Keynote Speakers Set for Sensor Web Symposium.

WAYLAND, Mass. -- At the third OGC Emerging Technology Summit (ETS III), to be held April 14-15, 2005 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC., a distinguished group of speakers will present their views on "Advancing the Sensor Web." This unique event has been organized by the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA), the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) SensorNET Program.

ETS III will address "Sensor Webs," network-connected arrays of sensors and imaging devices that are being deployed in a growing number of applications including environmental monitoring, disaster mitigation, energy infrastructure management, security monitoring, transportation, weather forecasting and many other domains. OGC and ORNL's SensorNET Program, in cooperation with other organizations, are developing the open standards framework that enables Sensor Webs to be easily integrated with other internet technologies and applications.

Thursday morning's keynote will feature two top-ranking officials who will detail the use of Sensor Webs in public safety: Robert W. Corell of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and the American Meteorological Society and John (Jack) J. Kelly, Jr., Deputy Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In the Thursday afternoon keynote, David Godso, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Defense, CBD Software Support Activity Lead Architect and Jeffrey K. Harris, Vice President and Managing Director for Horizontal Integration of Situational Awareness Systems, Lockheed Martin Corporation will speak on the role of Sensor Webs in geospatial intelligence and critical infrastructure operations and protection.

On Friday, the morning keynote presentation by Mark Weitekamp, Manager Systems Division, Homeland Security Institute will focus on implications of emerging Sensor Web technologies in homeland security and governance.

Twenty-six other speakers and panelists will discuss Sensor Web issues in panels.

Participants will meet with the day's presenters, view product and service demonstrations, and receive an exclusive package of conference presentations, white papers and other Sensor Web documentation.

The latest additions to the program and registration information can be found online at http://www.gita.org/events/ets/iii/ . For information about the conference organizers, visit OGC at http://www.opengeospatial.org, GITA at http://www.gita.org, and Oak Ridge National Labs SensorNET at http://www.sensornet.gov .