It’s finally here! We are excited to have lined up 4 fantastic speakers for tonight’s event and with over 100 registered it’s bound to be a very merry night!
Brett Dascombe: Empowering the next generation of GeoGeeks
Rob Clout: International business travel during a global pandemic
Samantha Garbutt: Engaging a neurodiverse / autistic workforce to help solve our industries skills shortage
Paul Mead: SheMaps – why we need to reimagine STEM
So get yourself a ticket (sadly COVID means no ticket, no getting in) but don’t worry tickets are free and come with a guarantee of no spam or junk, just an invite to a great night out.
Thanks to our fabulous sponsors for the evening, NGIS, without whom this night wouldn’t be possible!
The rumours were true, after a long absence, finally the fun filled evening that is GeoRabble Brisbane returns.
A special event to coincide with Locate 15 and to welcome visitors to our fair city and to provide a well needed evening of entertainment following the conference welcome reception and open day.
Please join us to show all our visitors from all over Australia and from all over the world how we have fun in Brisbane.
We will return to our spiritual home at the Pig and Whistle for another evening of spatial fun.
We are delighted to once again have sponsorship from our good friends atMipela GeoSolutions. Mipela have been amazing supporters of Georabble from the beginning, so we are very grateful that they have helped us out at short notice to sponsor this evening of spatial goodness
Don ‘t forget to put Tuesday the 27th of August into your calendar. GeoRabble Brisbane will be holding its next event at the Pig N Whistle, click the link to check out the fantastic line-up of speakers…
Peter Scarth – Open Source, Open Data, Mapping Beer?
Rob Bischof – Leveraging Your Worth
Stewart Hay – Are your online maps really reaching everyone?
Phil Punter – There’s been an incident at Roma Street
Nathan Woodrow — Contributing to an open source project
Graeme Browning – Story Mapping for Family History
You still have to time to book your tickets and join in the GeoRabble.
Just before ANZAC day, GeoRabble Brisbane returns to the Pig N Whistle (Riverside) on Tuesday, 23rd April 2013.
The speaker line up is yet to be finalised so, if you have a story bursting to be told, let us know ASAP, and we may be able to give you the stage for 10 minutes of fame!
Tickets are “selling” fast over at Eventbrite so secure yours now!
We’re lining up the awesome speakers for GeoRabble Brisbane #1 (5.30 pm Tuesday April 17th at the Pig N Whistle! Order your free tickets )
Speakers lineup….
GeoRabble Welcome from Stewart Hay, OneSphere
Dr Ben Guy, UrbanCircus 3D
Damon Oehlman, Sidelab
Simon Elvery, Web Developer, Left, Right & Centre
Bryan Reeves
Megan Cope, Artist
Dr Ben Guy – Insights into virtual 3d planning
Dr Ben Guy, founder of Brisbane-based infrastructure visualisation company Urban Circus 3D, has demonstrated the power of 3D visuals to express the narrative of design and data in a clear and compelling manner, to expidites process and “sell the story”. Ben is an urbanist and environmental psychologist who has worked in the design industry for over 10 years. Ben’s doctorate is from the UK in place-based urbanism and regenerative planning.
” The problem with planning and managing precincts – from projects to places like cities – can be the fundamental difficulty in common understanding of what everyone is talking about quickly and easily. This is the cause of so many misunderstandings, errors, reworks, redesigns, disappointments, anxieties and construction errors! One of the main reasons is the limitations is using words and line drawings to describe an organic, complex spatial world. When we change that by using tools to help people understand through seeing projects and results move thrice as fast.”
Megan Cope – Maps, aboriginal art & place names
Megan Cope’s work explores notions of environment, identity, geomorphology and mapping; decolonizing methodologies and toponymy are a primary aspect of her practice. A descendant from the Quandamooka region (North Stradbroke Island) in South East QLD, Megan is a member of proppaNOW, the Queensland collective of urban Aboriginal Artists who are making waves in Australia and internationally with their intelligent brash art. Megan has exhibited her works at Australian Embassy in Washington DC, the Koori Heritage Trust in Melbourne, City Gallery in Wellington NZ, Cairns regional art gallery and the 2009 ARC Biennial in Brisbane.
Megan Cope
Megan will take us to an unusual place, melding cartography, toponomy, aboriginal art & place names.
“Toponyms – Place names are an important aspect of culture and identity as they provide location where history, events, landscapes and people are remembered, celebrated and continued. The use of language and basic cartographic symbology reveal a multilayered fluid landscape with dual histories & dual identities.
Simon Elvery – Web Developer, Left, Right & Centre
The use of personal geographic data on the social web has excited Simon since the day he discovered he could geotag his photos on Flickr. Entranced by the possibilities exposed by attaching geographic data to online content, Simon strapped a GPS to himself for a year (see more at “All the places I go” ). He provides a fun, different look at the idea of geospatial and a window into the Brisbane Web Design community.
Damon Oehlman
Damon Oehlman
Damon founded a company called Sidelab which offers solutions and services in the area of location based web applications. Damon is a very well known and vocal member of the Brisbane open source and mobile web development community. He has a number of very interesting projects and is a very engaging speaker. He adds a passion and experience for mobile web applications and experience in diverse communities.
GeoRabble #1 arrives in Brisbane on Tuesday April 17 (doors open 5.30pm, talks from 6.30pm). Then grab yourself a free ticket!
GeoRabble Arrives in Brisbane! (Photo by Cyron Ray Macey)
Hungry for a tasty serve of Brisbane geospatial goodness, free of agendas and sales pitches, amongst your friends and colleagues? Want to find out about some of the great unsung work being done by passionate people working with location? We’re lining up some great speakers and topics and there are a few speaking slots available – if you’ve got something new and exciting from the world of geo, please email us at brisbane@georabble.org
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