{"id":115,"date":"2011-05-18T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=115"},"modified":"2011-05-18T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T15:30:00","slug":"esri-uk-conference-people-i-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=115","title":{"rendered":"ESRI UK Conference &#8211; People I met"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\">UPDATED: Various errors (spelling,&nbsp;grammar&nbsp;etc..) have been changed since the original was posted<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the brief encounters and interesting discussions that make all the difference at these types of events. &nbsp;Often I learn more and come away more enthused from the people I meet rather than the presentations, I think this year was no exception. <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JIwjECK6Suk\/TdPsYs_gbfI\/AAAAAAAAFBs\/bTvPpwxzlCA\/s1600\/IMAG0265.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-JIwjECK6Suk\/TdPsYs_gbfI\/AAAAAAAAFBs\/bTvPpwxzlCA\/s400\/IMAG0265.jpg?resize=400%2C238\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">I didn&#8217;t meet everyone at the dinner bash&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Below in no particular order are some of the people I met (apologies if you are not on the list, use the comments section to point it out!):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Nick Chappallaz <\/i>\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esriuk.com\/\">ESRI UK<\/a> \u2013 Nice guy obviously quite busy at the conference, and I apologise for using video that&nbsp;didn&#8217;t&nbsp;work on ESRI\u2019s laptops!<\/li>\n<li><i>Angela Baker<\/i> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esriuk.com\/\">ESRI UK<\/a> \u2013 She made me feel very welcome, and was very encouraging. &nbsp; She expressed a love for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inverness-scotland.com\/\">Inverness <\/a>(I up on holiday soon near there). &nbsp; I just hope I gave her a presentation that works!<\/li>\n<li><i>Andrew Blogg<\/i> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.korecgroup.com\/\">Korec <\/a>\u2013 As a well as a colleague whose name escapes me (I didn\u2019t get his business card). &nbsp; They are, as I understand it, the UK distributor for this neat bit of surveying kit GPS + Camera + Rugged looking Tablet PC + REMOTE CONTROL PLANE = Geek heaven? From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sensefly.com\/\">SenseFly<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B-xVy2E1sT4&amp;feature=player_embedded\">check out the video here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><i>Lisa Thomas<\/i> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coal.gov.uk\/\">The Coal Authority<\/a> \u2013 She did a presentation on the Geo-Futures track after me, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/2011\/05\/esri-uk-conference-day-2.html\">which I talk about here<\/a>. &nbsp; &nbsp;We had a very interesting chat at lunch on Day 2 (it&#8217;s always difficult standing up, eating and talking to a fellow professional who can tell when you\u2019re making it up!), she told me of the interesting stuff that happens at the AGI meetings (I should probably go to one, one of these days). &nbsp;We also discussed presentation techniques and how to cope with nerves&#8230;. thank you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/_MapGeek_\"><i>Richard Greaney<\/i><\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rushmoor.gov.uk\/\">Rusmoor Borough Council<\/a> \u2013 It&#8217;s a shame I missed his session, but I did meet his colleague (sorry I didn&#8217;t get her name), and heard good things about his presentation. &nbsp;He was also excellent company at the evening dinner\/awards.<\/li>\n<li><i>Richard Betts<\/i> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snh.gov.uk\/\">Scottish Natural Heritage<\/a> \u2013 Nice to meet him and hear that his bosses seem to give him the freedom to explore new and innovative ways of working. &nbsp; Again he was good company at the awards dinner.<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenFeldman\">Steven Feldman<\/a> <\/i>\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/knowwhereconsulting.co.uk\/\">Knowhere Consulting<\/a> \u2013 Interesting gentleman with a lot of knowledge and enthusiasm, likes to be a bit controversial. I spoke with him about derived data (<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk\/2010\/08\/what-the-psma-really-means\/\">interesting discussion still going on here<\/a>) and Rights of Way (RoW) as well as opendata \u2013 His suggestion\/advice still ringing in my ears <b>&#8220;JFDI&#8221;<\/b>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/stu_lester\"><i>Stuart Lester<\/i><\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/\">Birmingham City Council<\/a> \u2013 From a <b>very<\/b> big authority and doing great things, we talked about how to motivate people into perhaps working differently, joined up thinking etc&#8230; &nbsp; I think the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/planning\">Planners of Birmingham<\/a> could get some interesting stuff done with his help!<\/li>\n<li><i>Elavvenil Karthikeyan<\/i> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blomasa.com\/\">BLOM <\/a>&#8211; Came and found me at the end of the conference, he was interested in my presentation and was doing some interesting modelling of cities, mainly for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomtom.com\/\">TomTom<\/a> and was very interested in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.procedural.com\/\">CityEngine<\/a>. &nbsp;I think there is an interesting project here. &nbsp;Perhaps he\u2019d like to come back and chat with me and the people at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.procedural.com\/\">Procedural<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>A big thank you to everyone I met and spoke with, I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/2011\/05\/esri-uk-conference-thoughts-for-future.html\">Continue to thoughts for the Future, suggestions for ESRI UK<\/a>&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED: Various errors (spelling,&nbsp;grammar&nbsp;etc..) have been changed since the original was posted It\u2019s the brief encounters and interesting discussions that make all the difference at these types of events. &nbsp;Often I learn more and come away more enthused from the people I meet rather than the presentations, I think this year was no exception. 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