. The abstract online submission form as well as complete information on the call for papers process may be obtained at www.geowebconference.org and must be submitted prior to Friday, February 1st, 2008.

Complete information on the call for papers process and conference may be obtained at www.geowebconference.org.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.
+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com

Industry leading event focused on GIS and the Internet

Vancouver, BC, CANADA, December 21, 2007 – GeoWeb 2008 conference organizers are announcing their 1st Student Contest. The annual GeoWeb conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada from July 21-25th, 2008 with the meetings being held at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. GeoWeb is one of the only annual conferences focusing exclusively on the convergence of GIS and the Internet, and the economic potential associated with the convergence of XML, web services and geographic information systems. The GeoWeb 2008 conference welcomes both public and private organizations to meet, discuss and learn about today’s most innovative geospatial technologies.

The theme for the GeoWeb 2008 conference is Infrastructure: Local to Global. This implies the GeoWeb has a local or community dimension as well as a global one – that the integration of local infrastructures will give rise to a global infrastructure – that global aggregators will drive the creation of local infrastructures.

To advance the development of the GeoWeb, we are sponsoring a contest, which is open to all full time students attending an educational institution anywhere in the world. The objective of the contest is to materially advance the development of the GeoWeb with either:

• • A theoretical solution or
  • A piece of software (All software must be open source and free of any royalties or other encumbrances)

Contest Submittals
Students must register at www.geowebconference.org by Friday, April 4th, 2008.

Contest Requirements
Contest entrants will be required to complete a registration form verifying their status as full time students and these details will be verified before any award is granted.

Costs
Please note that any costs associated with the submittal for this contest is at the expense of the student.

Selection Process
The selection of the contest winner(s) will be made by a GeoWeb committee consisting of leading figures in the GIS industry and will be notified by Friday, April 27th, 2008.

Prizes
Winners of the contest will be brought to the GeoWeb 2008 conference in Vancouver, Canada, and all legitimate expenses* will be paid by the contest supporters. A cash honorarium will also be provided.

*The contest supporters will arrange transportation to/from Vancouver, lodging and meals while in Vancouver, however reserve the right to refuse any expenses they believe are unreasonable.
Complete information on the student contest process and conference may be obtained at www.geowebconference.org.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie Hughes-White, Galdos Systems Inc.
+1.604.484.2768 or shugheswhite@galdosinc.com