Paris: 3 April 2007

Le mardi 3 avril a l'occasion du geoevenement 2007 Le SPDG a organise avec le GFII et le President de LOCUS Une table ronde

Les professionnels interpellent les politiques:

• Consensus ou divergences pour une loi sur le developpement de l'information geographique publique en france?

• Quelles mesures pour le financement de l'information geographique.

• Le role des acteurs publics.

• La liberation de la diffusion des donnees?

A round table organised by SPDG that involved GFII (GFII - Groupement Français de l'Industrie de l'Information) and LOCUS considers the re-use of public sector geographic information as part of the Geo-evenement 2007 Conference and Exhibition held in Paris on the 3rd to 5th April 2007.

The round table considered a number of issues related to the re-use of public sector geographic information that included:

• Is there consensus or divergence with respect to the need for a law on the development of public sector geographic information in France?

• How should geographic information be financed within France?

• What is the role of the public sector?

• Is the PSI Directive facilitating re-use of public sector information?

Round table programme

• Introduction - Mr. Seligmann, President of the SPDG

• PSI Re-use in France - Mr. Marx GFII (11 PowerPoint slides)

• PSI Re-use in the UK – Mr Nicholson Chair of LOCUS (15 PowerPoint Slides)

• SPDG position - Mr. Seligmann, President of the SPDG (9 PowerPoint Slides)

• Conclusion - Mr. Caillaud