Conference Program
The 2023 Pacific Island GIS&RS User Conference program has be released. This is a preliminary detailed conference program that will be updated regularly until the start of the conference.
Last update : 30 November 2023, 09:48am Fiji time
- Program Overview
- Day 1 – 27.11.2023
- Day 2 – 28.11.2023
- Day 3 – 29.11.2023
- Day 4 – 30.11.2023
- Day 5 – 01.12.2023
| 8:00 | Picnic |
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| 8:40 | Mapping |
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| 9:00 | Women in GIS and Remote Sensing |
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| 10:20 | Organisations and Companies | |||||
| 10:40 | Forestry | Discussion Session |
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| 12:40 | Environment |
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| 13:00 | RS-Data and UAV | |||||
| 13:20 | Maritime Environment |
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| 15:00 | Disaster | Mapping the Environment | ||||
| 15:20 | Maritime Environment |
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| 17:00 | (PGRSC Members Only) | |||||
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| Speaker | Title | Download | |
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| Session Leader: Brad Eichelberger | Session 1 – Opening – | ||
 | Minister Fiji | Conference Opening | VIEW |
 | Surendra Prasad | Welcome | |
 | Salote Viti | Welcome | |
 | Simon Hill | Welcome | |
| Wolf Forstreuter | Conference Overview | ||
 | ————————- | Conference Photo | |
| Session Leader: Maria Kottermair | Session 2 – Organisations and Companies – | ||
 | Stewart Walker | The Role of ISPRS and The ISPRS Foundation in the Pacific | DOWNLOAD |
 | Bridget Seegers | NASA Earth Observations to investigate our (water) world | DOWNLOAD |
 | Angela Manchester | HEXAGON Software for Pacific Remote Sensing Applications | DOWNLOAD |
 | Maurice Borer | Blacksky: Disrupting new space with real-time dynamic monitoring | Emergency Response Imaging | DOWNLOAD |
 | Sachindra Singh | Digital Earth Pacific: Utilising Regional-Scale Earth Observations for Monitoring Terrestrial and Coastal systems | DOWNLOAD |
 | Session Leader: Dolores Leneuoti | Session 3 – RS-Data and UAV – | |
 | Rémi Andreoli | Earth Observation for Pacific Island countries: a question of resolution | DOWNLOAD |
 | Simon Morris | New generation sensors for VTOL drones | DOWNLOAD |
 | Lóránt Czárán | The UN-SPIDER Programme – Facilitating Access to Satellite Technologies and Data for Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning | DOWNLOAD |
 | Hamish Clarke | Trimble data collection technologies | DOWNLOAD |
 | Halalilika Etika | Country Action Plan on Strengthening Integrated Geospatial Information Management | DOWNLOAD |
| ————– | Session Leader: Halalilika Etika | Session 4 – Disaster – | |
 | Matthew Gardner | Optical Bathymetry (UAV & Satellite) – Generating accurate underwater elevation models from aerial and satellite imagery | VIEW |
 | Shaun Williams | Applying Coastal Flood Risk Information in Climate and Disaster Adaptation Planning: Examples from Aotearoa New Zealand, Nauru, and Samoa | DOWNLOAD |
 | Newton Muhury | Modelling floodplain vegetation responses to surface water availability usingremotely sensed data in southeast Australia | DOWNLAOD |
 | Pierre Audisio | Monitoring the state of mangrove in the pacific | DOWNLOAD |
| Janeth Fule | From Space to Resilience: How Agile Aerospace Advances Disaster Management | VIEW |
| Speaker | Title | Download | |
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| Eagle Technology | GIS — Creating the World You Want to See | DOWNLOAD |
