Wednesday 6 July is devoted to National and Regional Mapping Agencies (parallel to 7 others sessions) Session 1, 2 and 4 are organised and animated by

• Tim Trainor – Census Bureau USA, VP of the ICA
• Derek Clark Director of the National Mapping Agency of South Africa, VP of the ICA

Theses sessions are organised with the support of IGN France International.

Program

8:30 – 10:00	251 – C1-NMA day – standards, SDI, INSPIRE Opening session  D. CLARKE, T. TRAINOR Keynote: the critical role of open standards in sdi’s and inspire A. TRAKAS (OGC) Definition of guidelines for the implementation of unique identifiers and life-cycle information in pan-european datasets N. GRÉMEAUX Open discussion: in what ways can standards/sdi/inspire contribute to improving the services rendered by nmas
10:30 – 12:00	251 – C2-NMA day – geographic information for developping NSDI: challenges and opportunities for mapping agencies C. DEKEYNE- IGN FRANCE INTERNATIONAL Maps in Algeria: Current state and perspectives K. AREZKI Making a technical gis platform in haiti: defining the data base of reference J.M. PHILIUS Open discussion: the place of nma in developping countries – difficulties and challenges
13:30 – 15:30	251 – C3-NMA day – Euro SDR: NMCAs, universities and private players gathered for applied research Short introduction on eurosdr J.P. LAGRANGE The 3d challenge in eurosdr – status and perspectives D. FRITSCH Advanced lidar, aerial and terrestrial J. HYPPA Quality assurance of data production A. JAKOBSSON Authentification and the shibboleth test C. HIGGINS Web cartography U. SANDGREN
16:00 – 17:00	251 – C4-NMA day – global initiative What should be the role of the ica within the ggim ? W. CARTWRIGHT, T. TRAINOR The united nations initiatives on global geospacial information management – Synthesis of the day D. CLARKE, T. TRAINOR