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Join us for the 121st OGC Member Meeting!

Dates: December 6th, 2021 through December 14th, 2021
Times: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)

This event will take place virtually on the OGCs new event management system, Aventri.

The 121st OGC Member Meeting is a one-week long event with nearly 50 Working Group meetings, and numerous special sessions, workshops, and keynotes. Working Groups consist of Standards Working Groups - the movers and shakers of the future of FAIR standards, and Domain Working Groups - the thought-leaders of critical domains across the globe and beyond.

Event Sessions

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
10:30am - 12:00pm	SWG	SensorThings SWG

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
7:00am - 8:30am	SWG	OGC API - Joins
9:00am - 10:30am	SWG	netCDF SWG

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
7:00am - 8:30am	DWG	Conceptual Model Sub Group
9:00am - 10:30am	Open	UK & Ireland Forum
11:00am - 12:30pm	SWG	GeoAPI SWG
12:30pm - 2:00pm	SWG	CDB SWG

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
10:30am - 11:00am	Public	New Blue Thank You - Brand Reveal
11:00am - 12:30pm	Public	Kick Off
12:30pm - 1:00pm	Break	Break
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	Features API SWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	GeoPose SWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	DWG	Smart Cities/3DIM DWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Closed	OAB (closed)
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Open	New Member Orientation (Member Services)
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Break	Lunch & Location
3:30pm - 5:00pm	SWG	GeoTIFF SWG
3:30pm - 5:00pm	SWG	OGC API - Processes SWG
3:30pm - 5:00pm	DWG	Security DWG
3:30pm - 5:00pm	DWG	Temporal DWG
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Open	New Member Meet & Greet with CEO (Member Services)
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Break	Break
5:30pm - 7:00pm	SWG	IndoorGML SWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	DWG	Defense and Intelligence DWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	DWG	DGGS DWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	Open	New Member: Engaging Your Community

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
10:30am - 12:30pm	Public	Todays Innovations, Tomorrows Technologies, Future Directions
12:30pm - 1:00pm	Break	Break
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	OGC API - Styles SWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	DWG	Point Cloud DWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	OGC API Records
1:00pm - 2:30pm	DWG	Hydrology DWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Public	Industry Disruptors: Start-ups
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Break	Break
3:00pm - 4:30pm	SWG	POI SWG
3:00pm - 4:30pm	SWG	Styles & Symbology SWG
3:00pm - 4:30pm	DWG	Met Ocean DWG
3:00pm - 4:30pm	SWG	HY_Features SWG
3:00pm - 4:30pm	Public	Industry Disruptors: Start-ups
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Break	Lunch & Location
5:30pm - 7:00pm	SWG	DGGS SWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	SWG	Moving Features SWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	DWG	Health DWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	DWG	CITE SC

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
10:30am - 12:30pm	DWG	EO Exploitation Platforms
11:00am - 12:30pm	SWG	TrainingDML-AI SWG
11:00am - 12:30pm	Unavailable	Unavailable
11:00am - 2:30pm	Open	Developer Workshop
11:00am - 2:30pm	Open	Mobility Data Science Summit
12:30pm - 1:00pm	Break	Break
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	Tiles SWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	CityGML SWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Unavailable	Unavailable
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Open	OGC Celebration
3:30pm - 5:00pm	DWG	UxS DWG
3:30pm - 5:00pm	DWG	CoverageJSON Ad Hoc
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Unavailable	Unavailable
3:30pm - 7:00pm	Open	Developer Workshop
3:30pm - 7:00pm	Open	Data Quality Workshop
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Break	Break
5:30pm - 7:00pm	DWG	EDM DWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	DWG	Architecture DWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	Unavailable	Unavailable

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
11:00am - 12:30pm	Open	The Future of Standards: Building Blocks
12:30pm - 1:00pm	Break	Break
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	OGC API - Routes SWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	EDR API SWG
1:00pm - 2:30pm	DWG	Semantic Interoperability as instrument to build Digital Twins supporting SDGs
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Open	Climate Special Session
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Break	Lunch & Location
3:30pm - 5:00pm	SWG	Features and Geometries JSON SWG
3:30pm - 5:00pm	SWG	Coverages SWG
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Open	Disasters Pilot summary
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Public	Metaverse Special Session
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Break	Break
5:30pm - 7:00pm	SWG	GeoXACML
5:30pm - 7:00pm	SWG	Observations and measurements SWG
5:30pm - 7:00pm	DWG	OGC Naming Authority SC
5:30pm - 7:00pm	DWG	Data Quality DWG

