Happy 30th birthday FunGIS!
When: November 18–19, 2021
Location: Double Tree by Hilton - Cairns Esplanade
This year FunGIS turns 30. That's 30 years of active information-sharing, collaboration, and learning by GIS users in the Far North. To celebrate this milestone, we're planning an extra-special annual conference in November 2021! Keep an eye on this space!
Join us in celebrating 30 years of FunGIS
Our theme this year is Seeing is Believing!
Our conferences feature speakers from across the spatial spectrum including government, academic, private and not-for-profit organisations all presenting on a wide-range of geo-related topics.
Visit Cairns during the best time of year! The venue, Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, is right on the glorious Esplanade and has a few rooms available at a special conference rate for delegates. Why not stay and make the most of it? Room and price options appear once you enter the dates via their website.
Network and meet other people in the local far north GIS community, we're a good bunch!
Catch a glimpse of the presenter line up! (Program subject to changes)
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DAY 1 - THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2021 |
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Time |
Session |
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Presenter |
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8:30 |
Registration |
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8:55 |
Intro |
Welcome to day one |
Desiree Gowell - FunGIS |
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9:00 |
Session 1: Keynote |
Leveraging drone-based photogrammetry, soil characteristics and GIS to improve crop yield and GBR water quality |
Marcus Bulstrode - Dept. Agriculture and Fisheries |
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9:45 |
Session 2 |
Use of drones and GIS for environmental management in mining |
Mike Limpus - Tablelands Mining Group |
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10:15 |
Morning tea |
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10:45 |
Session 3 |
Data sharing and the power of industry integration in eradicating yellow crazy ants |
Gareth Humphreys &Jasmine Spring - WTMA |
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11:15 |
Session 4 |
GIS in the State of Emergency Services - the latest improvements |
Wayne Wilds - State Emergency Services |
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11:45 |
Session 5 |
Storm tide inundation methodologies study and property mapping tools |
Jenny Elphinstone - Douglas Shire Council |
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12:15 |
Session 6 |
Machine Guidance on a 4ha farm - using RTK GNSS to help plant strawberries on the Atherton Tablelands |
Alistair Hart Farm Doctors Pty Ltd |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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13:00 |
FunGIS 2021 Annual General Meeting |
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14:00 |
Session 7 |
On the tools workshop: Developing a QGIS Atlas |
David Cini |
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15:30 |
Afternoon Tea. Complete feedback forms |
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16:00 |
Putting the Fun in GIS |
2021 FunGIS Spatial Olympics - Trivia Competition! |
Gary Searle - FunGIS |
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17:00 |
Networking, drinks n nibbles sponsored by Map Gear Pty Ltd |
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DAY 2 - FRIDAY 19 NOV 2021 |
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Time |
Session |
Title |
Presenter |
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8:30 |
Room open |
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8:55 |
Intro |
Welcome to day two |
Desiree Gowell |
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9:00 |
Session 1 |
Fighting female genital mutilation in Tanzania with maps. via Zoom |
Simon Wilde |
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9:30 |
Session 2 |
Using spatial techniques to compare cyclone databases for track studies on the east coast of Australia |
Jessie Gray |
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10:00 |
Session 3 |
Digital vs Old School LiDAR - what’s the difference? and what's the 'point' - get it?! |
Alistair Hart |
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10:30 |
Morning tea |
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11:00 |
Session 4 |
MetroMap - an immersive 3D deep dive into Digital Twins |
Matthew Walker |
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11:30 |
Session 5 |
Opportunity Mapping (OMP) for local councils: complex information in a simple form |
Robert Rowell - Insight GIS |
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12:00 |
Session 6 |
QWildlife Crocodile sightings app - |
Gareck Packer |
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12:45 |
Lunch |
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14:00 |
Session 8 |
30 Years of FunGIS! |
Anne Stapledon |
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14:15 |
Session 9 |
Lightning Talks - Introduction |
Hans Wurzel - FunGIS |
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14:20 |
The challenges of using GIS for tropical cyclone and east coast low track analysis |
Jessie Gray |
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14:28 |
Creating web maps using QGIS |
Tom Orr |
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14:36 |
Optimising reef flat sampling with drones |
Florence Sefton |
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14:44 |
More than just a map: visualising and communicating data online |
Gary Searle |
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14:52 |
Operation Blowdown'at Iron Range in 1963 sought to answer the question: What effect would a nuclear explosion have on a tropical rainforest? |
Bob Peever - FunGIS life Member |
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15:00 |
Questions & Discussion |
Hans Wurzel |
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15:15 |
Afternoon tea, complete feedback forms and networking |
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15:45 |
Plenary and Finish |
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Download the conference flyer here!
Download the conference Program here!
HUGE thanks to this years sponsors:
