Locate Podcast

What does the future hold for space and spatial coming together, and why will it be faster and better than we can begin to imagine right now? Join some of the brightest minds in this space (pun intended) as we explore these questions and more! Featuring Professor Anna Moore (Director of ANU's InSpace), Professor Alan Duffy (Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University), Dr Sarah Pearce (Deputy Director of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science), Professor Stuart Barr (Director, AURIN at Melbourne University) and Wayne Patterson (Director of Spatial Operations, NSW Spatial Services).

Welcome to today’s episode of the Locate Podcast, where we explore the 2030 Space and Spatial Roadmap and the future of space and spatial with three leaders in these spaces – Peter Woodgate, Eva Rodriguez-Rodriguez and Glenn Cockerton. Today Laura Kostanski and myself, Roshni Sharma, will speak with Peter, Eva and Glenn about what the 2030 Roadmap means for businesses and professionals, and the future of our industry.

Join us next time as we speak with Locate21 keynote Kellen Crouse, who discusses the broad new nature of spatial in his work as part of the New York Police Department. 

In this special episode to round out the year, we take the chance to reflect upon how the COVID-19 global pandemic has and continues to change the geospatial industry, now and into the future.

Join us with Mina Jahanshani (Senior Consultant, GeoPlex), Evan Quick (Digital Engineering Asset Manager, Rail Projects Victoria), Kellie Dean (President, the Institution of Surveyors Victoria), Matt Duckam (Associate Dean, School of Science, RMIT University) and the Locate Hub convenors Laura Kostanski and Roshni Sharma. This episode is a special extension of the Locate Connect Hub Online session, ‘How has the analogue disruptor of COVID-19 impacted our industry?’ which was held on Friday 31 July 2020, taking the discussion and themes further and deeper.

To access the original Locate Connect Hub Online session, visit the Locate Library here - https://www.locateconference.com/2021/connect/.

We’re very glad that you could join us for this insightful and thought-provoking conversation with Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse, diving into his journey from one of India’s premier Universities through to where he is today as Executive Director, Strategic Consulting & International Relations with Spatial Vision and President of the Surveying and Sciences Institute. We spoke about the role of the development of standards for the future of our industry, tech for good, how COVID is evolving the way we all work and ‘Convergence, Collaboration and Community – towards a stronger economy’, the theme for Locate Connect and Locate21.

Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse holds a pivotal role as an adviser to various National and International spatial organisations. He has over 20 years of experience in a wide depth and breadth of facets across the spatial industry, has published a range of scientific journal articles, and is heavily involved in the industry on a global scale. Zaffar is actively engaged with United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UNGGIM)-Geospatial Societies, Private Sector & Academic Network.

Join us next time to delve further into how COVID is disrupting our industry and the way we all work, as we are joined by Mina Jahanshahi, Matt Duckham, Evan Quick and Kellie Dean alongside Laura Kostanski and myself, Roshni Sharma, for a peek into some of the conversations that are happening as part of the Hub Digital in Locate Connect.

Join us for this fantastic opportunity to catch up with Melissa Harris, Executive Director, Strategic Land Assessment and Information, Land Use Victoria within the Local Infrastructure group of the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Deputy Chair of ANZLIC, the Australia and New Zealand Land Information Council. She has many incredible gems of wisdom to offer around her perspectives of the spatial industry after working in town planning, what the future holds for our industry, and some great leadership lessons she’s learnt over time.

If you enjoyed this episode, join us on the 17th of August for the Locate Connect session ‘Q&A with Melissa Harris, Deputy Chair of ANZLIC’ – head to the Locate conferences website now to register!

See you next time!

In this episode, we speak with Peter Woodgate, a true leader in our industry, about the 2030 Space and Spatial Industry Growth Roadmap, what ‘tech for good’ means for the future of location intelligence and the opportunities for growth for our industry’s future. Join us on July 22nd for a Q&A session with Peter as part of Locate Connect, to hear more about what lies beyond Agenda 2026 and take the themes of our conversation today further still.