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
11:00am - 12:30pm	Open	OGC: Enabling FAIR Standards & Innovations
12:30pm - 1:00pm	Break	Break
1:00pm - 5:00pm	Open	Closing Plenary

All Times are US Eastern
Time	Type	Session
10:00am - 2:00pm	Closed	PC Meeting

Date	Session	Chair
December 3rd, 07:00-08:30am	Conceptual Model Sub Group	Sam Meek
December 3rd, 11:00-12:30pm	GeoAPI SWG	Martin Desruisseaux
December 6th, 17:30-19:00pm	Defense and Intelligence DWG	Scott Simmons
December 6th, 17:30-19:00pm	IndoorGML SWG	Ki-Joune Li

Here you will find the list of Groups and their abbreviations that correspond to items on the Agenda.

Abbreviation	Group
3DIM	3D Information Management
Ag DWG	Agriculture Domain Working Group
Arch DWG	Architecture Domain Working Group
Aviation DWG
BVC	Business Value Committee
CDB SWG	CDB Standards Working Group
Cit Sci DWG	Citizen Science Domain Working Group
CITE SC	Compliance & Interoperability Testing Environment Sub Committee
CityGML SWG
Coverages DWG
CRS	Coordinate Reference System
D & I DWG	Defense and Intelligence Domain Working Group
Data Preservation DWG
DGGS	Discrete Global Grid Systems
DocTeam	Documentation Sub Committee
DWG	Domain Working Group
ESS DWG	Earth Systems Science Domain Working Group
EDM/LEAPS DWG	Emergency & Disaster Management/Law Enforcement and Public Safety DWG
EDR API	Environmental Data Retrieval API
ELFIE	Environmental Linked Features Interoperability Experiment
EO POM SWG	EO Product Metadata and OpenSearch Standards Working Group
E&U DWG	Energy & Utilities DWG
GeoXacml	Geospatial eXensible Access Control Markup Language
GPKG SWG	Geopackage Standards Working Group
GMLJP2 SWG
GUF SWG	Geospatial User Feedback Standards Working Group
GW SWG	Ground Water Standards Working Group
Health DWG
Hydrologic Features Standards Working Group
Hydrology DWG
IDBE SC	Integrated Digital Build Environment Sub Committee
IndoorGML SWG
ISG DWG	Interoperable Simulation and Gaming Domain Working Group
JAG	Joint Architecture Group OGC/ISO TC211
LandInfra DWG	Land Infrastructure Domain Working Group
LandInfra SWG	Land Infrastructure Standards Working Group
LEAPS DWG	Law Enforcement and Public Safety Domain Working Group
Met Ocean DWG	Meteorology & Oceanography Domain Working Group
Metadata DWG
MLS DWG	Mobile Location Services DWG
Moving Features SWG
MUDDI SWG	Model for Underground Data Definition and Integration Standards Working Group
NAD	non-authoritative data
NetCDF	Network Common Data Form
NAF	North American Forum
OAB	OGC Architecture Board
OGC-NA	OGC Naming Authority Committee
OWS	OGC Web Services
PipelineML SWG
PODS	Pipeline Open Data Standard
POI SWG	Points of Interest Standards Working Group
Security DWG
SensorThings	SensorThings API Standards Working Group
SCC	Standards Coordinating Council
SWE	Sensor Web Enablement
SWG	Standards Working Group
TSJ SWG	Table Service Joining Standards Working Group
Temporal DWG
TimeSeriesML SWG
TrainingDML-AI SWG	Training Data Markup Language for AI Standards Working Group
Urban Planning DWG
UxS DWG	Unmanned "x" Systems Domain Working Group
WCS SWG	Web Coverage Service Standards Working Group
WCTileS SWG	Web Coverage Tiles Standards Working Group
WFS/FES SWG	Web Feature Service / Filter Encoding Service Standards Working Group
WMS SWG	Web Mapping Service Standards Working Group
WPS/Workflow	Web Processing Service/Workflow

Open	Special sessions are open to the public but registration Required.
SWG	Standards Working Groups (SWG) are Members-only or require an Observer Agreement.
DWG	Domain Working Groups (DWG) are open to member and non-members.
Public	Open to all, registration is required.
Joint	Session with SDO or other Group.
Break	These are scheduled breaks, often the OGC will have networking opportunities.
Closed	Events that are open to only specific members.
Co-Located	Events that are held simultaneously at multiple locations.

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