Introduction: Anders ostman is Professor of geomatics at University of Gavle. He was one of the initiators of AGILE (Association of GI Laboratories in Europe) and is currently a board member of EuroSDR (European Spatial Data Research) and GISIG (GIS International Group). His research interest is mainly in Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI). His research group in Gävle is very active in the implementation of the Swedish National SDI and the research studies include engineering issues as well as economic considerations. And Professor Östman has also coordinated several large EU projects like BEGIN and GI-INDEED, dealing with SDI.

Loction：Room2521, IGSNRR

Time：March 17^th ,2009 14:00 P.M.

Presided by Prof. LIU Gaohuan