26 June 2007

Internationally renowned BBC reporter to open the Cambridge Conference

Kate Adie OBE, the internationally renowned BBC reporter, will launch the 2007 Cambridge Conference on Sunday 15 July in the historic surroundings of St John’s College, on the banks of the River Cam.

The Cambridge Conference – hosted by Britain’s Ordnance Survey – is a unique occasion, giving top experts the chance to discuss mapping and land management issues of global importance.

Kate Adie will open an English Garden Party in the beautiful college grounds to mark the start of the five-day event (15–20 July), which will be attended by senior representatives and leaders from mapping and cadastral organisations across the world.

More than 200 delegates from 70 nations are expected to attend the event. Held every four years, it includes exhibitions, speeches, debates and presentations.

The varied and stimulating conference programme includes a number of famous keynote speakers. Delivering a keynote address in a special session of the conference is Helen Boaden, Director of BBC News, while Sir Martin Sweeting OBE FRS, Director of the Surrey Space Centre, is the speaker at the Hotine lecture.

The theme of this year's conference is “Expanding horizons in a shrinking world”. Delegates will debate a range of issues – from the uses of new technologies through to new and closer ways of working with our counterparts across the planet.

 “We’ve had some excellent feedback from our last event,” says Ordnance Survey’s International Engagement Manager, Sallie White. “Our theme in 2003 was ‘National mapping – shaping the future’, and the event resulted in a number of diverse agreements and resolutions. These are being brought forward in an aide-memoire for development at the 2007 conference.”

The Cambridge Conference, which can trace its roots back to 1928, provides a platform for the heads of national mapping organisations to discuss matters of mutual interest face to face. The invitation-only conference is continuing to become ever more global.

More information about the 2007 conference can be found at www.cambridgeconference.com

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Notes for editors:

1     Ordnance Survey is Great Britain’s national mapping agency, providing the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data, relied on by government, business and the public.

2     Download this news release at www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/media

3     Ordnance Survey and the OS Symbol are registered trademarks of Ordnance Survey. BBC is a registered trademark of The British Broadcasting Corporation.

 

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