Lecture, KU Leuven, Geospatial Information Technologies, 2024
As part of the MSc course ‘Geospatial Information Techonologies’ a lecture was provided on the organisational components of Spatial Data Infrastructures. In this lecture, students were introduced into the topics of SDI assessment, licensing, governance models, business models and SDI funding.
Keynote presentation, NSDI Georgia, Stakeholder meeting, 2024
In this keynote presentation an introduction was provided to the non-technological components of Spatial Data Infrastructures, with a particular emphasis on relevant policies.
Training, ODECO Training Week 4 'Towards an inclusive open data ecosystem', 2024
During the 4th training week of the ODECO project, which focused on the topic of inclusive data ecosystems, PhD students from different disciplines were introduced into the basics of communication, dissemination and exploitation, for increasing the impact of their work.
Lecture & Serious game, SPIDER Summer School on Open SDI, 2022
As part of the SPIDER Summer School on Open SDI, which took place in August 2022, students in the domains of open data & geomatics participated in a serious game to learn more about implementing Open SDIs throuh co-creation.
Training, SEED4NA Summer School, 2022
During the 2022 SEED4NA Summer School, which took place in Dubvronik (Croatia), teachers from the SEED4NA partner universities were training in how to design and offer education about the establishment of Spatial Data Infrastructures.
Online training, SEED4NA Training on Basics of SDI, 2022
A training session on SDIs from a network perspective was organised to explain why SDIs are important and how they can be successful in addressing different challenges in the access to and sharing of geospatial data.
Online training, SEED4NA Training on Basics of SDI, 2022
As part of the SEED4NA Training on the Basics of SDI, an online training session was organised on the topic of ‘Business and funding models’. In this session, teachers and researchers from different North African universities learned about the notion of business models and how to apply it to SDIs, as well as about the costs of establishing SDIs and how to cover them.
Online training, SEED4NA Virtual Summer School , 2021
During the SEED4NA Virtual Summer School, teachers and researchers from different North African universities learned about constructive alignment & blended course design for active teaching about Spatial Data Infrastructures.
Webinar, ELISE Knowledge Transfer, 2020
The webinar on Location Intelligence for Cities and Regions presented state of the art and future perspectives on the use of location data and technologies by local and regional governments. The webinar aimed to demonstrate how location intelligence is vital for turning subnational governments into smart places.
Webinar, ELISE Knowledge Transfer, 2020
The aim of this webinar was to explore the importance of “geospatial” and “interoperability” in the creation and management of digital twins. In this webinar, the current state of play on the development and deployment of digital twins in Europe and how they rely on geospatial data, data infrastructures and technologies were presented.
Training, NSDI Mozambique - SDI for Managers Training , 2019
The aim of this training session was to explain the importance of task allocation in the context of Spatial Data Infrastructures, and present different models for allocating tasks in the development and implementation of SDIs. In this module, the allocation of tasks and responsibilities is introduced as an instrument for the governance of SDIs.
Training, NSDI Mozambique - SDI for Managers Training , 2019
In this training session, several representatives from government organisations in Mozambique learned about how SDI data and components can be used to support the work processes of government – and other – organizations. The module explained what work processes are and how processes and their main components coulld be identified. The module also looked at the mapping and modelling of processes through business process modelling tools and languages.
Training, NSDI Mozambique - SDI for Managers Training , 2019
Training was provided to representatives from various public organisations in Mozambiqua on (open) data policies in the context of Spatial Data Infrastructures. The training module looked at SDI and its relations with other data policies, and open data policies in particular. The module also discussed the applicability of open data licences in the context of SDIs.
Webinar, ELISE Knowledge Transfer, 2019
The aim of this webinar was to review the role of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) in the Digital Transformation of Government and explore how SDIs should further evolve to increase its contribution to this transformation. The webinar built on a study commissioned by the EC Joint Research Centre in which a methodology was developed for better understanding the role of SDIs in the Digital Transformation of the public sector and applied to investigate the role between SDIs and Digital Transformation in different European countries
Lecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), 2019
A guest lecture was provided to students from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) on Spatial Data Infrastructures in the context of Digital Government Transformation.
Webinar, ELISE Knowledge Transfer, 2019
The aim of this webinar was to set the scene and explore the broad role of geospatial data and SDIs as important enablers and building blocks of digital government transformation. The webinar placed past and ongoing developments in the use and sharing of geospatial data in the wider context of digital transformation.
Course, TU Delft, MSc Geomatics, 2017
As part of the MSc course ‘Geo-information Organisation and Legislation’ (TU Delft, MSc Geomatics), lectures were provided on the governance and assessment of Spatial Data Infrastructures, and students were trained in the development and application of an assessment framework for evaluating the openess of an SDI.
Training, LINKVIT Vocational Training programme, 2015
This training module aimed at providing professionals with a better understanding of the European legislation on data access, re-use and sharing, with a key focus on the requirements of the INSPIRE Directive regarding the sharing of data and services.
Training, VLIRUOS-funded Short Training Initiative, 2014
As part of the 2014 Short Training Initiative ‘Discovery, exploration and exploitation of free data and tools for supporting the adaptation of agriculture and forestry to climate change’, a training was provided on the topic of free data and tools.
Training, SmeSpire Vocational training programme, 2014
This training module dealt with how INSPIRE could become a key enabler in e‐Government business processes. It placed the INSPIRE Directive in the context of other policy initiatives and broader technological developments and explained the future developments of INSPIRE and its maintance programme. and broader technological developments.
Lecture, SPATIALIST Seminar 'Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI): latest trends and research’, 2011
During the SPATIALIST Scientific Seminar on ‘Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI): latest trends and research’, a lecture was provided on coordination in the context of Spatial Data Infrastructures. In this lecture, research results from the SPATIALIST project were provided to demonstrate how different coordination mechanisms can be used for dealing with various coordination challenges in developing and implementing SDIs.