 | Simon Hill | Pacific GeoPortal | DOWNLOAD |
 | Maria Tuoro | Storymap of the Marae Moana | |
 | Gander Wainigolo | Rarotonga Coastal & Flood Hazard Mitigation Data Collection (LiDAR) | DOWNLOAD |
 | Stephano Rampling-Tou | Emergency Management Cook Islands Office of the Prime Minister | DOWNLOAD |
  | Eagle Team | ArcGIS System – Technology Update | |
 | Titie Kaufusi | Using GIS & RS Application for Implementation of Sustainable Quarry Mining in Tonga | DOWNLOAD |
| Kolora Qativi | FPL operations using SiteScan | |
 | Meizyanne Hicks | Fiji Lands Journey on Geospatial Development | DOWNLOAD |
 | Salote Baleisuva | Ministry of Health | DOWNLOAD |
| Eagle Technology | Wrap up and closing | DOWNLOAD |
| Speaker | Title | Download | |
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 | ————————- | Session 1 – Mapping Session Leader: Yoann Roncin | |
| Thibault Valentin | Copernicus Assisting Pacific Island Countries | DOWNLOAD |
 | Kasaqa Tora | Mapping the Future: Enhancing Resilience in Pacific Islands’ Protected Areas with GIS and Remote Sensing | DOWNLOAD |
 | Angela Manchester | Google Earth Engine and ERDAS IMAGINE: the new collaboration in spatial modeller leading remote sensing | DOWNLOAD |
 | Charlie Morris | Vanuatu Village Registry is the list that could change everything | DOWNLOAD |
 | Randy Hamilton | Development of Fiji’s National Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring System | DOWNLOAD |
 | ————————- | Session 2 – Forestry – Session Leader: Xiao-Hu Faerua | |
 | Shyam Lodhia | MACBLUE: Mapping & Monitoring the Extent of Seagrass and Mangrove Ecosystems through Cloud Computing. | DOWNLOAD |
 | Richard Russell | Wild Fire Detection and Monitoring from Space | DOWNLOAD |
 | Paul Peterson | Remote sensing for monitoring invasive weeds and impacts of introduced natural enemies in Pacific Islands. | DOWNLOAD |
| Sam West | Mobile LiDAR Scanning, a Forestry Application including the Understory | |
 | Bradley Eichelberger | Monitoring vegetation health and recovery following typhoon events in the Northern Mariana Islands. | |
 | ————————- | Session 3 – Maritime and Environmnt – Session Leader: Jewel Tuitama | |
 | Bridget Seegers | A sea of data with PACE | DOWNLOAD |
 | Joy Papao | Utilisation of GIT for Climate Resilience in the Pacific. | DOWNLOAD |
 | Chan-Su Yang-Su | Satellite Application Algorithms for Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning in the Pacific Island Countries: A Case Study in Funafuti, Tuvalu | DOWNLOAD |
 | James Battersby | Enhancing Resilience to Pluvial Flooding in Pacific Island Nations: A Novel Approach to Rapid Rainfall Modelling and Risk Assessment. | DOWNLOAD |
 | Andrea Jalandoni | State of the art: Digital Methods for Rock Art Research in 2023 | |
 | Sree Juwel Kumar Chowdhury | Extraction of Coastline and Land-Use Mapping from High- resolution Satellite Imagery: Funafuti Atoll in Tuvalu | |
 | ————————- | Session 4 – Maritime – Session Leader: Jewel Tuitama | |
 | Cecile Dupouy | A review of ocean color algorithms to detect Trichodesmium oceanic blooms and quantify chlorophyll concentration in shallow coral lagoons of South Pacific archipelagos | DOWNLOAD |
| Rose Pearson | A standardised approach to generating 5m DEMs of countries across the Pacific | DOWNLOAD |
 | Dae-Woon Shin | Overview of ‘application of Multisensory Remote Sensing for Controlling Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Activities’ Project | DOWNLOAD |
 | Sovaia Seru | All piped water is not created equal – harnessingdiverse spatial datasets to support risk-informed decision-making for better WASH services in underserved urbansettlements. . | DOWNLOAD |
