INSPIRE 2017: Digital Europe Thinking out of the Box

From 4 to 8 September 2017 in Kehl, Germany, and Strasbourg, France, the INSPIRE Conference 2017 will be the place to meet and discuss the progress reached so far in the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and to examine new opportunities and possibilities for accelerating the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive by 2020. During the Conference, representatives of the public and private sector will elaborate how to ‘INSPIRE a digital Europe: Thinking out of the box’, to manage the challenges in the implementation and to learn from the achievements of the neighbours!

Professionals working in a public or a private sector, should not miss the strategic themes of the conference, the speakers of the plenary sessions and the application topics of the workshops.

Accompanied by a technical exhibition, the INSPIRE Conference 2017 will offer a dialogue with applicators from the private sector, a networking dinner, many further opportunities for networking with colleagues and innovative implementation solutions.

The city Kehl, Germany, will welcome the participants during the first two days of the Conference (4 and 5 September) with 80 hours of workshops moderated by distinguished specialists. Some workshops will bring into focus:

• New Directions in Digital Government Using INSPIRE
• Practicing Practical INSPIRE
• Hackathon: INSPIRE + Open Data + Copernicus … Let’s Connect the Dots!

During the following three days (6 to 8 September), the Conference will continue in  Strasbourg, France, and host speakers from public authorities, private companies and the science who will discuss with numerous European stakeholders over 200 topics!

Look forward to:

• e-Government applications
• Environmental monitoring and assessments
• Fostering "Fitness for purpose"
• INSPIRE thinking out of the box
• Implementation challenges
• Thematic focus: Transport
• Use and potential of INSPIRE for the development of indicators
• Technologies and tools for Copernicus
• Compliance assurance and public participation
• INSPIRE in the cloud and on-line platforms

The conference will address in particular the incentives for strengthened cross-border and cross-sector cooperation among public and private sector stakeholders active at national, regional and local levels. Moreover, it will shows how a successful exchange among the levels could contribute to the full implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and of the e-Government Strategy of the EU.

For the full programme and registration of the INSPIRE Conference, please go to http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/conference2017.