126th OGC Member Meeting

At the Huntsville Botanical Garden

4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35805

June 5th - June 9, 2023

OGC’s 126th Member Meeting is happening in Huntsville, AL. Join us and continue the conversation on why geospatial is transforming organizations and industries across the globe. Connect with people, communities, and technologies.

This one-week event filled with technology showcases, dozens of Working Group meetings to improve standards and domains, special sessions, workshops, and keynotes, will show the value of the consortium's community of experts. The OGC Collaborative Innovations and Solutions program will also be in attendance sharing the latest concepts in climate, space, aviation, and more: all powered by our community.

VENUE DETAILS

Hunstville Botanical Garden
4747 Bob Wallace Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35805

Recommended Hotels: All hotels listed are within a 5-10 minute drive from the meeting facility. Rental cars or ridesharing is recommended. All listed rates are subject to change and availability.

Drury Inn & Suites - Room block rate: $139 - Nearest to the meeting location (within 5 minute drive/Uber)
Hilton Garden Inn Space Center - Nearest to the meeting location (within 5 minute drive/Uber)
Hyatt Place Huntsville/Research Park - Nearest to shopping and restaurants (and still close to event)
Embassy Suites - Downtown and near nightlife, bars and restaurants (and still 5-10 minutes from event)
Hampton Inn & suites Huntsville Downtown - Downtown and near nightlife, bars and restaurants (and still 5-10 minutes from event)
Homewood Suites @ Huntsville Downtown - Room block rate: $159 - Downtown and near nightlife, bars and restaurants (and still 5-10 minutes from event)
Springhill Suites by Marriott Huntsville Downtown - Downtown and near nightlife, bars and restaurants (and still 5-10 minutes from event)

Government Rate Hotels: The below hotel has provided a limited number of rooms at the US Government rate. You will need to provide proper credentials upon booking at this rate.

Springhill Suites by Marriott Huntsville Downtown - US Government Room rate: $98 - Downtown and near nightlife, bars and restaurants (and still 5-10 minutes from event

Click here for an overview map of the Huntsville Botanical Garden .

Connect with the Speakers

Patty Mims

Director of Global National Government
Esri
Fireside Chat - Member Meeting Kickoff
About Patty Mims

Innovation Incubation

Join the global community of collective problem solvers in creating a better tomorrow through enabling and creating standards and innovations across domains.

The OGC Standards Program is compiled of over 125 Domain and Standards Working Groups that are building the path towards a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) future. While the OGC Collaborative Innovations and Solutions program is building technologies that change the way we interact with our world, from geospatial data analysis, to AI and beyond.

Industry Leading

Existing at the cutting edge, OGC actively analyzes and anticipates emerging tech trends. OGC members together form a global forum of experts and communities that use location to connect people with technology and improve decision-making at all levels.

OGC is committed to creating a sustainable future for us, our children, and future generations.

Nadine Alameh, OGC CEO and Patricia Hagen, President & Executive Director of T-REX signing a partnership agreement

Event Sessions

All session times are Central Daylight Time (CDT)

All session times are Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Time	Type	Session
5:00pm - 8:00pm	Break	Informal Networking

All session times are Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Time	Type	Session
7:30am - 8:00am	Break	Registration and Coffee
8:00am - 10:00am	Open	Member Meeting Kick Off
10:00am - 10:30am	Break	Break
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Break	Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Public	Portrayal Workshop
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Closed	OAB
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Break	Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Public	Portrayal Workshop
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Break	Break
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Public	Portrayal Workshop
5:30pm - 8:00pm	Break	Welcome Reception

All session times are Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Time	Type	Session
8:00am - 9:30am	Open	Todays Innovations, Tomorrows Technologies, Future Directions
9:30am - 10:30am	Break	Break
10:30am - 12:00pm	DWG	Climate Resilience DWG
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Break	Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Public	Connected Systems
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Break	Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Public	Connected Systems
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Break	Break
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Public	Connected Systems

All session times are Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Time	Type	Session
8:00am - 9:30am	SWG	OGC API SWGs
9:30am - 10:30am	Break	Break
10:30am - 12:00pm	Open	Start-up Session
10:30am - 12:00pm	SWG	OGC API SWGs
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Break	Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Public	Defense and Intelligence Track
1:00pm - 2:30pm	SWG	OGC API SWGs
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Break	Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Public	Defense and Intelligence Track
3:00pm - 4:00pm	SWG	OGC API SWGs
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Break	Break
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Public	Defense and Intelligence Track
4:30pm - 5:30pm	SWG	OGC API SWGs
6:30pm - 10:30pm	Break	Executive Dinner in the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (Ticket Required)

All session times are Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Time	Type	Session
9:30am - 10:30am	Break	Break
10:30am - 12:00pm	Open	Important Things
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Break	Lunch
1:00pm - 4:00pm	Open	Closing Plenary

All session times are Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Time	Type	Session
9:00am - 12:00pm	Closed	Executive Planning Committee Meeting
9:00am - 12:00pm	Public	Climate Workshop
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Break	Lunch
1:00pm - 4:00pm	Closed	Executive Planning Committee Meeting
1:00pm - 4:00pm	Public	Open Science Summit

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.
Bus	These are scheduled bus transports.

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126th OGC Member Meeting

At the Huntsville Botanical Garden

4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35805

June 5th - June 9, 2023

VENUE DETAILS

Connect with the Speakers

Patty Mims

Innovation Incubation

Industry Leading

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