Draft Agenda

9 May Monday

Palace of the Hungarian Culture Foundation (Address: H-1014 Budapest, Szentháromság tér 6.)

08:30 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 10:50 Opening Session on e-Governance strategic objectives, related EU policies

Chair: Marianna Pósfai, Director, CELK Center
Co-Chair: Bengt-Olof Svensson, Director of Agriculture, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden
Rapporteur: John Meadows, Head of International Department, HM Land Registry, United Kingdom

• Opening:
  • Dr. Norbert Berczi, Deputy State Secretary responsible for Land Administration and Geoinformation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hungary
  • Sándor Pajna, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Informatics and Communication, Hungary
• Global Network on Pro-Poor Land Tools – Sylvie Lacroux, Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Switzerland
• EU perspectives: Constrains, Benefits and Conditions for successful implementation of e-Government in Land Management Organizations – Andre Kwitowski, Geo-Informatics Manager, Land Registration and Cadastre, Netherlands
• e-Government strategy and development in Hungary, regarding to the EU directives – Zsolt Sikolya, Director General, Ministry of Information Society, Hungary

11:00-11:20 Coffee Break

11:20-13:00 e-Content objectives and IT strategies to develop e-Content programs (1)

Chair: Tamás Kolossa, Head of Unit, IT Public Company, Hungary
Co-Chair: Mnatsakanian Ruben, Head of Department, Central European University, Hungary
Rapporteur: Ildikó Pócza, IT Manager, FAO-SEUR, Hungary

• Challenging developments and opportunities in the EU for the Land Administrations in the context INSPIRE, e-content+, Galileo, GMES and the response of EUROGI – Dr. Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp, WAG Applications Conveyor, EUROGI
• e-Content, e-Contentplus and beyond – the future of the content industry in the European Union – János Jelen, Managing Director, Jelnet Consulting Ltd., Hungary
• EULIS – from Idea to Reality – Stefan Gustafsson, Programme Manager, EULIS Programme, Sweden

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-15:50 e-Content objectives and IT strategies to develop e-Content programs (2)

Chair: Mnatsakanian Ruben, Head of Department, Central European University, Hungary
Co-Chair: Tamás Kolossa, Head of Unit, IT Public Company, Hungary
Rapporteur: Ildikó Pócza, IT Manager, FAO-SEUR, Hungary

• FAO Strategies for information activities – Michal Demes, Information Management Specialist, FAO Sub-regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe
• The e-Farmer Project: Farmer Communication Services for CAP – Tibor Sutoris, Ing, Novitech Plc, Slovakia
• ICT and Land Management to promote Rural Community viability – Ehud Gelb, Center for Research in Agricultural Economics, Israel
• Dicusssion

15:50-16:10 Coffee Break

16:10-18:00 LANDnet, IKON Panel Session

Chair: Ehud Gelb, Center for Research in Agricultural Economics, Israel
Co-Chair: János Jelen, Managing Director, Jelnet Consulting Ltd., Hungary
Rapporteur: Péter Szigeti, Executive Secretary, Association of Hungarian Content Providers, Hungary

• The role of an information Center in e-Networking – Marianna Pósfai, Director, CELK Center
• IKON Search Engine – Introduction and background – Mario Diwersy, GTZ, Germany
• Serving different searching strategies - LANDnet Portal and the DirectInfo system – Robert Kuszinger, IT Expert, CELK Center
• Agrovoc and its future development, goals and possibilities – Margherita Sini, Information Management Specialist, FAO,
• The use of Agrovoc in land related context – Dr. László Papócsi, Head of GAK Information Division, Gödöllő Agribusiness Centre, Hungary
• Discussion

Evening - At the Boat Columbus

20:00 - Gala Dinner

• Welcome address given by Mihály Jambrik, Administrative State Secretary, Ministry of Informatics and Communication, Hungary

10 May Tuesday

09:00-10:20 Land- and geo-data sets – Parallel Session

Chair: Gábor Csornai, Head of Remote Sensing Center, Institute of Geodesy and Cartography and Remote Sensing, Hungary
Rapporteur: Pavel Milenov, Remote Sensing and GIS expert, Remote Sensing Application Center, Bulgaria

• Delimitation of reference geodata from land data model – Tomas Mildorf, Expert, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic
• Computerized Land Mass Appraisal System Development in Lithuania – Albina Aleksiene, Chief of the market data analysis group, State Enterprise Center of Registers, Lithuania
• Land Databases in Romania – George Andrei Padureanu, Victorina Botea, experts in Farm Register and Land Databases, National Institute of Statistics, Romania
• Developing the land market by providing access to heterogeneous spatial data sources from several countries in South-East Europe – Ulrich Boes, President, AGISEE, Bulgaria

09:00-10:20 Land Information Systems – Parallel session

Chair: Michal Demes, Information Management Specialist, FAO Sub-regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe
Rapporteur: Robert Kuszinger, IT Expert, CELK Center

• Land information system and land market in Lithuania – Agne Ciapaite, Economist, Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, Lithuania
• Standard Land Value Informationsystem BORIS – Martin Knabenschuh, Head of Business Unit Service, Surveying and Mapping Agency of Northrhine-Westfalia, Bonn, Germany
• Land parcel information system in Czech Republic. Administration of agricultural land parcels in Czech Republic. System for entering and controlling of donations from European Union – Jiří Bukovský, Ing., Ministry of Agriculture, Czech Republic

10:20-10:40 Coffee Break

10:40-12:30 Remote sensing & GIS for Agricultural Information Systems – Parallel session

Chair: Andre Kwitowski, Geo-Informatics Manager, Land Registration and Cadastre, Netherlands
Rapporteur: Csaba Wirnhardt, Remote Sensing Expert, Institute for Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing, Hungary

