<p>Geospatial Service-Oriented Architecture: Best Practices Workshop</p><p>Description: The workshop is designed to provide attendees with specific experiences in the use of SOA techniques and emerging cloud computing in the context of integrating online government Web services for geospatial applications. Topics will include background on SOA in the federal context, plans for a Federal Service Oriented Infrastructure “cloud,” and presentations by FGDC 2008 Cooperative Agreement Program funded activities and federal agencies sharing best practices and lessons learned from designing and deploying Web services. </p><p>Location: American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board Room, 1735 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006-5292</p><p>Date: June 9, 2009 from 9:00am to 4:00pm</p><p>Who should attend: IT and geospatial practitioners interested in establishing enterprise geospatial Web services for multiple uses</p><p>Agenda:</p><p>Introductory Presentations</p><p>9:00 - Workshop Introduction, Doug Nebert, FGDC </p><p>9:10 - An introduction to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the federal government context, Dave Mayo, Everware-CBDI</p><p>9:35 – Cloud Computing for Geospatial Applications, Patrick Stingley, BLM CTO</p><p>10:00 - Break</p><p>General Presentations</p><p>10:30 - Use of Cloud Computing for scalable geospatial data processing and access, Andrew Turner, GeoCommons (FortiusOne) Partner: U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee</p><p>11:15 - Cloud activities at Indiana University: Case studies in service hosting, storage, and computing, Marlon Pierce (CGL, IU), Neil Devadasan (Polis, IUPUI) Partner: USFWS National Wetland Inventory</p><p>12:00 – Lunch 13:00 – Role-based Access Control Framework for Geospatial Cloud Services, Jeff Harrison (CubeWerx USA), Joel Schlagel (USACE) Partner: USACE</p><p>13:45 – SOA-based Wetlands Jurisdictional Determination Tools, John Davidson (ImageMatters) Partners: EPA, USACE, USFWS</p><p>14:30 – Break</p><p>15:00 - Service Oriented Architecture of the Indiana Flood GRID. Neil Devadasan (Polis, IUPUI), Marlon Pierce (CGL, IU) Partners: US Geological Survey, National Weather Service, City of Indianapolis, Silver Jackets, Indianapolis Museum of ART, Indiana Department of Homeland Security, USACE, Indiana Department of Natural Resources</p><p>15:30 – Summary discussion, other agency experiences, and best practices round-table discussion</p><p>16:15 – Adjourn</p>