| Speaker | Title | Dowload | |
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| ————— | ————————- | Session 1 – Women in GIS and Remote Sensing | |
| Salote Viti | Keynote: Women in Geospatial | DOWNLOAD |
    | ———– ———– | Panel Discussion: Maria Tuoro, Kolora Qativi, Veniana Wainiqolo, Arti Pratap Moderator: Salote Viti | |
    | ———– ———– | Lightning Talk (4 talks at 5mins each) Joy Papao, Turia Bokai, Ofa Masiwawa, Salote Coyvilati | DOWNLOAD |
| ————— | ————————- | Session 2 – Different Thematics Session Leader: Johny Tarry Nimau | |
 | Focal Points | GIS&RS in Pacific Island Countries. Lightening Talks PGRSC Focal Points | |
 | Elisa Toroca | Improving Resilience in the Pacific Islands Through GIS and Remote Sensing. | |
 | Elisa Puccioni | The State of OSGeo Oceania | DOWNLOAD |
 | Eleanor Earl | Investigating remote sensing datasets to model natural flood management options in the Ba River catchment, Viti Levu. | DOWNLOAD |
 | Joeli Varo | DRR and Multi – Hazard Zonation of Fiji: A case study of the Yavusa Navakavu. | DOWNLOAD |
 | Maria Kottermair | Measuring 3D shoreline changes of Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia | |
 | ————————- | Session 3 – Environment – Session Leader: Tiaotin Enari | |
 | Morgan Marshall | Late Island, Tonga rodent eradication | DOWNLOAD |
 | James Sturman | Integrating GIS map products within the Climate Data for the Environment Services Client (CliDEsc) Climate Information System | DOWNLOAD |
 | Mathis Neuhauser | An Operational Vegetation Drought Processing Chain based on Google Earth Engine satellite imagery and meteorological products | DOWNLOAD |
 | Aaron Hick | Building resilience through a sustainable and coordinated capacity building approach | DOWNLOAD |
| ————— | ————————- | Session 4 – Mapping and Environment (Session Leader) | |
  | Lanieta Rokotuiwakaya | Developing geospatial maturity in Fiji: a strategic approach. | DOWNLOAD |
 | Rhiannan Mundana | Building Resilience in Communities in response to Climate Change Impacts – A Socio-Spatial Approach Focused on Vulnerable Populations | |
 | Malakai Tadulala | Resilient Mapping of Low-Localised Groundwater Resources Potential in Nadi, Viti Levu Island, Fiji using The Art of Remote Sensing, Geospatial Techniques and GIS-Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning) | DOWNLOAD |
 | Joshua Turia | Leveraging open sourced tools for effective monitoring and data mamangement of Natural Resources in PNG | |
| ————————- | ————————- | Closing Ceremony | |
 | Brad Eichelberger | PGRSC AGM (PGRSC members only) | AGM Report (restricted access) |
| Workshop | Start | EndTime | Location | Duration (hours) | Presenter Name | Presenter Last Name | |
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| ERDAS | Remote Sensing Essentials | Workshop will be reschedule with online attendance. More information will be send by emails. | 3 | Angela | Manchester | ||
| ESRI | ON | 09:00 | 17:00 | Catalina Lab | 7 | Kenna | Kelly |
| FOSS4G OsGeo Oceania | PostGIS 101: A hands-on introduction to working with spatial data in PostGreSQL | 09:00 | 12:00 | Sunderland Lab | 4 | Elisa | Puccioni |
| NASA | View your Ocean from Space: Getting Comfortable with NASA Ocean Satellite Data | 14:00 | 17:00 | Sunderland Lab | 3 | Briget | Seegers |
| Qehnelo | The Qehnelo Digital Platform | 11:00 | 14:00 | Sunderland Lab | 3 | Rémi | Andreoli |
| SPREP | Awareness Raising and understanding of Regional Observatory or (PIPAP) and demonstrate accessing/searching PA information for the Pacific. | 13:00 | 16:00 | Sunderland Lab | 3 | Kasaqa | Tora |
| UN-SPIDER | Lóránt | Czárán | |||||
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