Join us next time as we spend time catching up with Melissa Harris, Executive Director, Strategic Land Assessment and Information, Land Use Victoria within the Local Infrastructure group of the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Deputy Chair of ANZLIC, the Australia and New Zealand Land Information Council. We’ll hear many gems of wisdom from Mel about how other industries can benefit from the work the Australian geospatial industry is doing, the important work that governments are doing to provide leadership in this space, the assumptions people can make about spatial and the challenges our industry might face in the future, and the leadership lessons she’s learnt as she’s moved through her career.

Journey with us as we speak with Maurits van der Vlugt, Chair of the Locate Conferences Australia Board, about where the Locate conferences have come from their beginnings in Canberra in 2014, what the vision for Locate conferences is moving into the future, and how the themes of Locate Connect and Locate21 bring our community together for a brighter future.

Join us next time as we speak with Peter Woodgate about the 2030 Space and Spatial Industry Growth Roadmap, to delve into what ‘tech for good’ means for the future of location intelligence and the opportunities for growth for our industry’s future.

Join us to speak today with Gary Johnson, Chief Innovation Officer with ESRI Australia, who are the Keynote Speaker Sponsor for Locate21. We explored today with Gary how we can think differently about spatial as being fundamentally grounded in business solution-making, and how approaching the work we do to deliver joy can create a broader impact for the way that other industries understand what spatial and surveying are about.

Join us next time as we hear from Maurits van der Vlugt, Chair of the Locate Conferences Australia Board. We’ll take a deep dive with Maurits to understand how far the Locate conferences have come from their beginnings in Canberra in 2014, what the vision for Locate conferences is moving into the future, and how the themes of this year’s conference bring our community together for a brighter future.

In this episode, we speak with Paul Reed, Convenor of the Locate20 and Locate21 Conferences, Chair of SSSI QLD and Principal Surveyor and owner at East Coast Surveys (Aust) Pty Ltd. We have a delightful conversation with Paul about what makes Locate Conferences unique, how Locate is designed to make a tangible difference to the future of the industry, and what the themes of this year’s conference mean. Along the way, we speak about the strengths of our industry, how we can embrace new ways of thinking as we move into the future, and why it's a great industry to be part of. 

Join us next time as we hear from Gary Johnson, Chief Innovation Officer with ESRI Australia. ESRI Australia is the Keynote Speaker Sponsor for Locate21, and who are a valued part of the conference. We explore with Gary how we can think differently about spatial as being fundamentally grounded in business solution-making, and how approaching the work we do to deliver joy can create a broader impact for the way that other industries understand what spatial and surveying are about.

Join the CEO of Cross River Rail Delivery Authority, Graeme Newton, to hear about some real-life examples of how convergences take place, why collaboration can create better business outcomes and why innovation brings it all together. 

Graeme Newton has led a number of large-scale, high profile and complex infrastructure projects during his career that spans over 25 years. He was appointed to the role of CEO for the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority in June 2017. Here, he is responsible for leading the State’s top priority infrastructure project: creating Brisbane’s first underground rail line. Cross River Rail will unlock a bottleneck at the core of the city transport network and provide social and economic benefits across South East Queensland. Graeme has previously served as the Director-General and Coordinator-General for the Department of Infrastructure and Planning, the CEO of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority following the 2011 Brisbane floods, and Lead Partner for Deloitte’s Queensland public sector advisory practice.

While catching up with Graeme, we explore how Cross River Rail is leveraging innovation and collaboration to deliver Brisbane’s first underground rail line and make a real difference for the future of the state.

Join us next time as we speak with Paul Reed, Convenor of the Locate20 and Locate21 Conferences, as we speak about what makes Locate Conferences unique, how Locate is designed to make a tangible difference to the future of the industry, and what the themes of this year’s conference mean.