The objective is to provide leading edge reports on the improvement of agricultural and land management decisions that result from using information delivered by geospatial technologies. Geospatial Information is information produced by a range of geospatial technologies to assist in, for example: precision agriculture, remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS), finding the best location for new enterprises, predicting potential threats from weeds, pests and diseases, using airborne geophysics for salinity management, accessing spatial information via the Internet, for use by land managers. There are many opportunities where the use of geospatial information can result in better management decisions that will lead to higher productivity, reduced costs and reduced environmental impacts.
WHO
SHOULD ATTEND
Leading farmers, Agricultural consultants, Agribusiness, Agricultural
contractors, Land managers, Catchment managers, Natural resource managers,
Government extension staff, Local government, Information technology providers.
PROGRAM
The program will bring together the considerable amount of experience
and knowledge about geospatial information and agriculture that exists
in Australia. Conference participants will hear how production and environmental
management can be improved by using geospatial information at various
scales: paddock, property and regional (e.g. subcatchment, landscape management
unit).
ORGANISING
COMMITTEE
Graeme Tupper, Technical Specialist, Resource Information,
NSW Agriculture
John Bowler, Senior Agricultural Protection Officer, NSW Agriculture
John Fisher, Program Leader, Environmental Planning & Management,
NSW Agriculture
Peter Lawrence, Manager, Commercialisation, NSW Agriculture
Alex McBratney, Director, Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture,
and Professor of Soil Science, Department of Agricultural Chemistry &
Soil Science, University of Sydney
Brett Whelan, Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Precision
Agriculture
CONFERENCE
SECRETARIAT
Tour Hosts Conference & Exhibition Organisers
ADDRESS
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
GIA 2001 Conference Secretariat
GPO Box 128
SYDNEY NSW 2001 AUSTRALIA
Telephone (61) 2 9262 2277
Fax: (61) 2 9262 3135
Email: gia2001@tourhosts.com.au
VENUE
Australian Technology Park
Henderson Road
Eveleigh NSW 1430
Australia
Located
at the former Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop, the Australian Technology
Park is a monument to the age of steam and the industrial revolution.
It has been transformed into a working centre for scientific and research
excellence for the new millennium.