• Remote Sensing and GIS applications for managing area based subsidy systems in IACS – Gábor Csornai, Head of Remote Sensing Center, Institute of Geodesy and Cartography and Remote Sensing, Hungary
• Open Agriculture System – Karel Charvat, Project Manager, Wirelessinfo, Czech Republic
• Implementation of the EU CAP reform in Bulgaria and its impact on the land market in the country. Bulgarian agricultural pilot in the frame of the 6FP project SAPIR – Pavel Milenov, Remote Sensing and GIS expert, Remote Sensing Application Center, Bulgaria
• A method for land use / cover map realization using Earth Observation data – Dr. Elena Savin, Senior Researcher, National Meteorological Administration, Romania
• Discussion

10:40-12:30 e-Cadastre – Parallel session

Chair: Stefan Gustafsson, Programme Manager, EULIS Programme, Sweden
Rapporteur: Ana Budanko, Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Croatia

• E-services of the Czech Cadastre – Vít Suchánek, Director of Department of Informatics, Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre, Czech Republic
• Development of e-Croatia programme – Zoran Vujic, Head of IT Department, State Geodetic Administration, Croatia
• E-Cadastre Programme for Strengthening the Cooperation between the State Authority for Geodetic Works and the Central Registry in Macedonia – Bisera Jakimovska, Director, State Authority of Geodetic Works, Macedonia
• Real Estate Transactions: e-content Services in Lithuania – Rimantas Ramanauskas, First Deputy Director General, State Enterprise Centre of Registers, Lithuania
• The analysis of trends and vision of e-cadastre in Kosovo – Prof. Dr. sc. Murat Meha, CEO, Kosovo Cadastral Agency, Kosovo
• Discussion

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-15:00 Parallel Session - e-Land services - provided by civil and commercial organizations

Chair: Karel Charvat, Project Manager, Wirelessinfo, Czech Republic
Rapporteur: Małgorzata Treblińska, Intern, Dronten Professional Agricultural University, Poland

• Qualification of cadastre data for the use in local governments and municipalities: Experiences from Georgia and the Balkans – Volkmar Herbst, GCI Dr. Schindler GeoConsult Int. GmbH, Germany
• How GIS can support the agricultural cultivation – Károly Pogrányi, HungaroCAD Kft, Hungary
• Toward e-Conveyancing - direction for Polish land registration practices and market development – Andrzej Sambura, Managing Director, Institute of Spatial and Cadastral Systems Ltd, Poland
• TIT@N, Local Governmental GIS – Szilárd Farkas, GIS Expert, Daten-Kontor, Hungary
• IACS GIS in Austria – Austrian Farmers go online - DI Johann Jessenk, Sales Manager, GISquadrat AG, Austria
• A chaotic model of arable land expansion - Dr Vesna D. Jablanovic, Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

13:30-15:00 PROGIS Parallel Session

Welcome to the PROGIS – DI Walter H. Mayer, PROGIS Software AG, Austria

Opening of the PROGIS Conference – Dr. Peter Rejtö, Austrian trade commissioner, Budapest, Hungary

• AGROffice and the agricultural legal framework within the European Community - DI Walter H. Mayer, PROGIS Software AG, Austria
• From documentation, to geotraceability - the integrated solution – DI Günter Kronawetter, PROGIS Software AG, Austria

15:00-15:20 Coffee Break

15:20-16:40 Parallel Session - e-Land services - provided by civil and commercial organizations

Chair: Andrzej Sambura, Managing Director, Institute of Spatial and Cadastral Systems Ltd, Poland
Rapporteur: Andrew Fieldsend, Director of Centre for Environment and Rural Affairs, University of Debrecen Centre of Agricultural Sciences, Hungary

• Standardized Digital Object Identification – Tibor Sas, Secretary General, Database Copyright Association, Hungary
• Urban planning data management tool based on GIS web application – Ionut Savoiu, Managing Director, GEONET srl/BlomInfo, Romania
• Availability of urban development plans trough Internet – Péter Macháty, CAD+Inform Kft, Hungary
• Internet, NSDI, Portals (concept and practice) – György Domokos, Manager, ESRI Hungary Ltd, Hungary

15:20-16:40 PROGIS Parallel Session

• AGROffice implementation in Slovakia - Dr. Stanislav Klimo, AURUS d.o.o., Slovakia
• IT for rural areas, municipalities and forestry including GIS – Stefan Mössler, PROGIS Software AG, Austria
• WinGIS – the European GIS solution – Stefan Mössler, PROGIS Software AG, Austria
• Discussion and Round Table

16:40-17:30 Panel Discussion and Closing

Chair: Sylvie Lacroux, Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Switzerland
Co-Chair: Ulrich Boes, President, AGISEE, Bulgaria
Rapporteur: Tibor Sas, Secretary General, Database Copyright Association, Hungary

Panel Members:

- Ionut Savoiu, Managing Director, GEONET srl/BlomInfo, Romania
- György Domokos, Manager, ESRI Hungary Ltd, Hungary
- John Meadows, Head of International Department, HM Land Registry, United Kingdom
- Karel Charvat, Project Manager, Wirelessinfo, Czech Republic
- János Jelen, Managing Director, Jelnet Consulting Ltd., Hungary
- Andre Kwitowski, Geo-Informatics Manager, Land Registration and Cadastre, Netherlands

• Closing words – Dénes Szendrő, Director, Department of Land Administration and Geoinformation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hungary

Summary of questionnaries can be downloaded here!

Evening

19:30- Cocktail Party on a boat with river trip (for registered participants of the PROGIS Days is free. Additionally registration as a social program is open for all participants.)